Updating Canadian National Railway Co., RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust and Pengrowth Energy Corp.

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CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. $107 (Toronto symbol CNR; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 756.1 million; Market cap: $80.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.6; Dividend yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cn.ca) operates Canada’s largest railway. Its 32,200-kilometre network stretches across the country, and reaches the U.S. Midwest and Gulf Coast. The company recently agreed to a new contract with the union that represents 3,000 of its conductors and yard operators in Canada. CN has yet to announce the details of the new deal. However, a long strike would have hurt its operations during the busy summer shipping season. CN Rail is buy. RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $24 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Units outstanding: 325.9 million; Market cap: $7.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.6; Dividend yield: 5.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www. riocan.com) owns all or part of 300 shopping centres in Canada. That includes 15 properties now under development. Sears Canada Inc. (Toronto symbol SCC) recently announced…