Bell Media Layoffs
Bahds Jobs
2008 in Canadian Sports
Backup Goaltenders
Super Bowl LV
400

A petition with 6,500 signatures was formed when this anchor was released after 27 years.

Carol Ann Meehan

400

Hockey Referee, 2009-Present

Michael Nellis

400

Headlined by GSP, this Canadian venue hosted UFC 83

Bell Centre

400

1953-54 Montreal Canadiens

Jacques Plante

400

It is the 1st time in 37 years this company won’t air an ad during the Super Bow

Budweiser

800

After 18 years, Bell Media cancelled this sports talk show in 2015

Off the Record (with Michael Landsberg)

800

Sports Information Intern, 2015-16

Graham Neysmith

800

The Montreal Canadiens chose to retire this player's jersey the same weekend as the 96th Grey Cup at Olympic Stadium

Patrick Roy

800

1999-2000 Ottawa Senators

Patrick Lalime

800

This performer promised to keep the halftime show 'PG'

The Weeknd

1200

This Ottawa CTV 2 host was affected in 2017. She is now a self-described: "wifey, personality, [and] brand ambassador."

Melissa Lamb

1200

Teaching Assistant, 2016-2019

Rob Marchand

1200

Subbed in at 59', his penalty kick 11 minutes later sealed a win for the MLS All-Stars over West Ham United at BMO Field

Dwayne De Rosario

1200

2012-13 Toronto Maple Leafs

Ben Scrivens

1200

This city was originally set to host Super Bowl LV, but was forced to change plans after construction delays

Los Angeles
1600

One day after announcing revenue growth of 4.1 per cent and an adjusted profit of $183 million in its latest quarterly report, Bell cut this many positions in November 2015.

380

1600

Bus Boy, 2012-14

Ty McDonald

1600

The 2008 Canadian Grand Prix marks the last time a car powered by this manufacturer won a race

BMW

1600

2014-15 Ottawa 67's

Leo Lazarev

1600

Bookies have set this amount of time as the O/U for the length of the national anthem

1 minute, 59 seconds

2000

“So my Twitter followers jumped considerably today. Unfortunately my income went the other direction." tweeted this TSN 1040 personality. He was eventually rehired

Jeff Paterson

2000

Student Librarian, 2012-2015

Cameron Penney

2000

For the first time, Canadian athletes were paid for medals earned at the Olympics. A Gold medalist took home this much

$20,000

2000

2016 Team Canada (World Cup of Hockey)

Corey Crawford

2000

Before Super Bowl LV, this amount of people set the previous record for lowest attendance at the big game

61,946

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