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"Stars of Vancouver Readers' Choice Awards"

- Making money make sense for customers in diverse and trendy downtown Vancouver neighbourhood

- $10 billion in credit available to Canadian businesses over the next three years will provide important benefits to companies located in B.C.

- $10 billion in credit available to businesses across Canada over the next three years will provide important benefits to companies located in B.C.

- BMO is committed to making money make sense and providing clarity for commercial customers making financial decisions

As the February 29th RRSP deadline approaches, BMO hosts media panel on how to get the most from your retirement savings

- New BMO branch represents a $1.1 million investment into the community

- BMO boosts credit to Canadian businesses by $10 billion

- Offering 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

- Forty per cent of boomers wished they had started saving for retirement earlier

- One-third regret not having invested more in real estate

- Boomers advise young Canadians to get moving on RRSPs, TFSAs, financial plans and becoming mortgage-free faster

- Female boomers feel more strongly than males about the need to have a financial plan and importance of being on the same page as their partner on retirement

As the February 29th RRSP deadline approaches, BMO hosts media panel on how to get the most from your retirement savings

Inclusiveness increasingly seen as key success factor of leading employers

- Calming Eurozone Situation Inspiring Market Confidence

- US Stocks Poised for Double-Digit Returns

- Commodities Should Help Drive Canadian Equities

- Don Coxe, Strategy Advisor, will be available for media interviews in advance of BMO Capital Markets' Metals & Mining conference

- Mr. Coxe to provide outlook for factors shaping commodity market

- 2012 will be a positive year for commodity stocks and non-European equities

BMO offers BMO SmartSteps for Parents, an online, interactive hub to help parents educate children on money management

Writing a story on retirement or investing? Need some background, a quote, a different perspective?

Call the BMO RRSP Media Hotline at 1-866-298-8385 or e-mail Rachael McKay at rachael.mckay@bmo.com

BMO offering support by making $10 billion available over next three years

- Vancouver prices down, Toronto prices up

- Saskatoon, Regina, Edmonton and Halifax lead with sales gains

- BMO urges Canadians to choose 25-year amortization to save on interest costs

- 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

Report combines expertise from BMO's Economists with on-the-ground anecdotal information from BMO's Commercial Bankers

- Sixty per cent of Canadian investors have target dates in mind to reach their financial goals

- However, only half feel their investments are aligned to support their key life events such as marriage, the purchase of a home and retirement

- BMO LifeStage Class Mutual Funds and Corporate Bond Target Maturity Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) help address this by reducing the risk as a key life event approaches

BMO encourages couples to be open when it comes to dollars and cents

- The overwhelming majority of Canadians agree that couples need to be on the same page financially

- Despite this, less than half have discussed key financial matters prior to marriage, including debt, savings goals and establishing a financial plan

- Over half of married or engaged couples have already bought or are planning to purchase a home in the next two years

Report combines expertise from BMO's Economists with on-the-ground anecdotal information from BMO's Commercial Bankers