PRESS DIGEST- Canada- March 5
March 5 (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
** Toronto's housing market broke through an important financial threshold in February as the average price of detached homes topped C$1 million ($805,607) for the first time. (http://bit.ly/1M8tlgQ)
** A majority of Canadians says Canada's efforts to reduce greenhouse gases have been dismal and they want the federal government to take the lead in creating tax policies for curbing emissions, a new poll suggests. (http://bit.ly/1CAAMh1)
** The University of British Columbia is defending two of its researchers who have published vaccine-related studies discredited by the World Health Organization and described by several medical experts as weak and misleading. (http://bit.ly/1M9YIJN)
NATIONAL POST
** Toronto buyers are turning to sub-prime lenders to reach the 20 percent downpayment needed for a bank loan, facing interest rates of close to 13 percent. (http://bit.ly/1Fd4pTn)
** Almost five years after a derelict cargo ship with 492 Sri Lankan migrants arrived off the British Columbia coast, prompting a change in Canada's immigration laws, the government has failed to find a buyer for the vessel. (http://bit.ly/1wITDVF)
** Veterans with case managers, the 4,000 or so most badly injured ex-soldiers, will have their forms filled in for them when it's time to renew access to benefits like the Veterans Independence Program, which provides home cleaning, grass-cutting and other services. (http://bit.ly/1M8v85L) ($1 = 1.2413 Canadian dollars) (Compiled by Luke Koshi in Bengaluru)
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