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DWF has acquired Barnescraig & Associates, a Vancouver-based insurance claims management and adjusting business.

Canadian steelmaker Algoma Steel is becoming a Nasdaq listed company through a merger agreed with New York-based blank-check firm Legato Merger Corp.

Halifax, Nova Scotia- and Los Angeles-based software startup Arcturus earlier this month collected $5 million in a seed-stage financing.

Foko Retail, a Gatineau, Quebec-based provider of retail communication and task management software, has been acquired by WorkForce Software.

Mount Logan Capital has entered into a non-binding agreement to acquire Ability Insurance Company, an Omaha, Nebraska-based insurer and reinsurer of long-term care policies.

Canada's Enbridge, Belgium's Fluxys and EIG Global Energy Partners have together submitted a non-binding offer for Brazil's largest natural gas import pipeline.

OMERS Private Equity has agreed to acquire a 25 percent interest in International Schools Partnership, a London, UK-based group of 50 international schools.

Toronto-based OpenUnit, an all-in-one commerce platform for self-storage facilities, has raised C$1 million in seed-stage financing.

The firm has tapped William Blair to advise on a potential sale of Ministry Brands, which encompasses 31 different software and payments brands tailored to faith-based organizations.