+ Andrew MacLachlan to Exec. VP @ Jones Lang LaSalle

+ Andrew Snelgrove to Interim CFO @ Clarke Inc., replacing Ian Wilkie who left the company

+ Dr. Guy Gendron to Dean @ Schulich School of Engineering

+ Dr. Ian Holloway to Dean, Faculty of Law @ University of Calgary

+ Ken Kowalski, Speaker @ Alberta Legislature, retiring from politics

+ Mark Montemurro to Sr. Advisor @ ThomasLloyd Group PLC

+ Scott Sharples to Sr. VP Project Mgmt. @ Cresa Partners

+ Richard Gotfried to VP Corp. & Community Engagement @ Calgary Economic Development

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+  Alberta Government appointed an independent panel of experts to review plans for two high-voltage transmission lines between Edmonton & Calgary

+ Alberta Infrastructure issued RFP call for architects for continuing care facility in Fort McMurray

+ City of Calgary developing alternate funding solution for four planned new recreation centres without Federal Government help

Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child.  Just how childlike golfers become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five. – John Updike

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+ Canada withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, issued a closing statement at COP17 conference in Durban

+ Cathedral Energy Services Ltd. announced its 2012 CapEx Budget of $28 million

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

+ Demarais Energy Corporation creditors  & Court of Queen’s Bench approved restructuring plan

+ Dynetek Industries Ltd. fored a JV with S.V. Greentech Private Limited for form Dynetek Cylinders India Pvt. Ltd.

+ Euro zone countries negotiated a new treaty to balance debt and deficits & restore Euro confidence but financial markets have not shown suppor

+ TriOil Resources Ltd. announced its 2012 CapEx Budget of $40 million

+ Brookfield Residential Property Services purchased Prudential Real Estate Relocation Services

+ Calfrac Well Services Ltd. announced its 2012 CapEx Budget of $365 million

+ CANMARC REIT adopted a unitholder rights plan

+ Canterra Tower renamed by Oxford as ‘Devon Tower’

+ Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. announced the Syncrude Canada expansions will be delayed

+ Chevron Corp. announced its 2012 CapEx Budget of $32.7 billion

+ Direct Energy agreed to acquire EnCana’s Carrot Creek Assets for $58 million

+ Enbridge Inc. investing $145 million in rolling stock to ship oil from Bakken producers in North Dakota

+ Encana Corp. agreed to sell two gas plants to Veresen Inc. for $910 million

+ Encana Corp. deal to sell Wyoming gas assets to Legacy Reserves scuttled due to alleged ground water contamination connected with fracking; Encana calling for independent investigation

+ Homburg Invest Inc. secured a further extension on its CCAA protection

+ Insignia Energy Ltd. announced its 1^st ˝ 2012 CapEx Budget of $22 million

+ Keyera Corp agreed to acquire Edmonton area EnviroFuel plant from Alberta EnviroFuel for $198 million

+ Korea National Oil Corp. announced it will invest $3-4 billion in overseas oil assets in 2012

+ MEG Energy Corp. announced its 2012 CapEx budget of $1.37 billion

+ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP announced it is resurrecting an income trust structure

+ Suncor Energy is withdrawing its non-Syrian employees from Syria

+ Total E & P Canada got approval to go forward with its $9 billion Joslyn north oilsands project

If you asked me to name the three scariest threats facing the human race, I would give the same answer that most people would: nuclear war, global warming and Windows. – Dave Barry

+ BNP ResourcesInc. Is on the market to raise $170,000 in new equity

+ Canadian Spirit Resources Inc. closed $1.2 million common shares & warrants issue

+ Contact Exploration Inc. closed $1,010,672 issue of flow-through shares

+ Donnycreek Energy Inc. is on the market to raise $3 million in new equity

+ Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. is on the market to raise $10 million in new equity & warrants issue

+ E-T Energy Ltd. is on the market to raise $9.9 million in a rights offering

+ Invicta Energy Corp. is on the market to raise $4 million in flow-through equity

+ Palliser Oil & Gas Crop. Is on the market to raise $6,500,081 in new equity

+ Petro-Reef Resources Ltd. is on the market to raise $40 million in new equity

+ Spartan Oil Corp. closed $28,751,381 new equity issue

+ Spartan Oil Corp. closed $2,500,000 flow-through equity issue

+ Sure Energy Inc. is on the market to raise $18 million in new equity

+ Tethys Petroleum Ltd. closed $13,246,663 equity financing

+ Yangarra Resources Ltd. increased its credit facility to $40 million