Press Digest: Canada - May 3

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03/05/2018 12:41

May 3 (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
    
    ** Venture capitalist Michael Savage lost a British Columbia
(BC) Supreme Court bid to avoid securities fines and was told by
the court's judge that the ban and fine he received in 2008 for
defrauding investors remains in place. https://tgam.ca/2HL5AVB
    
    ** One of Canada's biggest medical marijuana companies,
MedReleaf Corp  LEAF.TO , is conducting talks with some of its
rivals that could lead to the creation of the country's most
valuable cannabis grower, sources say. https://tgam.ca/2rd4Zlt
                
    ** A new report from the Immigrant Services Society of BC
highlights increase in entrepreneurship among Syrian refugees in
British Columbia with the study finding that the number of
refugees working has doubled over the past year. https://tgam.ca/2HRDAfi
       
    
    NATIONAL POST
    
    ** Increased contributions to the Canada Pension Plan could
deny the country billions in retirement savings that might be
used for investments at home, the Fraser Institute warned on
Thursday. http://bit.ly/2rhFakh
    
    

 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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