stocks in toronto were slightly higher at midday friday in the session process industries and consumer durables were the biggest laggards offset by gains led by the tech materials and health tech sectors on the telecommunications front corus entertainment inc shares fell after reporting lowerthanexpected firstquarter profit as lower revenue from advertising weighed on performance canadas sptsx composite index was up 038 to 2028870 and the bluechip sptsx 60 rose by 047 to 122169 corus entertainment shares were down more than 15 at 191 canadian dollars 143 after reporting net income of c314 million or c016 a share for the three months ended nov 30 this was below the prioryear periods c762 million or c036 cents a share and lower than analyst forecasts of c025 a share revenue fell to c4312 million from c4639 million largely due to a lagging advertising dollars cogeco communications inc shares fell 9 to c7430 after the company said late thursday that fewer customers more competition and the general economic climate would stifle revenue and earnings growth rates in fiscal 2023