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BY MONICA DOBIE
AN ONTARIO Superior Court judge has refused to throw out an attempt to launch a class-action case against Imperial Tobacco Canada, who are being targeted for manufacturing cigarettes that are allegedly not fire-safe when the company could have made them so.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE SUPREME Court of Canada has unanimously upheld a Saskatchewan law than bans displaying cigarettes in any store that permits minors on the premises. Rothmans Benson & Hedges, the company that challenged the validity of this provincial legislation, argued that because the federal law allows retail ‘power wall’ displays of tobacco, provincial legislation should be ruled invalid.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EVERY vegetable farmer knows that planting methods are crucial to the success of a crop: spacing seeds, nurturing them with water and feed, protecting them from pests. Well, this is a good analogy for the current state of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agricultural liberalisation talks in Geneva.…

Keith Nuthall
THE BRITISH Columbian government may halt imports of American wine to the province in retaliation for US restrictions on softwood lumber according B.C’s forest minister Mike de Jong.

Mr. De Jong said British Columbia and Canada should use recent World Trade Organization rulings that would permit some retaliation by Canada.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A DEAL has been struck between Canada and its easternmost province Newfoundland & Labrador over its offshore oil proceeds, ending a bitter dispute that saw provincial government hauling the Canadian flag off public buildings. The province will receive 100% of its oil revenues, or roughly CDN$2 billion, over eight years without losing existing development subsidies, with an optional to extend the agreement by eight more years.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADA’S Nova Scotia has accepted a deal from its federal government, which should see offshore oil and gas projects funnel CDN$1 billion into the province’s treasury over 16 years and guarantee existing federal development grants. Nova Scotia had rejected an original eight-year CDN$640 million offer.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
ONTARIO, Canada-based frozen treat maker CoolBrands International Inc. has announced it will buy Kraft Foods yoghurt business for US$59-million. It follows a string of sales by downsizing US giant Kraft.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A QUEBEC Superior Court judge, in Canada, has given the green light for two class action lawsuits to be launched against Canadian tobacco manufacturers, Imperial Tobacco, Rothmans Benson & Hedges and JTI MacDonald, all of whom could be liable for significant damages.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN Food Inspection Agency has warned 11,000 units of Sealtest chocolate milk, made by Natrel, was contaminated and distributed across Ontario, causing some food poisoning. Natrel said the contaminant was 99.5% water and 0.5% a soap and vinegar-like cleanser.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A CANADIAN bookseller is facing a hefty legal bill after the Appeal Court of British Columbia (BC) overturned an earlier ruling that costs in a case against Canada Customs should be born by the government agency. Little Sisters Bookstore had won a long-running case at the BC Supreme Court, telling the customs agency to stop seizing its international book deliveries.…