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INNOVATIONS



BY MONICA DOBIE AND ALAN OSBORN
IMPERIAL Tobacco Canada has devised a way of targeting smokers through direct mail advertising, without breaking any of the strict regulations imposed by the federal government’s anti smoking advertising laws.

Popular brands of cigarettes like Du Maurier Light have included stickers on the packets with toll free phone numbers and a message saying “Make the call, come on board.”…

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TMB MONITORING



BY KEITH NUTHALL
CLOTHING manufacturing countries that are members of the World Trade Organisation have attacked the world’s major importers – the US, the EU, and Canada – for failing to even approach the liberalisation targets imposed by the WTO’s Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.…

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ATC IMPLEMENTATION



KEITH NUTHALL
TEXTILE manufacturing countries that are members of the World Trade Organisation have attacked the world’s major importers – the US, the EU, and Canada – for failing to even approach the liberalisation targets imposed by the WTO’s Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.…

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MOOSEHEAD BREWERIES



BY MONICA DOBIE
MOOSEHEAD Breweries, based in New Brunswick, Atlantic Canada, has legally challenged several US and Canadian brewers, alleging that their branding on brands, such as ‘Moose Drool’ and ‘Moose Juice,’ infringe the company’s trademark rights.

Joel Levesque, spokesperson for Moosehead told Off Licence News that brewers could not resist the popularity of the beast.…

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CANADA GRAPES



BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal, Canada
THE WEATHER has been very kind to wine producers in Ontario this summer; they predict that their grapes will be of extremely high quality due to a Canadian heat wave in July and August. The sun shone on the vineyards more than 36 days consecutively, making wine grapes shrivel, becoming sweeter and more concentrated with flavour.…

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EU ROUND UP



BY KEITH NUTHALL AND ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Parliament today, (Wednesday), approved the creation of a new European Aviation Safety Agency, (EASA), but extended the proposed legislation to include the setting up of a new independent authority similar to the US National Transportation Safety Board to investigate aircraft accidents and make recommendations.…

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US-CANADA PIPELINE



BY MONICA DOBIE
THE GRAND pipeline project, carrying natural gas from Alaska to mainland USA, will cost between US$15 billion and US$20 billion according to the Alaskan gas producers consortium, which includes ExxonMobil, BP and Phillips.

Spokesman Curtis Thayer told Canada’s National Post the figure includes the cost of a high volume pipeline from Edmonton to Chicago.…

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HIGH TECH CRIME



BY KEITH NUTHALL
GROWTH in the high technology sector means big profits for those that succeed in the race to market ‘the next big thing,’ but that also means high tech criminals are hot on the trail of consumers and manufacturers unaware that their new gadget is a fraudsters new scamming device, reports Monica Dobie, in Montreal, Canada.…

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HIGH TECH CRIME



BY KEITH NUTHALL
GROWTH in the high technology sector means big profits for those that succeed in the race to market ‘the next big thing,’ but that also means high tech criminals are hot on the trail of consumers and manufacturers unaware that their new gadget is a fraudsters new scamming device, reports Monica Dobie, in Montreal, Canada.…

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CANADA v USA, DAIRY SUBSIDIES



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE PRICE of exported Canadian milk and butter could rise after a World Trade Organisation appellate body ruled that the organisation of a dairy market where produce is collected and sold at a higher price on the home market than abroad, can break WTO rules.…

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