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The Bank of Canada will begin circulating a new $20 bill made of polymer instead of paper on Wednesday. The bill pays tribute to the Canadian men and women in all military conflicts and is being released just before Remembrance Day.

Samsung said it has sold more than 30 million flagship Galaxy S III smartphones in five months, making it one of the fastest selling smart-phones in the world.

Less than 80% of unemployed drawing funds

A new construction forecast has scaled back predictions of the number of new homes that will be built in Greater Victoria this year and next. The capital region will see 1,650 homes started in 2012, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

Instagram, the photo-sharing app that was created for mobile phones, is expanding to the web. The service, which is owned by Facebook Inc., said in a blog post Monday it will be launching Insta-gram profiles on the web over the next few days.

Craigdarroch Castle is launching a series of talks on Great Entrepreneurs and is starting with the man that built the castle and laid the building blocks for much of Vancouver Island, Robert Dunsmuir.

The Bay Centre is wrapping its support for the Mustard Seed Food Bank's annual Spirit of Giving campaign in gift-card envelopes.

The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has acquired a majority stake in Heartland Dental Care, one of the largest U.S. dental service companies, for an undisclosed amount.

Apple says it sold three million iPads of all kinds in the first three days it sold the new Mini model. Apple started selling the Mini on Friday, starting at $329. It's a third smaller than the full-size iPad. The sales figure compares with 1.

Henri Audet, an electrical engineer who founded Quebec-based Cogeco cable and media business, has died at age 94.