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2010 Olympic Winter Games tickets will go on sale in October 2008. Ticket sales, however, will go through a three-phase process.

Vancouver's Smartcool Systems Inc. (TSX-V:SSC) has expanded its Middle East presence with an office in Israel. The company has six offices in the Middle East in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

A subsidiary of Vancouver's Belvedere Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:BEL) has bought a mill and concentrate facility in eastern Finland for roughly $2 million.

Delta-headquartered Avcorp Industries Inc. (TSX:AVP) has acquired Burlington, Ontario-based Comtek Advanced Structures for an undisclosed sum.

Vancouver's QLT Inc. (TSX:QLT; Nasdaq:QLTI) has bought the rights for a proprietary ocular drug delivery system for $42 million. Under the deal, QLT will buy ForSight Newco II Inc.

Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE:NEM) is acquiring Vancouver's Miramar Mining Corp. (TSX:MAE) for $1.5 billion. The deal, which has the unanimous approval of Miramar's board, will give Miramar shareholders $6.25 cash per common share.

Vancouver's Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc. (TSX:ACC) plans to build a $90 million retirement home in Richmond Hill, Ontario. The two-phase project will include a $42.5 million Amica-branded retirement residence and a $47.

Engineers trained in Canada and Australia will have an easier time getting their designations recognized following the recent signing of a new agreement between national engineering associations in the two countries.

Richmond's MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associations Ltd. (TSX:MDA) has won a four-year $65 million contract from Canada's Department of National Defence to develop a system to monitor objects orbiting Earth.

Pitt Meadows-based Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc. (TSX:TZT) has opened its first office in Shannon, Ireland, to service to its European, African and Middle Eastern distributors and customers.