Cineplex says it will appeal $38.9M fine over $1.50 online booking fee

Cineplex says it will appeal .9M fine over .50 online booking fee

Cineplex Inc. has been ordered to pay a record $38.9-million fine by the Competition Tribunal for deceptive marketing practices — but the ruling doesn’t stop the theatre owner from continuing to charge the online booking fee that sparked the case in the first place. The tribunal issued the decision late Monday, siding with the Competition Bureau … Read more

Cineplex fined $38.9M over $1.50 online booking fee

Cineplex says it will appeal .9M fine over .50 online booking fee

Cineplex Inc. has been ordered to pay a record $38.9 million fine after the Competition Tribunal found the theatre owner guilty of deceptive marketing practices. The tribunal sided with the Competition Bureau in a case brought forward last May by the watchdog, in which Cineplex was accused of deceiving theatregoers by not immediately presenting them with the full price … Read more

Crowds line Dublin streets for funeral procession of Pogues singer Shane MacGowan

Crowds line Dublin streets for funeral procession of Pogues singer Shane MacGowan

Thousands of people lined the streets of Dublin on Friday to say goodbye to the Pogues front man Shane MacGowan as his funeral procession wound through the Irish capital. MacGowan died Nov. 30 at the age of 65 after a lifetime of drinking, carousing and writing songs that fused Irish tradition with the spirit of … Read more