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Market maker's shares fall by 80 per cent

July home sales in Vancouver, once the country's hottest real estate market, continued to slide and hit their lowest total for the month since 2000. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said Thursday that 2,098 properties sold in July, down 18.

sa国际传媒 Government and Service Employees' Union members have announced another walkout, almost one month after some staged a one-day strike to back contract demands.

Randy Smith, a retired financial planner, longtime community advocate and avid health and fitness proponent, is the newest board member of the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence Society.

British-based firm A J Walter Aviation said it has signed a deal to buy the component repair business of insolvent aircraft maintenance firm Aveos Fleet Performance.

The sale of a tree-farm licence and improved lumber and log shipments allowed Western Forest Products to improve its bottom line by $10 million in the second quarter.

New device on sale Thursday

New Brunswick lobster fishermen have surrounded a tractor-trailer outside a Shediac processing plant and are vowing to keep it there until its cargo rots.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. increased its quarterly dividend as it reported improved results for its second quarter. The auctioneer of industrial equipment said it would pay a quarterly dividend of 12.25 cents per share, up from 11.

Several Canadian banks may be interested in scooping up ING's Canadian banking arm, analysts said Thursday after its troubled parent company announced it is reviewing sa国际传媒's largest Internet bank as a prelude to a possible sale.