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Just for Laughs comedy festival cancelled in Montreal as group seeks creditor protection
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Just for Laughs comedy festival cancelled in Montreal as group seeks creditor protection
Description
March 5, 2024
Montreal’s premier comedy festival has cancelled all its performances this summer and has filed for bankruptcy protection. Just for Laughs is citing the effects of the pandemic and increasing costs as reasons to close the curtain on the festival. Organizers, however, are restructuring and hoping to make a comeback in 2025. Global’s Tim Sargeant reports.
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Just for Laughs comedy festival cancelled in Montreal as group seeks creditor protection02:13 | March 5, 2024
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Costly losses in 2023 preceded Just For Laughs insolvency, new report says02:57 | March 18, 2024
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Legendary Montreal restaurant Bar-B Barn closing its doors for good02:12 | March 5, 2024
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Montreal’s Turbo Haüs bar owner upset over temporary beer tent in front of business during festival weekend01:57 | March 3, 2024
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Construction of EV battery plant in Quebec temporarily halted following criticism02:02 | January 19, 2024
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Roxboro legion reopens again after devastating October 2022 fire02:24 | August 26, 2023
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Caribbean food and music takes over Pierrefonds04:28 | August 24, 2023
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New report on downtown Montreal04:21 | June 5, 2023
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Just for Laughs comedy festival cancelled in Montreal as group seeks creditor protection02:13 | March 5, 2024
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Hotel workers across Quebec go on one-day strike to demand better pay, conditions02:01 | August 8, 2024
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‘Thankfully we’re still here’: Montreal family business Cansew celebrates 100th anniversary02:12 | July 23, 2024
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Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 6.4% in June: StatCan02:24 | July 5, 2024
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New rules announced for Quebec commercial signs will mean more French02:29 | June 27, 2024
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Ageism in the workplace05:29 | June 27, 2024
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Northvolt plant needs impact review, environmental activists say02:04 | June 25, 2024
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Quebec’s SAQ sales down as non-alcoholic business booms02:23 | March 30, 2024
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Costly losses in 2023 preceded Just For Laughs insolvency, new report says02:57 | March 18, 2024
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Legendary Montreal restaurant Bar-B Barn closing its doors for good02:12 | March 5, 2024
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Montreal’s Turbo Haüs bar owner upset over temporary beer tent in front of business during festival weekend01:57 | March 3, 2024
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Environmentalist mothers take on Northvolt electric car battery plant, call its construction destructive02:17 | March 3, 2024
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Selling and buying used toys, meet the Montreal couple behind Rekidding05:37 | February 29, 2024
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Quebec environmental coalition demands full study before EV giant Northvolt’s battery site built02:03 | February 4, 2024
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Construction of EV battery plant in Quebec temporarily halted following criticism02:02 | January 19, 2024
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CEO for Quebec’s future health agency to earn over $630K. Is that too much?01:56 | January 17, 2024
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Quebec restaurant owners pleading for penalties for no-show customers02:08 | January 4, 2024
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City of Montreal’s opposition government asking for more funding for public markets02:02 | October 8, 2023
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Northvolt to build $7B EV battery plant in Quebec02:01 | September 28, 2023
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Roxboro legion reopens again after devastating October 2022 fire02:24 | August 26, 2023
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New report on downtown Montreal04:21 | June 5, 2023
Just for Laughs comedy festival cancelled in Montreal as group seeks creditor protection
Description
March 5, 2024
Montreal’s premier comedy festival has cancelled all its performances this summer and has filed for bankruptcy protection. Just for Laughs is citing the effects of the pandemic and increasing costs as reasons to close the curtain on the festival. Organizers, however, are restructuring and hoping to make a comeback in 2025. Global’s Tim Sargeant reports.
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