Jan 3 (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
** The new independent Senate won't be afraid to make changes to Liberal legislation but that doesn't mean it will derail Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's agenda, according to the government's point man in the Red Chamber.
** As part of the local overdose response, the Mobile Medical Unit is offering treatment options to anyone who needs it, free of charge.
** A Toronto-area mother of two, Alaa Al-Muhandis, has been identified as one of the 39 people killed in the early morning terrorist attack in Istanbul on New Year's Day.
NATIONAL POST
** Rose Wolfe, a former chancellor of the University of Toronto and a lifelong champion of humanitarian and Jewish causes, died Friday. She was 100 years old.
The iconic Canadian ball hockey rink at Kandahar Airfield, its boards adorned with faded Maple Leaf flags, has been dismantled. A dozen Canadian embassy staff, including Ambassador Ken Neufeld and a few soldiers, played a final game of shinny last week on the concrete slab in the infield of the airfield's boardwalk before U.S. army engineers helped take down the boards.