Press Digest: Canada - 31 July

Cogeco Communications

31/07/2025 12:00

July 31 (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

- Canada's billionaire Weston family has reached a C$12.5-million ($9.03 million) agreement to buy the 1670 royal charter that launched the Hudson's Bay Co, and to donate the historic document to the Canadian Museum of History, pending court approval.

- Hudson's Bay Co. is pushing ahead with seeking court approval to sell 25 store leases to B.C. billionaire Weihong (Ruby) Liu, despite court filings that reveal the retailer considered terminating the deal after accusing Ms. Liu's company of breaching their agreement.

- Canada's life insurance industry is opposing proposed restrictions on exclusivity deals between pharmacies and insurers – guardrails that pharmacists say are necessary to curb risks to patients' health.

NATIONAL POST

- Internet, video and wireline phone services provider Cogeco Communications Inc CCA.TO has formally launched mobile service in parts of Ontario and Quebec on Wednesday, making it the latest entrant in Canada's wireless market.

($1 = 1.3847 Canadian dollars)

 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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