PRESS DIGEST - Canada - Nov 10

Nov 10 (Reuters) - The following are top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

THE GLOBE AND MAIL:

- Stephen Harper's Conservatives pulled off an amazing political upset in federal by-elections Monday night, stealing a rural Quebec stronghold seat from the Bloc Quebecois.

- He arrived at the Canadian border last month with plans to move to Canada permanently. But when guards at the Douglas crossing near Vancouver searched Khaled Nawaya's car, they found nearly a million dollars in Canadian mint gold coins and paper currency.

- Ashbury College is an elite private school sitting on 12 leafy acres in Ottawa's Rockcliffe Park, with a list of alumni that boasts the likes of former prime minister John Turner.

BUSINESS:

- Forget the oil sands: Arguably the hottest chunk of oil real estate this year sits in the pasture and wheat fields of southern Saskatchewan. Far from Alberta's Fort McMurray, Saskatchewan's Bakken oil field was, until five years ago, thought of as a dud. Wells drilled into its dense rock produced five, maybe 10 barrels a day.

- Canada's investment bankers should get a bonus cheque for the ages at the end of this month. On the back of record equity sales and soaring trading revenues, the dealers are posting eye-popping numbers. Fourth-quarter revenue at the six bank-owned firms are expected to be up 51 per cent, year-over-year, to $5.2-billion, according to a report Monday from National BankFinancial.

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