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BY MONICA DOBIE
The Stevenson-Reisman relationship has been strained for seven years. In 1994, the Federal Competition Bureau gave the go ahead for the Coles-Smithbooks merger that led to the creation of Chapters two years later. Eight months after the Chapters merger was completed Heather Reisman announced that she would enter the ring with US-owned Borders as a partner.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
MOOSEHEAD Breweries, based in New Brunswick, Atlantic Canada, has legally challenged several US and Canadian brewers, alleging that their branding on brands, such as ‘Moose Drool’ and ‘Moose Juice,’ infringe the company’s trademark rights.

Joel Levesque, spokesperson for Moosehead told Off Licence News that brewers could not resist the popularity of the beast.…

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
CANADIANS are drinking more and better beer, according to figures published by Statistics Canada, that indicate sales of imported beers have increased their market share by 25 per cent last year, capturing nine per cent of the total market.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE PRICE of exported Canadian milk and butter could rise after a World Trade Organisation appellate body ruled that the organisation of a dairy market where produce is collected and sold at a higher price on the home market than abroad, can break WTO rules.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADIAN book giant Chapters Inc has announced it plans to buy back all the outstanding shares of its Internet stable-mate Chapters Online. The parent company currently owns 69 per cent of its online operation, and it will offer Chapters Online shareholders one share in the parent company for every 7.14 common shares they hold in the Internet venture.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADIAN furriers are expecting international demand for fur garments will drive Canadian exports up 10-15 per cent this year, to more than CAN$350-million according to the country’s National Post newspaper.

Alan Herscovici, executive vice-president of the Fur Council of Canada, said fur does not have the negative connotations it used to.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal, Canada
THE GREAT Lakes of Canada and the United States, in particular Lake Erie, suffered the highest levels of pollution in the sixties and seventies, attracting global attention and concern to urgently clean the waters that at their peak pollution levels actually caught fire.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
DALLAS based Hunt Oil Co. has taken over Chieftain International Inc., an Edmonton-based and Canadian-owned natural gas producer, with assets in the Gulf of Mexico, for CAN$915-million. Hunt is offering US$29 in cash for each Chieftain share and is to assume US$15-million of debt.…