Nov 26 (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
** Alberta's new climate-change policy should help the
battered oil and gas sector in its quest for new pipelines to
get crude to more lucrative markets, Canada's new Natural
Resources Minister Jim Carr says.
** New vehicle sales plunged by 13.5 per cent in Alberta
last month, in another sign of how the oil-price collapse is
rippling through the province's once-booming economy.
** Canadian Oil Sands Ltd . COS.TO says it has held talks
with more than 25 parties and that it needs more time to weigh
possible bids as it seeks to fend off Suncor Energy Inc.'s
SU.TO hostile takeover.
NATIONAL POST
** Fed up with their "quarrelsome" conduct and "improper use
of procedure," Justice Chantal Masse of the Quebec Superior
Court stripped a plaintiff in a huge environmental class action
of representative status and ordered the plaintiff's lawyer to
transfer the case to the Quebec Bar Association.
** Maple Leaf Foods Inc .'s MFI.TO plan to cut 400 jobs to
streamline operations suggests the food processor will emerge as
a leaner, more competitive company after years of costly
restructuring, analysts say.