May 17 (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
** Hybrid and electric vehicles should generate billions of dollars in revenue for Linamar Corp LNR.TO , chief executive officer Linda Hasenfratz says.
** Despite widespread attention paid to the opioid crisis, the number of prescriptions filled for the powerful painkillers and the number of people taking them have continued to rise in Ontario, a new report says.
** British Columbia Premier Christy Clark is leaving the door open to electoral reform - one of the Green Party's "deal breakers" to secure its support in a potential minority legislature.
NATIONAL POST
** Postmedia Network Canada Corp PNCa.TO , Canada's largest newspaper company, has appointed Janet Ecker, a former Ontario finance minister and advocate for Toronto's financial services industry, to its board of directors. Pieridae Energy is looking for more deals after going public through a reverse takeover of Quebec City's Petrolia Inc PEA.V .