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
** Finance Minister Bill Morneau will unveil on Monday new measures aimed at slowing the flood of foreign money pouring into overheated housing markets like Vancouver and Toronto, a significant federal intervention in the sector. Toronto-based Kensington Capital Partners is poised to win a British Columbia government mandate to manage a C$190 million ($145.32 million) pool of venture capital - a cornerstone of the province's innovation strategy. D-Wave Systems Inc, based in Burnaby, British Columbia, which is hoping to revolutionize computing by harnessing the mysterious power of quantum physics has quietly raised $21 million in advance of what it anticipates will be a significant funding round next year. Ottawa's plan to legalize marijuana - a key piece of the Liberal election platform last fall - has spawned hundreds of storefront dispensaries across the country ahead of the legislation, although the federal government has taken no responsibility for the boom it has created. POST
** Costco COST.O is aggressively stepping up its expansion in Canada after years of strong success in this market, a move likely to put even more of a squeeze on traditional grocers such as Loblaw L.TO and Sobeys SOBEF.UL . Malaysia's Petronas rumored to be seeking buyers for its Pacific NorthWest LNG project could struggle to offload its upstream natural gas assets due to the still-unproven competitiveness in its operations, one analyst says. ($1 = 1.3075 Canadian dollars)