Rogers Centre is a retractable roof stadium in Downtown Toronto,Ontario,Canada,situated at the base of the CN Tower near the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Opened in 1989 on the former Railway Lands,it is home to the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Previously,the stadium was also home to the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL) played an annual game at the stadium as part of the Bills Toronto Series from 2008 to 2013. While it is primarily a sports venue,it also hosts other large events such as conventions,trade fairs,concerts,travelling carnivals,circuses and monster truck shows.
David Robert Peterson is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 20th premier of Ontario from 1985 to 1990. He was the first Liberal officeholder in 42 years,ending the so-called Tory dynasty.
The Toronto Sun is an English-language tabloid newspaper published daily in Toronto,Ontario,Canada. The newspaper is one of several Sun tabloids published by Postmedia Network. The newspaper's offices are located at Postmedia Place in downtown Toronto.
Sun Media Corporation was the owner of several tabloid and broadsheet newspapers in Canada and the 49 percent owner of the now defunct Sun News Network. It was a subsidiary of Quebecor Media.
Osprey Media L.P. was a Canadian newspaper regional chain that published 20 daily newspapers,34 non-daily newspapers,and a number of shopping guides and magazines in the Canadian province of Ontario. Formerly an independent income trust,Osprey was taken over by Quebecor's Sun Media division in 2007. With the sale of Sun Media to Postmedia Network a decade later,many of its former newspapers owned by Osprey today are either owned by Postmedia or Torstar.
John Robert Stobo Prichard is a Canadian lawyer,economist,and academic. He is the past president and chief executive officer and former director of Torstar Corporation. He is now the chairman of the Bank of Montreal.
Canadian National Exhibition Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Toronto,Ontario,Canada,on the grounds of Exhibition Place. Originally built for Canadian National Exhibition events,the stadium served as the home of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1959 to 1988,the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1977 to 1989,and the Toronto Blizzard of the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1979 to 1983. The stadium hosted the Grey Cup game 12 times over a 24-year period.
Torstar Corporation is a Canadian mass media company which primarily publishes news. In addition to the Toronto Star,its flagship and namesake,Torstar also publishes daily newspapers in Hamilton,Peterborough,Niagara Region,and Waterloo Region In addition to the Metroland Media Group and a minority position on Canadian Press. The corporation was initially established in 1958 to take over operations of the Star from the Atkinson Foundation after a provincial law banned charitable organizations from owning for-profit entities. From 1958 to 2020,the class A shares of Torstar were held by the families of the original Atkinson Foundation trustees. The private investment firm NordStar Capital LP,now owned by Jordan Bitove,acquired the company in 2020.
Paul McGill Beeston is a Canadian former professional baseball executive. He was the president and chief operating officer of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1997 to 2002,and the president of the Toronto Blue Jays from 1989 to 1997,and again from 2008 to 2015. He also worked as the president of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1994.
24 Hours,is a group of English-language and French-language free daily newspapers published in Canada. It was published in French in Montreal and Gatineau,and in English in Calgary,Edmonton,Ottawa,Toronto,and Vancouver. The Gatineau edition was discontinued in 2008 and the Calgary,Edmonton,and Ottawa editions ceased publication in 2013. The Toronto and Vancouver editions were sold to Postmedia Network as part of Quebecor's divestment of English-language news,and they were later acquired by Torstar in an asset swap on November 27,2017 and immediately shut down in favour of the Torstar-owned Metro papers in those cities.
Quebecor Media Inc. is a Canadian media conglomerate that owns a wide array of media outlets,as well as an internet service provider.
The Peterborough Examiner is a newspaper that services Peterborough,Ontario and area. The paper started circulation in 1847,and is currently owned by Torstar and operated by its Metroland division. Between 1942 and 1955,it was edited by Canadian man of letters Robertson Davies,whose unique three-paragraph editorial style won several awards. Davies remained owner and publisher of the Examiner and Ralph Hancox the editor until 1967,when it was sold to the Thomson chain of newspapers. Subsequently,Sterling,Hollinger and Sun Media owned the newspaper before Postmedia.
The North Bay Nugget is a newspaper published in North Bay,Ontario,Canada. The paper is currently owned by Postmedia.
Richard A. Peddie is a Canadian businessman. He is the former president and CEO of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment.
The St. Catharines Standard is a daily newspaper of the city of St. Catharines,Ontario,Canada. As of May 2020,the publication was owned by Torstar but on May 26,2020,the company agreed to be acquired by NordStar Capital,a private investment firm. The deal was expected to close prior to year end.
The Barrie Examiner was a daily newspaper published in Barrie,Ontario from 1864 to 2017.
The National Football League (NFL) has been playing games in Toronto,Ontario,Canada,since 1959 when an interleague game between the Chicago Cardinals of the NFL and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) took place at Exhibition Stadium. Subsequently,a number of neutral site preseason and regular season games between NFL teams have been staged in the city. Toronto is one of five cities outside the United States,along with London,Mexico City,Frankfurt and Munich,which have hosted regular season NFL games.
Rocco Rossi is a Canadian businessman currently serving as president and chief executive officer of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce,and was formerly the president and CEO of Prostate Cancer Canada.
Postmedia Network Canada Corp. is a foreign-owned Canadian-based media conglomerate consisting of the publishing properties of the former Canwest,with primary operations in English-language newspaper publishing,news gathering and Internet operations. It is best known for being the owner of the National Post and the Financial Post. The company is headquartered at Postmedia Place on Bloor Street in Toronto.
The Welland Tribune is a daily newspaper that services Welland,Ontario and surrounding area. The Tribune was one of several Postmedia Network newspapers purchased by Torstar in a transaction between the two companies which concluded on November 27,2017. The paper continues to be published by the Metroland Media Group subsidiary of Torstar. In late May 2020,Torstar accepted an offer for the sale of all of its assets to Nordstar Capital in late May 2020,a deal expected to close by year end.
