Press Digest: Canada - March 17

Telus

17/03/2026 15:08

March 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

** Canada will invest C$200 million in a domestically owned spaceport to support independent satellite launches and will award funding to three companies through a government launch grant program.

** Ontario Premier Doug Ford said his government is exploring the possibility of broadcasting bail hearings online, a move that would run up against federal publication bans that often limit what can be publicly reported from those proceedings to protect victims and uphold a defendant's right to a fair trial.

NATIONAL POST

** Home sales in Canada continued to slide in February, falling 1.3% from January, as high fixed mortgage rates and persistent winter storms kept buyers on the sidelines, the Canadian Real Estate Association said.

** Toronto-based Xanadu Technologies Inc. is teaming up with Telus Corp. to develop Canada's first quantum data centre, as the quantum computing company seeks up to C$390 million in government funding.

** Canada and the United States have invested tens of millions of dollars in Halifax-based Ucore Rare Metals Inc. UCU.V to help reduce China's control over the global rare earth minerals market.

 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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