CRTC

Media Muscle

Shaw Communications Inc. keeps its fists up and its gaze locked on Canadian cable domination

A cloud of sickly sweet cigar smoke clouds the air around Jimmy Shawprano as he cruises the streets of Calgary in his black BMW. Thick, tough and with a sneer on his face, Shawprano drives dangerously close to the TELUS serviceman working outside Shaw Communications Inc. headquarters on Third Avenue, knocks the coverall-clad man to the ground, then steps over him while climbing out of the car. >