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BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADIAN landowners are appealing against a court decision that has confirmed the right of mining companies to exploit minerals under land that they do not own. Every province in the country is bound by similar laws – dating back to nineteenth century’s gold-rushes – that state that mining is the first and best use of land, so therefore mining companies should have access to privately held property.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE UNITED States wants to negotiate a deal with Canada that would free up controls on domestic flights in each other’s country. US Ambassador Paul Cellucci has told Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper that Washington wants a liberalised aviation policy that would include American carriers transporting passengers between airports in Canada and Canadian airlines flying between American cities.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADIAN farmers will continue to feed cows’ blood to cattle despite a US assessment that it could spread mad cow disease. Canada’s ministry of agriculture said there is little risk that blood could be infectious and will not prohibit it as feed.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
HIGHJACKERS in Langley, British Columbia stole 10 million Imperial Tobacco cigarettes from trucks bound for retail outlets in the Canadian province, with an estimated value of CDN $3.8 million (US$2.86 million). The theft is the latest in a string criminal events surrounding tobacco.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A PUBLIC awareness campaign sponsored by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC) – a Ottawa government agency – warning savers that mutual funds are not covered by the federal deposit insurance has sparked a row in the Canadian financial services sector.…

BY PHILIP FINE

CANADIAN tax auditors will try recover up to CDN$1 billion (GBPounds 430 million) from the JTI-Macdonald Corporation of Toronto. The province of Quebec says the company owes it unpaid taxes from the early 1990s on, ironically enough, Export A cigarettes.…

BY PHILIP FINE

THE CITY of Boston and the USA state of New Hampshire have officially announced they will import Canadian prescription drugs without US Food and Drug Administration approval, despite Washington recently outlawing the practice. Boston will use the Canadian medicine for its employees while New Hampshire’s will be destined for prison inmates and Medicaid recipients.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
RESEARCHERS monitoring the health of Walkerton, Ontario, residents in the wake of the May 2000 E-coli drinking water disaster, have discovered new medical problems that can be traced to the contamination. Findings from the second year of a seven-year health study have showed increased incidence of kidney problems producing abnormally high volumes of urine containing protein, suggesting structural damage to kidneys.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADIAN airports are to scale back SARS screening operations and suspend the use of thermal scanners, according to the federal Ministry of Health. The use of temperature scanners will also be gradually phased out over the next three weeks.…

BY PHILIP FINE in Montreal

THE CANADIAN government is investigating the production of energy bars, power drinks and weight-loss preparations, inquiring into possible dangers posed by these products pose and the veracity of claims made by manufacturers about them. Many of the products promise to boost energy or shed weight.…