Press Digest: Canada - Sept 19

BCE

19/09/2024 15:21

Sept 19 (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 
    - Rogers Communications  RCIb.TO  said it would buy Bell's
stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for C$4.7 billion 
($3.46 billion) to become the majority owner of the Canadian
sports firm behind the Toronto Raptors basketball team and NHL's
Toronto Maple Leafs.
    
    - An early estimate of Canada's national greenhouse gas
emissions indicated a drop of about 1 per cent in 2023, but the
oil and gas sector has continued to steadily increase emissions 
and now comprises 31% of Canada's national total.

    -  The Bank of Canada's governing council was split on the
outlook for inflation ahead of its Sept 4 decision to cut rates
for the third time in a row, minutes published on Wednesday
showed.
    
    NATIONAL POST
    - Toronto-Dominion Bank  TD.TO  said on Thursday that its
CEO Bharat Masrani will retire on April 10 and named Raymond
Chun, the current head of Canadian personal and commercial
banking, as Masrani's successor.
       


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