Vol. 135, No. 51 — December 22, 2001

COMMISSIONS

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

RECOMMENCEMENT OF INQUIRY

Information Processing and Related Telecommunications Services

Pursuant to subsection 30.13(2) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act and subsection 7(2) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Procurement Inquiry Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) is recommencing the inquiry (File No. PR-2000-018R) into the complaint received from Xwave Solutions Inc., of Stittsville, Ontario, concerning a procurement (Solicitation No. W8474-9-HC02/A) by the Department of Public Works and Government Services on behalf of the Department of National Defence. The solicitation is for the supply of a security and military police information system providing occurrence management capability and computer aided dispatch, and ancillary services.

The Tribunal's determination, dated September 26, 2000, that the complaint filed by Xwave Solutions Inc. was not valid, was the subject of an application for judicial review to the Federal Court of Appeal under sections 18.1 and 28 of the Federal Court Act. On November 8, 2001, the Federal Court of Appeal remitted the matter to the Tribunal with a direction that it consider only the aspect of the complaint relating to Article 504(3) of the Agreement on Internal Trade.

Further information may be obtained from: The Secretary, Canadian International Trade Tribunal, Standard Life Centre, 15th Floor, 333 Laurier Avenue W, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G7, (613) 993-3595 (Telephone), (613) 990-2439 (Facsimile).

Ottawa, December 10, 2001

MICHEL P. GRANGER
Secretary

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES

The following notices are abridged versions of the Commission's original notices bearing the same number. The original notices contain a more detailed outline of the applications, including additional locations and addresses where the complete files may be examined. The relevant material, including the notices and applications, is available for viewing during normal business hours at the following offices of the Commission:

— Central Building, Les Terrasses de la Chaudière, 1 Promenade du Portage, Ground Floor, Hull, Quebec K1A 0N2, (819) 997-2429 (Telephone), 994-0423 (TDD), (819) 994-0218 (Facsimile);

— Bank of Commerce Building, Suite 1007, 1809 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K8, (902) 426-7997 (Telephone), 426-6997 (TDD), (902) 426-2721 (Facsimile);

— Kensington Building, Suite 1810, 275 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3, (204) 983-6306 (Telephone), 983-8274 (TDD), (204) 983-6317 (Facsimile);

— 530-580 Hornby Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6, (604) 666-2111 (Telephone), 666-0778 (TDD), (604) 666-8322 (Facsimile);

— C.R.T.C. Documentation Centre, 405 De Maisonneuve Boulevard E, 2nd Floor, Suite B2300, Montréal, Quebec H2L 4J5, (514) 283-6607 (Telephone), 283-8316 (TDD), (514) 283-3689 (Facsimile);

— C.R.T.C. Documentation Centre, 55 St. Clair Avenue E, Suite 624, Toronto, Ontario M4T 1M2, (416) 952-9096 (Telephone), (416) 954-6343 (Facsimile);

— C.R.T.C. Documentation Centre, Cornwall Professional Building, Room 103, 2125 11th Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3X3, (306) 780-3422 (Telephone), (306) 780-3319 (Facsimile);

— C.R.T.C. Documentation Centre, Scotia Place Tower Two, 19th Floor, Suite 1909, 10060 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3R8, (780) 495-3224 (Telephone), (780) 495-3214 (Facsimile).

Interventions must be filed with the Secretary General, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2, together with proof that a true copy of the intervention has been served upon the applicant, on or before the deadline given in the notice.

Secretary General

CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

DECISIONS

The complete texts of the decisions summarized below are available from the offices of the CRTC.

2000-460-1 December 12, 2001

Rogers Broadcasting Limited (OBCI), now incorporated under the name The Biography Channel (Canada) Corporation
Across Canada

The Commission hereby corrects Decision CRTC 2000-460 which inadvertently omitted the phrase "with the exception of programming of a biographical nature" in the condition of licence.

2001-749 December 11, 2001

Câblevision TRP-SDM inc.
Trois-Pistoles and the rural area including Saint-Mathieu and Saint-Hubert, Quebec

Approved — Addition of transmitters at Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Fabien, Rimouski, Mont-Joli and Matane.

Approved — Deletion of the distribution of the signals of TV5 Québec Canada, The Discovery Channel and the Electronic bulletin board.

2001-750 December 11, 2001

Aéroports de Montréal Saint-Laurent, Dorval, Pointe-Claire and Lachine, Quebec

Approved — New French- and English-language low-power FM radio station to serve Saint-Laurent, Dorval, Pointe-Claire and Lachine. The licence will expire August 31, 2008.

2001-751 December 11, 2001

Ile a La Crosse Communication Society Inc.
Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan

Approved — Acquisition of the assets of the cable distribution undertaking serving Île-à-la-Crosse as well as the assets of the radio programming undertaking CILX-FM Ile-à-la-Crosse, from Belanger Communications Inc. The licence will expire August 31, 2008.

2001-752 December 13, 2001

Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.
Across Canada

Approved — Acquisition of effective control (95 percent) of The Independent Film Channel Canada Incorporated, and 100 percent ownership of 3779718 Canada Limited.

2001-754 December 14, 2001

Look Communications Inc.

Application No. 2001-1356-4 — Approved — Request for authority to effect a change in ownership and control of Look Communications Inc.

2001-755 December 14, 2001

Quebecor inc.

Application No. 2001-1394-4 — Approved — Authorization to amend the trust agreement for TQS inc.'s shares held by Mr. Pierre Hébert, as a trustee for Quebecor inc.

2001-757 December 14, 2001

World Television Network/Le Réseau Télémonde inc.
Across Canada

WTM is to be licensed as a new, national, Category 2 specialty television service for digital distribution.

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC HEARING 2001-13-1

Further to its Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2001-13 dated November 30, 2001, relating to a public hearing which will be held on February 4, 2002, at 9 a.m., at the Winnipeg Convention Centre, 375 York Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, the Commission announces that it will also consider the following:

1. Bell Globemedia Inc.
Across Canada

Authority to change the ownership of the national English language programming undertaking, ROBTv.

Deadline for intervention: January 18, 2002

December 13, 2001

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC HEARING 2001-14

The Commission will hold a public hearing commencing on February 18, 2002, at 9 a.m., at the Congress Centre, 1000 René-Lévesque Boulevard E, Québec, Quebec, to consider the following:

1. Jamil Nowwarah
Across Canada

For a licence to operate a national ethnic Category 2 specialty television service to be known as Arabic Television Network.

2. LS Movie Channel Limited
Across Canada and Richmond, British Columbia

For a licence to operate a national ethnic Category 2 specialty television service to be known as Movie Express.

3. Sextant Entertainment Group Inc.
Across Canada

For a licence to operate a national Category 2 English-language specialty television service to be known as The Hallmark Channel (Canada).

4. Ten Broadcasting Inc.
Across Canada

For a licence to operate a national French-language Category 2 specialty television service to be known as Canal Plaisir.

5. Vidéotron ltée
Cabano, Rivière-du-Loup, La Pocatière, etc., Quebec

To acquire the assets of the cable systems serving the localities mentioned in the notice of public hearing to be held by Nouco RDL/Richelieu/Granby, a company to be incorporated by way of amalgamation [previously Vidéotron (RDL) ltée, Vidéotron (Richelieu) ltée and Vidéotron (Granby) inc.].

6. Télévision MBS inc.
Carleton, Quebec

To amend its licence in order to add a transmitter at Carleton to offer the programming of CFTF-TV Rivière-du-Loup (an affiliate of the TQS network).

7. Vidéotron ltée
Chute-aux-Outardes, Colombier, La Malbaie, etc., Quebec

To acquire the assets of the cable systems serving the above-mentioned locations currently held by Télé-Câble Charlevoix (1977) inc., and to transfer the assets of these undertakings from Nouco Fédérale to its parent company, Vidéotron Régional, following the wind-up of Nouco Fédérale.

8. Genex Communications inc.
Donnacona, Quebec

To amend the licence of radio station CKNU-FM.

9. 9098-7280 Québec inc.
Québec, Quebec

For a licence to operate a French-language FM radio station in Québec.

10. Cogeco Radio-Television inc.
Québec, Quebec

For a licence to operate a French-language FM radio station in Québec.

11. 3924301 Canada inc.
Lévis, Quebec

For a licence to operate a French-language FM radio station in Lévis.

12. Genex Communications inc.
Québec, Quebec

To renew the licence of radio station CHOI-FM Québec, expiring August 31, 2002.

13. Métromédia CMR Montréal inc.
Québec, Quebec

For a licence to operate a French-language FM radio station in Québec.

14. Telile Isle Madame Community Television Association
Isle Madame, Nova Scotia

For a licence to operate an English- and French-language television station at Isle Madame.

15. Radio Beauséjour Inc.
Memramcook Region (Saint-Joseph, Belliveau Village, Cormier Cove, etc., New Brunswick

To amend the licence of radio station CJSE-FM Shediac.

16. Maritime Broadcasting System Limited
Miramichi, New Brunswick

To convert radio station CFAN in Newcastle (Miramichi) from the AM band to the FM band.

17. Bluewater TV Cable Ltd.
Clinton, Bayfield, Brucefield, etc., Ontario

To amend the broadcasting distribution undertaking licence serving Clinton, Bayfield, Brucefield, Holmesville and Varna by deleting Bayfield, Brucefield and Varna from the authorized service area;

To amend the broadcasting distribution licence for Ex-Cen Cablevision Ltd. (Ex-Cen) serving Exeter, Dashwood, Crediton, Huron Park and Centralia by deleting Dashwood, Crediton, Huron Park and Centralia from the authorized service area;

For authority to acquire the service area assets of Centralia, Huron Park, Dashwood and Crediton from Ex-Cen; and

To obtain a new broadcasting distribution licence to serve Bayfield, Brucefield, Varna, Dashwood, Crediton, Huron Park and Centralia.

18. Telemedia Radio Inc.
Southern Ontario

For a network licence to operate an English-language radio network in southern Ontario.

19. Native Communication Inc.
Leaf Rapids, Manitoba

To amend the licence of radio station CINC-FM Thompson.

20. Foam Lake (Town of)
Foam Lake, Saskatchewan

For a licence to operate an English-language FM low-power radio station consisting of a tourist information service in Foam Lake.

21. Wynyard (Town of)
Wynyard, Saskatchewan

For a licence to operate an English-language FM low-power radio station consisting of a tourist information service in Wynyard.

22. Telemedia Radio (West) Inc.
Calgary, Alberta

To amend the licence of the new FM radio station at Calgary, approved in Decision CRTC 2001-172.

23. Rogers Broadcasting Limited
Gibsons, British Columbia

To increase the effective radiated power from 33 to 820 watts.

24. Rogers Radio (British Columbia) Ltd.
Vancouver, British Columbia

To relocate its transmitter to another location on Mount Seymour and to increase the effective radiated power from 14 000 to 14 100 watts.

25. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta

For a licence to operate a French-language FM radio station in Calgary and a transmitter to Edmonton.

26. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Regina and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

To amend the licence of radio station CKSB-FM Winnipeg.

27. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Toronto, Windsor and Paris, Ontario

To amend the licence of radio station CJBC-FM Toronto.

28 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and St. John's, Newfoundland

For a licence to operate a French-language FM radio station in Halifax and for transmitters in Charlottetown and in St. John's.

29. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Moncton, Fredericton/Saint John and Edmundston, New Brunswick

To amend the licence of radio station CBAL-FM Moncton.

30. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Chicoutimi and Dolbeau, Quebec

To amend the licence of radio station CBJX-FM Chicoutimi.

31. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Ottawa, Ontario and Mont-Laurier, Quebec

To amend the licence of radio station CBOX-FM Ottawa.

32. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Québec, La Malbaie and Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec

To amend the licence of radio station CBVX-FM Québec.

33. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Rimouski, Matane, Sept-Îles and Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec

To amend the licence of radio station CBRX-FM Rimouski.

Deadline for intervention: January 24, 2002

December 14, 2001

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 2001-124

The Commission has received the following applications:

1. Image Wireless Communications Inc.
Lloydminster, Saskatchewan

To amend the licence of its multi-channel MDS system.

2. Image Wireless Communications Inc.
North Battleford, Saskatchewan

To amend the licence of its multi-channel MDS system.

3. Image Wireless Communications Inc.
Stranraer, Saskatchewan

To amend the licence of its multi-channel MDS system.

4. Image Wireless Communications Inc.
Swift Current, Saskatchewan

To amend the licence of its multi-channel MDS system.

5. Image Wireless Communications Inc.
Wilkie, Saskatchewan

To amend the licence of its multi-channel MDS system.

6. Chetwynd Communications Society
Dawson Creek, British Columbia

To amend the licence of CHET-FM Chetwynd.

Deadline for intervention: January 16, 2002

December 12, 2001

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