Press Digest: Canada - Dec 18

Belo Sun Mining

18/12/2017 10:54

Dec 18 (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 
     
    ** Statistics Canada plans to experiment with online 
crowdsourcing to help figure out how much cannabis costs on 
Canada's street corners, which will aid Ottawa in reaching one 
of its core goals to undercut the drug's black market when 
legalization occurs next summer. https://tgam.ca/2oFJMSc 
     
    ** Ottawa is pushing venture capitalists to help fix the 
gender gap in the Canadian startup scene, telling those who want 
to qualify for a C$400 million ($311 million) funding program 
they must "demonstrate how their strategies would advance these 
objectives." https://tgam.ca/2yRcJuv 
     
    ** A Brazilian appeals court has upheld the suspension of a 
key license for Toronto-based Belo Sun Mining Corp  BSX.TO , 
which hopes to build Brazil's largest open-pit gold mine in the 
Amazon forest. https://tgam.ca/2kelJoV 
     
    NATIONAL POST 
     
    ** Toronto Police have released the cause of deaths of 
pharmaceuticals billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife, Honey. 
The couple, whose bodies were found on Friday, died from 
"ligature neck compression", the police said on Sunday. http://bit.ly/2yM93tH 
 
 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom) 
 ((globalnewsmonitoring@thomsonreuters.com)) 
 
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