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ENVIRONMENT: US Dumping Hazardous Waste in Canada
Canada has become a legal dumping ground for hazardous wastes from US manufacturers whose exports of toxic waste into the province of Ontario alone surged to leaped 414 percent in 1994 to 288,000 tons, according to figures released here.TRADE: Role of Civil Society Unclear at FTAA Talks
Negotiators from 34 countries sit down here Wednesday to begin the long process of establishing a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) with the role of civil society still very much a mystery.BOOKS/REVIEW: Lost in the Suburbs
What economists call the "dominant ideology of the free market" - privatization, tax cuts and a diminished role for government - had its origins in the North America suburban lifestyle, according to a new book published here..TRADE-LABOUR: WTO Sounds Death Knell of Canada-US Auto Pact
Canadians are smarting under another ruling against them by the World Trade Organization (WTO).ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT – BOOKS-CANADA: Grim Realism of Indigenous Life
Leading Canadian playwright, Tomson Highway has produced an exuberant autobiographical novel, "Kiss of the Fur Queen", which fully captures the grim realities of aboriginal life earlier this century.MEDIA-CANADA: Public Broadcasting in Peril
Canada, like many countries around the globe, is locked in debate over the future of government and publicly-funded radio and television broadcasts.RIGHTS-CANADA: Fallout from APEC Conference Plagues Governmewnt
The row over the visit to Vancouver by then President Suharto of Indonesia for the annual economic conference of Asian and Pacific nations (APEC) continued to reverberate in Canda Tuesday - one year after the event.POLITCS-CANADA: Indian Government Involved in Sikh Intrigue?
The Indian government has been accused of fomenting turmoil within Canada's Sikh communitythe largest outside Indiawhich culminated in the murder this month of an outspoken newspaper editor in British Columbia.INDIGENOUS-CANADA: First Nations Goes Corporate
Leaders of native communities are looking for new opportunities to boost their economic development and create employment and self sufficiency and so reduce their dependency on government welfare.TRADE-HEALTH: Canadians Worry Over NAFTA Dispute Mechanism
Trade lawyers and environmentalists in Canada are concerned over the action of private corporations using sections of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to undermine the country's ability to protect the health of citizens.ART-CANADA: Automatistes on Show
It's been 50 years since a group of artists and intellectuals defied the church-dominated society of French-speaking Quebec under Premier Maurice Duplessis and, in the process, jeopardized their careers and personal livelihood.ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-CANADA: Interests Collide Over Persistent Pollutants
Competition between environmentalists and chemicals producers will intensify as countries hammer out an internationally binding treaty covering the world's most toxic pollutants, observers warn.ENVIRONMENT: Interests Collide Over Persistent Pollutants
Competition between environmentalists and chemicals producers will intensify as countries hammer out an internationally binding treaty covering the world's most toxic pollutants, observers warn.ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-CANADA: Canadian Mining Company Taken To Court
Can a Canadian-based company be sued in its home country for the damage mining activity has done to the environment, health and livelihood of the inhabitants of another country?ENVIRONMENT: Canadian Mining Company Taken to Court
Can a Canadian-based company be sued in its home country for the damage mining activity has done to the environment, health and livelihood of the inhabitants of another country?ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-ASIA-PACIFIC: APEC Makes Little Progress on Climate Treaty
Despite a plea from the U.S. delegation for tough action on pollution and global warming, environment ministers of 18 Pacific Rim countries have been unable to produce a specific plan beyond more studies and consultations.ENVIRONMENT: APEC Makes Little Progress on Climate Treaty
Despite a plea from the U.S. delegation for tough action on pollution and global warming, environment ministers of 18 Pacific Rim countries have been unable to produce a specific plan beyond more studies and consultations.FINANCE: Opposition Grows to Megabanks in Canada
The Canadian government is facing increasing pressure not to approve a series of mergers that would leave two megabanks controlling about 70 percent of the country's banking industry.DEVELOPMENT-CANADA: SeLling Myth of Powerlessness In Global Economy
Linda McQuaig manages to write bestselling books in Canada on what most people would consider extremely arcane and boring - business and economics.BOOKS: Selling Myth of Powerlessness in Global Economy
Linda McQuaig manages to write best- selling books in Canada on what most people would consider extremely arcane and boring - business and economics.ECONOMY-CANADA: Asian Fallout Hits Exports
A nervous Canada is keeping a watchful eye on export orders in the fallout from the economic turmoil in East Asia.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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