PRESS DIGEST-Canada - October 1

By Reuters News

- 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

** A group of veteran Canadian finance executives is seeking regulatory approval to build what would be the country's first investment dealer focused exclusively on prediction market trades, as regulators continue to assess how the industry fits into Canada's securities framework.

** The Canadian military's Former chief of defence staff Wayne Eyre says global war is closer than it has been for decades and that this country must focus on building new alliances, but also not discard existing ones such as that with the US.

NATIONAL POST

** A Panamanian government commission recommended opening formal negotiations with First Quantum Minerals FM.TO to set conditions to reopen the shuttered Cobre Panama mine, one of the world's largest open-pit copper deposits.

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