Press Digest: Canada - Aug 20

Medmen Enterprises

20/08/2021 12:05

Aug 20 (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 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised $9
billion over five years for seniors living alone or in
assisted-care centres, at a campaign appearance at a long-term
care facility in Victoria. https://tgam.ca/3y9oUS4
 
    
    ** Tilray Inc  TLRY.TO , which recently announced a majority
investment in U.S. marijuana retailer MedMen Enterprises Inc
 MMEN.CD , is struggling to secure shareholder approval to raise
more equity that it intends to use to fund the MedMen deal. https://tgam.ca/3y3UXTp
 
                
    ** Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd  FFH.TO  agreed to sell
the retail division of Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us Canada to
Putman Investments Inc, three years after the insurance
conglomerate bought the company for $300 million. https://tgam.ca/380lBSw
       
    NATIONAL POST
    
    ** Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday
that the government is unlikely to get everyone who has sought
for help out of Afghanistan, because of the Taliban's
stranglehold on the country. https://bit.ly/3y1u2Yb
 


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