Updating Our Income Stocks Imperial Oil Ltd., Andrew Peller Ltd. and Pengrowth Energy Trust

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IMPERIAL OIL LTD. $39 (Toronto symbol IMO) plans to increase capital spending by 60% in 2009. Most of the extra spending is for its proposed Kearl Lake oil-sands project in northern Alberta. Imperial owns 70% of Kearl, while parent company ExxonMobil Corp. owns the rest. Kearl’s reserves should last 40 years, and moving ahead with it makes sense for Imperial despite low oil prices, as the economic downturn has cut the cost of labour and materials. Best Buy. ANDREW PELLER LTD. $7.40 (Toronto symbol ADW.A) reported that sales in its third fiscal quarter, ended December 31, 2008, rose 10.4%, to $72.9 million from $66.1 million a year earlier. The gain was largely due to acquisitions, new products and strong demand for its premium wine brands. The company lost $0.13 a share, compared to a profit of $0.35 a share in the year-earlier quarter. If you disregard unusual items, earnings would have increased 1.6%. Buy. PENGROWTH ENERGY TRUST $10 (Toronto symbol PGF.UN) recently…