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VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC., $277.52, symbol VMI on New York, is a leader in designing and manufacturing highly engineered products and services for the global infrastructure and agriculture markets.

Its infrastructure products include light standards, traffic lights, sign structures, bridge structures, mass transit poles, etc....
HECLA MINING CO., $5.92, is a buy. The company (symbol HL on New York), explores for, mines and processes silver and gold in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Most of Hecla’s silver output comes from three sites: the Greens Creek mine in Alaska; the Lucky Friday project in Idaho; and the San Sebastian mine in Mexico....
TELUS INTERNATIONAL (CDA) INC., $13.36, Toronto symbol TIXT, remains a buy for aggressive investors.

The company operates call centres on behalf of over 650 corporate clients in 30 countries. It also helps them manage their computer systems and mobile apps.

On February 3, 2021, parent company Telus Corp....
CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD. $105 is your #1 Conservative Buy for 2023. The company (Toronto symbol CP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 931.1 million; Market cap: $97.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 10.5; Dividend yield: 0.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cpkcr.com) took its current form on April 14, 2023, when Canadian Pacific Ltd....
Alcon shares let you benefit from the rapidly growing contact lenses and cataract surgery markets. The company’s technological leadership is also set to pay off for investors.

Alcon is a spinoff, with Novartis setting it up as a separate company in early 2019....
FREEHOLD ROYALTIES LTD., $13.68, symbol FRU on Toronto, holds the oil and natural gas rights on 6.4 million acres of land, mostly in Alberta and Saskatchewan, but also in British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario. It has 900,000 acres of land in North Dakota, Louisiana and Texas.

The company collects royalties from over 380 oil and gas producers operating over 18,000 wells on its land....
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC., $513.73, is a buy. The company (symbol TMO on New York) lets you tap this leading manufacturer of scientific instruments, laboratory equipment, diagnostic consumables, and life science reagents.

The shares are now up 57.7% for our subscribers since we first recommended the stock in the May 2020 issue of Power Growth Investor at $325.83 a share....
CANADIAN TIRE CORP., $181.87, Toronto symbol CTC.A, is a top pick for 2023.

Investors benefit from the company’s 504 Canadian Tire stores. They sell automotive parts and services, and household and sporting goods; franchisees run most of the locations....
CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD., $104.03, Toronto symbol CP, is your #1 Conservative Buy for 2023.

The company took its current form on April 14, 2023, when Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. completed its acquisition of U.S.-based railway Kansas City Southern.

CP paid $31 billion U.S....
We feel all investors should maintain some exposure to oil and gas—and here are two Canadian leaders we think have lots of growth ahead.


OVINTIV INC., $50.35, is a buy. The energy producer (Toronto symbol OVV; Shares outstanding: 276.3 million; Market cap: $13.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 3.2%) operates four core properties: Montney (B.C.), Permian (Texas), Anadarko (Oklahoma) and Uinta (Utah)....