Aug 1 (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 Canadian government has quietly watered down its own mandate for screening the export of military goods, rewriting parts of the only substantive public statement available on Ottawa's responsibilities for policing foreign sales.
Hotels across the country are experiencing record-high occupancy rates and increased demand, leading to steeper room prices in many Canadian cities. Two dozen families - including many who had moved to Canada just months ago as refugees from Syria - are unexpectedly in need of new homes, after a blaze tore through an apartment complex in Coquitlam, British Columbia, last week.
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** British Columbia's online land registry system was strained amid a crush of users facing an Aug. 2 deadline for a new tax that imposes an additional 15 percent fee for property transfers for foreign investors.