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Delta's Avcorp Industries Inc. (TSX:AVP) has signed a contract with Cessna Aircraft Company to supply the tail assembly of its new Citation CJ4 business jet.

Vancouver's General Motors Place will host Canada's 2009 Juno Award ceremony on March 29, 2009, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and broadcast partner CTV announced September 9.

In spite of a slow August, condominium development has increased the number of home starts in Metro Vancouver during the first eight months of the year, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

Ottawa will invest a up to $20.9 million in five shortsea shipping and two road projects in the Metro Vancouver. Shortsea shipping involves the marine movement of cargo on rivers, along coastlines and within lakes.

B.C. businesses are being overwhelmed by debts and declaring bankruptcy at a rate that far exceeds that of Canada as a whole. Canada's Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcies said Friday that B.C. business bankruptcies grew 11.

Creation Technologies Inc., a rapidly growing Vancouver-based electronics manufacturer, solidified its global standing by announcing that it has bought Wheeling, Illinois-based Circuit Service, Inc. and its Chinese subsidiary Changzhou CSI Ltd.

Executives at PhotoChannel Networks (TSX-V:PN) expect to cap off what has thus far been a banner year with an acquisition. The 13-year-old Vancouver-based digital photo software provider increased revenue 186% to $11.

Bellstar Hotels & Resorts has selected the Okanagan Valley as the location for the first of a collection of private residences in vineyards around the world.

Vancouver's NovaGold Resources Inc. (TSX, AMEX:NG) is selling its 51% interest in Alaska's Ambler mining project along with its early stage properties in the state for $20 million in common shares of a Vancouver-based junior miner.

U.S. hedge fund manager FrontFour Capital Group LLC and its FrontFour Holdings Inc. B.C. subsidiary have fallen just short of taking over Richmond-based IAT Air Cargo Facilities Income Fund (TSX: ACF.UN).