Suppliers of oil sands fuel shunned
Two big US companies have decided to avoid suppliers that source fuel from Canada's oil sands to curb their carbon footprints. The decisions by Whole Foods Market, an...
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Tanker aground off north Canada [BBC NEWS] Sept. 3. 5:53 A tanker carrying 9m litres of diesel fuel runs aground off the coast of northern Canada but no environmental damage is reported. Canada approves GW Pharma's cannabis-based drug [Telegraph.co.uk] Aug. 31. GW Pharma's cannabis-derived multiple sclerosis (MS) drug has won approval in its third major market. Intoll board backs A$3bn bid from Canada fund [FT.com] Aug. 28. The board of the Australian-listed infrastructure operator recommends an improved takeover offer from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Toyota recalls 1.1m cars in US and Canada [FT.com] Aug. 26. Toyota has recalled another 1.1m vehicles in the US and Canada, bringing the total to about 11m worldwide over the past year Canada to open new Arctic station [BBC NEWS] Aug. 25. Canada will set up a research station at Cambridge Bay in the Arctic, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says. Canada continues to detain Tamils [BBC NEWS] Aug. 24. Hundreds of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who arrived in Canada aboard a cargo ship 11 days ago are kept in jail. Canada processes Tamil migrants [BBC NEWS] Aug. 14. Immigration officials in Canada begin processing some 490 migrants, who are believed to be from Sri Lanka and to have been on a cargo ship for three months. 'Tamil refugee ship' nears Canada [BBC NEWS] Aug. 12. A Thai ship thought to be carrying Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka is approaching Canada's Pacific coast, officials say. Canada 'monitoring' refugee ship [BBC NEWS] Aug. 10. A ship carrying hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum seekers is heading towards Canada's west coast, Canadian officials say. Tomkins resists shareholder ire over Canada bid [Telegraph.co.uk] Aug. 6. Tomkins is holding out against shareholder pressure to negotiate a higher price from its Canadian suitors, with chairman David Newlands saying no rival bids have come forward to top the£2.9... Canada firefighting plane crashes [BBC NEWS] Aug. 2. A water-bomber plane fighting forest fires in western Canada crashes, killing the two pilots and igniting another fire. Canada weighs pig killer retrial [BBC NEWS] Jul. 30. The Canadian Supreme Court decides whether to grant a new trial to a pig farmer convicted of killing six women.
