News Releases
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Feb 17, 2012
BMO offers BMO SmartSteps for Parents, an online, interactive hub to help parents educate children on money management
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Feb 15, 2012
- First winners of BMO's Team of the Week Award use their $125,000 prize to help build a new soccer field for Concord Thornhill Regional Park
- 2012 BMO Team of the Week contest begins April 2
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Feb 13, 2012
Funds Will Support Purchase of Medical Equipment for Growing Day Surgery Program
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Feb 10, 2012
Bank partners with Kids and Company, a national quality day care provider, to provide emergency Back-up Child Care for employees with children.
- Studies consistently show the inability to balance work and family is linked to reduced work performance, greater stress, poor morale and higher employee turnover.
- Only 20 per cent of young Canadian children today have access to a regulated day care space; long waiting lists are the rule in most communities.
- An estimated 45% of working parents miss at least one day of work every six months due to child care breakdowns.
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Feb 10, 2012
- Canadians spend an average of 10 per cent of disposable income on food
- With heightened retail competition, consumers are likely to face somewhat lower food costs in 2012
- BMO study finds 86 per cent of consumers believe, despite recent price increases, it is important to purchase food products made in Canada
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Feb 3, 2012
"Open For Business" with $10 billion in additional credit
- Dairy industry annually contributes $15.2 billion in economic benefits and employs 215,000 Canadians
- Each year the average Canadian drinks 95 litres of milk
- Agricultural sector employs one in eight jobs directly and accounts for approximately eight per cent of Canada's total Gross Domestic Product
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Feb 2, 2012
- New BMO branch represents a $2.8 million investment into the community
- BMO boosts credit to Canadian businesses by $10 billion
- Branch offers customers extended banking hours, including Saturdays and Sundays
- Grand Opening celebration features, giveaways and a raffle for a chance to win one of two Apple iPads
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Feb 1, 2012
- Renovated historic branch offers customers a full-service BMO Nesbitt Burns office and extended banking hours, including Saturdays
- BMO boosts credit to Canadian businesses by $10 billion - money available to companies in Kitchener-Waterloo to help grow their operations
- A $5,000 donation will be presented to The Family & Children's Services of the Waterloo Region Foundation
