May 5 (Reuters) - Cascades Inc CAS.TO
* Cascades starts the year with improved results for the
first quarter of 2016
* Q1 earnings per share c$0.35 excluding items
* Q1 earnings per share c$0.79
* Q1 sales rose 10 percent to c$1.003 billion
* Q1 earnings per share view c$0.34 -- Thomson Reuters
I/B/E/S
* Will continue to carefully manage financial situation in
order to direct a significant portion of free cash flow to debt
reduction
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