Press Digest: Canada - Oct. 7

RFA Financial

07/10/2020 13:22

Oct 7 (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
    ** Consumer spending has picked up in recent weeks as
Canadians spruce up their homes and revamp their wardrobes, an
encouraging sign for the economy as it grapples with a second
wave of the novel coronavirus. https://tgam.ca/3np8uRh
 
    
    ** Sandpiper Group has launched a bid to oust most of the
board of Artis Real Estate Investment Trust  AX_u.TO , partly in
response to the commercial landlord’s plan to spin off C$779
million ($586.33 million) of retail assets into a new trust. https://tgam.ca/2I8ZAax
 
                
    ** The employee of Hootsuite Inc who revealed a contentious,
now-cancelled contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement agency says she no longer works for the Vancouver
social-media management company. https://tgam.ca/30K5s0i  
       


($1 = 1.3286 Canadian dollars)

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