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+ a holiday for many Canadians; yesterday was Remembrance Day 2025; PM Carney message                                                         

+ Baytex Energy Corp. has agreed to sell it’s U.S. Eagle Ford assets for US$2.305 billion in an all-cash deal with an undisclosed buyer

+ Butterfield Acres has re-opened following investigation of bird flu infections 

- Calgary events for Remembrance Day; Edmonton events

+ Canada Post strike saga ~ this week Canada Post submitted it’s ‘overhaul plan’ to the Carney government

+ Cenovus takeover of MEG Energy appears certain ...

+ CIMA+ acquired Lakeland Consulting Inc.

+ Clio closed its acquistion of vLex for US$1.0 billion

+ Convergence Networks acquired Clear Concepts

+ crude awakening ~ current energy prices: live links to Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com / BOE INTEL ~  WTI @US$61/bbl; Brent @US$65/bbl

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+ Government of Canada: Carney government’s nation-building projects list will grow this week; 6 new projects to be announced on Thursday, Nov. 13 ; PM’s pitch to Buy Canadian in support of the Budget presented last week, as Ministers have fanned out across the country to sell the budget. Two Conservative MPS left their party ...

+ Humance acquired The Humphrey Group and the Niagara Institute

+ MONDAY MORNING MINUTE - a weekly inspiration message and a selected quote in your inbox weekly; check out the new format; check out this week’s issue – sign up is free

+ rig activity in Canada, courtesy of BOE Report

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: up 2 to 548 this; Canada: up 4 to 191 athis week

+ U.S. Government shut down:  the shutdown may end today (43^rd day) as the vote to re-open the government is scheduled for today

+ Oct. 24 – Ontario pulled it’s Reagan-quotes ad

+ Oct. 27 – Carney comments on Trump ‘extra 10%’ threat and Gov of Ontario ad/cancellation of negotiations by Trump …

+ Oct. 29 – negotiations were going well (were they?) before Trump halted talk

+ Nov. 5; U.S. Supreme court hearing the case of Trump tariffs – are they constitutional?  

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+ David Woroch to CEO @ Tucows Domains

+ Francine Moore to Trustee @ CAPREIT

+ Jim Hannon, CEO and Board Member @ ALTUS Group, resigned

+ Marc Cornell to CEO @ Cirque du Soleil

+ Michael Medline to Pres. & CEO @ The Woodbridge Company Limited

+ Steve Weed to Director @ BCE Inc.

Note: links in this section are to LinkedIn profiles where available and otherwise to a relevant posting of the appointment. -  [ send us your appointment notices  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

+ Gerald (Gerry) Maier; retired oil patch legend, former CEO @ Transcanada Corp., Order of Canada recipient; 97

+ Sanford (Sandy) Fitch; Edmonton lawyer, business executive, adventurer; 93

+ AltaGas Ltd. closed a $460.0 million sr. equity raise

+ AltaGas Ltd. closed a $500.0 million sr. unsecured debt raise

+ Boyd Group Services Inc. closed a $525.0 million sr. unsecured debt raise

+ Brookfield Renewable Partners LP is on the market to raise US$450.0 million in equity

+ Canadian Utilities Limited is on the market to raise $175.0 million by a preferred share issue

+ Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. closed a $1.466 million tranche of its equity raise

+ Clio secured a US$500.0 million funding round

+ CN is on the market to raise US$70.0 million in debt offerings

+ Intact Financial Corporation completed a $150.0 million equity raise by a preferred share offering

+ Intellistake Technologies Corp. closed a $1.3 million equity raise by private placement

+ Next Hydrogen Corporation is on the market to raise $20.0 million in equity

+ Suncor Energy is on the market to raise $1.0 billion in sr. unsecured debt

+ renovate or relocate? ... an essay on pros and cons

+ return to office doesn’t play well everywhere; Paramount’s new mandate to return to the office resulted in a 900 persons resignations ... 

+ pwc survey - GenAI users see higher pay, job security and productivity - while a third of the global workforce regularly feel overwhelmed

+ Alberta Wildfire information

+ TD Bank Group – comments on catastrophe claims

+ Cineplex Inc. closed the $70.0 million sale of its Cineplex Digital Media unit to Creative Realities Inc.

+ Cadillac Fairview broke ground on it’s first residential project in Calgary; a 490 suite two-building apartment project one block east of Chinook Centre

+ REITrag covers activity and announcements on the activity of real estate investment trusts - REITs: - sign up at: https://markkolke.substack.com/s/reit-rag -  our new REITRag format coming soon …

+ Nov. 13; Corby Spirit and Wine Limited, Annual General Meeting, Toronto

+ Nov. 18; Stamper Oil & Gas Corp., Annual General Meeting, Vancouver

+ Nov. 24; First Capital REIT, Special Meeting of Unitholders, Toronto

+ Dec. 11; Artis REIT, Special Meeting of Unitholders, Winnipeg

+ Dec. 16; Kiwetinohk Energy Corp., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ Jan. 25/26; Tuktu Resources Ltd., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

~ some guidance on conducting virtual shareholder meetings, provided by BD&P

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+ Nov. 14; 11^th Annual Calgary Concert for Classrooms – Hammer Jam, Bella Concert Hall, Calgary; sponsorship package - tickets now on sale

+ Nov. 17-18; Canada Health, 2025 Infoway Partnership Conference, Quebec City

+ Nov, 20-21; Decentralized Energy Forum, Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City; tickets

+ Nov. 20; Avenue Calgary Magazine’s Top 40 under 40, Bella Concert Hall, Calgary

+ Nov. 25; Axis Connnects – Leadership Forum; TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary

+ Nov. 25-26; Women in Consulting Engineering Conference, Westin Downtown, Calgary

+ Nov. 25-26; Info-Tech LIVE 2025 Conference, Fairmont Queen Elizabeth, Montreal

+ Nov. 26; Materials That Matter – Sustainable Construction in Alberta, Calgary

+ Nov. 26-27; National Building Decarbonization Forum 2025, National Arts Centre, Ottawa; register

2026 events

+ Jan. 29-31; Conservative Party of Canada, National Convention, Calgary

+ Jan. 31 – Feb 1; The Wellness Show – Vancouver; save the date

+ June 8-10; NeoCon 2026, THE Mart, Chicago – get on the NeoCon updates mailing list

+ June 16-19; Canadian Trail Summit, Winnipeg

+ June 17-20/2026; VivaTech 2026, Paris – save the data ... registration link n/a yet ...

+ Sept. 28-30; Indigenous Women in Industry Summit Canada, Hyatt Regency, Vancouver

2027 events

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