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CALIAN GROUP LTD. $57 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol CGY; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 11.7 million; Market cap: $666.9 million; Dividend yield: 2.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.calian.com) provides business services to the healthcare, defence, security, aerospace, engineering, agriculture and technology industries.


Calian pays a quarterly dividend of $0.28 a share; the annual rate of $1.12 yields 2.0%....
In the past few years, Suncor and Imperial Oil have used their improving cash flow to pay down debt. That put them in a better position to cope with the current slump in crude oil prices, and to keep raising their dividends.


SUNCOR ENERGY INC....
Bank of Montreal, along with other bank stocks, has suffered in the past year as investors worried rising interest rates would hurt borrowing demand and spur a wave of loan writedowns. However, banking regulators have toughened lending standards and mortgage stress-test levels in prior years....
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ALTAGAS LTD., $27.08, Toronto symbol ALA, is a buy.

The company processes, transports, stores and markets natural gas for producers. It also operates natural gas utilities and is a power generator, with gas-fired, coal-fired, wind, biomass and hydroelectric plants.

Almost all of AltaGas’ assets are now in the U.S....
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, $61.99, Toronto symbol BNS, remains a buy.

In the past few years, Bank of Nova Scotia has narrowed its international focus to four countries in Latin America—Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Chile. Those four markets—which the bank refers to as “the Pacific Alliance”—have favourable long-term demographics....
TOURMALINE OIL CORP. $60 is a hold. The company (Toronto symbol TOU; Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 340.8 million; Market cap: $20.4 billion; Dividend yield: 1.9%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.tourmalineoil.com) is a Canadian oil and natural gas exploration, development and production company....
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A: Canadian General Investments Ltd., $34.06, symbol CGI on Toronto (Units outstanding: 20.9 million; Market cap: $710.5 million; www.mmainvestments.com), is a closed-end fund that mainly invests in shares of Canadian companies that it sees as average or above-average in quality.

Established in 1930, it is one of the oldest closed-end funds in North America....
A: Savers Value Village Inc., $15.71, symbol SVV on New York (Shares outstanding: 160.5 million; Market cap: $2.6 billion; www.savers.com), is the largest for-profit thrift operator in the U.S....