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Former Rogers CEO Joe Natale looking to join Shopify board

| 04/30/2025 5:27 pm EDT

Edward Rogers out as board chair, as Natale seeks to reassure investors amid Rogers boardroom drama Former Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Joe Natale will seek election to Shopify Inc.’s board of directors at the company’s upcoming annual general meeting.  The Globe and Mail first reported on April 29 that Natale was nominated to the company’s board. A Shopify...

Privacy commissioner hasn’t approved new gov’t contact tracing app

telecom | 06/18/2020 3:48 pm EDT

Privacy commissioner hasn't approved new gov't contact tracing appPrime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that in developing the federal government's new voluntary app to trace exposure to the COVID-19 virus, it consulted the Office of...

Five new directors named to CBC board

Media | 12/19/2017 5:22 pm EST

Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly named five new members to the CBC/Radio-Canada board of directors for five-year terms, said a Tuesday press release. Harley Finkelstein, the chief of operations for Shopify Inc., René Légère,...

Canadian tech, telecom community offers support in wake of U.S. travel ban

Media | 01/30/2017 4:08 pm EST

More than 1,700 people representing a variety of tech and telecom companies have signed on to an open letter opposing U.S. President Donald Trump’s weekend executive order blocking entry of...

Shopify now available on WordPress

Media | 03/15/2016 8:30 pm EDT

Shopify Inc. announced Tuesday its merchants will now be able to sell products using WordPress, a free open-source content management system that is used predominantly to host blog content. The Ottawa-based company said in a blog...

Shopify merchants can now use Amazon platform

Media | 09/17/2015 9:02 pm EDT

Shopify Inc. announced Thursday it has partnered with Amazon.com Inc. to allow Amazon Webstore owners to migrate their online stores onto the Shopify platform. Shopify said in the press release that after migrating to the Amazon...

Shopify works with Facebook on ‘Buy’ button

Media | 06/10/2015 6:49 pm EDT

Shopify Inc. said Wednesday it is working with Facebook Inc. to allow Shopify's own clients to sell and advertise products using Facebook’s “Buy” button. Shopify said in a blog post: “For the last year, we've been working closely with the team at Facebook to create a solution for Shopify merchants to advertise and sell their products.” A new feature along these lines will be beta tested with a group of U.S.-based merchants, Shopify said. The initial group of merchants will receive an invitation that states they will be able to add the “Buy” button to their products via their Shopify accounts allowing users to buy products while on Facebook, the blog said. Shopify merchants can also add a Facebook sales channel to their Shopify accounts...

Shopify teams with Pinterest to create new sales platform

Media | 06/05/2015 3:56 pm EDT

Ottawa-based e-commerce company Shopify on Tuesday said it has teamed with social networking website Pinterest to provide businesses a new way to sell things directly to online audiences. Shopify...

Shopify files for cross-border IPO

telecom | 04/14/2015 8:24 pm EDT

Ottawa-based e-commerce provider Shopify Inc. announced Tuesday that it has filed for an initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. The number of shares or the proposed price range for the IPO have not been finalized, the company said in a press release. No date was provided for the IPO. Shopify says on its...

Shopify getting ready for IPO this year: WSJ

telecom | 01/12/2015 4:03 pm EST

Ottawa-based e-commerce provider Shopify Inc. is looking to raise about $100 million US through an initial public offering as early as this spring, according to the Wall Street Journal. Sources “familiar with the...