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When we get questions about investing in stocks through split-share, our advice is, avoid the risk and invest in good stocks individually

NORTH WEST COMPANY, $49.95, is a buy. The retailer (symbol NWC on Toronto) sells food, and everyday products and services through 230 stores. Those locations are mainly in northern communities across Canada and Alaska. Through your shares, you also tap the company’s operations in remote regions of Hawaii, the wider South Pacific and the Caribbean.

North West’s food offerings consist of perishable and non-perishable products including groceries, dairy, produce, meat, convenience foods, food service, home meal replacement, health and beauty aids, paper products and cleaning supplies....

The shares of oil and gas stocks remain high as energy demand stays strong. We continue to recommend that most investors maintain some exposure to the oil and gas industry as part of a balanced portfolio. But, to cut risk, you should stick with producers that have positive cash flow even in times of low energy prices....

K-BRO LINEN INC., $34.87, symbol KBL on Toronto, is the largest owner and operator of laundry and linen processing facilities in Canada. K-Bro operates across Canada and the U.K. and provides a range of linen services to healthcare institutions, hotels and other commercial accounts that include the processing, management and distribution of general linen and operating room linen.

K-Bro currently operates 11 processing facilities and two distribution centres under two distinctive brands, including K-Bro Linen Systems Inc....

Extendicare Inc. offers both a 3.5% yield and impressive growth results with higher revenue and much higher cash flow per share.

BCE INC., $30.11, Toronto symbol BCE, remains a buy for long-term gains and income.

The company is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider. It has 1.77 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces....

EXCHANGE INCOME CORP. $51 (Toronto symbol EIF; Shares outstanding: 51.3 million; Market cap: $2.6 billion; Dividend yield: 5.2%; www.exchangeincomecorp.ca) operates in aviation and manufacturing.


Aviation (62% of its revenue) serves communities in Manitoba, Ontario, Nunavut and eastern Canada through regional airlines....

TRANSCONTINENTAL INC., $18.61, Toronto symbol TCL.A, is a buy for long-term gains.

The company is Canada’s leading commercial printer. It also makes plastic packaging for consumer products.

Transcontinental last raised your quarterly dividend with the April 2020 payment....

Cybercrime can have major consequences for individuals, corporations and governments, alike. As a result, cybersecurity will continue to be a high-growth industry, and companies that provide effective protection will benefit accordingly.


Here are two ETFs that aim to benefit from the opportunities ahead for providers of cybersecurity products and services (see the Supplement on page 39 for more information).


FIRST TRUST NASDAQ CYBERSECURITY ETF $63.64 (Nasdaq symbol CIBR; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $8.1 billion) tracks the Nasdaq CTA Cybersecurity Index....

Dividend-paying companies have done well over the longer term, although the recent performance of this group lagged the main market indexes. That’s because higher interest rates on fixed-income investments made their dividends less attractive to income investors....