Dec 1 (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:

- Transportation Safety Board says floatplanes remain safe despite a crash that killed six people off the coast of British Columbia.

- Bob Thirsk completes a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station, the longest-ever space stay for a Canadian.

BUSINESS:

- Canada's economy grew at a slower pace in the third quarter than most expected. But a jump in imports told a rosier story: Companies are spending on machinery and technology to boost competitiveness.

NATIONAL POST:

- Canada's largest province, Ontario, is on track to spend half of its expenditures on health care by next year, according to a report released by the Fraser Institute.

FINANCIAL POST:

- The federal government served notice it won't tolerate anything derailing Canada's recovery by introducing back-to-work legislation in the House of Commons yesterday for 1,700 locomotive engineers at Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) less than three days after their strike began. - Prices for factory goods fell in October while the cost of materials used to make them rose, Statistics Canada said. The federal agency's industrial product price index -- which tracks prices paid for products as they leave plant gates -- slipped 0.3 percent during the month, due mainly to a stronger Canadian dollar against the U.S. currency. ((Compiled by Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780))