Press Digest: Canada - Dec 5

Nutrien

05/12/2025 16:55

Dec 5 (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

** Canada's transport ministry will meet on Friday with Nutrien NTR.TO, the world’s largest fertilizer producer, to urge the Saskatchewan-based company to build a C$1 billion ($721.24 million) export terminal in Canada rather than in the U.S.

** John Rustad, the Canadian Conservative Party leader of the Canadian province of British Columbia, resignedon Thursday after months of pressure to quit over his failure to unify a fractured caucus.

** Ontario awarded C$1 million in job-training grants to Connex Telecommunications, led by entrepreneur Sayan Navaratnam, who was previously sanctioned for misleading investors, drawing opposition criticism over funds used to test a chatbot.

NATIONAL POST

** Canada has set up a new Canadian Joint Forces Command to coordinate military capabilities including health care and logistics, the government announced on Thursday.

($1 = 1.3865 Canadian dollars)

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