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TOBACCO INDUSTRY HIT WITH HEAVY REGULATIONS IN CANADA



BY ANCA GURZU

A NEW Canadian law banning the sales of cigarettes and cigarillos containing any flavourings and additives is the most recent in a series of restrictions imposed by Canadian public authorities on tobacco companies. This latest rule – an amendment to the federal Canadian Tobacco Act, received royal assent on October 8, 2009, after approval of a Bill C-32.…

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CANADA BOOK MARKET BUCKS GLOBAL RECESSION TREND



BY EMMA JACKSON

THE GLOBAL recession has left many industries in ruins, but the Canadian book industry has remained fairly insulated, reporting year-over-year increases in the first three quarters of 2009, according to BookNet Canada. This is a market research organisation analysing and tracking about 75% of Canadian book publishing sales.…

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OLYMPIC CLOTHING SPARKS TRADEMARK DISPUTE IN CANADA



BY EMMA JACKSON

A TRADEMARK dispute has erupted between Canadian retailer the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) and the Cowichan First Nations group in British Columbia, which claims HBC stole their traditional knitted sweater design for its Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics clothing.…

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CANADA WILL NOT BAN DOG AND CAT FUR TO PROTECT SEAL HUNT INDUSTRY



BY MONICA DOBIE

CANADA will continue to import cat and dog fur despite a ban adopted by the United States and the UK, to avoid undermining support for the country’s seal hunt.

An internal government document obtained by a Canadian news agency under the Access to Information Act – now widely disseminated by Canadian media – says government officials urged Gerry Ritz, the agriculture minister, not to instigate a ban.…

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IN BEV CHASES CANADA'S BRICK BREWING CO. IN COURTS OVER BUD LIME LIGHT



BY KEITH NUTHALL and MONICA DOBIE

THE CEO of Canada’s Brick Brewing Company says his business will "aggressively defend" an intellectual property case brought by rival major InBev AB. It has lodged a claim at the Canada Federal Court claiming Brick has infringed its Bud Light Lime trademark by selling its Red Baron Lime beer brand in Ontario, depreciating its goodwill, with consumers confusing the two brands.…

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COSMETICS INGREDIENT DIVERSION TO ILLICIT DRUG MANUFACTURERS MAY NEVER BE STOPPED



BY EMMA JACKSON

REAPPLYING perfume ten times a day may not count as an addiction, but the ingredients found in your favourite scent could certainly lead to one: cosmetic ingredients have been historically targeted by clandestine drug manufacturers as sources of chemicals used to produce illicit street drugs such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines.…

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NORTH AMERICAN COMPANY WORKS WITH CHINESE IN ASSESSING CONGO HYDROCARBONS



BY KEITH NUTHALL

US-CANADIAN company EnerGulf Resources Inc is working with the China National Administration of Research Institute of Coal Geophysical Exploration to conduct oil and gas seismic surveys in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Studies were scheduled for September in EnerGulf’s Lotshi Block concession off the DRC’s 37km west Africa coastline.…

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CANADA WILL NOT BAN DOG AND CAT FUR TO PROTECT SEAL HUNT INDUSTRY



BY MONICA DOBIE

CANADA will continue to import cat and dog fur despite a ban adopted by the United States and the UK, to avoid undermining support for the country’s seal hunt.

An internal government document obtained by a Canadian news agency under the Access to Information Act – now widely disseminated by Canadian media – says government officials urged Gerry Ritz, the agriculture minister, not to instigate a ban.…

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OPEL DEAL UNDER INTENSE POLITICAL PRESSURE OVER SUBSIDY CONCERNS



BY ALAN OSBORN

THE SALE of General Motors’ European auto-manufacturing subsidiary Opel to a Canadian-Austrian-Russian consortium is developing into a bitter dispute over how job losses arising from the deal are allocated between European Union (EU) member countries and who provides the funds for Opel’s restructuring.…

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OPEL DEAL UNDER FIRE FROM MANDELSON



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE WHITE knight deal – sweetened by around Euro 4.5 billion (US$6.5 billion) in German government subsidies – to transfer control of Opel-Vauxhall to a Canadian-Russian consortium, is under fire. Britain’s business secretary Lord Mandelson has advised that alternative agreements are sought to save the ailing GM-controlled car maker, calling for a "commercially-based outcome rather than one determined by political intervention and subsidies".…

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