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Total harvest to hit 51 million tonnes: report

Nissan is recalling about 7,800 Infiniti SUVs built this year because the fuel gauges can show gasoline in the tank when there isn't any. The recall includes 1,116 of the sport utility vehicles sold in Canada.

Retail sales in Canada fell in June, widely missing expectations of a small gain as increasingly cautious shoppers pulled back on a number of fronts and overnight trips to the U.S. hit a record high as higher duty-free exemptions kicked in.

Trish Musicco has opened the White Peony, a new bridal boutique and the first in the city to serve individual customers by appointment only. The 1,700-square-foot boutique is in downtown's Design District at 1816 Government St.

A proposal to build a $13-billion refinery in B.C. to process oil from the Northern Gateway pipeline has been criticized for its lack of support, but one B.C. city council is taking a closer look.

Andrew Hicik was appointed director of corporate services for the Town of Sidney this week, replacing Valla Tinney, who was named director of finance with the District of Saanich last month.

Avcorp Industries Inc. says it has signed a five-year contract extension with Boeing to provide the wheel well for the next-generation 737 aircraft.

A review of 451 defined-benefit pension plans in Canada and the U.S. by debt rating agency DBRS has found the gap between plan assets and obligations widened significantly last year.

German carmaker Volkswagen AG says sales rose 11.9 per cent in July as demand in Asia and the United States outweighed slacker sales in crisis-hit western Europe.

Older unemployed workers spend as much time looking for a job as younger ones, says a new Statistics Canada study.