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Cineplex adds $1.50 booking fee for online ticket purchases to ‘further invest’ in digital infrastructure
Cineplex Odeon Theater at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto on Monday December 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
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Saving the summer movie season with Cineplex’s Ellis Jacob, king of Canada’s film industry
CEO of Cineplex, Ellis Jacob poses for a photograph on Thursday, Feb., 11, 2021. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Sobeys partners with Scotiabank and Cineplex on Scene+ loyalty program, drops Air Miles
A Sobeys grocery store is seen in Halifax on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Cineplex ‘not rushing’ to increase price of movie tickets despite first-quarter losses, CEO says
FILE PHOTO: A Cineplex movie theatre sign looms over Yonge street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Cineplex cuts quarterly loss as new movie viewing habits gain traction
A Cineplex Odeon Cinemas is shown in Oshawa on Friday Jan. 21.
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Cineplex up the ante as its legal battle with Cineworld moves to Ontario Court of Appeal
FILE PHOTO: A Cineworld in Leicester Square, London, Britain, October 4, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
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Cineworld argues judge ‘erred’ in decision to award damages to Cineplex
FILE PHOTO: People walk past a Cineworld in Leicester's Square, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, October 4, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
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Cineplex temporarily lays off 6,000 part-time workers due to COVID-related theatre closures
A Cineplex Theatre at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto on Monday December 16, 2019. Cineplex Inc. says the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled in its favour in a breach of contract lawsuit against its former suitor and U.K. theatre operator Cineworld Group PLC. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
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Ontario businesses, workers ‘disappointed’ in new round of closures, capacity limits
Cineplex employee cleans seats at movie theatre in Toronto as part of health and safety protocols put in place at Cineplex movie screens, due to the continued COVID19 pandemic, on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Cineworld not justified in walking away from Cineplex deal amid COVID-19 fallout, judge writes in decision
FILE PHOTO: A Cineplex movie theatre sign looms over Yonge street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Cineplex gets $1.24-billion in damages over botched Cineworld deal
A Cineplex Theatre at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto on Monday December 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
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Cineplex theatres vandalized in apparent attempts to sabotage screenings of films in South Indian languages
A Cineplex theatre in Toronto is seen on Monday, December 16, 2019. Independent cinemas across Canada say they are being kept from screening top films like "Parasite" and "Hustlers" as they're released and they claim theatre giant Cineplex Inc. is to blame. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
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Cineplex banks on celebs like Simu Liu to encourage viewers back into theatres
A Cineplex Theatre at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto on Monday December 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
film
Big screen, bigger problems: Canada’s independent movie theatres seek their own Hollywood comeback
James Brewer, left, and his daughter, Elodie Brewer, use their vaccine passports for the first time to visit East Vancouver’s Rio Theatre. They experienced one small hiccup which is that Elodie Brewer didn’t know she also needed a piece of valid government photo ID along with the BC Vaccine Card. James Brewer shared: “They accepted the picture of her passport on my phone fortunately. I guess we learned our lesson for next time.” Alia Youssef/The Globe and Mail.
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Cineworld planned to sell off Cineplex’s signage, The Rec Room business: theatre CEO
FILE PHOTO: A Cineplex movie theatre sign looms over Yonge street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Cineplex’s pandemic response was similar to prospective buyer, other retailers: CEO
Ellis Jacob, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cineplex Entertainment, poses for a photograph after the company's annual general meeting in Toronto on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Cineplex, Cineworld put forth arguments in dispute over failed takeover
FILE PHOTO: People enter a Cineworld cinema following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease near Manchester, Britain, October 4, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble
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Cineplex accuses Cineworld of bad faith in day one of hearings over abortive takeover
Cineplex Odeon Theater at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto on Monday December 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim