PRESS DIGEST-Canada - Sept 27

Sept 27 (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

- Payments software firm Lightspeed Commerce LSPD.TO has already signed non-disclosure agreements with potential strategic buyers including software companies, private equity buyers, and its CEO and founder Dax Dasilva would welcome a deal that would see him give up leadership.

- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to carry out "full force" strikes against Hezbollah, dismissing a proposal from Western ally countries.

- Senior federal Procurement Department officials are rejecting accusations from an employee linked to the ArriveCan project that they pressed her to lie to internal investigators.

NATIONAL POST

- China-backed cybercriminals hijacked nearly 10,000 devices in Canada and used them to hack government, university and critical infrastructure networks and steal confidential data, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

- Canada's gross domestic product expanded at a faster-than-expected 0.2 per cent rate in July, driven by growth in the retail trade and public sectors, and an early estimate of flat growth for August suggests third-quarter growth will lag the Bank of Canada's forecast.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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