News Releases

You don't have to buy a new pair of shoes to balance the family budget

- Global Banking and Finance Review awards BMO for second consecutive year

- Award honours quality, performance and banking ability of staff

- Ronald Pronovost of Mirabel, Québec awarded BMO Ultimate CHL Fan contest grand prize: a trip for two to the 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup in Shawinigan, Québec

- Justin Hendrikx of Guelph, Ontario awarded BMO Ultimate CHL Fan contest grand prize: a trip for two to the 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup in Shawinigan, Quebec

- Three winners -- Rob Drysdale of Red Deer, Alberta; Ronald Pronovost of Mirabel, Quebec; and Justin Hendrikx of Guelph, Ontario -- awarded Ultimate CHL Fan contest grand prize: a trip for two to the 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup in Shawinigan, Quebec

Canadians will again get to vote for their favourite youth soccer team

- BMO Team of the Week recognizes youth soccer teams with one of the largest grand prizes of its kind in Canada: $125,000 towards a field refurbishment; a trip to see a Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Montreal Impact or Canadian National Team home match; and a $5,000 donation to the team's charity of choice

- OAS eligibility will rise from 65 to 67 years of age

- Thirty-two per cent of Canadians aged 25-54 will rely on OAS, CPP and QPP as their primary source of retirement income

Canadian financial markets expected to get boost from Federal Budget