20 August 2003 21:36
Canada NewsWire summary of releases for Afternoon, Wednesday August 20th 2003
TORONTO, Aug. 20 /CNW/ - General# C2675 - TORONTO : Leading Italian Canadian Organization Opposes RAI Application to
Broadcast Italian Language Programming 24/7 in Canada (NCIC-TD- opposes-RAI) C2738 - ST. PAUL, MN : St. Jude Medical
Announces Publication of Results of Its Atrial Dynamic Overdrive Pacing Trial-A (ADOPT-A) Clinical Trial
(atrial-fibrillation) C2755 - TORONTO : Ontario's First Brewery Tied House Since Prohibition Opens
(Granite-Brewery-event) C2797 - TORONTO : Canadian Hepatitis C Network puts pressure on Health Canada to approve
Pegasys(R) combination therapy (Hepatitis-C-therapy) C2814 - TORONTO : Public Transit missing in Federal
Government's $1 Billion Climate Change Announcement (CUTA-Climate-Change) C2831 - TORONTO : B-Roll Advisory -
Ontario Peach Growers launch season by distributing 50,000 peaches to Ontario commuters (B-roll-50,000-peaches) C2842 -
OTTAWA : MEDIA ADVISORY - Lockheed Martin Canada (helicopter- project) C2844 - OTTAWA : MEDIA ADVISORY - Lockheed Martin
Canada (Lockheed-Media- Adviso) C2845 - OTTAWA : The Daily - Statistics Canada (The-Daily-Statistics) C2868 - TORONTO :
Get Smart on Energy Use: Interval Meters Empower Ontario Consumers to Conserve Energy (energy-intervl-meters) C2872 -
TORONTO : Media Advisory - Ontario Premier's Schedule For Wednesday, August 20 (power-outage-update) C2876 -
CALGARY : Canada West Foundation - On Tap: Urban Water Issues in Canada (CndWest-Water-Issues) C2930 - BURNABY, BC : In
the spirit of back to school, Best Buy pledges $8,500 to support local Big Brothers Big Sisters In-School Mentoring
Programs (Bestbuy-Back2School) C2931 - BURNABY, BC : In the spirit of back to school, Best Buy pledges $8,500 to support
local Big Brothers Big Sisters In-School Mentoring Programs (BestBuy-Back2School) C2934 - VANCOUVER : New labour
partnership is critical to survival of BC's coastal forest industry (forest-indstry-survvl) C2936 - BURNABY, BC :
In the spirit of back to school, Best Buy pledges $8,500 to support local Big Brothers Big Sisters In-School Mentoring
Programs (BestBuy-Back2School) C2938 - BURNABY, BC : Launch of new foundation for B.C. youth (youth-new- foundation)
C2953 - TORONTO : No batteries required! Record numbers of people turn to board games during blackouts
(board-games-sales-up) C2971 - HALIFAX : Media advisory - Discover What's In-Store for Halifax Consumers at BMO
Bank of Montreal and Sobeys (e-BMO-sobeys-halif-CV) C2978 - HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, NF : Governments of Canada and
Newfoundland and Labrador fund two projects to provide Employment Assistance Services to unemployed people in the
Labrador Straits and Lake Melville areas (e-GovCana-employement) C2980 - HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, NF : Governments of
Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador fund two projects to provide Employment Assistance Services to unemployed people in
the Labrador Straits and Lake Melville areas (e-GovCana-employement) C2991 - TORONTO : Dalton's Platform Would Mean
Less Energy For Ontario (Dalton's-less-energy) C2994 - TIVERTON, ON : Bruce Power given approval to lift Unit 4
from guaranteed shutdown state (Bruce-Power-advisory) C3002 - TORONTO : Media Advisory - OSSTF president Rhonda
Kimberley-Young to address concerns of teachers and educational workers leading up to the provincial election
(OSSTF-media-event) C3003 - TORONTO : Peel District School Board offers parents tips to help children get ready for
start of school (Peel-school-tips) C3005 - OTTAWA : Update on Government of Canada Services in Ontario (e-CA-
Treasury-update) C3006 - TORONTO : Ombudsman Ontario closed due to power shortage (Ombudsman-ON-update) C3023 - OTTAWA :
NOTICE TO THE MEDIA - Wage Settlements Bulletin (Wage- Bulletin) C3025 - NEW YORK : Home D Decor Does Influence Dating
According to Lavalife Poll (Home-D Decor-and-Dating) C3028 - NORTH BAY, ON : Government of Canada Announces New $1
Billion Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (Rural-Infrastructure) C3029 - TORONTO : Peel Regional Police Association
Hosts Kids, Cops and Canadian Tire Fishing Event (Peel-Police-event) C3034 - TORONTO : CAW Convention Takes to the
Street in Support of Striking HERE L75 Members (CAW-HERE-L75-strike) C3035 - WINDSOR, ON : Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Lottery Scam (RCMP- Lottery-Scam) C3036 - MONTREAL : Government of Canada Announces Funding for the Centre social
d'aide aux immigrants (funding-for-centre) C3040 - TORONTO : Media Advisory - Wait times for orthopaedic surgery
longest in Canada: New poll points to stark differences between 'ideal' wait times and Canadian reality
(orthopaedic-wait-time) C3047 - WINNIPEG : CMA launches Award for Excellence in Health Promotion (CMA-Launches-Award)
C3055 - OTTAWA : CEA Calls for Policies to Enable Greater Electricity Investments (A-CEA-Calls-policies) C3059 - OTTAWA
: 15% Decline in Imports of Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Recyclable Materials in 2002 (Decline-Imports-Hazar) C3076 -
CHARLESBOURG : The Desjardins 'Oh Yeah! You win your home' tour continues on in the Qu Debec city region -
Surprised at it's workplace by Nanette Workman, A resident of Charlesbourg is awarded the value of his home !
(a-Desjardins-awarded) C3077 - MONTREAL : Reporters Without Borders - ERITREA - Fifteen journalists still held in the
utmost secrecy (E-ReWB-Eritrea-Fiftee) C3083 - TORONTO : Update from the Independent Electricity Market Operator.
(IMO-noon-update-Aug20) C3084 - TORONTO : Ernie Eves uses electricity crisis to campaign (Liberals-re-crisis) C3086 -
VINELAND STATION, ON : Ontario peach growers launch season by distributing 50,000 freestone peaches to Ontario commuters
(free-peaches-at- Union) C3090 - RICHMOND, VA : CCF worker killed in Iraq; another injured (CCF- aid-worker-killed)
C3092 - TORONTO : Success of organics collection boosts Toronto's diversion rates (T.O.-organics-success) C3095 -
OTTAWA : Consumers' Association Re-Issues Warning To Consumers About Insurance Company Practices and Invites
Consumers To Tell Their Insurance Horror Stories (insurance-horrors) C3098 - MONTREAL : Invitation to media - Vroom!
Vroom! - A Ferrari Dream Drive for the Little Patients of The Montreal Children's Hospital (A-HME-CV- VroomFerrari)
C3099 - TORONTO : Public Service Announcement from the Government of Ontario (Ontario-Govt-PSA) C3106 - TORONTO : Hydro
system slow to recover (Hydro-slow-to-recover) C3117 - MISSISSAUGA, ON : Peel Regional Police - Fatal single motor
vehicle collision (Peel-fatal-collision) C3127 - MONTREAL : Montreal Jewish Community to Hold Memorial Service Tonight
for Jerusalem Bombing Victims (a-JewishComm-memorial) C3130 - OTTAWA : Minister Copps Announces Canada's
Commissioner General to Expo 2005 (Commissioner-Ex-2005) C3135 - TORONTO : Price gouging in a crisis should be illegal:
McGuinty (Liberal-re:$$-gouging) C3140 - NEWMARKET, ON : Media Advisory - Media briefing to be held today regarding York
Region's first positive human case of WNv (York-WNv-case- briefng) C3141 - NEWMARKET, ON : York Region resident
tests positive for West Nile virus (West-Nile-York-Region) C3142 - TORONTO : Dalton McGuinty flip-flops on hydro...
AGAIN (Dalton- waffles-hydro) C3144 - TORONTO : Media advisory/photo op - New teachers gearing up for school year
(Teachers-Summer-Insti) C3145 - TORONTO : City of Toronto calls on residents to join City in conservation efforts - Some
City services ease back into operation (T.O.- resumes-services) C3146 - WINNIPEG, MB : CMA installs President and
President-Elect for 2003-2004 today (CMA-Installs-Presiden) C3151 - QUEBEC : Directeur g Den Deral des Delections -
By-election in the borough of Beaconsfield/Baie d'Urf De in the City of Montr Deal on October 5, 2003 - POLITICAL
CONTRIBUTIONS, ELECTORAL EXPENSES, AND PRIVATE INTERVENORS: SOME RULES APPLY (e-Q-DGE-By-election) C3154 - OTTAWA :
Government of Canada announces funding for the Festival international de la chanson de Granby (Festival-de-Granby) C3159
- AYLMER : Government of Canada Announces Funding for the Regional Association of West Quebecers (funding-for-West-QC)
C3161 - TORONTO : Ontario Place Open With CNE (OntarioPlace-CNE-open) C3165 - RIVIERE-DU-LOUP : Government of Canada is
proud to be associated with La mar Dee aux mille vagues (La-mar]e-mille-vagues) C3170 - TORONTO : More Hydro spin from
Howard Hampton (Hampton-Hydro- spin) C3179 - TORONTO : Backgrounder - Community Centres that will be open on August 21,
2003 (community-ctrs.-open) C3192 - TORONTO : 15th Annual Rookie League Wrap Up at SkyDome (Rookie- League-Wrap-Up)
C3199 - BRAMPTON, ON : Peel Regional Police - Robbery bandits pepper spray gas station attendant (Peel-robbery-gas-stn)
C3203 - TORONTO : REVISED 3:45p.m. City of Toronto Community Centres Opening August 21, 2003 (revised-TO-cntrs-open)
C3207 - CALLANDER, Ontario : Nipissing's FSC certification means more green choices for consumers - Ontario's
supply of forest products with highest environmental rating to rise by 25 per cent (e-NipissingForest-Cer)
Business/Financial# C2131 - TORONTO : CIBC Announces Solid Third Quarter 2003 Results (CIBC- Q3-2003-results) C2387 -
BLACKS HARBOUR, NB : Connors Bros. Income Fund announces August 2003 distribution (Connors-Bros.-dist.) C2595 - BLACKS
HARBOUR, NB : Connors Bros. Income Fund (Connors-Bros-Q2- rslts) C2781 - VALLEYFIELD, QC : Noranda Income Fund announces
its monthly cash distribution (Noranda-cash-distrbtn) C2786 - TORONTO : Ontario's housing market more affordable in
second quarter, says RBC economics (RBChousing-affordable) C2793 - VANCOUVER : The cost of home ownership in B.C. inches
lower, says RBC Economics (RBC-housing-index-BC) C2808 - TORONTO : Canadian housing affordability at its best level
since 2001, but housing activity past its peak, says RBC Economics (housing-activity- RBC) C2816 - HALIFAX : Second
quarter sees Atlantic housing market even more affordable, says RBC Economics (Atlantic-housing-RBC) C2830 - MONTREAL :
Quebec's housing affordability sees greatest improvement, says RBC Economics (Quebec-housng-improve) C2841 -
TORONTO : Minacs Worldwide Reports Improved Second Quarter (Minacs-Q2-results) C2870 - MISSISSAUGA, ON : BTV+ to Supply
Helius IP Satellite Router Across North America (BTV+-satellite-router) C2878 - CALGARY : Petro-Canada to Present at The
Lehman Brothers CEO Energy/Power Conference (Petro-present-confere) C2887 - TORONTO : Allstream delivers unique
communication solution to MIJO Corporation (Allstream-solution) C2891 - TORONTO : All work and no play makes Albertans
vacation-deprived, survey says (Expedia-Vacation-Srvy) C2901 - WINNIPEG : Housing affordability in Manitoba hampered by
short supply, says RBC Economics (RBC-Manitoba-Housing) C2906 - CALGARY : Connaught Energy (Alberta) Corp. Announces
Closing of Equity Financing (Connaught-closing-eqt) C2909 - TORONTO : All work and no play makes Ontarians
vacation-deprived, survey says (Expedia-Vacation-Srvy) C2910 - TORONTO : Cymat announces management changes
(Cymat-mangmnt- changes) C2911 - TORONTO : Lorus Therapeutics' intellectual property portfolio strengthened by
allowance of a European patent to protect a class of anticancer agents (Lorus-Therapeutics) C2914 - VANCOUVER : Global
American Investments, Inc. Reports Increase in Total Trading Volume (Global-trading-volume) C2922 - OAKVILLE, ON :
Algonquin Power Income Fund (Algonquin-Power-Q2) C2925 - VANCOUVER : Commission expands services online (BCSC-expands-
online) C2926 - LONDON, ON : Trojan Technologies Announces Second Quarter Results (Trojan-TechnologiesQ2) C2933 - WHITE
ROCK, BC : Neutron Enterprises, Inc. (Neutron-due- diligence) C2944 - REGINA : Tightening market conditions threaten
Saskatchewan's affordability, says RBC Economics (RBC-Saskatchewan-Hous) C2945 - CALGARY : Home ownership in
Alberta remains among the most affordable in Canada, says RBC Economics (RBC-Alberta-Housing) C2946 - OAKVILLE, ON :
Home Buyers' Real Estate Purchases Will Close On Time With Gap Coverage From First Canadian Title
(First-Canadian-Title) C2950 - TORONTO : Economic Impact of August 15 Blackout Tops $100-million for Ontario Merchants
(Blackout-$-Impact) C2955 - SHERBROOKE, Quebec : Shermag's first quarter earnings climb 42% - Strong results
boosted by growth in sales, foreign exchange hedging contracts and Jaymar acquisition (a-Shermag-Results) C2965 -
SAINT-FELICIEN, Quebec : SFK Pulp Fund announces a cash distribution of $0.075 per unit (a-SFK-CashDistributio) C2967 -
CALGARY, Alberta : Calvalley Petroleum Makes Significant Qishn Oil discovery in Yemen (a-CalvalleyPetro-Yeme) C2968 -
MONTREAL, Quebec : WestJet and Transat Enter into Charter Partnership (a-Transat-WestJet) C2973 - HELSINKI, Finland :
Stora Enso Timber opens first sawmill in Russia (Stora-Enso-Russia) C2974 - TORONTO : TSX and CNW Unveil CNX Marketlink
- New Leader in Disclosure Services (TSX-CNW-CNXMarketlink) C2975 - TORONTO : Twin Mining reports Second Quarter Results
(Twin-Mining- Q2-update) C2977 - MONTREAL : ART Announces Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ended April 30, 2003
(a-ART-techno-earnings) C2988 - TORONTO : BMO Nesbitt Burns Reports Ownership Interest in Great Lakes Carbon Income Fund
(BMONB-acquisition) C2996 - GUILDFORD, England : Volantis makes multi-channel service delivery accessible to a wider
audience (Volantis-new-server) C2999 - TORONTO : OASIS Delivers New Payment Processing Technology to Sears Canada
(Oasis-Sears-Canada) C3004 - MONTREAL : Update on Ditem's Otish Program : three more kimberlite targets to be
drilled (a-DitemExpl-Update) C3010 - TORONTO : Barclays Canada Announces September Distribution For Barclays Advantaged
S&P(R)/TSX(TM) Income Trust Index Fund (Barclays-Sept- Distr'n) C3011 - TORONTO : Sleep Country announces
regular distribution (Sleep- Country-distrib) C3012 - TORONTO : Media Advisory - Hudson's Bay Company Second
Quarter Results Conference Call and Webcast Notification (HBC-Q2-webcast-notice) C3014 - CALGARY : Aquila responds to
EPCOR statement of claim (Aquila- respond-Epcor) C3015 - VANCOUVER : Gas Discovery in Yesiltepe-1 Well (Omax-Resources-
update) C3016 - CALGARY : Savanna Energy Services Corp. (Savanna-list-TSX-V) C3017 - MONTREAL : Boralex Power Income
Fund Declares Cash Distribution (a-BoralexFund-divideb) C3026 - VANCOUVER : Absolute Software to host conference call to
discuss fiscal 2003 year-end results (Absolute-conf-call) C3030 - OTTAWA : MOSAID Technologies Incorporated - Q1
Earnings Announcement - August 21, 2003 (MOSAID-Q1-Announcemen) C3032 - TORONTO : Media advisory: Audio news conference
- Thursday, August 21, 2003, 11:00 A.M. (Toshiba-news-conf) C3038 - MONTREAL : Master Development Plan -
Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery will enhance its environment while pursuing its historic mission (a- Cemetery-DevlopPlan)
C3044 - TORONTO : CIBC changes mortgage rates (CIBC-mortgage-rates) C3046 - TORONTO : Equity Issuance Recovers in Q2
2003 (Equity-Issuance- 2003) C3050 - WESTPORT, CT : Klondex Mines Ltd (Klondex-Mines-shares) C3051 - MIAMI, FL and
MISSISSAUGA, ON : Kos Pharmaceuticals and Oryx Pharmaceuticals Establish Canadian Commercialization Agreement (Kos-Oryx-
agreement) C3057 - TORONTO : IPC US REIT Declares August distribution (IPC-US-REIT- distrib.) C3058 - TORONTO :
Retirement Residences Real Estate Investment Trust announces August 2003 monthly distribution (Retiremt-REIT-distrib)
C3063 - MONTREAL : Oakley's Application for Temporary Restraining Order Against the Hockey Company Denied
(A-HockeyComp-temporar) C3065 - MONTREAL, Quebec and WINDSOR, Nova Scotia : Semafo inc. - Samira Hill Gold Mine on
Target (A-Semafo-Mine-Target) C3070 - CALGARY : Vermilion Energy Trust Announces Cash Distribution
(Vermilion-Distibutin) C3071 - CALGARY : Vermilion Energy Trust Announces Cash Distribution (Vermilion-Distibutin) C3073
- TORONTO : OSC continues to operate with essential services only (OSC-essentials-only) C3075 - TORONTO : Belzberg
Technologies Systems Up and Running During Power Blackout 2003 (Belzberg-systems-up) C3081 - MONTREAL : Neurochem Inc.
files preliminary prospectus with Canadian and US securities authorities for common share offering (Neurochem- offering)
C3082 - CALGARY : Genesis Offer and Trustees' Circular Mailed to Unitholders of Polar Hedge Enhanced Income Trust
(Genesis-Polar-Offer) C3089 - TORONTO : AMR Technologies Inc. - Q2 Earnings Announcement - Aug 21, 2003
(AMR-Tech-conf-call) C3101 - MILWAUKEE and TORONTO : GE Medical Systems completes acquisition of Triple G(R) Systems
Group, Inc. (GE-acquires-Triple-G) C3105 - MONTREAL : The decline of the US dollar had an impact on Roctests's
profitability during the first six months of 2003 (a-Roctest- results) C3107 - TORONTO : Destorbelle announces election
of directors (Destorbelle-election) C3110 - CALGARY : Compton Petroleum Corporation - Second Quarter Results Webcast -
August 21, 2003 (Compton-Q2-webcast) C3113 - CALGARY : Pembina Announces August 2003 Distribution (Pembina-
Distribution) C3116 - TORONTO : Heating Oil Partners Income Fund Announces August 2003 Distribution
(Heating-Oil-Fund-dist) C3121 - VANCOUVER : Briyante selected by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, North Carolina
(Briynte-Carolna-polic) C3129 - BURNABY, BC : Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Income Fund announces August cash
distribution (Swiss-Water-Fund-dist) C3133 - VANCOUVER : Jenosys Appoints New President (Jenosys-New- President) C3143 -
TORONTO : Tri-Vision's cash position increases 282% over prior year period to $4.6-million (Tri-Vision-position)
C3150 - TORONTO : BMO Bank of Montreal Decreases Mortgage Rates (BMO- mortgage-rates) C3157 - CALGARY : APF Energy Trust
announces monthly distribution of $0.20 per unit (APF-EnrgyTrust-Distrb) C3171 - ZURICH : Centerpulse announces SEC
informal inquiry (Centerpulse- SEC-inqui) C3178 - MARKHAM, ON : Cygnal Completes $7.0 Million Common Share Private
Placement (Cygnal-priv-placement) C3180 - TORONTO : IDA fines Stuart Gordon Smith $25,000 and imposes conditions on
reapproval (IDA-fines-S.-Smith) C3181 - CALGARY : Harvest Energy Trust Confirms September 15th, 2003 Cash Distribution
of $0.20 Per Unit (Harvest-Distribution) C3183 - MONTREAL : Biorthex Receives Another Approval from Canadian TDP to
Begin a Clinical Study on Actipore(TM) ACF (e-Biothex-Actipore) C3191 - CALGARY : Husky Energy Agrees To Acquire
Marathon Canada (Husky- acq-MarathonCan) C3196 - TORONTO : Bolivar Gold Corp. - Infill Drilling Results from the Choco
Property - Holes 11 through 46 (Bolivar-drill-results) C3208 - HOUSTON : Marathon Sells Upstream Interests in Western
Canada for $588 Million; Divestitures of Non-Core Assets to Date Total More than $900 Million (TX-Marathon-interests)
Sports# C3069 - VANCOUVER : Media Alert - 720-pound Sumo superstar takes Vancouver (Sumo-star-Vancouver) Entertainment#
C2932 - TORONTO : Toya Alexis is Next Competitor Eliminated From Canadian Idol (Cdn-Idol-UpdateAlexis) Travel# C2937 -
VANCOUVER : Air Canada Vacations takes off with VRX (VRX-Air- Canada-web) C2952 - VANCOUVER : Award-winning Canadian
Chef and new menu featured onboard Rocky Mountaineer Railtours (RockyMount.-Railtours)
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