PRESS DIGEST-Canada - Feb 5

Feb 5 (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

** Air Canada AC.TO said it needs government aid before it can give refunds to customers whose flights were cancelled in the pandemic. (https://tgam.ca/2LkD404)

** The federal government's plans for a mass-vaccination campaign to start in April were thrown off when Health Canada approved the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines sooner than expected, leaving Ottawa scrambling to secure vaccines earlier with little success. (https://tgam.ca/39O6ygq)

NATIONAL POST

** Canada's largest oil companies plan to use the St. Lawrence Seaway to ship crude oil into Ontario as a contingency plan in case Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is successful in shutting down the Line 5 pipeline that supplies the province's fuel. (https://bit.ly/3rsArZo)

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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