PRESS DIGEST - Canada - July 13
July 13 (Reuters) - The following are top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL: - For the first time in decades, doctors across the country will be given rules to help determine which patients get access to life-saving treatments in the event an influenza pandemic hits the country hard this fall.
- Stephen Harper capped four days of high-level meetings Saturday with a visit to Pope Benedict XVI's Vatican Palace, where the two discussed the pontiff's recent appeal for economic reforms based on strong moral values.
Report on Business Section:
- Diversified lender CIT Group Inc CIT.N said it is still in talks with regulators on ways to improve its near-term liquidity as recent losses may jeopardize its compliance with capital requirements.
NATIONAL POST
- Thunderstorms near the Kennedy Space Center forced NASA to postpone Sunday's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour until Monday on a mission to deliver a Japanese-built porch to the International Space Station.
- German prosecutors charged suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk with helping to kill about 28,000 Jews in World War Two, in what will be one of Germany's last big Nazi-era war crimes cases.
Financial Post section:
- Air Canada's (ACa.TO) flight attendants approved a plan for a 21-month moratorium on the airline's pension obligations and an extension of their current contract over the same period. - Canada's unemployment rate has risen to an 11-year high and the trade deficit to a record, government figures showed.
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