It will be competing with two other Canadian carriers on the routes, Air Canada and Harmony Airways. The announcement was made at an industry conference in Toronto yesterday by WestJet CEO Clive Beddoe, the Post reported.

WestJet has a 30 percent share of the Canadian market and recently received certification to fly twin engine Boeing 737 jets. Ticket sales for the Hawai'i routes are to begin immediately.

PUC says wholesale gas cap to drop to $2.92 a gallon on O'ahu next week

The maximum price for wholesale gasoline will drop 6 cents Monday to about $2.92 a gallon for regular on O'ahu, including taxes, according to figures released yesterday by the Public Utilities Commission. That's down from about $2.98 a gallon this week.

Including a dealer mark-up, pump prices next week are expected to be about $3.05 a gallon for regular.

Under Hawai'i's gasoline price cap law maximum wholesale prices are released every Wednesday and take effect each Monday.

Kona deep-sea fish farm prepares for first harvest of kampachi

A commercial deep-sea fish farm at the Big Island's Keahole Point tomorrow plans to mark its first harvests of its Kona kampachi.

It is believed to be the first time the fish, also known as amberjack, has been raised commercially.

Neil Sims, president of Kona Blue Water Farms LLC, said the company has started weekly harvests of 3,000 pounds of its trademarked product and plans to expand to as much as 8,000 pounds per week by the end of the year.

Sims said the farm-grown Kona product, unlike those caught in the wild, have been tested and found clean of any traces of mercury or contamination.