Feb 19 (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
- Deloitte is acquiring The Working Group, a Toronto-based digital consultancy that brings software design expertise and some blue-chip clients to the multinational accounting and consulting firm. (https://tgam.ca/3drUi7r)
- Superior Plus Corp SPB.TO delivered on a two-year-old promise to focus the company on propane distribution on Thursday by selling its chemical business for C$725 million ($573.80 million) to private equity fund manager Birch Hill Equity Partners. (https://tgam.ca/37udcXA)
- Canada is strongly condemning Facebook Inc 's FB.O decision to block news-sharing on its platform in Australia as part of an escalating standoff over rules requiring social-media platforms to compensate news publishers. (https://tgam.ca/3bnqJ47)
NATIONAL POST
- WestJet said it is temporarily suspending flights to four Canadian destinations until June and blamed the government's "increasingly restrictive" COVID-19 policies for the disruption. (https:// TC Energy Corp TRP.TO has been moving a record amount of natural gas through the United States, which is mired in a deep freeze that has caused a spike in commodity prices and also roiled the country's power markets. (https:// The head of Walmart (NYSE:WMT) Inc's WMT.N Canadian operations defended the big-box chain's controversial decision to charge its suppliers higher fees during the pandemic, arguing that COVID-19 has created a more online-savvy shopper who is more expensive to serve. (https:// = 1.2635 Canadian dollars)