PRESS DIGEST-Canada - October 1

Oct 1 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from The Globe and Mail. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

THE GLOBE AND MAIL

- Shareholder advisor Glass Lewis is backing Cenovus Energy's CVE.TO friendly $7-billion takeover of MEG Energy MEG.TO over a competing, hostile offer from Strathcona Resources SCR.TO.

- Canadian Industry Minister Melanie Joly said the federal government remains at the table to offer financial support aimed at preventing job losses at Kap Paper, which announced plans to suspend operations at its mill in Kapuskasing, Ontario.

- Canada is considering changes that would allow more U.S. dairy products on Canadian store shelves, in an effort to address one of Washington's most significant bilateral trade irritants.