PRESS DIGEST-Canada - March 26
March 26 (Reuters) - 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
** Manulife announced on Monday that RGA Life Reinsurance Company of Canada will reinsure more than $5.8 billion of risk on its books, freeing up about $800 million in capital that will be used for future share buybacks.
** Billionaire financier Stephen Smith is merging recently acquired Home Trust Co with Fairstone Bank of Canada in a deal valued at about $5 billion to $6 billion.
** Manitoba Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said their government is reviewing a two-year contract awarded last July to Canadian Health Labs, after the company failed to sign a single doctor in the first eight months of an agreement to bring up to 150 family physicians to the province.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
