Press Digest: Canada - Aug. 11

ECN Capital

11/08/2021 12:59

Aug 11 (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
    ** Toronto based consumer lender ECN Capital Corp  ECN.TO 
is selling its home renovation financing unit to Truist
Financial Corp  TFC.N  for $2 billion. (https://tgam.ca/3jNA8pU)
    
    ** Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd  CP.TO  renewed the takeover
battle for Kansas City Southern  KSU.N  on Tuesday with a new
bid that is cheaper than Canadian National Railway Co's
 CNR.TO , but offers what the Calgary railway says is greater
assurance its deal will win U.S. regulatory approval. (https://tgam.ca/3fTWLrI)

    NATIONAL POST
    ** A decade after Canada ended an historic combat mission in
Afghanistan, the government is making emergency preparations to
get diplomats out of Kabul. (https://bit.ly/3fTqLnr)

 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
 ((globalnewsmonitoring@thomsonreuters.com))