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EXTENDICARE INC. $8.93 (Toronto symbol EXE; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (905-470-5534; www.extendicare.com; Shares outstanding: 88.4 million; Market cap: $792.4 million; Dividend yield: 5.4%) owns 64 seniorcare facilities that can house 8,622 residents—on both a long- and short-term basis. It manages another 54 residences that are home to 6,426 seniors. Extendicare also operates 45 ParaMed Home Health Care branches in six provinces. ParaMed’s 10,900 staff members provide nursing care and other assistance to clients who remain in their own homes. In the three months ended June 30, 2016, the company’s revenue rose 11.5%, to $261.4 million from $234.4 million a year earlier. Cash flow jumped 69.0%, to $20.0 million, or $0.23 a share, from $11.8 million, or $0.14. The gains came mostly from successful acquisitions. In April 2015, Extendicare purchased Revera Home Health for $83.6 million. As well, in late 2015, it bought four senior-care facilities in Ontario and Saskatchewan for a total of $98.8 million. In February 2016, it acquired…