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Weekly News Roundup (March 23)

Posted on March 23, 2017
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By: Brittany Green

Top Stories this Week

 Lawyers for Snowden helpers want Ottawa’s aid (Snowden) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/the-latest-us-hails-arrest-in-threats-on-jewish-centers/2017/03/23/de80c6dc-0fd2-11e7-aa57-2ca1b05c41b8_story.html?utm_term=.d17d239d08d2

Treading water as the level is rising (CRTC) https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20170323/281694024604937

Minister will miss conference on openness; Budget keeps Treasury Board head from attending meeting as press reports reform delay (Access to Information Canada) https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20170322/281621010158538

Sports Bars Without Sports?; Bell, Rogers Putting The Squeeze On Watering Holes (CRTC) https://www.pressreader.com/canada/national-post-latest-edition/20170322/281479276237311

 Top International News

The Latest: Jewish leaders welcome arrest of threat suspect (Defamation International) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/the-latest-us-hails-arrest-in-threats-on-jewish-centers/2017/03/23/de80c6dc-0fd2-11e7-aa57-2ca1b05c41b8_story.html?utm_term=.d17d239d08d2

Google overhauls its advertising policies; Tech giant introducing two new features after uproar over YouTube videos in U.K. (Censorship International) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-21/google-overhauls-ads-policies-after-uproar-over-youtube-videos

‘Beauty and the Beast’ to be shown in Malaysia without cuts (Censorship International) http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/21/beauty-and-the-beast-to-be-shown-in-malaysia-without-cuts.html

 

 

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