+ Travis Beatty to CFO @ American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP
+ Tyson Portwood to Manager, Contract Excellence @ TC Energy
+ Wade Felesky to Pres. & Director @ New Stratus Energy Inc.
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MEMORIAM
+ Anne McCaffrey; educator, leader at the Edge School, 54
+ Gilbert Libin; community leader, and haberdasher; 85
+ Ken Stephenson; noted Calgary businessman, philanthropist, 87
+ Lily Faider; community activist, philanthropist, 98
+ Muriel Kovitz; corporate and community leader, first Chancellor of University of Calgary, 95
+ hydrogen fuelling for commercial vehicles in Edmonton-Calgary corridor; Alberta Zero-Emissions Truck Electrification Collaboration (AZETEC) project; led by Alberta Motor Transport Association with project partners Hydrogen Technology and Energy Corporation, Zen Clean Energy Solutions, Canadian Energy Systems Analysis Research, Bison Transport, Trimac Transportation and Suncor Energy – looking at all aspects of long-range fuel cell electric trucks for operation between Calgary and Edmonton; $2.3 million in federal government funding
SAVE THE DATE - CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENTS
Please send us your events:
+ July 16; Alberta IoT, 2nd annual Golf Tournament, Lynx Ridge Golf Club, Calgary; info/register
+ Aug. 11-15; Shaw Charity Classic – PGA Champions Tour Event, Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club, info/website
+ Aug. 12; Glenn Anderson Day of Golf, in support of the Cross Cancer Institute, Derrick Golf & Winter Club, Edmonton – info/sponsor/save the date
+ Aug. 24; Alberta Cancer Foundation Golf Classic, Country Hills Golf Club; info/register
+ Sept. 8; Little Warriors Charity Golf Tournament, The Quarry course, Edmonton; info/details/donate; register
+ to the people of the confluence, the Tk‘emlúpsemc first nation peoples of the Shuswap, and all other first nations Canadians – standing proud, bringing horrible history of residential schools into the brighter light of scrutiny and sombre recognition; and to 800 who marched at the Tsuut’ina First Nation
+ to Shaw Communications – again sponsoring its Chip in For Kids program in conjunction with the Shaw Charity Classic golf event; they’ll match your donation Chip in for Kids and Birdies for Kids program will direct funds to 233 Alberta charities
+ to Jann Arden – inducted in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the 2021 Juno Awards; her acceptance and her performance
THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES
Alberta COVID stats | Calgary Stampede is a go, CHUCKS, no | Cardinal acquired Venturian | Jann Arden induction | Mphassis coming to Calgary | Pembina / Inter Pipeline merger | Tamarack Valley acquisition | THIRDACTion Film Festival + Mitzi Murray interview + deals + rig counts + upcoming events, appointments + REIT NEWS + ESG reports + financings + quotes + kudos
+ June 20; Oil & Gas Tech Summit 2021; virtual – register here
+ June 11-13; THIRDACTion Film Festival – Patricia Whalen Theatre, in-person & online - Calgary Downtown Library, and VIRTUAL; tickets/passes go on sale April 12th; SAVE THE DATES/get on the mailing list – and check out the 2020 Films
+ June 14; Edmonton Region Hydrogen Hub, free webinar, David Layzdell and Dan Wicklum, info/register
+ June 18-20; Cultivation of Art Show and Sale, Vale’s Greenhouse, Black Diamond; info/directions
+ June 22-23; Petrochem Canada, Sunbridge Hotel & Convention Centre, Saria; info/registration
+ Alberta COVID-19 stats: 2,248 deaths to date, 4,707 active cases of 229,319 confirmed cases to date: aggregate Alberta data – currently, 351 Albertans are in the hospital with COVID-19, and 94 of those are in intensive care units; 4,568,610 tests have been administered to 2,152,890 Albertans since the pandemic began
+ Air Canada paid large bonuses to executives during the timeframe the airline received government support; the bonus payments were made public, and then the gave them back – you just gotta love public opinion when it is listened to – I wonder if that will ever work with governments?
+ Cryopeak LNG Solutions Corporation commenced operations at its Fort Nelson, BC LNG production facility; at 100,000 gallons/day under current permit with capacity for 27,000 (story + pictures)
+ current energy prices;live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; crude prices up nicely on the week – as the world ramps up production in anticipation of post-COVID increases in travel and with OPEC+ staying with their production level commitments: WTI hit US$70//bbl, Brent hit US$72/bbl – good numbers, and traders are watching the U.S./Iran nuclear program negotiations nervously …
+ fall elections in Alberta may have a referendum question on equalization payments; Alberta has been a ‘giver’ and not a ‘taker’ since 1964-65; the Kenny government is seeking to tip the scales with a referendum question
+ Willow Lake Métis Nation and Elemental joined forces, forming the Willow Lake Métis Nation Development Corporation; have plans to develop an East-West Indigenous ownership corridor across Canada focused on renewable energy projects
*editor’s note: names companies involved in arm’s length debt and equity financing transactions we report in this section are ALWAYS the borrower; we report ‘fresh raises’ and do not report secondary offerings or non-arm’s-length transactions …
+ Calgary City Council made funding decisions for pools; $400,000.0 for the Inglewood Pool to support reopening, $400,000.0 for repurposing the Beltline Pool and Aquatic facility which will not reopen, and $45.0 million for renovations of the Repsol Sports Centre
+ Calgary Film Center is being sold; the City of Calgary appointed Ernst & Young Orenda to sell the facility as a going concern …
+ Calgary’s Green Line LRT plan for the deep southeast to downtown will be built in one-phase rather than three stages as earlier planned
+ Saucy Burger coming to the former Nellie’s location on 17th Avenue SW
*information in this section, relevant to Alberta/Calgary – for national and international news, go to our PROPERTYlines monthly publication
QUOTES
+ I think reconciliation with indigenous people remains the biggest social justice issue facing the country, because we don’t do a good job of acknowledging the contributions native people have made. This is not just a country of immigrants. – Wab Kinew
+ Take your voice to where it’ll be the most effective. – Buffy Sainte-Marie
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