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+ Apr. 27; Canadian National Railway, Toronto, Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

+ Apr. 27; The Empire Life Insurance Company, Toronto, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders

+ April 28; TransAlta Corporation, Calgary

+ April 28; CIBC, Winnipeg, Annual Meeting of Shareholders

+ April 29; TransCanada Corporation, Calgary, Annual Meeting of Shareholders

+ May 4; Emera Incorporated, Halifax, Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

+ May 5; Air Canada, Montreal, Annual Meeting of Shareholders

+ May 5; Lundin Petroleum AB, Stokholm; Annual General Meeting

+ May 5; Manulife Financial Corporation, Toronto, Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders

+ May 5; Great-West Life Assurance, Winnipeg, Meeting of Shareholders and Policyholders`

+ May 9; Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc., Calgary, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders

+ May 13;  Enerplus Corporation, Calgary, Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

+ May 11; Enbridge Inc., Calgary, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders

+ May 15; Tormont Industries Ltd., Special Meeting of Shareholders

+ May 17; Cominar REIT, Quebec City, Annual Meeting of Unitholders

+ May 18; Sun Life Financial Inc., Toronto, Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders

+ May 18; Winstar Resources Ltd., Calgary, Annual and Special General Meeting

+ May 24; First Capital Reality Inc., Toronto, Annual Shareholders Meeting

+ May 26; The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, Winnipeg, Annual Meeting

+ May 30; Essential Energy Services Ltd., Calgary, Annual and Special Meeting

+ May 30; Technicoil Corporation, Calgary, Annual and Special Meeting

+ Angela Lekatsas to VP, Corporate Controller & Chief Risk Officer @ Agrium

+ Dean Journeaux to Pres. & CEO @ New Millenium Capital Corp.

+ Eric Le Dain to Sr. VP Strategic Planning @ Enerplus Corporation

+ Ernest Dempsey to VP Investor Relations & Corp. Affairs @ New Millenium Capital Corp.

+ Fred Thun to Sr. Direcor Corporate Planning @ Agrium

+ Greg Filipchuk to VP Land & Safety @ Pioneer Professional Services Group Ltd.

+ Ian Dundas to Exec. VP & CFOR @ Enerplus Corporation

+ Judy Steele to Interim CFO @ Emera Inc.

+ Lisa Couillard to Associate @ Caron & Partners LLP

+ Pat Freeman to VP & Treasurer @ Agrium

+ Paul Murphy to VP Conventional Pipeline Bus. @ Pembina Pipeline Corporation

+ Ray Daniels to VP Development Services @ Enerplus Corporation

+ Rob Symonds, VP Canadian Operations @ Enerplus Corporation, left the company

+ Sandra Stuart to COO @ HSBC Bank of Canada

+ Scott Walsk to VP  Information Systems @ Enerplus Corporation

+ Troy Dashkewytch to VP Bus. Dev. @ Pioneer Professional Services Group Ltd.

+ William Hickey Jr. to COO & CFO @ Kingsway Financial Services Inc.

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+ energy prices live link to Bloomberg.com commodities data  ; futures fall more than $1/barrel after 3 days of gains on signs there is significant supply in the market

+ Kinder Morgan shut down its Trans Mountain pipeline after a spill was detected in NW Alberta

+ Savanna Energy Services Corp. agreed to acquire Performance Services Ltd. for $35 million, acquiring 16 mobile rigs in the bargain

+ Black Diamond Group is on the market to raise $47 million to fund Capex

+ Home Capital Group Inc. is on the market to raise $150 million debt financing

+ Nordic Oil and Gas Ltd. closed $545,000 convertible debt issue

+ Northern Financial Corporation closed $900,000 tranche of new equity financing

+ Tourmaline Oil Corp. is on the market to raise $140.3 million in new equity

“If the Earth could be made to rotate twice as fast, managers would get twice as much done. If the Earth could be made to rotate twenty times as fast, everyone else would get twice as much done since all the managers would fly off.”- Norman Augustine

+ Balzac sour gas plant shutdown to begin May 2; 90 employees to be displaces as plant’s economic life coming to an end

+ Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec consolidated its real estate subsidiaries under the Ivanhoe Cambridge Group banner

+ Homburg Canada REIT closed its $116 million acquisition of a 50% interest in the Scotia Centre office tower

+ former Amaranth Advisors LLC trader Brian Hunter fined $30 million by U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission over gas trading irregularities

+ Sharon Energy Ltd. and Tuscany Energy Ltd. formalized their plan to combine

+ weekly economic update from ATB Financial

+ City of Calgary and Calgary Airport Authority officials are tight lipped about the terms of their 100 –page DRAFT agreement granting access to the City for construction of a tunnel under the new runway, giving an alternative to the closed Barlow Trail access . . . stay tuned . . .

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