VRS was added to the S&P/TSX Composite Index today. We should see upward movement in the stock as the Index funds rebalance their portfolios to included VRS.

Full article below.

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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Friday, December 14, 2007; Posted: 05:19 PM

TORONTO, Dec. 14, 2007 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- WGI | charts | news | PowerRating -- Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the Quarterly S&P/TSX Composite Index Review. These changes will be effective at the open on Monday, December 24, 2007:

<< S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX ------------------------------------... ADDITIONS ------------------------------------... Issue Name Symbol 60/Completion Live Composite GICS Sector Index ------------------------------------... Aecon Group Inc. ARE Completion Industrials ------------------------------------... Allen-Vanguard Corporation VRS Completion Industrials ------------------------------------... Gold Eagle Mines Ltd. GEA Completion Materials ------------------------------------... High River Gold Mines Ltd. HRG Completion Materials ------------------------------------... Jazz Air Income Fund JAZ.UN Completion Industrials ------------------------------------...

DELETIONS ------------------------------------... Issue Name Symbol 60/Completion Live Composite GICS Sector Index ------------------------------------... Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. ANP Completion Health Care ------------------------------------... ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. ATA Completion Industrials ------------------------------------... Cinram International Consumer Income Fund CRW.UN Completion Discretionary ------------------------------------... Cyries Energy Inc. CYS Completion Energy ------------------------------------... Gabriel Resources Limited GBU Completion Materials ------------------------------------... MEGA Brands Inc. MB Completion Consumer Discretionary ------------------------------------... QLT Inc. QLT Completion Health Care ------------------------------------... Quebecor World Inc. IQW Completion Industrials ------------------------------------... True Energy Trust TUI.UN Completion Energy ------------------------------------...

Changes to the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also affect the S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index. Stocks added to or removed from the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also be added to or removed from the appropriate Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sector index.

S&P/TSX GLOBAL MINING INDEX ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol Exchange Alliance Resource Partners L.P. ARLP NASDAQ CIC Energy Corp. ELC TSX Mega Uranium Ltd. MGA TSX Western Goldfields, Inc. WGI TSX DELETIONS Issue Name Symbol Exchange Mechel OAO MTL NYSE Coalcorp Mining Inc. CCJ TSX

S&P/TSX GLOBAL GOLD INDEX ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol Exchange Western Goldfields Inc. WGI TSX DELETIONS Issue Name Symbol Exchange Semafo Inc. SMF TSX

S&P/TSX CANADIAN DIVIDEND ARISTOCRATS INDEX ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol AltaGas Income Trust ALA.UN Canadian Natural Resources Limited CNQ Canadian Western Bank CWB SNC - Lavalin Group Inc. SNC DELETIONS Issue Name Symbol Bonterra Energy Income Trust BNE.UN Loblaw Companies Ltd. L >>

Company additions to and deletions from an S&P index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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SOURCE: Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations

Tony North, (416) 507-3200, sp_index@standardandpoors.com; Dave Guarino, (212) 438-1471, dave_guarino@standardandpoors.com