A roundup of the most newsworthy press
releases from Cision Distribution this week
TORONTO, June 21,
2024 /CNW/ - With thousands of press releases
published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything
on Cision. To help journalists and consumers stay on top of the
week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a recap of some
major stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full
text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release
headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are
available for download.
- TD Launches Full-Service Platform supporting Technology and
Innovation Clients in Canada
At launch, TDIP will offer a unique banking experience made for
founders and their teams. From the initial opening of a bank
account to helping meet the complex needs of mid and later stage
growth companies – TDIP is poised to bridge the gap between banking
services and the specialized needs of technology companies across
their lifecycles. TDIP will also work alongside TD Wealth to
provide private banking and wealth management to help make TD the
bank that truly understands the founder journey.
- Fidelity Wealth to provide choice and support for financial
advisors looking to retire with confidence
Fidelity Wealth will offer financial advisors and their clients
choice and access to a suite of investment and wealth management
services, backed by Fidelity's global resources. Fidelity Wealth's
team of experienced wealth professionals will offer financial
advisors and their clients a seamless transition experience and
personalized plans, aiming to deliver excellent customer service
and investment management at every step in their
journey.
- Tims is bringing back the Walnut Crunch and Dutchie along
with two NEW Tim Hortons Retro Donuts: the Blueberry Sour Cream
Donut and the Sugar Twist, starting Monday for a limited
time!
"We were excited to kick off our 60th anniversary
year by launching Retro Donuts and were beyond thrilled by the
enthusiastic response from Canadians – so we knew we had to bring
them back this summer," said Hope Bagozzi, Chief Marketing
Officer at Tim Hortons. All four Retro Donuts will be available at
participating Tim Hortons restaurants
across Canada starting on Monday, June 24 for a
limited time.
- RECONAFRICA ANNOUNCES STOCK OPTION GRANT
The Company announces that it has granted incentive stock options
(the "Options") to certain directors, officers, employees, and
consultants of the Company to acquire an aggregate of 5,800,000
common shares in the capital of the Company at an exercise price of
$1.40 per share in accordance with
the Company's Stock Option Plan. The Options are exercisable for a
five-year term expiring June 19,
2029, and will be subject to certain vesting provisions as
determined by the board of directors of the Company. The Options
are subject to restrictions on resale until October 19, 2024, in accordance with the policies
of the TSX Venture Exchange.
- DeFi Technologies Responds to Misleading Short
and Distort Report
The Report lacks merit and contains numerous defamatory, selective,
inaccurate, incomplete and misleading statements, speculation, and
innuendo. Furthermore, the Company believes, for the reasons noted
below, that the Report was possibly commissioned by short-sellers
in a coordinated effort to depress the valuation of the common
shares of the Company (the "Shares") to cover short
positions, a tactic that is common for short-sellers to deploy when
a company is successful and the short-sellers find themselves on
the wrong end of a short trade.
- Food Banks Canada Report Highlights Hidden
Poverty
The new report, prepared by Michael
Mendelson, Maytree Fellow and a former Deputy Minister in
Ontario and Manitoba, with Geranda
Notten, Professor of Comparative Public Policy at the
University of Ottawa's Graduate School
of Public and International Affairs, introduces a Material
Deprivation Index (MDI) – a poverty metric that's widely used in
Europe to measure a poverty level
standard of living – with Canadian data. The MDI illuminates hidden
poverty by showing that an estimated 25% of Canadians are living in
poverty because they cannot afford two or more household
essentials. That's nearly 6 million more Canadians than is
reflected in StatsCan's most recent poverty rate data.
- CORUS ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES DOUG MURPHY TO
RETIRE
"Under Doug's leadership, Corus has created a diversified portfolio
of powerful brands encompassing television, radio and content
assets," said Heather Shaw, Executive Chair. "Doug's passion
for bringing content to Canadians, including fair and balanced
news, is renowned. On behalf of the Board, I thank Doug for his
many years of commitment and leadership at Corus and wish him well
on his new chapter." The Board is pleased to appoint Troy
Reeb and John Gossling as Co-Chief Executive
Officers. These appointments are effective immediately and reflect
the strength of Corus' leadership bench and a forward focus on
managing through a challenging environment. Mr. Gossling will also
continue in his role as Chief Financial Officer.
- Mandarin Thanks Customers for 45 Delicious Years With a FREE
Buffet on Canada Day
The July 1 free Canada Day meal will include the
award-winning Mandarin all-you-can-eat buffet, featuring the best
in Chinese-Canadian cuisine. Guests can enjoy more than 100 dishes,
including exclusive Celebrate Canada promotional dishes - from
Maple Glazed Salmon to Canadian Pizza. Mandarin favourites will
also be served at the hot foods and grill table, soup and salad
bar, prime rib counter, sushi corner, desserts counter, and ice
cream sundae and frozen yogurt bar.
- 11 Teams Revealed for Milestone Tenth Season of THE AMAZING
RACE CANADA, beginning
July 2 on CTV
To commemorate
the Season 10 anniversary, THE AMAZING RACE CANADA returns to Oaks Garden Theatre,
overlooking Horseshoe Falls in Niagara
Falls, Ont., for the starting line this season – the same
location where Season 1 kicked off in 2013. The race also touches
down in host Jon Montgomery's
hometown of Russell, Manitoba for
the first time. The winning team of THE AMAZING RACE CANADA's tenth season receives two first-ever
2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV RS vehicles, an epic, round-the-world
trip-of-a-lifetime for two courtesy of Expedia, a $250,000 cash prize, and the coveted title of THE
AMAZING RACE CANADA
champions.
- Walmart Canada teams up with Disney+, Expedia, Spotify,
Journie Rewards and Fig Financial to provide special offers and
more savings for Walmart customers
"We've never wavered from our commitment to deliver everyday
low prices to our customers. And with our new Partner Offers, we're
excited to take that commitment a step further," said Laurent
Duray, Chief Growth Officer, Walmart Canada. "The traditional
savings our customers expect when they shop with us are now
conveniently extended to when they book a trip, sign up for a
streaming service, purchase gas or explore a new banking solution
with one of our partners. It's a new way we're enhancing our
customers' shopping experiences with us and continuing to help save
them money so they can live better – whether they shop in store or
on the Walmart Canada app."
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