Press Digest: Canada - August 19

Grifols

19/08/2026 13:30

August 19 - 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
** U.S. President Donald Trump postponed his latest round of tariffs on Canadian goods for three days, saying the two countries had reached a deal.
     
** Spanish pharmaceutical company Grifols GRLS.MC has revised past reports on donors who suffered serious injuries or died at its centres since 2018 down to six, after pausing plasma collection operations in Canada amid multiple critical Health Canada investigations.
     
** Canadian defence companies Dominion Dynamics and Roshel are eyeing idle automotive plants and laid-off workers as part of expansion plans to build manufacturing hubs backed by federal funding.
     

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