Updating Pengrowth Energy Corp., Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., and Torstar

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PENGROWTH ENERGY $2.89 (Toronto symbol PGF; Shares outstanding: 539.7 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 8.3%; www.pengrowth.com) plans to sell $600 million worth of less important properties by the end of 2015. The company will use the cash to pay down its total debt of $2.0 billion, which is a high 1.3 times its $1.6-billion market cap. Pengrowth is still a buy for aggressive investors. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD. $198.44 (Toronto symbol CP; Shares outstanding: 164.0 million; Market cap: $33.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 0.7%; www.cpr.ca) has formed a joint venture with privately held outdoor-advertising firm All Vision. This company’s expertise will help CP maximize revenue from the over 700 billboards it owns on land next to its 22,500 kilometres of track in Canada and the U.S. CP’s shares have declined from their peak of $240 in April 2015, as weak economic growth has hurt shipments of grain, crude…