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Lighting Up the World, One LED at a Time

VICTORIA -- David Green dreamed of an anchor light that would not drain his limited battery power as he sailed from Fiji back to Victoria at the end of a five-year cruise. David Irvine-Halliday peered into a dim schoolroom while trekking in Nepal and wondered how he could light the dark corners in a village with no electricity.

Riverside Transit Agency Gives Bus Stops a Boost

RIVERSIDE, CA - July 23, 2003 - The Riverside Transit Agency (RTA) has launched an ongoing campaign aimed at improving the appearance and function of bus stops throughout Riverside County. The four-phase program kicked off in April with a bus stop clean up program. The Agency is now in the third phase, which includes the installation of 4,000 newly designed bus stop kiosk signs.

Chicago Buys Carmanah Bus Stops

Chicago Regional Transportation Authority's suburban bus division has bought $25,000 worth of Carmanah Technologies' solar-powered i- STOP bus stop signposts for field trials. The Victoria company had previously sold i-STOP to Atlanta and Seattle transit systems, and other cities in Florida, Arizona, California and Ontario..

2nd Largest US Bus Transit Agency Adopts Carmanah Solar Illuminated Bus Stop

Victoria, BC - July 3, 2003 - Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX VE: CMH) is pleased to announce that Pace, IL - the suburban bus division of Chicago's Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) - has purchased $25,000 in Carmanah i-STOP™ units for field trial through an open competitive bidding process.

Carmanah Technologies Buys Calgary LED Company

Lighting firm adds to expertise with $3-million deal; plans to use solar power to drive product development

Carmanah Technologies to Acquire AVVA Technologies

Vancouver, British Columbia and Calgary, Alberta - June 24, 2003 - Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX VE: CMH) and AVVA Technologies Inc. (TSX VE: AVY) are pleased to announce that they have signed a binding letter of intent pursuant to which Carmanah, or a wholly owned subsidiary thereof, will make an offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of AVVA (the "Proposed Acquisition").

Carmanah Installs i-STOP™ Bus Stops with the City of Aspen, Colorado

In June 2003, the City of Aspen (CO) installed Carmanah's i-STOPTM solar-powered illuminated bus stops for field trial. These i-STOPTM units are providing this transit authority's passengers with LED security lighting, timetable illumination, as well as a user-operated flashing signal to indicate to the bus operator that a stop is requested. Lynn Bader, Transit Co-ordinater for the City of Aspen commented "Carmanah's i-STOPTM has helped our authority overcome a safety barrier by offering greater visibility to the operator, thus increasing ridership.

Carmanah Technologies: Illumination for the Future

Headquartered in Victoria, BC, Carmanah Technologies Corporation `CMH-TSXV` is a world leader in navigational and hazard lighting. Carmanah's technology was originally developed for the marine industry but has found many other applications. Research and development commenced in 1996 and on July 6th, 2001, Carmanah Technologies began trading on the Canadian Venture Exchange.

Bright, Flashing and Efficient

Rick Dacey installing Carmanah 702-5 Marine Light Victoria solar technology is making Canada's waterways safer. Rick Dacey, senior marine aids technician, installs a Carmanah Technologies Corporation solar-powered 7025 light on the top of a three-metre bell buoy at the Victoria coast guard base.

Carmanah Technologies Links with U.S. Company

Carmanah Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding with New Jersey-based Dialight Corp. to co-operate in developing and marketing new lights for highway and aviation use. Each company's product development group will work together, said Michael Ball, Carmanah's vice-president of sales and marketing.