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BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN Grand Prix in Montreal has been provisionally reinstated into next year’s Formula 1 season, pending the raising of financial compensation for teams losing revenue because of Canada’s tobacco advertising ban. The race had been axed from the Formula One 2004 calendar because of the law, which prohibits tobacco firms from sponsoring sports events.…

BY PHILIP FINE

THE FISH farming industry of US state that turned to aquaculture to help its ailing fisheries has released earnings statistics to prove the value of the sector to the local economy. Maine’s aquaculture industry has earned an average of US$130 million per annum over the past three years and has created 1,400 jobs, according to the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center (MAIC).…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN asbestos industry is redoubling its efforts to persuade the European Union to reverse its ban on chrysotile asbestos using the findings of a new study, which backs arguments that the mineral is safer for human use than some alternative materials.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN government has proposed a code of practice on the environmentally-friendly use of road salts which should provide good practice advice for British environmental health departments. The guidelines have been developed because of concern that melt-water from roads and storage areas have resulted in high concentrations of chloride in Canadian rivers and lakes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL in Paris, ALAN OSBORN in London, MARK ROWE in Singapore, ED PETERS and DON GASPER in Hong Kong, RICHARD HURST in Johannesburg, MONICA DOBIE and PHILIP FINE in Montreal, MATTHEW BRACE in Brisbane and ALEX SMAILES in Port of Spain.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN government has welcomed what it says is the imminent ratification of the United Nations Agreement on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks by the European Union, which should help Ottawa conserve its hard-pressed fishing reserves.…

BY ALAN OSBORN and MONICA DOBIE
THE RELEASE of Euro 443 million in subsidies for European wine producers on the eve of the World Trade Organisation summit in Cancun dedicated to rooting out such payments has dismayed some New World growers while being welcomed in Europe.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THERE are many sights that one can rely on seeing in Paris every day. Patrons lining up at bakeries for fresh baguettes, traffic-filled streets choked amongst stunning architecture, perfectly lit River Seine views and busy cafes packed with people sitting, side-by-side, sipping over-priced drinks while watching other people walk by.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SURPRISINGLY wide support for the west African plan to rid the world of cotton subsidies has been voiced at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) summit, in Cancun, Mexico. The Canadian and Australian governments yesterday (10 Sept) threw their developed country weight behind the plan, as did WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN Grand Prix in Montreal is likely to be cancelled in 2004 because of Canada’s upcoming anti-tobacco regulations that will ban the advertising of tobacco brands at sports events. The Canadian government said the law will not be changed to suit the Grand Prix and wants Formula 1 to agree to exceptions from its tobacco sponsorship practice mirroring those in the British and French races.…