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PRESS DIGEST-Canada - Jan. 20

Published 2021-01-20, 07:02 a/m
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Jan 20 (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

South Korean internet giant Naver Corp 035420.KS has struck a deal to buy Toronto's Wattpad Corp, the latest in a string of international mergers and acquisitions involving Canadian technology companies. https://tgam.ca/3itLr5H

WestJet Airlines Ltd has urged the federal government to reject Air Canada 's AC.TO takeover of Transat AT Inc TRZ.TO or impose conditions that would limit the combined companies' market dominance. https://tgam.ca/3iuutUF

Vancouver entrepreneur and financier Roger Hardy of Coastal Contacts Inc fame took a second run at the public markets this week with yet another eyewear company: Kits Eyecare Inc, an online glasses and contacts retailer that raised $55-million with its initial public offering on Tuesday. https://tgam.ca/2MbfN0w

NATIONAL POST

Business leaders in Canada's most populous province, Ontario, are still debating the question of whether the accountants who scrutinize their books should take on a proactive "warrior" role when it comes to itemizing and measuring a company's environmental and social impacts. https:// Bragg Gaming Group BRAG.V has been approved to graduate from the TSX Venture Exchange to the TSX beginning Jan. 27, the company announced Tuesday. https://

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