PRESS DIGEST-Canada - Feb 8

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Feb 8 (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 - Almost 40% of the loans in a private debt fund run by Ninepoint Partners LP and Third Eye Capital Management Inc have not required cash interest payments since their inception – and have not paid them – while another 25% have the option to defer their cash interest payments. - The Vancouver Island Health Authority is advising its healthcare workers not to test themselves for COVID-19 unless they are at heightened risk for the illness.


NATIONAL POST - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said that the central bank would be taking a conditional pause on rate hikes over the months ahead to determine if enough has been done to reverse inflation. - Ontario Chamber of Commerce, in its annual economic outlook published on Tuesday, said that only 16% of its members were confident about their province's economic prospects, down from 29% a year earlier.

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