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BY ANCA GURZU

A NEW Canadian law banning the sales of cigarettes and cigarillos containing any flavourings and additives is the most recent in a series of restrictions imposed by Canadian public authorities on tobacco companies. This latest rule – an amendment to the federal Canadian Tobacco Act, received royal assent on October 8, 2009, after approval of a Bill C-32.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

THE GLOBAL recession has left many industries in ruins, but the Canadian book industry has remained fairly insulated, reporting year-over-year increases in the first three quarters of 2009, according to BookNet Canada. This is a market research organisation analysing and tracking about 75% of Canadian book publishing sales.…

BY PHILIPPA JONES, LEE ADENDOORF, E. BLAKE BERRY, SYMON ROSS, MONICA DOBIE and KEITH NUTHALL

CONSUMER issues have been a key focus of European Union (EU) initiatives regarding utilities of late. The European Commission’s Citizens’ Energy Forum has been busy, recently focusing on improving billing practices, promoting good practice and calling for "clearer, more understandable and accurate bills".…

BY EMMA JACKSON

A TRADEMARK dispute has erupted between Canadian retailer the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) and the Cowichan First Nations group in British Columbia, which claims HBC stole their traditional knitted sweater design for its Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics clothing.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

REAPPLYING perfume ten times a day may not count as an addiction, but the ingredients found in your favourite scent could certainly lead to one: cosmetic ingredients have been historically targeted by clandestine drug manufacturers as sources of chemicals used to produce illicit street drugs such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

CANADA will continue to import cat and dog fur despite a ban adopted by the United States and the UK, to avoid undermining support for the country’s seal hunt.

An internal government document obtained by a Canadian news agency under the Access to Information Act – now widely disseminated by Canadian media – says government officials urged Gerry Ritz, the agriculture minister, not to instigate a ban.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL and MONICA DOBIE

THE CEO of Canada’s Brick Brewing Company says his business will "aggressively defend" an intellectual property case brought by rival major InBev AB. It has lodged a claim at the Canada Federal Court claiming Brick has infringed its Bud Light Lime trademark by selling its Red Baron Lime beer brand in Ontario, depreciating its goodwill, with consumers confusing the two brands.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

CANADA will continue to import cat and dog fur despite a ban adopted by the United States and the UK, to avoid undermining support for the country’s seal hunt.

An internal government document obtained by a Canadian news agency under the Access to Information Act – now widely disseminated by Canadian media – says government officials urged Gerry Ritz, the agriculture minister, not to instigate a ban.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON

FROM the earliest times, cosmetics and toiletries marketers have relied as much on pretty containers and stylish packaging as on the product itself for its special place in customers’ hearts. At the high end of the market, luxury packaging has traditionally been about opulence, extravagance, and a sense of lavishness.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

NORTH American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries the USA, Canada and Mexico have agreed a detailed communiqué on future cooperation in climate change. This includes working together in reducing oil and gas industry greenhouse gas emissions, (notably cutting flaring), developing "comparable" methods on greenhouse gas reporting and compatible emissions trading systems.…