Evening Update: Ottawa agrees to deal with Google over online news bill, sources say

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Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories: The federal government is poised to announce it has reached a $100-million deal with Google over Bill C-18, staving off a threat to block Canadians from being able to search for news on the tech giant’s platform. Sources say Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge has sealed the deal on an agreement with Google about supporting the news industry after months of fraught negotiations over the Online News Act. Under the agreement, Google will inject $100-million a year into the news industry, indexed to inflation. The agreement will be widely welcomed by the news...