Here are key updates on your holdings: Cenovus Energy Inc., SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. and Torstar Corp.

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CENOVUS ENERGY INC. $5.03 remains a buy for patient investors. The company (Toronto symbol CVE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares o/s: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $6.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; Dividend suspended in March 2020; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.cenovus.com) owns 100% of the Christina Lake and Foster Creek oil sands properties in Alberta. You also gain exposure to its 50% of an oil refinery in Illinois and one in Texas. Phillips 66 (New York symbol PSX) holds the other 50%. In the quarter ended March 31, 2020, Cenovus produced an average 482,594 barrels a day (86% oil, 14% natural gas). That’s up 7.9% from 447,270 barrels a year earlier. However, due to lower oil prices, cash flow was a negative $146 million, or $0.12 a share. A year earlier, it reported positive cash flow of $1.01 billion, or $0.82 a share. Cenovus now plans to cut its oil sands production by 60,000 barrels a day. It has also announced a $600 million cut…