Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Sunday, February 5
View Article  Postage due for e-mail?
by DavidAkin on Sun 05 Feb 2006 09:33 AM EST

The New York Times’ Saul Hansell reports today that both AOL and Yahoo — the two biggest providers of e-mail services on the planet — are considerig a plan to start charging companies who want to send out bulk e-mail a fee. Hansell says it could cost between 0.25 cents and a penny for those ...   more »

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View Article  Update on those cabinet picks
by DavidAkin on Sun 05 Feb 2006 12:50 AM EST

On Friday, I tried to think through who will be in Stephen Harper’s cabinet when he unveils it on Monday. In that post, I noted that no one knows for sure but, in interviews with Conservative MPs, Conservative political staffers, Conservative strategists and other pundits and observers in Ottawa, ...   more »

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