Nov 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
** Falah Bakir, senior envoy for northern Iraq’s Kurds, is calling on the Trudeau government to intervene in a growing conflict between the ethnically distinct minority and Baghdad. https://tgam.ca/2j1VnVz
** Ottawa will let provinces and territories open temporary sites for drug-overdose prevention while their applications for permanent facilities are processed, federal Health Minister Ginette Taylor said. https://tgam.ca/2zatw0F
NATIONAL POST
** Canada and the UK will lead a coalition of 20 countries planning to phase out the use of coal-fired power by 2030, though a handful of the countries in the group burn no coal. http://bit.ly/2A5LqBD
** A decision by Norway’s trillion-dollar sovereign wealth fund to fully divest of its fossil fuel holdings would mean battered Canadian oil and gas equity shares currently valued at $2.86 billion could soon be back on the market. http://bit.ly/2hHMTql
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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