March 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
** The National Energy Board said Canadian crude oil imports
leaped by 16 percent last year to 736,000 barrels a day,
including growing supplies from U.S. shale producers and OPEC
kingpin Saudi Arabia. From less than 100,000 barrels a day as
recently as five years ago, imports of U.S. crude surged to more
than 400,000 barrels a day in 2015.
The Ontario Securities Commission is taking a closer look
at actively managed funds to determine if portfolio managers are
fulfilling their duty or whether they are exhibiting a close
tracking of their benchmark index, such as the S&P 500 or the
S&P/TSX composite index.
NATIONAL POST
** Vancouver realtors say February was the best month on
record for sales in the history of the city, a set of results
that backs up a new report suggesting the luxury market in the
city has nowhere to go but up.
McKesson (NYSE:MCK) Corp's MCK.N acquisition of drug chain Rexall
will give the U.S. health-care services and technology giant, a
national retail store network with deeper pockets to battle
Loblaw Cos Ltd L.TO owned Shoppers Drug Mart and will likely
spur more consolidation in the sector, experts say.