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GOLDCORP INC. (TSX: G)(NYSE: GG) today announced that the Marlin mine in Guatemala has experienced power interruptions as a result of tampering with lines supplying power to the mine site, resulting in periodic idling of the mill facility. Mining activities at the underground and open pit have been largely unaffected and ore continues to be stockpiled on site.

Brompton Funds is pleased to announce the completion of the merger of Brompton Stable Income Fund (TSX: BSR.UN) ("BSR"), Brompton Equal Weight Income Fund (TSX: EWI.UN) ("EWI"), Business Trust Equal Weight Income Fund (TSX: BWI.UN) ("BWI"), BG Top 100 Equal Weighted Income Fund (TSX: BTH.UN) ("BTH"), Brompton Tracker Fund (TSX: BTF.UN) ("BTF") and BG Income + Growth Split Trust (TSX: BDS.UN)(TSX: BDS.PR.A) ("BDS") into Brompton VIP Income Fund (TSX: VIP.UN) ("VIP") effective July 4, 2008. This merger was approved at a special meeting of securityholders held on June 9, 2008 as part of the reorganization of these funds to address the expected tax on income trusts in 2011.

Baja Mining Corp. (the "Company" or "Baja") (TSX: BAJ) is pleased to provide an updated video news release on the announced financing transaction (refer to press release dated July 2, 2008).

A coalition of 18 Canadian non-governmental aid organizations have contacted Stephen Harper, urging the Prime Minister to make good on the promises Canada made two months ago with regards to the county's contribution to the global food crisis. In April the government announced major new funding for an important short-term response of food aid, but nothing more has been done since.

Sentry Select Capital Corp. ("Sentry Select" or the "Manager") is pleased to announce that a merger of Select 50 S-1 Income Trust II (TSX: SDE.UN) ("Terminating Fund") with Select 50 S-1 Income Trust (TSX: SON.UN) ("Continuing Fund") (the "Merger") was completed effective July 4, 2008. The Merger was approved at a special meeting of unitholders of the Terminating Fund held on June 23, 2008.

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Pelangio Mines Inc. (TSX: PLG) ("Pelangio") would like to congratulate the Detour Gold team on its excellent ongoing work on the Detour Lake property in northern Ontario. Detour Gold has increased the measured and indicated resources on the project by 125% (from 4.8 million ounces to 10.8 million ounces of gold), with a further 2.5 million ounces of gold in the inferred category.

Quebec Premier Jean Charest and the Prime Minister of France, Francois Fillon, today witnessed the signature of two declarations of intent during a ceremony celebrating business relations between Bombardier Aerospace and two French leading companies, SAFRAN Group and THALES Avionics SA, as a symbolic reflection of the relationship between Quebec and France.

Ceapro Inc. (TSX VENTURE: CZO) The Company regrets to inform shareholders that Mr. Mark Redmond, Ph.D has decided to step down as a Director and an Officer of the Company effective immediately. In the mean time, Mr. Gilles R. Gagnon, an independent Director of the Company will act as President & CEO during the search period for a new CEO.

Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against First American Corporation ("First American" or the "Company") (NYSE: FAF) and various individuals on behalf of purchasers of First American securities who purchased between April 26, 2006 and November 6, 2007 (the "Class Period").

Noront Resources Ltd. ("Noront") (TSX VENTURE: NOT) is issuing this press release to clarify two items disclosed in its July 3 release. Firstly, Noront retracts the usage of the word Windfall in its press release title in that it inadvertently draws potentially undue attention to a lottery style win rather than the intended reference to Noront's Windfall Lake property in Northern Quebec. Secondly, Noront retracts the usage of NSR $ value per tonne in its resource estimate table in that it implies that at least a preliminary economic analysis (scoping study) has been undertaken on the Eagle One property where in fact it has not.

IAMGOLD Corporation ("IAMGOLD" or "the Company") (TSX: IMG)(NYSE: IAG)(BOTSWANA: IAMGOLD) is pleased to provide an update on the increase in mineable mineral reserves at its Mupane Mine, located in Botswana. The increase in Mupane's mineral reserves is a direct result of IAMGOLD's successful effort to convert the operation to owner mining. To facilitate this change, existing mining equipment was redeployed to the Mupane operations.

Homeland Energy Group Ltd. (TSX: HEG) ('Homeland' or 'the Company') has moved its London UK offices to the following location, effective Monday July 7, 2008:

Temoris Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: TMO) ("Temoris Resources or the Company") has closed its private placement for a total proceeds of $100,000. The proceeds will be used for working capital.

Iron Creek Capital Corp. (TSX VENTURE: IRN), announces that the Company's Chilean subsidiary, Compania Minera Mena Resources (Chile) Limitada ("Mena Chile") and Andina Minerals Chile Limitada ("Andina") have agreed to amend the terms of Mena Chile's option to acquire a 50% interest in the Pampa Buenos Aires Project (the "Pampa Project") in Chile.

Strategic Energy Management Corp. (the "Manager") announces that Strategic Energy Fund's (the "Fund") (TSX: SEF.UN) cash distribution for July 2008 will be C$0.06 per unit.

ONA Energy Inc. ("the Company") (CNQ: OEIX)(FRANKFURT: O3X) is pleased to announce that repairs to the 110 kV transmission system connecting the Company's Yongxing power plant to the national Chinese power grid has been completed. The repair process has taken longer to complete than expected, but the transmission system is now ready to receive power generated from the plant.

Public Health officials in Canada have reported a case of a Salmonella Saintpaul infection that matches those associated with the outbreak in the United States. The individual involved has indicated that he recently travelled to the United States. Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) officials will continue to work with their colleagues in Canada and the U.S. to monitor the situation and assess further cases.

Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corporation (TSX: TNX) (AMEX: TRE) is pleased to announce that all assay results have been received from the Phase 6 Reverse Circulation (RC) drill program at Kigosi which was completed on June 3, 2008.

Businesses increasingly invest in their servers' maintenance but often forget to do the same with workstations and laptops. Servers are the backbone of any network; nevertheless fragmentation can still affect workstations and laptops, slowing them down together with the overall company productivity.

With only six days remaining until the federal government's deportation order against war resister (James) Corey Glass takes effect, supporters across the country are intensifying efforts to protect Glass and others seeking refuge in Canada.

New research from the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) shows how the Group of Eight (G8) Summit in Hokkaido Toyako, Japan, on July 7-9, can play a unique role in improving policy coherence in global health governance.

Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. (TSX: ZL)(NYSE: ZL)

Gatorz Inc. ("Gatorz") (TSX VENTURE: GTZ) announced today it has signed an agreement with HCK Global Inc. ("HCK") to act as a direct sales force throughout North America, for Gatorz sunglasses and accessories. Among the high profile clients that HCK's national sales reps call on include but are not limited to: Dick's Sporting Goods, The Sports Authority, Cabella's and Bass Pro Outlet. This agreement represents a significant milestone in the strategy of Gatorz to develop and build a national outsourced sales network for the U.S. market. One that has existing relationships and complementary multi- product SKU's with mass market, speciality, big box and independent retailers.

FNX Mining Company Inc. (TSX: FNX) ("FNX" or the "Company") and Wahnapitae First Nation ("WFN") today signed an Impact and Benefits Agreement ("IBA" or "Agreement"), which describes how they will collaborate during the life of the Podolsky Mine and into the future on other mining projects at FNX's Podolsky Property. The IBA provides social, cultural and business related benefits for each party from successful mine development and, among other aspects, describes the processes for protecting and preserving the environment.

Kenro Capital Inc. ("Kenro") and 1235825 Ontario Ltd. ("1235825") announced today that on July 3, 2008 they acquired 103,000 and 86,000 common shares of Clairvest Group Inc. (TSX: CVG) ("Common Shares"), respectively. The Common Shares acquired represent 0.646% and 0.539% of the Common Shares, respectively, and were purchased for $15.36 per share.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will present the insignia of Officer of the Order of Canada to Charles Aznavour, a French Citizen who, as a singer, composer and actor, has helped establish important cultural ties between French-speaking communities in Canada and other countries. This special investiture will occur at 12:00 p.m., on Saturday July 5, 2008, at the Residence of the Governor General of Canada at the Citadelle of Quebec.

PACIFIC ASIA CHINA ENERGY INC. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: PCE) today announced that the British Columbia Supreme Court has issued a final order approving the plan of arrangement under which Green Dragon Gas, through its wholly-owned direct and indirect subsidiaries GREKA China Ltd. and GREKA Acquisitions Ltd. ("GREKA"), will acquire all of the Company's outstanding shares at a price of CDN$0.35 per share in cash.

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Noront Resources Ltd. ("Noront") (TSX VENTURE: NOT) is pleased to report the results of an initial resource estimate by P&E Mining Consultants Inc. of Brampton Ontario on its recently discovered Eagle One Cu-Ni-PGE Deposit, lying within the Double Eagle Project located in the James Bay Lowlands, northeastern Ontario.

DIAGNOS inc. ("DIAGNOS" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE: ADK), a leader in the use of artificial intelligence ("AI") and advanced knowledge extraction techniques, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Pierre George Roy to the position of Director.

Vitrium Systems, leading provider of PDF security and PDF analytics solutions and lead generation software, has been named to Nollenberger Capital Partners Inc.'s (NCPI) Top 200 Private Technology Companies 2008 Report Honorable Mention list.

Mr. Ralph Rushton, a Director of Northland Resources Inc. (TSX: NAU)(FRANKFURT: NBS)(OSLO: NAUR), is pleased to report that Sweden's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Enterprise and Energy, Maud Olofsson, recently visited Northland's projects near Pajala in northern Sweden. On Monday June 30th, Mrs. Olofsson met again with representatives of Northland to familiarize herself with the Company's development plans for its iron ore projects in the Pajala-Kolari region of Sweden and Finland.

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Vaaldiam Resources Ltd. ("Vaaldiam" or the "Corporation") (TSX: VAA) today announced that it has filed a preliminary short form prospectus in each of the provinces and territories of Canada in connection with a distribution to its shareholders of rights exercisable to subscribe for common shares of the Corporation (the "Rights Offering"). The Rights Offering is subject to receipt of all regulatory approvals, including the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Future Shop Ltd. -