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BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $2.40 and BBD.B $2.34; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $4.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; Dividend suspended in February 2015; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.bombardier.com) is the world’s third-largest maker of commercial aircraft, after Boeing (No.1) and Airbus (No....

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....

BLACKBERRY LTD. $13 (Toronto symbol BB; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 531.5 million; Market cap: $6.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.9; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.blackberry.com) recently quit developing smartphones as part of a plan to focus on its more promising communications software.


The company also won a licensing dispute with computer chip maker Qualcomm Inc....

Advertisers continue to shift their spending from print publications to online publications. As a result, traditional media companies Transcontinental and Torstar continue to expand into new areas in order to shore up their revenue.


However, we feel Transcontinental is better positioned to profit from its new businesses than the struggling Torstar.


TRANSCONTINENTAL INC....

PRECISION DRILLING CORP. $3.88 (Toronto symbol PD; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resource sector; Shares outstanding: 293.2 million; Market cap: $1.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend suspended in March 2016; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.precisiondrilling....

TransCanada and Enbridge continue to work on several major expansion projects. However, each company has already secured long-term commitments from oil and gas producers. That customer support helps cut the risk for these projects. While the new operations should spur dividend growth for both companies, we still prefer TransCanada for new buying.


TRANSCANADA CORP....

SAPUTO INC. $40 (Toronto symbol SAP; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 386.4 million; Market cap: $15.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.saputo.com) is Canada’s largest producer of dairy products, including milk, butter and cheese....

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE $107 (Toronto symbol CM; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 436.1 million; Market cap: $46.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.9; Dividend yield: 4.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www....

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Agrium and Potash Corp. expect to complete their merger in the next few months. Potash Corp. investors will receive 0.40 of a share in the combined company (called Nutrien) for each POT share they hold; Agrium investors will receive 2.23 shares for each of their AGU shares....

WAL-MART STORES INC. $76 (New York symbol WMT; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 3.0 billion; Market cap: $228.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 2.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.walmart.com) is the world’s biggest retailer, with 11,723 outlets in 28 countries.


Shares of Wal-Mart and other grocery sellers fell on news that Amazon.com Inc....