Press Digest: Canada - Nov 14

Loblaw Companies

14/11/2024 11:56

Nov 14 (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
    Canadian passenger railway company Via Rail is taking
Canadian National Railway  CNR.TO  to court over new speed
restrictions and other rules in Quebec and Ontario.

    The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed that a British
Columbia teen who is severely ill with bird flu caught a version
of the highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 that has decimated
farmed and wild birds across North and South America.

    Japan's Seven & I Holdings  3382.T  received a buyout
proposal from a member of its founding Ito family, a potential
$58 billion white-knight bid as it weighs a rival offer from
Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard  ATD.TO .

    Per Bank, chief executive officer of Canadian supermarket
retailer Loblaw Companies  L.TO  said the company will reduce
prices on more than 400 food items sold at the drug stores by
roughly 10% to 15% to bring back customers.
   

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