April 21 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from
selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
** The trickle of complaints about Netflix Inc's NFLX.O
renewed effort to stop Canadians from circumventing its
geographic content restrictions has turned into a steady stream
of outrage as the Californian company's technological crackdown
begins to bite more users globally.
Multilateral talks are ongoing between the British
Columbia and Alberta governments centering on a deal that would
see one help facilitate the construction of an oil pipeline to
the West Coast in exchange for a long-term contract to buy
electricity.
The Canadian government abandoned an appeal of a
controversial court ruling that let the Catholic Church out of
its responsibility to raise millions of dollars for aboriginal
healing programs, court documents show.
POST
** Health Canada is studying the possibility of forcing
companies to make their cigarettes less addictive, a
controversial anti-smoking strategy that no other country has
implemented.
Some of the Canadian military's top equipment programs
already underway - including projects to buy maritime
helicopters and Arctic patrol vessels - will have their funding
delayed as the defense department tries to deal with the Liberal
government's first budget.