Telus Corp.

MAPLE LEAF FOODS INC. $32 (www.mapleleaffoods.com) plans to re-launch its three main prepared-meat brands in 2018. The Maple Leaf brand will feature natural ingredients; Schneider products will focus on comfort, or “authentic,” foods; while the Swift brand will target shoppers looking for convenience and value....

DIVIDEND 15 SPLIT CORP. $10.74 (Toronto symbol DFN; Shares outstanding: 43.9 million; Market cap: $471.5 million; Dividend yield: 11.2%; www.puremultifamily.com) holds shares of 15 big Canadian companies. These include BCE, Bank of Nova Scotia, Thomson Reuters, Loblaw Cos., Sun Life Financial, Enbridge and Telus....

BCE INC. $57 (www.bce.ca) recently acquired AlarmForce Industries for $182 million. BCE will now sell AlarmForce’s Western Canadian operations (B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan) to TELUS CORP. $45 (www. telus.com) for $66.5 million. The deal makes sense for both companies....

BCE INC. $57.52 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares o/s: 900.4 million; Market cap: $51.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.0%; www.bce.ca) has completed the acquisition of AlarmForce Industries (symbol AF on Toronto). The purchase price was $182 million.

BCE will now sell AlarmForce’s Western Canadian opertions to TELUS $46.31 (Toronto symbol T; Shares o/s: 594.5 million; Market cap: $27.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd....

TELUS CORP. $47 (Toronto symbol T; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 594.6 million; Market cap: $27.9 billion; Priceto- sales ratio: 2.1; Dividend yield: 4.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.telus.com) has 8.8 million subscribers and is Canada’s third-largest wireless carrier, after Rogers (No....

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ISHARES MSCI KLD 400 SOCIAL ETF $97 (NYSE symbol DSI; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $932.5 million) avoids companies that derive a significant portion of their business from alcohol, tobacco, gambling, civilian firearms, nuclear power, military weapons, adult entertainment, and genetically modified organisms.

The fund invests in large U.S....

BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA $81.70 (Toronto symbol BNS; Shares outstanding: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $97.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.9%, www.scotiabank.com) is reportedly looking to sell Scotia- Mocatta, its U.K.-based gold and precious metals trading business....

A: Dividend 15 Split Corp., $10.88, symbol DFN on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 31.6 million; Market cap: $343.8 million; www.dividend15.com), is a split-share investment corporation that holds shares of 15 companies: BCE Inc., CI Financial Corporation, Bank of Nova Scotia, Thomson Reuters, National Bank of Canada, Loblaw Cos., Sun Life Financial, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, TransCanada Corporation, Manulife Financial, TD Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Montreal, Telus Corporation and Enbridge.

The company can also invest up to 15% of its portfolio in other stocks....

TELUS CORP. $48 (Toronto symbol T; Income-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 594.0 million; Market cap: $28.5 billion; Dividend yield: 4.2%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.telus.com) is Canada’s third-largest wireless carrier, after Rogers Communications (No....

TELUS $46.88 (Toronto symbol T; Shares outstanding: 594.0 million; Market cap: $27.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd. yield: 4.2%; www.telus.com) owns 65% of Telus International. Formed in 2005, this business operates call centres on behalf of corporate clients in North America, Central America, Europe and Asia....