OTTOWA: Canada still has lingering questions on whether solar power is viable as a long-term means of supplying electricity, according to a Canadian news website.
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NEW YORK: North America showed a slight increase in forest areas between 1990 and 2010, according to the United Nations' State of the World's Forests report.
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VANCOUVER: Two of Canada’s largest cheese producers, Saputo and Kraft, are evaluating whether to take their challenge over federal rules on cheese composition to Canada’s Supreme Court.
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VANCOUVER: Consumer appetite for farmed salmon is increasing, with farmed salmon sales accounting for over half of total fresh fish sales in California where British Colombia has a growing presence.
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VANCOUVER: Hot on the heels of Target’s acquisition of one of Canada’s largest retailers, Zellers, Wal-Mart and other major US chains have announced expansion plans into Canada as well.
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VANCOUVER: As part of a growing trend in Canadian consumers around sustainability, the butcher profession is receiving a make-over that is changing the way meat is prepared and sold in major metro areas.
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VANCOUVER: Earls Restaurants, one of Canada’s largest premium restaurant chains, has opened a new location in the downtown core of Toronto, to continue their aggressive push into the Ontario market.
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VANCOUVER: Packaged Facts has released a list of top trends in the food and beverage industry in Canada for 2011. Find out more
VANCOUVER: Target has acquired Zellers, one of Canada’s largest retail chains, in a bid to enter the Canadian market and compete with Wal-Mart in the region.
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VANCOUVER: Researchers have concluded that sea lice from farmed salmon, long thought to be a major contributing factor to the decline of the pacific salmon stock, was in fact not a factor in the decline. Find out more
