PRESS DIGEST-Canada - January 6

Jan 6 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

THE GLOBE AND MAIL

- Canadian oil tycoon Adam Waterous says building a new pipeline to the B.C. coast to expand access to overseas markets is now even more urgent, given U.S. President Donald Trump's vow to get Venezuela's crude pumping with the help of billions of dollars invested by American oil majors.

- Telus T.TO executives and board members are hoping to send a message of confidence to investors by snapping up company shares and taking compensation in stock, following a slide in the company's share price and a pause to dividend growth.

- Ontario Premier Doug Ford renewed his vow to take popular Crown Royal rye whisky off the province's liquor-store shelves next month if its maker, global alcohol giant Diageo DGE.L, follows through on plans to close a Windsor-area bottling plant and throw about 200 people out of work.