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Fish weights to fall, food supplies at risk

Air Canada gave assurances Monday that its expanded relationship with Sky Regional Airlines to include routes to the U.S. won't result in pilot layoffs, citing its plan to hire hundreds of new employees.

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A total of 29 charges stayed after two killed

Wi-LAN Inc. has bought a portfolio of more than 150 patents and patent applications from wireless technology company Alvarion Ltd. for $19 million.

Almost 50,000 litres of used cooking oil was converted to biodiesel and more than 150 tonnes of greenhouse-gas emissions were eliminated in a co-operative effort that saw cruise ship waste turned into bus line fuel this summer.

Syncrude Canada Ltd. has announced plans to extend the life of its Mildred Lake oilsands mine in northern Alberta by about a decade. Canadian Oil Sands Ltd.

Magna International Inc. has signed two deals to boost its automotive pump business.

Seven months after stepping into the chief executive’s role at Peninsula Co-op, Ron Heal has decided to step down from a post he once considered a dream job.

Bombardier Transportation has won a five-year contract valued at $92 million US for a mass-transit-train control system in Malaysia and another worth $64 million US for new trains in Europe.