Aug 13 (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
** More than a year after it was silenced by the federal government, Canada's international pandemic surveillance and alert system, the Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN), has been brought back to life. https://tgam.ca/3kHeTG4
** Canada-based financial services firm GMP Capital Inc has reworked the proposed C$420-million ($317.89 million) takeover of its wealth management subsidiary on Thursday to reflect the realities of a post-pandemic market. https://tgam.ca/3kFHOdB
** Canada's telecom regulator Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) will provide $72 million to help bring faster internet to more than 10,000 households in northern Manitoba, Yukon and the Northwest Territories. https://tgam.ca/2XYaCUP
NATIONAL POST
** Canadian Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough made assurances on Wednesday that the federal government would smoothly funnel millions of Canadians from its key COVID-19 financial aid program into employment insurance, as a major end-of-month deadline looms. https:// = 1.3212 Canadian dollars)