Highest yielding, RELATIVELY secure Canadian bank. Yield now 6%+

Yield, plus mid term growth spurred on by Asian exposure...solid

High yielding income trust in Canada, focused on downtown commercial office buildings

Integrated oil & gas - exposure to EP plus downstream/oil sands/chemicals - balanced exposure between developed and dveloping world. Good yield.

Cheap way to play in Canada's mobile telecom sector. Should be a money pump with capital spending now out of the way. Canada's iPhone retailer.

Canada's biggest bank...less int'l exposure and good yield for the value now.

Canada's largest remaining miner with exposure to Cu/Zn, and now C with the accretive acquisition of Fording . Future takeover, but upside to $C60 and 2.5% yield.

US Bancorp - probably best of US banks - yield > 5%, good upside in share price over time, low exposure...good value at this level and hedge for the USD.