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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, is to buy CDN$7.5 million of equity in Canadian-owned Antares Minerals Inc to back a copper exploration project in Peru, where it plans to establish a mine. The money will fund pre-feasibility studies, plus environmental and social programmes and assessments for Toronto area-based Antares’ Haquira project, in a remote part of the Apurimac region, southern Peru.…

BY MARK GODFREY and KEITH NUTHALL

ACCUSATIONS of favourtism towards Russia have soured relations between the Mongolian government and the Canadian developers of the country’s largest uranium deposit. An ongoing spat between Toronto-based mining firm Khan Resources and the Mongolia Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is headed to the courts, with Khan claiming Russian pressure is behind the agency invalidating the firm’s licence for the Dornod mine, Mongolia’s largest uranium deposit.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

THE CANADIAN book industry has said it is "disappointed but not surprised" after the Canadian government approved US-based Amazon’s proposal to establish a physical presence in Canada, opening a warehousing and delivery centre.

Canadian Booksellers Association executive director Susan Dayus told The Bookseller: "I don’t think that it was a surprise", citing "the way the government spoke…about free trade and opening our doors" during a recent opening of a parliamentary session.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A REVIEW of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) compulsory licensing system for generic medicines in health emergencies will be staged this October. The chair of the WTO’s TRIPs council (trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights) is consulting member countries about whether to hold a preparatory workshop on the issue.…

BY CRAIG HOWIE

WITH the long-battle over American health care reform finally over, nursing specialists are predicting increases in demand for foreign nurses in the USA because patient care should increase because of expanded health coverage for the poor.

Michael Lighty, policy director at the California Nurses Association told the Nursing Standard there could be a shortage of trained American nurses, creating openings for British nurses in the USA.…

BY LEAH GERMAIN

Controversial American right-wing political pundit Ann Coulter has said she will file a human rights complaint in Canada after a 1,500-strong protest at the University of Ottawa forced her to cancel a lecture scheduled for that evening.

Coulter said the university’s vice-president François Houle is partly to blame, after he sent her an email on Friday advising her to "educate yourself, if need be, as to what is acceptable in Canada and to do so before your planned visit here."…

BY ALAN OSBORN, EMMA JACKSON, PAUL COCHRANE and JULIAN RYALL

INTRODUCTION

Professionalisation is a key trend in today’s drinks sector, particularly as export markets are growing fast in emerging markets. With brand loyalty up for grabs, it is critical for alcoholic drinks producers especially to maintain and raise quality.…

BY LEAH GERMAIN and KEITH NUTHALL

The vice-president of a Canadian university is being blamed for inciting more than 2,000 protestors to force outspoken US conservative Ann Coulter to abandon a speech tonight. The University of Ottawa’s vice-president and provost, Francois Houle sent Coulter an email on Friday advising her to "educate yourself, if need be, as to what is acceptable in Canada and to do so before your planned visit here."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

CANADA – the world’s second largest country by geography – was created because of luxury clothing: the fur trade drove French and British explorers to its remote interior, creating ports and processing hubs, now major cities, such as Montréal and Toronto.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

ONLINE book giant is Amazon is preparing to set up a physical sales infrastructure in Canada, the Bookseller can reveal. The Canadian government has called in the proposal for a confidential inquiry, which will assess whether the move breaks Canada’s tough cultural protection rules.…