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Canada's long-delayed defense white paper is due for release in June. It will call for a more active military role and a maritime strategy reliant on ten new nuclear-powered attack submarines and six more Lockheed P-3C antisubmarine patrol aircraft. The white paper will also direct upgrading of military transport aircraft. It is the first white paper issued since 1971.

Informs about introduction of latest forms of paper by Canadian paper industry for the improvement of performance in printing and other paper works in business environment. Measurement of several characteristics of paper in relation to business needs.

The article reports that the government of Canada has launched the Pulp and Paper Green Transformation to subsidize the greening of the pulp and paper industry in the country. In connection to this, the National Resources Council is giving 0.16 Canadian dollars for every liter of the biomass by-product black liquor that the pulp and paper industry burns. It is stated that the accumulated funds will have to be invested in improving environmental performances of the industry within three years.

The article reports on the invention of an erasable paper that fades printed text within 16 to 24 hours when exposed to a specific wavelength of light, developed by a research team at Xerox Research Centre in Canada and Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in California. Eric Shrader, PARC area manager of industrial ink-jet systems, noted that the experimental printing technology will reduce paper use, but its commercial availability would take a long way.

Reports that Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Co. has agreed to use Wei T'o Associates Inc. preservation technology. Outlook for the use of the technology to preserve books, documents, maps, works of art, and other paper-based materials; Use of nonflammable materials by the system which fill paper with a nontoxic magnesium carbonate complex to neutralize acids and prevent further acid development; Use of the Wei T'o process to preserve documents such as the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution; Treatment of books by the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada with the system.

Reports on Metro Toronto's provision of processing and marketing services of recyclable materials collected by its area municipalities in Ontario with arrangements with Quno, a deinking paper mill and CRInc. for the operation of materials recovery facilities. Quno's renegotiation of its contract with prices reflecting monthly market prices for newspapers; Base price per metric ton of newspapers under the new contract.

Reports on a March 2001 agreement between Pacifica Papers and Norske Skog Canada Ltd. (NSC) to merge under the latter's name. Operation of both companies on Vancouver Island, British Columbia; Transformation of NSC into the North America's third-largest groundwood paper maker; Amount of paper to be contributed by Pacifica's Powell River and Port Alberni mills.

Reports the improvements of the Kruger Inc. newsprint and coated-paper mill in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.

Reports the involvement of two teachers in the paper recycling program of Lethbridge, Alberta. Gathering of recyclable paper and cardboard from school buildings; Replacement of bus chairs with large bins on wheels; Attempt to educate students about recycling.

Focuses on the biofiltration technique developed by researchers from the University of Toronto in Ontario that uses bacteria to eat odorous sulfur pollutants from paper mills. Materials used.

Predicts growth in Canada's pulp and paper sector for 1999, according to Canada Pulp and Paper Association. Projected increase in shipments of products; Estimated earnings of pulp and paper industry in 1998; Prediction on supplies and shipments of pulp and paper to offshore markets.

The article provides information on the ten biggest merger & acquisition (M&A) deals in Canada from January 2007 to January 2008. Russia's OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel took over LionOre Mining International Ltd. for $6.5 billion on June 27, 2007. Abitbi-Consolidated Inc. and Bowater Inc. have merged in order to compete better in the market for paper products. Canetic Resources Trust was acquired by Penn West Energy Trust in a $5.5 billion stock and debt transaction.

Reports the filing of lawsuit by the Cerberus subsidiary against Pacifica Papers Inc. in British Columbia Supreme Court. Rejection of the application of New York-based Cerberus to appeal the May 8 interim order; Allegations of the subsidiary; Votation of shareholders on Norske Skog deal.

Reports on American and Canadian chemical producers and paper manufacturers formation of the Alliance for Environmental Technology (AET). AET's promotion of chlorine dioxide (ClO2) derived from sodium chlorate as an alternative to chlorine gas; Sodium chlorate producers in the AET; Environmental Protection Agency's and its Canadian counterpart's scheduling of effluent guidelines for pulp and paper mills at the end of October 1993.

Focuses on Kruger Inc.'s modernization project at its paper mill in Bromptonville, Quebec Province. Project cost and objectives.

The article reports on the agreement entered by Analytical Spectral Devices Inc., Paprican, and the Pulp and Paper Research Industry of Canada. The agreement was made to develop the industry's first application of near-infrared technology, which will be used to measure pulp brightness and lignin content. Paprican director of contracts, patents and licensing Chris Kanters discloses that the goal is to simplify an expensive, labor-intensive chemical testing procedure.

When Innovative Steam Technologies takes on a project, employees generate hundreds of drawings and documents associated with the job. Of course, storing and tracking these paper and electronic files cost time and money. To help, the company, based in Cambridge, Ontario, recently purchased an electronic document management system and in the process, reduced the work associated with dealing with these documents by 30 percent, said Glenda Martin-Barnes, the company's process coordinator. The new document management system finds, manages and tracks revisions of AutoCAD drawing files.

Reports on the recycling project launched by Jasper National Park in Alberta. Results of a study characterizing waste samples in the park; Major components in the waste stream; Description of how the park dealt with cardboard and food wastes; Graph illustrating kilograms of waste generated per National Park visitor.

Reports on the relocation of the Vancouver Sun and Province newspapers in Canada. Where papers are relocating to.