RBC, Scotiabank to Add Branches

Bloomberg, Doug Alexander and Sean B. Pasternak, 4 October 2006Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Nova Scotia, two of Canada's biggest banks, plan to open more branches in the next few years to add deposits and expand their asset-management businesses.Royal Bank, the country's largest bank by assets, may build as many as 112 branches in the next four years, Chief Operating Officer Barbara Stymiest