Phone Calls

• CRTC looking into inmate phone call rates in Canada following Ontario case

  The CRTC is looking into phone call rates at correctional facilities, spurred by high long-distance charges that families of inmates at Ontario jails had to pay for years.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2025
  
• Grandparent scams on the rise: Winnipeg police

  Fraudsters claiming to be a relative and demanding bail money from grandparents or elderly citizens are on the rise in Canada, resulting in over $1-million in losses this year.

  Money

  Oct 9, 2021
  
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• COVID-19 silver lining: cultivating extended family relationships

  COVID-19 health restrictions have cut off many family visits but one child is using his extra time to connect with extended family.

  Health

  Feb 11, 2021
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• Schulich med students team up with Middlesex-London Health Unit to help in fight against COVID-19

  Students from the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry will be getting first-hand experience during the COVID-19 crisis, making calls to probable cases.

  Health

  Apr 4, 2020
• Ontario looking to adjust jail phone call system, include calls to cellphones

  Currently they are only able to place collect calls to landlines.

  Politics

  Jan 14, 2020
• Issue with long distance and toll-free calling resolved: SaskTel

  People trying to make long distance or toll-free calls experienced some technical difficulties around Saskatchewan on Monday morning.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2019
• ‘Don’t call back those numbers’: Toronto woman warns others of call-back phone scam

  Since mid-December, Sharon Leamy has received as many as 15 calls a day from international phone numbers, all part of a call back scam commonly known as Wangiri fraud.

  Consumer

  Dec 28, 2017
• SaskTel expects busy holiday calling season

  SaskTel is expecting another busy holiday season, with an estimated 710,000 calls on Christmas Day this year.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2017
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• Premier Stephen McNeil says he avoids email to avoid access to information requests

  Nova Scotia's premier says he likes to conduct most of his government business over the phone because he doesn't want to publicly defend comments or ideas that don't become policy.

  Politics

  Sep 29, 2016