Dec 16 (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
** Rogers Communications Inc RCIb.TO is launching standalone 5G wireless networks in Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver and Toronto. The rollout makes the company the first of the large Canadian telecoms to introduce the standalone service. https://tgam.ca/3mmNskA
** The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has taken over Britain's shopping mall Trafford Centre, owned by Intu Properties Plc (LON:INTUP), after it could not be sold as part of a bankruptcy protection process. https://tgam.ca/37nRQLE
** Neo Financial Technologies Inc, a Calgary startup has raised $25 million from Peter Thiel, Peter Thomson and Shopify Inc's SHOP.TO CEO Tobi Lutke, to build a digital challenger to Canada's big banks. https://tgam.ca/2WkDDcf
NATIONAL POST
** Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada could get up to 168,000 doses of Moderna Inc's MRNA.O vaccine by the end of December, with deliveries beginning shortly after regulatory approval. https://