It is strange. I was a kid of the 70s & 80s & nobody was allergic to peanuts then. Since you plucked a Canuck story from CNN, thought I'd give an update to how far we have to go now:

Schools in Ontario are now required to prepare safety plans for students with fatal allergies as part of Sabrina's Law, named after a Pembroke teen who died of severe allergic shock in her high school.

http://www.cbc.ca/toronto/story/to-...-law060103.html