June 30 (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
** Engineering firm WSP Global Inc WSP.TO has decided not
to pursue its proposed takeover of British construction advisory
business Sweett Group Plc CSWG.L . Montreal-based WSP said on
Thursday it had "terminated efforts to acquire Sweet" and would
not sweeten its offer price of 0.35 pounds ($0.47) per Sweett
share. Twelve years after Bombardier Inc BBDb.TO executives
first outlined plans to build a new family of airliners called
the C Series to challenge the single-aisle planes made by Boeing (NYSE:BA)
Co BA.N and Airbus AIR.PA , the Canadian company has silenced
critics and delivered the first of those planes. British Columbia Premier Christy Clark has put the
province's real estate industry under government oversight,
declaring the industry's self-regulating body has failed to
protect the public from cut-throat and illegal practices and has
lost the public's confidence in its ability to police itself. POST
** Canada's telecom regulator quashed Bell Canada's second
attempt to make it harder for competitors to buy wholesale
access to its high-speed networks, a decision that will enable
indie Internet providers to buy and resell access to ultra-fast
fiber Internet connections. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President
Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto committed
to chopping methane gas emissions from the oil and gas industry
by 40-45 percent as part of a wide-ranging North American
Climate, Clean Energy and Environment Partnership, announced on
Wednesday in Ottawa. Gold miner Asanko Gold Inc AKG.TO has come under attack
from a Toronto-based hedge fund, K2 & Associates, that claims
its stock price could plunge 90 percent.
($1 = 0.74 pounds)