Press Digest: Canada - Aug 29

Perpetual Energy

29/08/2018 11:45

Aug 29 (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    
    ** Officials from global beverage makers Anheuser-Busch
InBev SA/NV, Pernod Ricard SA  PERP.PA , Heineken Holding NV
 HEIO.AS , Coca-Cola Co  KO.N  and Diageo PLC  DGE.L  are making
rounds with legal cannabis producers, meeting executives and
touring their facilities as they weigh the possibility of
getting into the business, according to sources familiar with
the matter. (https://tgam.ca/2BWRqhR)
    
    ** Perpetual Energy Inc  PMT.TO  is taking aim at Alberta
regulators in a strident defence of a two-year-old sale of
depleted gas wells to Chinese investors. (https://tgam.ca/2C9IeH9)
     
    ** Ottawa is ready to make concessions to the administration
of U.S. President Donald Trump on Canada's protected dairy
market in a bid to save a key NAFTA dispute-settlement system,
preserve safeguards for cultural industries and avert tougher
pharmaceutical patent protections, The Globe and Mail has
learned. (https://tgam.ca/2MXv2Jr)
    
       
    NATIONAL POST    
    ** The chief executive officer of the Bank of Nova Scotia
 BNS.TO ,  Brian Porter, said on Tuesday that a deal cut by
Mexico and the United States in the NAFTA talks is a positive
development that comes as the lender is eyeing further growth in
the so-called Pacific Alliance countries. (http://bit.ly/2BXOB01)

 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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