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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.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A RECENT Canadian survey into drivers falling asleep at the wheel has revealed that a majority of the cases occurred in the late afternoon and not at night, a more obvious presumption. The study, conducted by the country’s Traffic Injury Research Foundation, said that roughly one-third of the drivers who admitted to dozing off said that it occurred in the afternoon.…

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.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADA and China have agreed to share information in the field of natural resources, including industrial minerals. The Natural Resources Canada federal ministry has signed agreements with China’s National Development and Reform Commission and its Ministry of Land and Resources.…

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
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
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

THE CANADIAN government has followed in the footsteps of the European Union (EU) by banning the use of lead acetate in progressive hair dyes namely, Grecian Formula 16 (Canadian sister of the fabled Grecian 2000 Cream in the UK).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LATEST BSE discovery in Canada has inspired the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund (R-CALF)/United Stockgrowers of America organisation to sue the US Agriculture Department to prevent imports of Canadian cattle and beef products.

R-CALF says Canadian imports pose health risks to people and cows, costing American producers up to US$3 billion in lost demand.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN federal government is still providing terrorism related insurance to the Canada’s aviation and nuclear industries at no cost but is keen to end this support three years on from the 9/11 attacks that forced insurers from these markets.…