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BY MONICA DOBIE
THE BASIC pay of directors at 58 of the 60 largest Canadian public companies increased dramatically in 2003, due to longer working hours and the need for more attractive incentives to lure American talent. A Report on Business survey, published in the country’s Globe and Mail newspaper, found that base retainers paid to directors climbed 28 per cent in 2003 from 2002.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled that elements of Canada’s collective what marketing systems break its rules, taking some shine off Ottawa’s earlier claims of an oncoming victory in the dispute brought by the United States. A WTO disputes settlement panel has now told Canada to reform the Canada Grain Act, Canada Grain Regulations, and the Canada Transportation Act, to comply with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADA’S largest producer of chrysotile asbestos fibres, LAB Chrysotile, has announced it will indefinitely shut one of its two mines near Thetford Mines, Quebec, this November. The company has blamed the closure of its Black Lake mine, which will result in 450 job losses, on a high Canadian dollar in comparison to the US dollar and tough international competition.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADA’s Molson Inc. has recently a slim 250-millilitre beer can. The company hopes consumers will view the new packaging as “cool” and a “conversation-starter”. Eight of the skinnier cans, containing Molson Canadian, Dry or the new low-carb Ultra brand, are priced the same as a six-pack of standard 355-ml cans.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A SATELLITE based monitor used to track the health of climbers on an expedition to Mount Everest will soon help British nurses better serve their patients.

The Health Monitoring Kit, developed by Canadian company March Networks, allows nurses to monitor their patients externally through a camera and a Internet broadband connection.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A VANCOUVER-based bookseller is claiming the Canadian government is violating a supreme court decision on obscenity by continuing to allow customs officials to seize gay sado-masochistic publications bound for its shop. Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium returning to court to challenge a particular seizure of adult comics called The Meatmen.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE BAN on offshore drilling near the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia could be safely lifted according to a Canadian government scientific panel. Its report says environmental precautions would have to be taken, such as creating marine-protected areas and restricting drilling close to land.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
OFFICIALS from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have traced feed given to cows that caused two cases of BSE in Canada and the USA and suspect that some imported British feed could be to blame. It was fed to the animals as calves, prior to the introduction of comprehensive tissue bans for feed.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADIAN steel makers have added a surcharge to the price of their output to compensate for surging costs of scrap and other raw materials. Car and appliance manufacturers and other buyers of steel from Canadian mills must now pay an extra CDN$95 per ton.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
LANDOWNERS in British Columbia (BC), Canada, are appealing against a court decision confirming the right of mining companies to exploit minerals under local land that they do not own. The case involved Western Industrial Clay Products, who staked a claim to clay under a couple’s ranch in Kamloops, BC, to make cat litter.…