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IMPERIAL OIL LTD., $54.44, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol IMO; Shares o/s: 695.6 million; Market cap: $38.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 2.5%; www.imperialoil.ca) is Canada’s third-largest publicly traded oil company after Canadian Natural Resources (No. 1) and Suncor. U.S.-based ExxonMobil (New York symbol XOM) owns 69.6% of the company. As part of Imperial’s strategy to focus on its main oil sands properties, the company and ExxonMobil plan to sell their shale oil and gas properties in the Montney (568,000 acres) and Duvernay (85,000 acres) areas of central Alberta. Each owns 50% of these assets. A sale could generate between $250 million and $500 million for Imperial. To put that in perspective, the company’s cash flow totalled $1.26 billion (or $1.80 a share) in the third quarter of 2021. Imperial Oil is a buy. RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, $22.68, is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 317.8 million; Market cap: $7.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 4.2%; www.riocan.com) owns all or part…