Oct 14 (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
** Uber UBER.UL has received a hand from Canadian insurers
as it attempts to gain full legitimacy in the country. The
Insurance Bureau of Canada says it is pushing some provinces for
rule changes that would allow drivers working with the
ride-sharing service to obtain a new type of coverage.
** British Columbia's fledgling liquefied natural gas
industry will overcome the slump in energy markets while
addressing aboriginal concerns, the province's Finance Minister,
Mike de Jong, says.
** Deals continue to trickle into Canada's bruised oil and
gas sector as Poland's state-controlled oil company announced on
Tuesday it wants to acquire Calgary-based junior producer
Kicking Horse Energy Inc KCK.V .
** Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is targeting New Democrats
in the final days of the campaign, hoping to persuade voters in
key Ontario ridings that he has the momentum to win Oct. 19
while laying bare the intense battle between the two parties for
progressive voters.
NATIONAL POST
** Just when some economists were starting to see a little
bit of light, Canada's business leaders are casting some dark
shadows over their growth outlook. In fact, about 40 percent of
senior company managers say they have become less hopeful of a
strong economic performance over the next 12 months, according
to a third-quarter survey conducted for Chartered Professional
Accountants of Canada.
** A new report from the Conference Board of Canada is
raising alarm bells about the country's office market which the
Ottawa-based group says has become saturated with vacancies.
** Scott Perry is going to have his hands full. Perry, 38,
has been named the next Chief Executive of Centerra Gold Inc
CG.TO . He will take over on Nov 1 from Ian Atkinson, a veteran
mining executive who is retiring.
** A Montreal father, mother and son convicted nearly four
years ago of murdering four other family members in an honor
killing argue, in an appeal to Ontario's top court, that they
were victims of "cultural stereotyping" and "overwhelmingly
prejudicial evidence" that should not have been admitted at
their murder trial.