JULY 98

• Generics win major court caseJuly 11
  The Supreme Court of Canada has found that the country's drug-patent rules are "Draconian" and overturned decisions keeping two generic drugs off the market.
  
• Universities got less from governments last year July 8
  
• Activists: PM needs to show leadership on greenhouse gases July 8
  
• It's bureaucrat versus bureaucrat in baby food fight July 3
  
• Corel says government departments froze it out July 4
  
• Laidlaw hit with $141 million tax billJuly 2
  
• How to grab your severance and dodge the tax man July 2
  
• Judge throws out DeVry lawsuit July 2
  
• Canada backing away from pollutant promise, says activist July 2
  

  JUNE 98

• Broadcasters, production firms clash July 1
  Broadcasters are dangling the carrot of more Canadian programming before the Canadian Radio-television & Telecommunications Commission if they gain the right to own the programming for future sales. Other submissions complained the broadcasters' contribution to Canadian programming has actually been shrinking when defined in terms of percentage of revenue spent on the key categories. Since 1993, broadcasters' revenue has been increasing, but the percentage of revenue spent on Canadian programming has declined to 26% from 30%
  
• Business West Hurricane Sheila leaves her mark June 30
  the whirlwind known as Sheila Copps has moved on from the town of Banff to deal with the issue of American magazines, but the effects of her passage will remain for some time to come. Depending on whom you speak to, the Heritage Minister has either struck a valiant blow for the environment or engaged in a capricious display of political grandstanding.
• TCPL-Nova marriage approved June 30
  Shareholders of TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. and Nova Corp. overwhelmingly approved the $15-billion merger of the two energy giants yesterday, in a wedding that is already taking on an international flavour.
  
• U.S. firm buying Calgary Northstar Oil & Gas Co. June 30
  Devon Energy Corp. of Oklahoma is taking over Calgary's Northstar Energy Corp. in an $828-million deal that would create a continental oil and gas powerhouse with roughly equal assets in Canada and the United States.Forty-seven per cent of those assets are in Canada, and the company would also be among Canada's top 20 producers.
  
• Cameco struggles on with `bad luck' mine June 30
  The $452-million (U.S.) Kumtor gold project has survived corruption, deadly accidents and a cyanide spill. The company calls it a success.(only a capitalist could call this success.ed)
  
• New Canadian mines changing world diamond market June 28
  Rio Tinto is partner in diamond exploration in the NWT see the ICEM Rio Tinto Cyber Campaign on this companies poor record on workers, human and envrionmental rights
  
• Federal Competition Watchdog worries over Globalization June 27
  
• Farmers to elect Wheat Board Directors June 25
  For the first time since its creation in 1935, the wheat board will be controlled by the farmers whose grain it sells.
  
• EI recipients down in April June 23
  
• Canada: APEC has room for trade flexibility June 23
  
• Foreign investors sell in April June 23
  
• Irving denies sweetheart deal June 23
  
• Feds hurt consumers over failed venture, say analysts June 23
  
• Petro-Canada and Ultramar call off merger June 23
  
• Alberta High-school students feel little sexual harassment - study June 22
  A new study done in two Alberta high schools reveals that less than one in five students feels they've ever been sexually harassed at school.
  While that number is low in relation to comparable, earlier research - one Ontario survey said 70 per cent of Grade 9-13 students experienced sexual harassment - the study is not necessarily good news, according to its author
  
• Banff mayor critisizes Copps' tactics on town plan June 22
  
• Bay Street Beat: Japanese jitters dampen optimism June 22
  
• Seniors campaign for better pension deal June 21
  Ottawa's looming overhaul - and claims - under fire. Canada's old-age pension system is a huge money maker for the federal and provincial governments, argues a new report commissioned by the Canadian Association of Retired Persons.
  
• Ont. environmentalists protest mine near Algonquin Park June 21
  
• Canada's biggest grain company braces for dry spell June 21
  
• Economic growth still expected, but economists worried June 21
  
• The flip side of a falling loonie June 20
  CURRENCY CONUNDRUM / In the past, Canadian exporters and tourism benefited from a lower dollar, while importers and travellers took a beating. This time things are not so simple.
  
• Survey reveals strong Canadian views on nuclear arms June 20
  Canadians overwhelmingly believe developing countries should not have nuclear arms, and that it is also unacceptable for the five original nuclear powers to have them, an Angus Reid survey indicates.
  
• Former Westray owner eyes closed B.C. mine June 19
  The former owner of a Nova Scotia coal mine where 26 people died wants to bring a mothballed British Columbia asbestos mine back to life.
  
• Crash investigation could take a year; identities releasedJune 19
  Union blames short supply of inspectors
  
• IFIC chairman resigns under cloud June 18
  The chairman of Canada's most powerful mutual fund lobby group resigned under pressure yesterday, saying questions over whether he reneged on a deal with the Ontario Securities Commission have damaged his reputation and hampered his effectiveness.
  
• Slim pension raise for seniors June 18
  Senior Canadians will get a little catch-up money in July, nearly enough to buy a hotdog from a street vendor.
  
• Teachers worry new text books may not be Canadian enough June 18
  
• FP: Domtar snaps up Weston's E.B. Eddy June 17
  $803-million deal pushes Domtar to forefront in specialty papers
  
• FP: George Weston looks southJune 17
  Money from E.B. Eddy sale to be used for U.S. acquisitions
  
• Projects give heavy oil sector $1.4B lift June 17
  
• Predatory pricing in spotlight at air conference June 17
  Despite concerns about predatory pricing in the Canadian airline industry, Transport Canada appears reluctant to copy competition rules being proposed by its U.S. counterpart.
  
• Canada and Mercosur solder ties after Brazil spat June 16
  Canada and South America's Mercosur customs union on Tuesday will sign a trade and investment agreement to tighten their links ahead of an anticipated free-trade pact spanning all of the Americas.
  
• Domtar buys E.B Eddy for $803 million June 16
  
• Canada's Domtar to buy George Weston's Eddy unit June 16
  
• A solution in search of a problem June 16
  DAN McTeague is not a happy man. The Liberal MP for Pickering-Ajax-Uxbridge and chairman of the Liberal Committee on Gasoline Pricing, feels that his committee's recently released report is not getting the kind of respect it deserves.
  
• Gas conspiracy fans never rest June 15
  
• More competition needed in financial services: Kirby June 16
  
• Universities sell off the right to buy June 16
  Exclusive deals bring in a bit of cash
  
• A poor self-image June 15
  We think canada's okay, but not the world's best: poll
  
• Writers' Union targets textbooks June 15
  Annual general meeting condemns Ontario government's policy over buying foreign products
  
• Change the only certainty for Ontario power consumers June 15
  
• Convicts privy to personal files June 15
  Canadian prisoners are getting personal financial information on U.S. citizens as part of a worldwide data-collection program.
  
• The town that hates Canadians June 13
  Cyanide spill by Saskatoon-operated gold mine touches off turmoil in villages
  
• Commission can't pay students' legal billsJune 12
  The RCMP Public Complaints Commission said Friday it can't pay legal bills for people who complained about the Mounties' conduct during the Asia-Pacific summit in Vancouver last fall. Several people, including many students, say the RCMP used excessive force against protesters at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation conference.
  
• Reform's proposal called `white supremacy' June 11
  The Reform Party's proposal to restrict aboriginal land claims is parallel to the Klein government's plan to use the notwithstanding clause to limit compensation to victims of forced sterilization, claims a native American studies professor at the University of Lethbridge.
  
• Documents show federal role in Candu sales June 11
  Lawsuit contends government dodged environmental rules on China contracts
  
• OSFI backs global watchdog to prevent banking crises June 10
  
• Headlines from the 1998 National Petroleum Show in CalgaryJune 7-12
  
• Liberal committee releases gas price report June 10
  
• Nova/TCPL deal redefines NEB's role June 10
  
• CPR won't take blame for grain foulups June 10
  Railway seeks more accountability in grain handling
  
• Baby Food costs impacted by anti-dumping ruling June 9
  
• Farmers fear return of subsidy wars June 8
  
• Task force recommends tighter controls on mining sector June 9
  
• B.C. fears student invasion June 8
  NDP warns of higher fees for non-residents if Ottawa ignores plea for national solution
  
• Offshore assets reporting law justified, auditor general says June 7
  
• Pay Secrets: Our fascination with what people earn June 7
  
• Minorities set to be Majority June 7
  Non whites to be 54% of Toronto population
  
• Bombadier Controversy June 6
  Corporate Nationalism but a what Price? Toronto Star analysis of the recent controversy around the Federal government giving Bombadier Inc. military contracts without tender
  
• Trade to Asia down sharply June 6
  
• Canada Post plans secure e-mail service June 6
  
• Grain Tranportation Hearings End June 5
  
• Canadian Farmers' net incomes nosedive June 4
  
• Canada slips to world's fifth most competitive country June 5
  
• Nunavut to be a welfare case June 5
  Sweeping social, economic problems face Canada's newest territory
• Revenue Canada becoming Super agency June 5
  
• Petrocan-UDS pact raises `serious concerns' June 5
  The federal competition watchdog said yesterday it has serious concerns about corporate concentration at the gasoline pumps through the proposed joint venture between Petro-Canada and Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corp.
  
• FP: PetroCan, Ultramar venture draws fire June 5
  Competition Bureau has 'serious concerns' about $8.5B deal
  
• Wheat board calls for stricter rules to transport grain June 4
  CP Rail refused to carry grain shipments in favour of coal
  
• Unternational poll finds rising concern over climate June 4
  The survey by Toronto-based Environics International found the majority of people surveyed in 22 out of 30 countries believe governments should assume the worst on climate change and act now.
  
• Martin dismisses critical report from Gundy June 3
  Finance Minister Paul Martin has dismissed a report from CIBC Wood Gundy that blames him for the sinking state of the Canadian dollar.
  
• Insurers reveal CEOs' pay June 3
  Manulife boss leads pack with $2.2-million, incentive bonus
  
• Ottawa profiting off seniors: report June 3
  The 370,000-strong Canadian Association of Retired Persons yesterday renewed its call for the federal government to scrap the proposed Seniors Benefit.
  
• Unprecedented survey tracks the ups and downs of childhood June 3
  
• Saskatchewan urges national subsidy to ensure basic phone service for all June 3
  
• Bank of Montreal and Canada Post expand northern bank services June 3
  
• Canada still sniffling from 'Asian flu' June 3
  
• Tobacco sponsorships to end June 3
  Ottawa will give organizers of sporting, cultural events five years to find other backing
  
• Bank mergers doomed: Jackman June 2
  
• Market Watch:Provincial thinking ties up watchdog June 2
  
• Corporate Criminals find Advocate June 1
  Joe Groia is bucking the establishment by tackling white-collar cases that other Bay Street firms won't touch.
  

  MAY 98

• Sherrit Inc. Plans Further Cuban Investments May 30
  
• Summertime and trade wars are looming May 30
  
• The Myth of High Tech Employment in Canada Toronto Star Feature May 30
  
• Toronto Star Editorial: Back In Town, Liberal MPS turned Lobbyists Saturday, May 30
  
• Smog pushes death rates up in Canada's cities May 30
  
• U OF T Goes Corporate, Report On Business (ROB) Magazine June 1998
  Monthly Magazine. Check for Past Issues in the Archives.
  
• Internet Study Shows Computers Becoming Inseparable Part Of Homework For Canadian Schoolchildren May 29
  

  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SURPLUS CREATES SCANDAL
  

• Tax cut battles loom June 1
  Surpluses spark calls for reductions in UI premiums,personal and corporate taxes, GST
• Alberta Unions Slam Klein over EI Remarks May 30
  
• Give EI surplus back to workers, Klein urges Martin May 28
  
• FP:Ottawa could afford cut to EI rate, actuary says May 28
  
• Martin defends EI surplus amid allegations of stealing May 28
  
• ``Unemployment Insurance Money Belongs To The Unemployed'' says CLC May 27
  
• Employment insurance surplus may be illegal, Ontario premier says May 27
  

  OECD MEETING IN MONTREAL: NO MAI! SAY PROTESTORS
  

• Second globalization protest draws less than half the crowd May 28
  
• Montreal: Police, protesters set to clash again May 27
  Demonstrations against the MAI at OECD meeting in Montreal
  
• MAI deal will go ahead says Canadian OECD Chief at Montreal Meeting May 26
  100 protestors arrested in Montreal as OECD Chief speaks in defence of MAI
  
• MAI Undermines Democracy, Says NDP's Mcdonough May 26
  

  ADM PRICEFIXERS OF THE WORLD

• Archer Daniels fined $16 million for price cartel May 28
  
• Reuters:Canada fines food giant Archer Daniels for price-fixing May 28
  
• ROB ADM Cartel Story May 28
  
• FP: ADM admits guilt, fined $16M May 28
  Competition Bureau investigates other firms involved in cartel
  
• ADM says fine ends Canada govt legal claim May 28
  

• Conference probes business's spiritual side May 28
  
• National Survey Finds Canadian More Wired than Ever May 26
  
• Federal government roasted on the environment May 26
  
• Most high school graduates go on to further education May 25
  
• Pakistan probes Canadian Companies in Bribery Scandal May 25
  Pakistan probes Lavalin, BC Hydro
  
• Ottawa fails on environment: report May 23
  Commons committee wants government to beef up inspectors'powers and establish independent enforcement agency
  
• Senators, NHL Franchise Broke Asks for Bail Out From Revenue Canada May 22
  

  Rocky Mountain APEC Finance Ministers Meeting,
  May 20-25 Kananaskis Park, Alberta:

• APEC Finance Ministers Meet at Rocky Mountain Resort May 21
  Summit to focus on Asian meltdown Indonesian Strife Main Focus of APEC MeetingMay 22
  
• Indonesia to push hard at APEC summit for IMF cash at Rocky Mountain Summit May 22
  
• Human toll overtakes APEC conference May 23
  
• Keep up pressure on Indonesia: dissident tells Canadian Federation of Students May 25
  
• APEC targets reforms' sting May 25
  Finance ministers urge programs weigh social costs
  
• Canada pushes for international financial watchdog May 24
  

• Fighting for their rights May 21
  Things aren't getting any easier for women in the Canadian military, who have faced sexual harrassment, low pay, and rape
  
• NAFTA Alliance Formed by Agribusiness Groups in Canada, U.S. & Mexico May 21
  Want to eliminate tax barriers, food labeling and food inspection regulations
  
• Canadian firm reports cyanide spill in Kyrgyzstan May 21
  Second Canadian mining company to cause enviromental disaster in less than a month
  
• Business ahead of feds in corporate good citizenship, says report May 21
  
• Team Canada Undermining Human Rights FP May 21
  
• Chretien joins trade mission in push for business May 21
  
• 3500 Red Cross Workers to be offered jobs in new blood agency May 21
  
• Trade Balance Slips in March May 21
  
• Canadian Pacific Profits from Scab Shipping May 18
  CP steers shipping unit out of the backwater. After spending $1-billion, CP Ships is the leader on some of the world's busiest trading routes.Including the Liverpool and Australian Docks!!!
  
• G7 backs Canada's plan for financial watchdog May 16
  Sees urgent need to improve global supervision
  
• Economic index slows down May 16
  
• Canada to be top U.S. oil supplier May 16
  
• Federal Suplus Increased in March May 15
  
• Old Age Security Clawback Rapped by NDP May 15
  
• Customs union applauds expansion of powers May 14
  
• Union says job cuts at CTV will hurt local stations May 14
  
• Inflation rate declines May 14
  
• Bank of Canada Governor says good times ahead, then dollar plunges May 13
  
• Canadian MPs Get Taste of Fear in Chiapas May 12
  
• Maple Leaf Foods Unsucessful in bid for hog market monopoly May 12
  
• CTV to cut hundreds of jobs May 12
  
• Trade expert says U.S. pro hockey teams unfairly subsidized May 12
  
• 1990s recession ravaged incomes May 12
  
• Treatment of merchant sailors 'unjust' May 11
  
• Child Poverty rate rose to new high in 1996, says report May 11
  One in Five Children Live in Poverty in Canada
  
• South America lures Canadian Mining Companies May 11
  
• Most provinces to have healthy economic growth,says Bank of Montreal May 11
  
• Push To Open WTO To Public Input FP May 9
  
• Prime Minister Says His Concern Is Jobs Not Constitution May 9
  
• Jobs gains could set record FP May 9
  
• Jobs aplenty as economy boomsthough most new positions are part-time May 9
  
• Federal report argues for closer integration with U.S. economy May 9
  
• Unemployment Falls Again May 8
  
• Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Wal-Mart Anti-Union Case May 8
  
• Housing starts slip in April May 8
  
• Broadbent sees erosion of Human Rights Blames Right-Wing agenda May 8
  
• Squeege Scourge Movement afoot to wipe out squeegee kids Feature Story May 8
  
• Union Busting President Steps Down From Maple Leaf Foods May 7
  
• Maple Leaf Foods Announces First Quarter Results May 7
  
• Maple Leaf Says Strikes Cost it $58 million May 3
  

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