21.   As tariffs between those countries fall, Canadian companies will have an advantage over U.S. firms, particularly in sectors like mining equipment.

22.   At least one major Canadian company, Toronto-based Sherritt Inc., is expected to go on a US blacklist this week.

23.   Aventis is also seeking FDA approval for a DTaP vaccine made by an affiliated Canadian company.

24.   Barrick and another large Canadian company, Placer Dome Inc., have made strategic acquisitions in the last year.

25.   BioChem Pharma shares dropped then recovered after the Canadian company said it would fight a U.S. patent awarded to Emory University in Atlanta.

26.   A Canadian company has patented a sign-making system using a luminous gel that it says glows as brightly as neon at a fraction of the cost.

27.   A Canadian company, Antarcti.ca, is also hoping to sell information-rich customers a technology that creates a visual interface to mountains of data.

28.   A Canadian company, York Medical, has recently set up the first significant joint venture aimed at giving Cuban products access to the world market.

29.   A Canadian company opens in Toronto in December.

30.   A Canadian company, Evergreen International Technology, has introduced an electronic version of those stick-on notes called Jot-it!