Seven stories in the news for Wednesday, Nov. 8——PM TRUDEAU IN VIETNAM TO TALK TRADE, HUMAN RIGHTSPrime Minister Justin Trudeau’s trip to strengthen ties in the Asia-Pacific region began today in Vietnam, a fast-growing country with a deep cultural connection for many Canadians. In Hanoi today, Trudeau will meet with the country’s leaders before heading to Ho Chi Minh City for a roundtable with business leaders. ——SHOPPERS OPTIMUM, PC PLUS POINTS TO MERGELoblaw Companies Ltd. says it will merge Shoppers Optimum points and PC Plus points under the name PC Optimum starting in February. The food and pharmacy giant says consumers can collect points as usual until Feb. 1, 2018 when Optimum and PC Plus points will be moved to the new program at equal value. ——ALSO IN THE NEWS TODAY:— Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. will release preliminary housing start data for October.

Source: National Post November 08, 2017 09:11 UTC