The global average Internet speed climbed by 4.5 per cent during the third quarter of 2011 to reach 2.7 Mbps, Akamai Technologies Inc. said in a new report. 

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The Sun News Network’s Krista Erickson inspired a record number of complaints for her interview with a Canadian dancer last June but did not break any broadcast standards, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) said Friday.

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The CRTC approved two applications Friday for specialty channel licences related to entertainment and humour. 

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The CRTC said Friday that the number of telephone or fax numbers registered on its national do-not-call list have reached a total of 10,321,282 numbers. 

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The federal government may be forced to introduce a time allocation motion to move its copyright reform bill to committee, Government House Leader Peter Van Loan said Thursday.

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