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Bird Construction (BDT.un) did not increase its distribution as you wrote. It must be a mistake.
I have asked my data supplier to review as I cannot find any news release which would confirm the distribution increase either.

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Procter & Gamble (PG) raised 14% from $0.35 to $0.40.
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Metro (MRU.A) - Declared dividend of $0.125 per share, up 8.7%
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scomac wrote:Metro (MRU.A) - Declared dividend of $0.125 per share, up 8.7%
Actually, Metro announced this increase in its dividend in February (Lado posted on Feb 4). Note that the press release says the dividend is an 8.7% increase "over the same quarter last year". Tricky, eh?
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Husky Energy (HSE) raises dividend 21% from $.33/share to $.40/share.
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Baytex Energy Trust.......(BTE.UN) Annual distribution increased by 11.1% from $2.16 to $2.40
Canadian Resources Income Trust (RTU.UN) Annual distribution increased by 24.6% from $1.308 to $1.63
Matrikon Inc.................(MTK) Declared first quarterly dividend of $0.03
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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a 10.8% increase in the quarterly dividend rate, from $.415 per share to $.46 per share.
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Atco Ltd...................(ACO.X) Annual dividend increased from $0.88 to $0.94
Husky Energy Inc.............(HSE) Annual dividend increased from $1.32 to $1.60
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Nexen Inc. (NXY) posted record first-quarter earnings on solid production, attractive commodity prices and high operating margins, leading it to double its quarterly dividend to 5 Canadian cents a share.
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Davis + Henderson Announcement
Davis + Henderson also announced its intent to increase its distributions for the month of May 2008, payable on June 30, 2008, to $0.1533 per unit (equivalent to $1.84 per unit annualized), subject to normal course regulatory requirements. This represents a 7.2% increase over distributions declared for the month of April 2008, which were equivalent to $1.72 per unit annualized. This increase in distributions recognizes the recent performance of the business, expectations of future performance and the need for the Fund to pay distributions sufficient to ensure the Fund itself is not taxable.
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Talisman Energy (TSX:TLM, NYSE:TLM)
...declared a semi-annual dividend of 10 cents Canadian (C$0.10) per share on the Company's common shares. This represents a 14% increase from the previous semi-annual dividend the Company paid on its common shares. The dividend will be paid on June 30, 2008 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 6, 2008.
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Exxon increases quarterly dividend to 0.40 from .035, up 14 .28%. Exxon has now increased the dividend for 26 consecutive years.

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Algoma Central Corp..........(ALC) Annual dividend increased by 28.6% from $1.40 to $1.80
Canadian Oil Sands Income Trust.(COS.UN) Annual distribution increased by 33.3% from $3.00 to $4.00
Nexen Inc....................(NXY) Annual dividend increased by 100% from $0.10 to $0.20
Talisman Energy Inc..........(TLM) Annual dividend increased by 11.1% from $0.18 to $0.20
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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 6, 2008) - Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX)(TSX: ABX) today announced that its Board of Directors has increased its June dividend to US20 cents per share from US15 cents per share. The dividend is payable on June 16, 2008 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 30, 2008.
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CML HealthCare Income Fund raised its annual distributions 3.5 per cent on Wednesday to just over to $1.07 per unit as it reported a 23.1 per cent rise in first-quarter revenues.
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Power Financial:

The Board of Directors also declared a quarterly dividend of 33.5 cents
per share on the Corporation's common shares payable August 1, 2008 to
shareholders of record June 30, 2008. This represents an increase of
2.25 cents or 7.2% over the previous quarterly dividend of 31.25 cents.
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contrary to some news articles from Reuters like this one:

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsN ... 2620080508

Telus did not hike it's dividend, which was already set at $0.45/share.
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Power Corp: 20.2% raise!

The Board of Directors also declared a dividend of 29 cents on the
Participating Preferred and Subordinate Voting Shares of the Corporation,
payable June 30, 2008 to shareholders of record June 9, 2008. This represents
an increase of 4.875 cents or 20.2% over the previous quarterly dividend of
24.125 cents.
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Barrick Gold Corp...........(ABX) Annual dividend increased by 33.3% from $0.30 to $0.40
Calian Technologies.........(CTY) Annual dividend increased by 25% from $0.48 to $0.60
Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund(CGX.UN) Annual distribution increased by 5% from $1.20 to $1.26
Clairvest Group.............(CVG) Special dividend of $0.10
Finning Int'l Inc...........(FTT) Annual dividend increased by 10% from $0.40 to $0.44
Freehold Royalty Income Fund.(FRU.UN) Annual distribution increased by 20% from $1.80 to $2.16
McGraw-Hill Ryerson.........(MHR) Annual dividend increased by 6.7% from $0.90 to $0.96
Melcor Developments.........(MRD) Annual dividend increased by 25% from $0.40 to $0.50
Methanex Corporation.........(MX) Annual dividend increased by 10.7% from $0.56 to $0.62
Power Financial Corp........(PWF) Annual dividend increased by 7.2% from $1.25 to $1.34
Seamark Asset Management.....(SM) Annual dividend decreased by 12.5% from $0.32 to $0.28
Wajax Income Fund........(WJX.UN) Annual distribution increased by 3.0% from $3.96 to $4.08
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Arc Energy Trust AET.UN increase from $2.44 to 2.88 starting with the June 15th distribution and will be reviewed quarterly. :lol:
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The Clorox Company (CLX) increased 15% to $0.46/share.
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Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) Increases Dividend on Common Shares
TORONTO, May 27 /CNW/ - Scotiabank today increased the dividend on its common shares by 2 cents to 49 cents per common share for the quarter ending July 31, 2008.
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Bonterra Energy Incm Trust(BNE.UN) Annual distribution increased from $3.00 to $3.24
CAE Inc......................(CAE) Annual dividend increased from $0.03 to $0.12
CML Healthcare Income Fund(CLC.UN) Annual distribution increased from $1.04 to $1.07
Davis + Henderson Incm Fnd(DHF.UN) Annual distribution increased from $1.72 to $1.84
Enbridge Income Fund......(ENF.UN) Annual distribution increased from $0.96 to $1.032
Phoenix Technology Incm Fd(PHX.UN) Annual distribution increased from $0.78 to $1.02
Trilogy Energy Trust......(TET.UN) Annual distribution increased from $0.84 to $1.20
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