Press Digest: Canada - Nov. 19

COGECO

19/11/2020 11:41

Nov 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
    Kevin Uebelein, CEO of the Alberta Investment Management
Corp since 2015, is departing in the wake of a C$2.1-billion
($1.60 billion) loss this year that was traced to flaws in the
Crown corporation's risk management and corporate culture. https://tgam.ca/3lLT5Jz
    
    A hostile takeover bid for Quebec-based cable operator
Cogeco Inc  CGO.TO  has expired, with the chief executive of
Rogers Communications Inc  RCIb.TO  saying he is disappointed
the family that controls the company was unwilling to discuss
the proposed C$11.1-billion ($8.46 billion) offer. https://tgam.ca/3kLS3Mm
                
    Canada's electronic spy agency, Communications Security
Establishment (CSE), for the first time named countries such as
China and Russia as the greatest "strategic threat" to the
country, warning that foreign actors are developing cyber
capabilities to disrupt critical infrastructure. https://tgam.ca/3pDQuDX
       
    NATIONAL POST
    The Canadian federal government claims billions in taxable
income could be wrested from its grasp if the Supreme Court of
Canada does not intervene in Ottawa's thus-far unsuccessful
dispute with uranium producer Cameco Corp  CCO.TO . https://bit.ly/38V7uiO



($1 = 1.3116 Canadian dollars)

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