Press Digest: Canada - Dec. 8

Cardinal Energy (Alberta)

08/12/2020 11:57

Dec 8 (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
    
    ** Telemedicine startup MindBeacon Holdings Inc has filed to
go public on the Toronto Stock Exchange amid a surge in demand
for digitally delivered health services during the pandemic. https://tgam.ca/36TwVzW
    
    ** The Canadian federal government passed over a private
option for its plans to produce COVID-19 vaccine domestically by
the end of 2020, instead investing in its own production
facility that is now almost a year behind schedule. https://tgam.ca/36VqbBF
                
    ** Canadian government's decision to unplug from Huawei
Technologies Co Ltd is not sufficient to protect the country's
telecommunication networks, says the University of Toronto's
Citizen Lab, which conducts research on cybersecurity issues. https://tgam.ca/2LjBj2X
       
    NATIONAL POST
    
    ** Cardinal Energy Ltd  CJ.TO  announced Monday it had
raised almost $17 million of new convertible debt in a private
placement, with more than three-quarters of that money coming
from billionaire Murray Edwards, executive chairman of Canadian
Natural Resources Ltd  CNQ.TO , which experts say could provide
a rare boost for embattled junior companies in Calgary. https://bit.ly/2VQ7nxc
    
    ** Up to 124,500 Canadians could receive doses of the Pfizer
Inc  PFE.N  COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the month so long as
it is approved by Health Canada shortly, Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau announced Monday. https://bit.ly/3mVvmHv
    

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