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BY MONICA DOBIE
A FEDERAL appeals court in the United States has dismissed a case against RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, brought by the Canadian government, which was seeking to recover tax revenues allegedly lost because of cigarette smuggling through a Native Indian reserve.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
THE TORONTO Hydro-Electric System has launched a large-scale test of vegetable-based bio-diesel fuel in its fleet of more than one hundred cars, trucks and vans as a first step to converting to 100 per cent vegetable-based fuel.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
THE FORD Motor Company of Canada has announced that its newly launched national online auto shopping service experiment has proved to be so successful, that it and will extend the service to all 532 of its dealers across Canada.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Space Agency-supported satellite ground station has been helping Canadian fire fighters to tackle a spate of large-scale blazes in British Columbia. The

REMSAT unit is driven or flown by helicopter close to a particular fire, establishing a link with satellite cameras, which beam back accurate one-metre resolution images, enabling fire teams to target their work, including the mapping of blaze perimeters.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CANADA’S Northwest Territories new found wealth in the diamond industry has fuelled concern amongst authorities in the region, as well as the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). They fear that organised crime may be on an upswing as a result of an influx of money and people that the region has not seen since the Yukon gold rush of the Nineteenth Century.…

BY KATE REW
AN ESTIMATED 700,000 farmed salmon in Maine have been killed since March this year in a bid to control the spread of a deadly fish virus, infectious salmon anaemia (ISA). It is the first time that the disease has been discovered in US salmon farms although it has already affected both the European and Canadian fisheries.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
CANADIAN soft drinks giant the Cott Corporation has announced that it will invest US$29.5 million in cash, to form a new business venture with Polar Corp., an independent beverage supplier from Worcester, Massachusetts, in the USA.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
DING Dong! Avon calling!

Traditionally, this familiar greeting of the faithful cosmetic lady would have women riffling through their mini-catalogues and choosing cherry red lipstick, ultra-voluminising mascara and skin firming creams but all that is about to change.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
November 28, 2000:

*Trilogy Retail Enterprises, a private company run by Gerry Schwartz and his wife Heather Reisman, announced that it would make an offer to Chapters Inc. shareholders to purchase 4,888,000 common shares of the company at a cash price of $CAN 13 per share.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal, Canada
COCA-COLA Ltd. is trying to tap into the fashionable and potentially lucrative Canadian coffee market by launching its Planet Java drink in the country, aiming it at 18 to 36 year olds.

It is similar to a mochaccino and contains milk, sugar and coffee; it is being marketed as a low fat drink, with 180 calories and 3 grams of fat per serving.…