May 16 (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 Ontario government will spend more than C$7 billion
($5.42 billion) over four years on a sweeping climate change
plan in a bid to cut the province's carbon footprint.
Canada's home prices climbed 1.2 percent last month,
marking the largest month-over-month increase for April since
2008. There was a monthly jump of 2.2 percent in Vancouver and
1.4 percent in Toronto.
NATIONAL POST
The lone surviving Canadian hostage Robert Hall in the
southern Philippines has appeared in a new video, announcing
that his captor Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf will
decapitate him and a Norwegian man next month if they do not
receive C$16 million in ransom first. = 1.2923 Canadian dollars)