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The supplier of wholesale financial services to B.C. and Ontario's credit unions has closed its acquisition of the Cumis Group with the Co-operators Life Insurance Company.

Vancouver-based Jinshan Gold Mines Inc. (TSX:JIN) has signed a joint venture agreement to explore and develop gold projects in Mongolia. Jinshan will work with Mongolia's Monnis International Inc., whose primary business is as Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

Delta-headquartered Village Farms Income Fund (TSX:VFF.UN) has completed its conversion from an income trust into a publicly listed corporation, Village Farms International Inc.

Almost three-quarters of Canadians are optimistic that 2010 will be a good year for creating jobs and getting people back to work, according to a poll by Ipsos-Reid. About two-thirds of Canadians felt confident about their own personal finances.

Vancouver's Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G; NYSE:GG) has matched a sweetened offer for Vancouver-based Canplats Resources Corp. (TSX-V:CPQ) made by Minera Penmont. The revised deal values Canplats at approximately $322.

Bearclaw Capital Corp. (TSX-V:BRL) announced on Monday the sudden death of John B. Ross, its chairman and founder. The company was founded in 1999 and is focused on two uranium explorations projects in Quebec and Eastern Canada.

The bidding war between Minera Penmont and Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) for Canplats Resources Corp. (TSX-V:CPQ) continued this week after Minera sweetened its offer to $4.60 per common share of the company, up from the $4.20 it and Goldcorp Inc.

Canplats Resources Corp. (TSX-V:CPQ) has accepted a revised offer from Goldcorp to acquire the Vancouver-based mining exploration company.

Burnaby-headquartered Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. (TSX, NYSE:RBA) has closed the acquisition of Tipton, California-based Martella Auction Company Inc., which auctions agricultural and industrial equipment.

Vancouver-based QLT Inc. (TSX:QLT; Nasdaq:QLTI) has created a new U.S. subsidiary to sell its macular degeneration drug in America . Beginning January 1, 2010, QLT Ophthalmics Inc. will take over the sales and marketing of Visudyne in the U.S.