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OTTAWA - CP (June 20/06) -- A final agreement on softwood lumber between Canada and the U.S. appears unlikely before fall, Trade Minister David Emerson suggested yesterday.

Meanwhile small but vital reporter Victoria Penner and her side-kick from the Globe and Mail's gossip pages could neither confirm nor deny the rumo(u)r that Mr. Emerson dropped this bombshell as he was boarding a chartered jet that would take him to Whistler so he could check out the gold-plated rivets on a $378,586,938.28 Olympic Luge run that is on time and on budget.

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