Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. and its partners have formally launched a hostile bid to acquire Inter Pipeline, nearly two weeks after its public interest was rebuffed.

Enercare Inc. of Markham, Ont., to be acquired by Brookfield Infrastructure in friendly deal valued at $4.3 billion.

Enbridge has signed a deal to sell its Canadian natural gas gathering and processing business in parts of B.C. and Alberta to Brookfield Infrastructure and its partners for $4.31 billion.

Ontario's newly privatized Hydro One electric utility has a $373-million deal to buy Great Lakes Power Transmission, which operates north and east of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.