Search Results for: Canada
10 results out of 2111 results found for 'Canada'.
IAEA FAILS TO AGREE CUT TO AVIATION EMISSIONS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation (IAEA) has failed to strike an agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from commercial aeroplanes, despite intense negotiations at its ruling assembly, in Montreal, Canada. Speaking for the European Union (EU), Luis Fonseca de Almeida, Portugal civil aviation director general said: "We are disappointed".…
CANADA: RED WINE BEATS FOOD BORNE BACTERIA SAY AMERICAN SCIENTISTS
MONICA DOBIE in Ottawa
Adding to the list of health benefits ascribed to red wine, researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA, have found that this alcoholic drink also protects humans from common food-borne diseases.
A study found that Cabernet, Zinfandel and Merlot in particular have anti-microbial properties that defend against food-borne pathogens while protecting naturally useful bacteria such as probiotic bacteria.…
CANADIAN SEAFOOD INDUSTRY PUSHES TO EXPLOIT NATURAL RESOURCES ADVANTAGES
BY MONICA DOBIE, in Ottawa, and KEITH NUTHALL
IT would almost be hard for Canada not to be one of the seafood industry’s largest global players. After all, surrounded by the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the Great Lakes as well, Canada has the world’s longest coastline (244,000 km).…
CANADA'S ATTACKED OVER MILK MARKETING PROGRAMMES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NEW Zealand has attacked Canada at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) today (Wed26-9) over its introduction of new subsidies for Canadian milk producers, with its diplomats claiming they could "impede its exports" [to Canada]. Wellington’s concern focuses on changes to Canada’s complex ‘special milk classes’ system, where subsidies are paid for domestically-sold milk.…
EU/INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION ROUND UP
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PREPARES FOR MAJOR SHAKE UP OF COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY
THE EUROPEAN Commission is preparing to announce on November 20 major changes to the way the European Union (EU) subsidises European food production through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).…
MEPS CALL FOR COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN LABELLING ON ALL EU CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR IMPORTS
BY ALAN OSBORN
Over 160 MEPs have signed a declaration demanding "country-of-origin" labelling on all clothing, footwear and other goods imported into the European Union. The formal text notes that such marking is particularly important for certain categories of goods such as textiles and clothing, jewellery, ceramics, glassware and furnishings "whose association with a place of production in the global market may communicate to the consumer much more than geographical information."…
GLOBAL WARMING DRYING UP ARCTIC PONDS WARN CANADIAN SCIENTISTS
BY MONICA DOBIE, in Ottawa
GLOBAL warming is drying up ponds in the Canadian high Arctic, seasonal homes to aquatic wildlife for millennia.
Scientists Dr John Smol from Queen’s University, Ontario, and Dr Marianne Douglas, from the University of Alberta have monitored summer water levels of 40 ponds on Cape Herschel, east-central Ellesmere Island since 1983.…
GM CROPS FIGHT TO MARKET IN EUROPE THROUGH TOUGH RED TAPE
BY DEIRDRE MASON
FEW issues have proved as globally divisive as the ability to modify crops genetically. For years, a line has been drawn between the cautious European Union (EU) and the go-for-it United States, which has seen them at loggerheads over trading genetically modified crops.…
HARRY POTTER - THE DEATHLY HALLOWS LAUNCH - CANADA
BY MONICA DOBIE, in Ottawa
‘HARRY Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ smashed sales records in Canada. Vancouver-based Raincoast Books, the Harry Potter’s Canadian distributor and publisher reported 812,000 copies of the book were sold across Canada in the first 48-hour sale period, 25% up from the previous Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.…
BISCUITS INDUSTRY UNCERTAIN IN PAKISTAN
SAEED AKHTAR BALOCH, in Lahore
THE PAKISTANI biscuit and confectionery sector has been faring well, with 12-15% growth last year, but there are storm clouds on the horizons because of skyrocketing prices of sugar and flour. In recent years, these ingredient problems have been overshadowed by massive domestic demand, fed by more than 255 biscuit and wafer manufacturing units (42 mechanised) with an installed capacity of 47,000 metric tonnes for biscuits and 5,200 metric tonnes for wafers.…