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СÀ¶ÊÓƵ police officers will not seize less than 2.5 grams of street drugs starting Jan. 31.

VANCOUVER — A second investment manager is voicing its opposition to a plan by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. buy vehicle auction company IAA Inc. In a letter to the Ritchie Bros.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Imperial Oil results Imperial Oil Ltd.

TORONTO — The companies involved in the Rogers Communications Inc. deal to buy Shaw Communications have extended the deadline to complete the transaction. Rogers, Shaw, the Shaw Family Living Trust and Quebecor Inc.

Safeguards like the land-title registry system make title fraud difficult to commit in СÀ¶ÊÓƵ, experts say. But there are things homeowners can do to protect themselves.

The $230 million estimate is subject to change and include $52 million for contingency and inflation.

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VANCOUVER — More than 100 workers in Port Alberni are the latest forest industry employees to face layoffs as Western Forest Products confirms it will not restart its sawmill in that Vancouver Island city.

OTTAWA — The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $3.6 billion in the first eight months of the fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor, the finance department says the deficit compares to a deficit of $73.

The province will have to find housing for the 20 per cent of newcomers it absorbs, on top of current needs.