PRESS DIGEST-Canada - Jan 12
Jan 12 (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
** Rexall pharmacy's American owner is shopping the pharmacy chain to prospective buyers, according to sources, as McKesson Corp reconsiders its Canadian footprint after a 15-year expansion.
** Thornhill Research Inc. has been awarded a contract by the Defence Logistics Agency Troop Support, which manages the medical supply chain for the U.S. military. Thornhill will provide up to $356 million of its portable, lightweight MADM anesthetic systems and MOVES SLC life-support-system equipment.
** Michael Kovrig, the former Canadian diplomat whose long detention in China strained relations between Ottawa and Beijing, has written a letter of support for Cameron Ortis, an ex-RCMP intelligence director who now faces sentencing after being found guilty of illegally leaking secrets to the targets of international criminal probes. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)