Oct 3 (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 still intends to pursue closer trade ties with China even as a clause of the new trade deal with the United States and Mexico places restrictions around seeking free-trade agreements with the Asian superpower. https://tgam.ca/2IybKpf
** The decision by investors to move forward with the LNG Canada project in British Columbia means that steeper reductions in greenhouse gas emissions will be required of the rest of the province, Premier John Horgan said on Tuesday. https://tgam.ca/2IzxQYJ
** Hopper Inc, a rapidly growing Montreal travel-booking startup that uses data science and artificial intelligence to predict the cheapest time to book flights, is closing in on a C$1 billion ($779 million) valuation after raising $100 million in a financing led by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System. https://tgam.ca/2yacJXT
NATIONAL POST
** The Ontario Superior Court Judges Association plans to intervene in a colleague's fight to quash a decision by the Canadian Judicial Council that could cost him his job. In an email sent on Tuesday to the judicial council among others, lawyer Thomas Curry said the judges association wants to "support its colleague" Justice Patrick Smith and is concerned about "the integrity of the process" being followed by the council.
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