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Listeria investigator announced

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It took almost four months but Prime Minister Stephen Harper has got someone to investigate the Maple Leaf Foods listeria outbreak of last summer. Just how Sheila Weatherill, former president and CEO of Capital Health in Edmonton, will investigate the outbreak that killed 20 and sickened at least 50 more may be a secret until
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Canadian railroads exceed caps on grain revenue

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Canada’s two national railways generated too much revenue from western grain hauling in the last crop year and will have to pay fines, a federal agency ruled on Dec. 30. Canadian National Railway exceeded its $409 million cap by nearly $26 million while Canadian Pacific Railway was nearly $34 million over its $374 million cap,
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Ethanol slump blindsides U. S. corn growers

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Shrinking ethanol profits and a deepening recession that helped topple biofuels giant VeraSun into bankruptcy last month will force U. S. farmers to be far more skeptical of their corn buyers in the future. Farmers welcomed the rapid expansion of ethanol producers whose deep pockets helped propel the price of corn to record highs. But
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French court fines power grid for harming animals

A French court has ruled that power grid RTE must pay 390,000 euros (US$493,200) to a farming family after a high-voltage line caused its animals to fall sick, a prosecutor said Nov. 17. State-run RTE, an arm of EDF, said it would appeal against the decision, a first for France and which could open the
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Dow seeks arbitration in pesticide bans

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A pesticide manufacturer has pushed back against the provincial bans on so-called cosmetic pesticides. Dow AgroSciences has filed a notice with the Canadian government seeking arbitration on the impact of a pesticide ban imposed by Quebec in 2006. That action breached Canada’s obligations under NAFTA, the company says. Through the Chapter 11 investor protector provisions

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