Month: August 2022

Kapruvia® (difelikefalin) is the first and only therapy approved through consortium filing for the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD)-associated pruritus in hemodialysis patients Therapy recently approved in Canada under the brand name KORSUVA® Regulatory decisions in Australia and Singapore expected by the end of 2022 ST. GALLEN, Switzerland, and STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma (VFMCRP) and Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CARA) today announced that they have received approval for Kapruvia® from the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products (Swissmedic). Kapruvia® will be the first therapy available for the treatment of moderate-to-severe pruritus associated with chronic kidney disease in adult hemodialysis patients. Swissmedic approval for Kapruvia® follows approvals...

TORONTO and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GCM Mining Corp. (GCM Mining) (TSX: GCM; OTCQX: TPRFF) and Aris Gold Corporation (Aris Gold) (TSX: ARIS; OTCQX: ALLXF) announce they have filed the joint management information circular and related meeting materials in connection with their respective special meetings of shareholders to be held on September 19, 2022. The purpose of the meetings is to approve the proposed business combination of GCM Mining and Aris Gold announced on July 25, 2022. The combined entity will continue under the name Aris Mining Corporation and will be a gold producer with increased scale, increased diversification of operating and project development risk, have an improved capital markets profile, and reduced overhead costs. Pursuant to the transaction, Aris Gold shareholders...

EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Capital Power Corporation (“Capital Power” or the “Company”) (TSX:CPX) announced today that it has priced a public offering (the “Offering”) in Canada of C$350 million 7.95% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes, Series 1, due September 9, 2082 (the “Notes”). The Offering is expected to close on or about September 9, 2022. The Company intends to allocate an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to finance or refinance new or existing “green” investments that meet the eligibility criteria as described in the Company’s Green Financing Framework. Pending such allocation, the Company expects to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to redeem the Company’s outstanding Cumulative Minimum Rate Reset Preference Shares, Series 9 (TSX: CPX.PR.I) (the “Preferred...

TORONTO, Aug. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shawcor Ltd. (“Shawcor” or the “Company”) (TSX: SCL) today announced that its pipe coating division (“Pipeline Performance Group” or “PPG”) has received a formal contract valued at approximately C$500 million from Transportadora de Gas Natural de la Huasteca, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“TGNH”), the Mexican subsidiary of TC Energy Corporation (“TC Energy”), to supply pipe coating services on the Southeast Gateway Pipeline project (“SGP”), an offshore natural gas pipeline in southeast Mexico. In support of this project, which reached a final investment decision (“FID”) this month, Shawcor will mobilize facilities and apply concrete weight coating to approximately 706 km of 36-inch diameter pipe that will connect the TGNH facilities in Tuxpan, Veracruz offshore to Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz and onward...

MÜV Hollywood is the third MÜV dispensary location in Broward County and ninth to open in Florida since late June, underscoring the Company’s ongoing retail expansion across the state The dispensary is located on high-traffic Taft Road, a thoroughfare with an average daily traffic count of over 16,000 cars1 Verano’s active operations span 13 states, comprised of 110 dispensaries and 13 cultivation and processing facilities with more than 1 million square feet of cultivation capacityCHICAGO, Aug. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Verano Holdings Corp. (CSE: VRNO) (OTCQX: VRNOF) (“Verano” or the “Company”), a leading multi-state cannabis company, today announced the opening of MÜV Hollywood dispensary on Friday, August 19, 2022, the Company’s 56th Florida dispensary and 110th nationwide. MÜV Hollywood, located at 6661 Taft Road,...

Toronto, ON, Canada, Aug. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canada Carbon Inc. (the “Company“) (TSX-V : CCB) (OTC: BRUZF) (Frankfurt: U7N1) announces that it has granted options (each, an “Option”) to purchase an aggregate of up to 400,000 common shares in the capital of the Company (each, a “Common Share”) to certain consultants of the Company. Each Option is exercisable into one Common Share at $0.15 per share for a period of three years from the date of grant. The Options vest immediately and are granted in accordance with the Company’s equity incentive plan. CANADA CARBON INC. “Ellerton Castor” Chief Executive Officer and Director For further information please contact:CANADA CARBON INC. E-mail inquiries: info@canadacarbon.comP: (905) 407-1212   “Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that...