+ Brian Collie, CEO @ Manitoba Real Estate Association, died

+ Chris Read to Pres. @ Upside Engineering

+ Christine Shipton to Sr. VP & Chief Creative Officer @ Shaw Media

+ Dervla Kelly to VP Marketing & Communications @ Shaw Media

+ Eugene Beukman to CFO @ Golden Band Resources Inc.

+ Greg Treffry to VP Bus. Dev @ Shaw Media

+ John Elzner, Pres. & CEO @ Agent Energy Trust, resigned

+ Julie Hrdlicka elected Trustee @ Calgary Board of Education

+ Ken Manget to VP Relationship Investing @ Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

+ Kevin Broger to Technical Advisor @ Westbridge Energy Corporation

+ Kevin Curll, Pres. @ Bell Media, sacked for interfering with journalism and editorial operations at CTV television network

+ Kevin Ferguson to Partner @ Collins Barrow Red Deer LLP

+ Martin Cheyne to CEO @ Boulder Energy Ltd.

+ Michael Kabanuk to Pres. & CEO @ Granite Oil Corp.

+ Mike Derbyshire to Gen. Mgr. @ Calgary Parking Authority

+ Mike McKnight to Director @ Avigilon Corporation

+ Nathalie Palladitcheff to Exec. VP & CFO @ Ivanhoé Cambridge 

+ Ric Leong to Chief Accounting Officer and Sr. VP @ Avigilon Corporation

+ Travis Hanna to Mgr. Mineral Division @ LandSolutions LP

 TODAY'S HEADLINES

Alberta election called | GE sells US$26.5 billion in real estate | Prentice/election Watch | Shell buying BG Group for US$70 billion | Woodside closes on Kitimat LNG deal + Wayne Turnbull interview | upcoming events & corp. meetings + 13 financings + 25 executive and board appointments >>>>

INTERESTING REAL ESTATE NEWS, other places

NEWS SUMMARY 
 Apr. 7 - 14 

+ Alberta land sale April 8^th  netted $7.09 million for Government of Alberta, lowest this year; Saskatchewan sale netted $5.28 million for Government of Saskatchewan

+ Albertans go to the polls May 5^th in a provincial election

+ Apache Corporation agreed to sell its Australian sub. to Macquarie Capital Group Limited and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. for US$2.1 billion

+ Argent Energy Trust’s U.S. sub agreed to sell its interest in Manvel Field for US$20.5 million

+ ATB – daily economist’s outlook

+ Calvalley Petroleum Inc. announced it will restructure and liquidate the company based on turmoil in Yemen

+ Concord Pacific broke ground on its 14-storey condo development ‘The CONCORD’

+ ConocoPhillips announced its 2015 CapEx Budget for Canada is $1.3 billion

+ current energy prices – live link to Bloomberg energy prices : crude supplies continue to surge while strong German economic data and uncertainty about Iran sanctions and conflict/refinery closure in Yemen counteract supply concerns, prices are still soft and natural gas prices hit a 2 ½ yr. low

+ DeeThree Exploration Ltd. is reorganizing; spinning out Belly River and Alberta Bakken projects into two new companies, Boulder Energy Ltd. and Granite Oil Corp.

+ Dentons merging with McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

+ GASFRAC Energy Services Inc. completed its insolvency sale to STEP Energy Services Ltd. under CCAA court-approved sale

+ GE announced selling off most of its real estate finance arm GE Capital – expected to net US$26.5 billion which GE will use for a share buy-back, exiting financial services to focus on industrial businesses only; buyers are Wells Fargo and two Blackstone real estate funds

+ Gibson Energy Inc. announced it will construct 900,000 barrels of additional crude oil storage capacity at its Hardisty terminal; to be in service by mid 2017

+ Global Thermoelectric changed its name to Gentherm Global Power Technologies

+ National Energy Board launched an online interactive tool to track spills and other pipeline incidents

+ National Music Centre project secured a 12 yr./$10 million naming deal that will have the centre called Studio Bell; the project is in the East Village and will open Spring/2016

+ NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. filed with regulators a $1.4 billion system expansion plan for central/northern Alberta sections of its system

+ Ontario Premier Wynne announced plans to enter a cap-and-trade systems for emissions

+ Pan Orient Energy Corp. adopted an Advance Notice By-law

+ Perpetual Energy Inc. closed its $21 million sale of royalty lands in east-central Alberta

+ Prentice/election watch: zero government announcements since the election call (are they still open?); early polling results suggest the Tory right-to-rule may not be as strong as perceived and the Wild Rose may have life left. Liberals are likely not a factor, nor is the Alberta Party. NDP may bring some surprises in Edmonton and northern Alberta … Prentice dodging questions about the Kananaskis Golf Course deal (sorry .. this one is gag-reflect time; the deal was cozy, long ago, between Don Getty cronies and the government – hardly a ‘track record’ issue for anyone since the Lougheed/Getty era .. so the media and Wildrose are chewing it like an old bone) …tic toc

+ rig counts are down – Baker Hughes oil rig counts for March 2015; worldwide total 2,557 which is down from 2,986 in February

+ Rosneft has delayed its Sakhalin Island LNG plant for at least two years due to falling prices

+ Royal Dutch Shell Plc agreed to acquired BG Group for US$70.2 billion; deal will be subject to shareholder approval and negotiations with partners … tic toc …

+ Shoreline Energy Corp. filed for CCAA creditor projection; trading halted

+ South Bay Resources Canada LP is marketing assets for sale as part of a strategic review process

+ Speargrass Energy Inc. instituted a strategic alternative process; assets on the market

+ STEP Energy Services Ltd. is ramping plans to start conventional fracturing in Canada following its acquisition of GASFRAC Energy Services Inc.

+ Strategic Oil & Gas Ltd. struggling with debt, considering asset sales

+ Target has completed its retail wind-down; they’ve closed all their Canadian stores

+ TransCanada Corporation planning for southern Ontario/golden triangle area will be altered due to changes in Eastern Mainline project

+ Waramaug Hospitality Canada LLC & Superior Lodging Corp. acquired Travelodge Canada master licensing rights from Holloway Lodging Corporation.

+ Weatherford Laboratories are opening a new lab facility in NE Calgary

+ Woodside Petroleum Limited closed its US$854 million acquisition of Apache Corporation’s interest in the Kitimat LNG project

 this week in REITS 

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