Aug 9 (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
** Canada's unemployment rate increased to 6.9 per cent after the country lost 31,200 jobs in July. Job creation is said to be the worst this year since the global financial recession of 2008-2009.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is reiterating his threat to quit NAFTA if he wins the election in November, pledging to completely revamp the free-trade deal with Canada and Mexico, and to also withdraw from the agreement if he does not obtain the terms he wants.
Amnesty International is calling for a stop-work order on British Columbia's Site C hydroelectric dam worth $8.8 billion, saying the project on the Peace River threatens the human rights of the local people. A report released by a human-rights advocate on Tuesday called on the federal and provincial governments to immediately suspend all construction approvals and licenses related to the project.
POST
** Five Turkish parliamentarians will give a dire warning to their Canadian colleagues on Parliament Hill on Tuesday - that the gang of terrorists who waged a coup against the Turkish state are also well established in Canada. According to Turkey's Ambassador to Canada, Selcuk Unal, the world did not grasp the solemnness of the July 15 coup.