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August 12, 2019
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Health Canada announces changes aimed at dropping prices of patented drugs

Health Canada's long-awaited amendments to patented medicine regulations include allowing the arm's-length Patented Medicine Prices Review Board to consider whether the price of a drug reflects the value it has for patients


Low prices, LNG uncertainty add to frustration levels for natural gas producers

Once hailed as a voracious new consumer of western Canadian natural gas, the nascent LNG industry was staggered by project delays and all but halted by declining global price trends


U.S.-China trade war leaves Europe as collateral damage

Europe's economic motor, Germany, is experiencing an economic slowdown


For some N.S. woodlot owners, end of controversial pulp mill not seen as disaster

If the Northern Pulp mill in Pictou County fails to win approval for a pipeline that would dump 85 million litres daily into the Northumberland Strait, the plant could close
 
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