Google won't block news links in Canada after all

It seems Google won't block news links in Canada in response to new legislation after all. The company pledged earlier this year to pull links to Canadian news stories from Search, News and Discover when the country's Online News Act (Bill C-18) takes effect in December. However, according to the CBC , Google has reached a deal with the country's government that will see it continuing to serve users there with Canadian news. Google is said to have agreed to pay news publishers in Canada around $...