Press Digest: Canada - Dec 2

Generation Mining

02/12/2022 13:39

Dec 2 (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
    Toronto-based Generation Mining Ltd  GENM.TO  has received
provincial and federal approval to proceed with its Marathon
palladium and copper project in northwestern Ontario that should
help Canada establish a bigger foothold in a key automotive
metal largely controlled by Russia.
    After 18 days of testimony, scores of witnesses and tense
moments of cross-examination, the Competition Tribunal hearing
into the proposed $26-billion merger of Rogers Communications
Inc  RCIb.TO  and Shaw Communications  SJRb.TO  Inc is coming to
a close.
    NATIONAL POST
    Volkswagen AG   VOWG_p.DE  will explore sites in Canada to
build the company's first battery factory in North America to
power electric vehicles as per an agreement that the automaker
inked with the Canadian government on Thursday.
 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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