The other companies Lacey referred to include Opti Canada, Royal Dutch Shell and the Forest Hills project conducted by Petro-Canada, UTS, and Teck Cominco.

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Oil sands observers think Total wants Fort Hills bad enough that it will pay up to buy out both UTS' and Teck Cominco's stakes in order to partner with Petro-Canada one-on-one.

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After the mining company, which is working on properties in Western Canada and Alaska, said it and partner Teck Cominco halted an unexpectedly costly mining project in British Columbia, its shares lost more than half their value on Monday.

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The other companies Lacey referred to include Opti Canada, Royal Dutch Shell and the Forest Hills project conducted by Petro-Canada (nyse: PCZ - news - people ), UTS, and Teck Cominco (nyse: TCK - news - people ).

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These fast-growing, adroit and well-managed companies help set the benchmarks for their respective industries. (Full methodology can be found here.) Just five Canadian companies make this elite group of 130: Brookfield Asset Management, Manulife, metals producer Teck Cominco, Calgary-based TV and internet services provider Shaw Communications and Suncor Energy.

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These fast-growing, adroit and well-managed companies help set the benchmarks for their respective industries. (Full methodology can be found here.) Just five Canadian companies make this elite group of 130: Brookfield Asset Management, Manulife, metals producer Teck Cominco (nyse: TCK - news - people ), Calgary-based TV and internet services provider Shaw Communications (nyse: SJR - news - people ) and Suncor Energy.

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