These are the?top stories? from a?selection of Canadian newspapers. These'stories' have not been?verified?and we cannot vouch for the accuracy of these stories.

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Defense Minister David McGuinty refused to say whether Canada would send warships through the Taiwan Strait. This comes after China's ambassador warned that doing so could damage a?strategic alliance? between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Beijing.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that a new oil pipeline connecting Alberta with the West Coast is dependent on the construction of a massive project to capture carbon in the oil sands. This condition remains in place despite the fact that support for the plan has waned among the province's energy industry.

- In a deal valued at $1.4 billion, 'Nord Quantique Inc. raised $30 million from the fund management giant 'Fidelity. (Compiled by Bengaluru Newsroom).

(source: Reuters)