+ Catherine Rogers to Exec. VP & Chief Admin Officer @ Western Financial Group

+ Kenny Nicholls to Exec. VP & CFO @ Western Financial Group

+ Michael Brown to Pres. & CEO @ Calgary Municipal Land Corporation

[send us your firm’s appointment notices to:  research@maxcomm.ca ]

+ Alberta police training facility in Fort McLeod has broken ground; due for completion in 2014

There was a twosome of men following closely behind a twosome of women who were playing pretty slowly. The first fellow said, "Go up there and ask if we can play through!" So up went the second man. He got almost to where the women were and he hurried back without saying a word to them. "I can't go up there. One of them is my wife and the other is my mistress! You go ask." "Okay," said the first man, and he started walking up to the women himself. He got almost to where they were and he came running back without speaking to them. "Me too!!!" he said.

+ Alberta Government released updated DRAFT land use plan for oil sands region

+ Arcis Corporation closed its acquisition of VGS Seismic Canada Inc.

+ BDO Canada Ltd. acquired KPMG’s consumer insolvency division

+ Blackfire Exploration investigated in Mexican mining bribery scandal allegations

+ British Columbia’s HST referendum result will axe the harmonized sales tax, to the delight of Alberta buyers of B.C. real estate

+ current energy prices -  live link to Bloomberg.com commodities data

+ Compton Petroleum Corporation completed its plan of arrangement, installed new board

+ Enbridge Inc. announced it has secure sufficient commercial support to fully subscribe its Northern Gateway project, now working its way through regulatory approval process

+ ERCB approved resumption of operations for Plains Midstream Canada’s NPS 20 Rainbow Pipeline

+ hurricane Irene was downgraded to tropical storm status, but still hammered east cost of U.S. and Canada; damage in ‘many billions’

+ weekly economic update from ATB Financial

+ First Capital Realty Inc. secured $425 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility

+ Nordic Oil and Gas Ltd. closed 2^nd tranche of $1 million debenture issue

+ Pacific & Western Credit Corp. closed $4.95 million private placement of new equity

+ Sept. 9; Homburg Invest Inc., Halifax, Annual General Meeting

+ Sept. 13; Kingston and Pembroke Railway Company, Calgary, Annual General Meeting

+ Sept. 13; Lake Erie and Northern Railway Company, Calgary, Annual General Meeting

+ Sept. 13; Manitoba and North Western Railway Company of Canada, Calgary, Annual General Meeting

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