Canada’s Legal Weed, Job Openings Record & Harry Potter Parody – Wednesday, October 17th, 2018

The news to know for Wednesday, October 17th, 2018!

Today, we’re talking about the largest country yet to legalize marijuana and the record number of job openings in the U.S.

Plus: Uber’s valuation, Lyft’s subscription service and Facebook’s next in-home device.

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

Head to http://www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about all of the stories mentioned (click ‘Episodes’) or see below. 

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Sources: 

 

Canada’s Legal Weed: CBC, NYT, CNBC, NBC News

 

Texas Flooding The Weather Channel / Michael Aftermath The Weather Channel

 

Student Debt Relief: CNN, NYT

 

Cost of College: WSJ

 

Job Openings Record: MarketWatch, U.S. Dept. of Labor

 

Uber’s Valuation: WSJ, CNBC

 

Lyft Subscriptions: The Verge

 

Facebook’s Next Device: Cheddar, TechCrunch

 

Twitter Error TechCrunch / YouTube Down: CBS News, Twitter

 

Harry Potter Parody Play: The Verge, CNET