Press Digest: Canada-Sept 17
17/09/2018 11:44
Sept 17 (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
** Two major U.S.-owned retail tenants, Gap Inc GPS.N and
Children's Place Inc PLCE.O , want to be able to invoke their
co-tenancy rights, which would allow them to get rent breaks or
even leave a mall in some situations as a result of Sears Canada
Inc SRSCQ.PK closing its stores. https://tgam.ca/2Otciil
** The number of women occupying seats in the boardrooms of
Canada's large, publicly listed companies is inching higher, but
gender diversity is stagnating at the executive level, according
to a new report. https://tgam.ca/2xgkU5y
** Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland is facing pressure to
return to Washington this week in a bid to conclude a NAFTA deal
under a deadline set by the Americans. https://tgam.ca/2D4OgsU
NATIONAL POST
** Gregg Doud, one of President Donald Trump's top trade
negotiators, says NAFTA talks with Canada have been
exceptionally arduous, calling haggling over the Canadian dairy
market the toughest issue of his career. https://bit.ly/2p7HI2Q
** Canada's particle physics laboratory TRIUMF is making a
push to be a future world leader in the production of a special
radioactive isotope nicknamed the "rarest drug on Earth," which
can deliver devastating amounts of energy to single cancer
cells, without harming nearby tissue. https://bit.ly/2QBrbRe
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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