	lloyds bank canada st qtr profit rises sharply lloyds bank canada a unit of lloyds bank international plc said net profit soared to dlrs for the first quarter ended january from dlrs a year earlier loan loss provisions a mandatory five year averaging of actual loan losses also rose in the first quarter to dlrs from year ago dlrs the bank said lloyds bank canada became canada s largest foreign bank last autumn with its mln canadian dlr acquisition of continental bank of canada reuter 
