Press Digest: Canada - July 21

Dolly Varden Silver

21/07/2016 11:30

July 21 (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 ranks 10th among the 23 largest energy consumers 
in the world when it comes to using that energy efficiently. A 
study released on Wednesday by the non-profit American Council 
for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) put Canada in the middle 
ranks for energy efficiency, citing the country's strict 
appliance and building standards as areas of strength. (http://bit.ly/29Pf0ep) 
     
    NATIONAL POST 
    ** Junior miner and hostile takeover target Dolly Varden 
Silver Corp  DV.V  insists it has valid business reasons to seek 
a private placement that would dilute the company's market value 
in the face of a hostile takeover bid launched by Hecla Mining 
Co  HL.N . (http://bit.ly/29NIEEa) 
             
    ** Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is trumpeting the new 
Canada Child Benefit that just landed in parents' bank accounts 
across the country, but the government's inability to properly 
pay tens of thousands of federal workers is proving to be a 
costly distraction for the Liberals. (http://bit.ly/29NJfGh) 
 
 (Compiled by Shalini Nagarajan in Bengaluru) 
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