PRESS DIGEST-Canada - Dec 22
Dec 22 (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
**Ottawa has given the go-ahead to Royal Bank of Canada's C$13.5-billion ($10.17 billion) takeover of Britain-based HSBC Holdings PLC's Canadian subsidiary, with the bank agreeing to several commitments to close the deal.
**Competition Commissioner Matthew Boswell has been reappointed as head of the commission for a further two years, leading the agency's enforcement efforts as Ottawa overhauls the Competition Act for the first time in decades.
**Postmedia Network Canada Corp. recently paid back Canso, its long-time Canadian lender, by borrowing an additional $14.9 million from Chatham Asset Management LLC, a New Jersey-based fund manager.
($1 = 1.3271 Canadian dollars) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)