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+ Ali Esmail to VP Engineering @ Avanti Energy Inc.

+ Allan Mandelzys to Director @ Kane Biotech Inc.

+ Andrew Simpson to Sr. VP & Portfolio Manager @ Mackenzie Investments

+ Antonio Reyes to Controller, Finance & Administration @ Nearctic Property Group

+ Chuck Magro, Pres. & CEO @ Nutrien, leaving the company

+ Corner Wright to Exec. VP @ Wittington Investments Ltd., parent company of George Weston Ltd.

+ Daniel Richard to VP, Investor Relations and Financial Communications @ NATIONAL Public Relations

+ Dr. Jim Wood to Director of Geoscience @ Avanti Energy Inc.

+ Evan Siddall to CEO @ AIMCo

+ France Panneton to Head of Pension Strategy, Canada @ Club Vita

+ Guy Courtin to VP, Principal for Retail @ Tecsys Inc.

+ Hart Ripley to National Automations & Solutions Architect @ MOBIA

+ Jackie Leadbeater to Sr. Full case Underwriter @ MCAP

+ Josh Singh to Director of Sales, Ontario/Atlantic @ MOBIA

+ Kevin Weir to Sr. VP Bus. Dev. @ Murray & Company

+ Kristina Williams to Director @ Alcanna Inc.

+ Lindsay Weryshko to Sponsor Account Mgr. @ The Calgary Stampede

+ Lynn Lowe to Bus. Dev. Acct. Mgr. @ Process Color Print

+ Martin Boulianne to Vice-Chair @ RF Capital Group Inc.

+ Mayo Schmidt to Pres. & CEO @ Nutrien

+ Michael Pangia to Pres. & COO @ Westmount Park Investments

+ Michael Stewart to Chair @ Bonterra Energy Corp.

+ Natasha Tsai to CFO @ Avanti Energy Inc.

+ Nayan Sarvaiya to Construction Superintendent & Completions Lead @ Canadian Natural Resources Limited

+ Nick Kuzyk to Director @ Target Capital Inc.

+ Nuvyn Peters to CEO, Community and Retail Banking, @ ESG Financial Corp.

+ Paul Kulas to COO @ Skylight Health Group

+ Philippe Bonin to CFO @ Talent.com

+ Rick Orman to Acting CEO & Director @ Surmont Energy Ltd.

+ Robert Dion to Interim CFO @ Target Capital Inc.

+ Russ Girling to Chair @ Nutrien

+ Ryan Doyle to Chief Investment Officer @ WPT Industrial REIT

+ Theo Zunich to Interim Pres. & CEO @ Target Capital Inc.

+ Trevor Wong-Chor to Global Co-Chair, Energy and Natural Resources Group @ DLA Piper (Canada) LLP

+ Tyler Barry to Chief Technical Officer @ Reach

+ Valerie Moss to Sr. Project Mgr. @ Entro

+ Varun Anand to VP and Portfolio Mgr. @ Starlight Capital

+ Warren Carriere to Bus. Dev. @ Alberta Construction Rentals

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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 ]

+ Bob Maskell; legendary Edmonton educator, former MLA, 80

+ W. Galen Weston; grocer extraordinaire, retired former Chairman of George Weston Limited, 80

+ becoming future-ready

+ high demand skill sets inspired by the pandemic

+ professionals exhausted by video calls

+ THIRD ACTion Film Festival, is seeking volunteers – get in on the action, great films and a fascinating volunteer experience – info/apply

[please send your community board notices to  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

+ Apr. 20; Africa Oil Corp., Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders

+ Apr. 21; United Way of Calgary and Area, Annual General Meeting, virtual-only

+ Apr. 21; VersaBank, Annual & Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ Apr. 22; BMO Life Assurance Company, Annual Meeting of the Shareholder and Participating Policy Holders, virtual-only

+ Apr. 22; Calgary Real Estate Board, Annual General Meeting, virtual-only

+ Apr. 23; National Bank of Canada, Annual Meeting of the Holders of Common Shares, virtual-only

+ Apr. 29; Baytex Energy Corp., Annual General Meeting, virtual-only

+ Apr. 29; Canfor Pulp Products Inc., Annual General Meeting, virtual-only

+ Apr. 29; Empire Life, Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Participating Policyholders, virtual-only

+ Apr. 29; Pason Systems Inc., Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ Apr. 29; Yangarra Resources Ltd, Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ Apr. 30; AltaGas Ltd., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ Apr. 30; Marwest Apartment REIT, Annual General and Special Meeting of Unitholders, virtual-only

+ Apr. 30; Osum Oil Sands Corp., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ May 4; Calfrac Well Services Ltd., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ May 4; The Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada, Annual Meeting, virtual-only

+ May 4; TransAlta Corporation, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ May 5; Boralex Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholder, virtual-only

+ May 5; Enbridge Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ May 5; Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ May 5; Sun Life Financial Inc., Annual Meetings of Shareholders and Policy Holders, virtual-only

+ May 6; Canada Life Assurance Company, Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Policyholders, virtual-only

+ May 6; Cascades Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ May 6; Crombie REIT, Annual General and Special Meeting of Unitholders, virtual-only

+ May 6; iA Financial Group, Annual Meeting of Shareholder and Participating Policy Holders, virtual-only

+ May 6; Manulife Financial Corporation and Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Annual Meetings, virtual-only

+ May 6; PFB Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Calgary, in-person and virtual

+ May 6; Tervita Corporation, Annual and Special Meeting, virtual-only

+ May 6; Trez Capital Senior Mortgage Investment Corporation, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders

+ May 6; Western Forest Products Inc., Annual and Special Meeting, virtual-only

+ May 7; Ensign Energy Services Inc., Annual General and Special Shareholder Meeting, virtual-only

+ May 7; Pembina Pipeline Corporation, Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders, virtual-only

+ May 7; Recipe Unlimited Corp., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ May 7; TC Energy Corporation, Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders, virtual-only

+ May 11; Bird Construction Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ May 11; Innergex Renewable Energy Inc., Annual General Meeting, virtual-only

+ May 11; Keyera Corp., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ May 12; Equitable Group, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ May 13; Precision Drilling Corporation, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ May 14; Aimia Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only
+ May 14; Genesis Land Development Corp., Annual General Meeting, virtual-only

+ May 14; SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ May 21; Resolute Forest Products Inc., Annual Meeting of Stockholders, virtual-only

+ May 27; Jamieson Wellness Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

[ please send your event notices and AGM notices to  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

+ Canada is planning to update the Canadian Environmental Protection Act; Bill C-28’s timing is no doubt connected to Earth Day, the Budget and expected federal election; Blakes have done a great analysis of what’s coming …

+ carbon neutral – what is the green economy?

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IN THIS ISSUE: Alberta COVID news and vaccines | Calfrac redux | crude ⬆⬆ | Government of Canada pre-election budget – SPEND time + deals + rig counts + upcoming events, appointments + REIT NEWS + ESG reports + financings + quotes + kudos

Please send us your events:

+ Aug. 11-15; Shaw Charity Classic – PGA Champions Tour Event, Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club, info/website

Aug. 12; Glenn Anderson Day of Golf, in support of the Cross Cancer Institute, Derrick Golf & Winter Club, Edmonton – info/sponsor/save the date

+ Aug. 24; Alberta Cancer Foundation Golf Classic, Country Hills Golf Club; info/register

+ Sept. 8; Little Warriors Charity Golf Tournament, The Quarry course, Edmonton; info/details/donate;  register

~ [please send your charity golf event notices to  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

+ Find out who you are and do it on purpose. – Dolly Parton

+ The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. – Terry Patchett

+ to NASA – they flew a helicopter on Mars; vewwy cool

+ May 1-31; Albertans Helping Albertans Virtual 5K run/Alberta Cancer Foundation; raising funds for the Tom Baker Cancer Centre – individuals and teams; info/register

+ May 6; 6^th Saskatchewan Real Estate Forum; virtual-only; info/save the date

+ May 12-13; Business Transitions Forum, Westin Edmonton; info/registration

+ May 12-13; Montreal Real Estate Forum, virtual-only; info/register

+ May 13-16; Word Economic Forum, Special Annual Meeting 2021 (postponed and moved from Davos), Singapore

+ May 19 – 20; Alberta Economic Development Leaders’ Summit * Conference; online/virtual; information/register

+ May 26-27; 22^nd Edmonton Real Estate Forum, online/virtual; registration now open

+ May 31 – June 1; Egypt Petroleum Show, Cairo, Egypt; info/registration

+ June 8 & 9; Land & Development Conference; virtual-only – save the date/sponsorship

+ June 6-18; CERI 2021 Petrochemical Conference, Kananaskis Mountain Lodge; program; sign up/register

+ June 20; Oil & Gas Tech Summit 2021; virtual – register here

+ June 11-13; THIRDACTion Film Festival – Patricia Whalen Theatre, in-person & online - Calgary Downtown Library, and VIRTUAL; tickets/passes go on sale April 12^th; SAVE THE DATES/get on the mailing list – and check out the 2020 Films

+ June 22-23; Petrochem Canada, Sunbridge Hotel & Convention Centre, Saria; info/registration

+ July 23 – Aug. 8; Tokyo Olympics – 2021 Summer Games

+ Aug. 28; Enbridge Tour Alberta for Cancer; sign up for free, no minimums – cycle from anywhere and any distance – pedal for progress; info/register

+ Sept. 12-15; Digital Construction World, Dubai World Trade Centre, info/register

+ Sept. 21 - 23; Global Energy Show, Stampede Park, Calgary, info/registration

+ Oct. 4-6 [REVSIED DATE]; NeoCon, the Mart, Chicago; info

+ Oct. 20-21; BOMEX Virtual 2021, The New Normal?, annual conference; save the date/mailing list , call for presenters

+ Dec. 6-9; World Petroleum Congress, Houston; info/registration

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2022

+ Feb. 17-18; Canadian Concrete Expo, International Centre, Mississauga, ON; save the date

+ Mar. 31 – Apr. 1; National Heavy Equipment Show, International Centre, Mississauga; save the date

[please send your event notices and AGM notices to kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

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+ Alberta COVID-19 stats: 2,043 deaths to date, 18,424 active cases of 151,710 confirmed cases to date: aggregate Alberta data – currently, 480 Albertans are in the hospital with COVID-19, and 104 of those are in intensive care units; 3,967,736 tests have been administered to 1,983,974 Albertans to date

+ Alberta COVID-19 restrictions remain in effect – a RETURN TO STEP 1 FULL  - due to case levels and anticipated surge in pressure on hospitalizations as variant cases spike – Premier Kenney video shows graphs and makes hopeful assurances of ‘return to normal’ this summer, including Stampede … – we’ll see

+ Alberta COVID-19 vaccinations:  AstraZeneca vaccine now available to all Albertans over 40

+ABTraceTogether – get the APP

+ Air Canada to refund all fares for flights cancelled by COVID-19 since Feb. 1, 2020

+ Canada ranked #1 country in the world by US News and World Report

+ City of Calgary 2021 elections; now 11 declared candidates running for mayor: Ian Chaing, Jeremy Farkas, Brad Field , Jyoti Gondek, Larry Heather, Dean Hopkins, Kevin Johnston, Zane Novak,Teddy Ogbonna, Shaoli Wang,  Grace Yan , and  54 candidates so far have filed nomination papers for 14 Ward seats on council ~ and lots of other rumoured candidates exploring a run …

+ EARTH DAY this week; 50^th Anniversary of Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22^nd; Canadian Earth Day site

+ Calfrac Well Services Ltd.’s reorganization is over – except, it’s not; Wilks Brothers LLC are seeking leave to appeal the Supreme Court of Canada to ‘unscramble the egg’

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; prices rise over the week on revival of demand - WTI at US$63/bbl – Brent @ US$67/bbl

+ flavour of the week is GREEN; it’s Earth Day on Wednesday, every PR office in the country is banging out ESG/Green project press releases and the media is focused on every politician kissing a green project … or, as Kermit always said, it’s not easy being green

+ Government of Canada budget speech; $101.0 billion spending plan, debt to cross $1.0 trillion mark – it doesn’t have a little bit for everything; instead, A LOT FOR MANY THINGS … with hopes of balancing the budget and repaying debt are way out in the future and questionable. This ‘first budget in two-years’ is COVID delayed but also a result of the government doing its business by fiat from the PMO … we’ll see how this plays in parliament – but expect a non-confidence motion next week and an election call soon after; VIEW THE BUDGET, feedback/comments from Scotiabank, from manufacturers & exporters, from Payments Canada, from the Canadian Cancer Society, from Canadian Federation of Independent Business, from the Canadian Marketing Association, from the Retail Council of Canada, from Privacy and Access Council, from Calgary Chamber of Commerce, from KPMG, from pwc, from EY, from Tech-Access Canada, from Strategy Corp., from Mitacs Inc., from Mining Association of Canada , from RSM Canada, from On-Site Construction magazine, and from Insurance Bureau of Canada – the only clear path appears to be the road to an election …

+ HOUSING TRUTH – monthly residential newsletter: HOUSING TRUTH – CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP for our mailing list  – March issue, archived issues

+ InnoTech Alberta celebrates XPRIZE – CarbonCure wins the prize and the planet is the big winner!

+ Iron Horse Group Inc. & Elite Pumping Service Ltd. formed a joint venture

+ Lightspeed POS Inc. closed its $204.7 million acquisition of Vend Limited

+ Mullen Group Ltd. acquired Bandstra Group of Companies;

+ PROPERTYlines;  – monthly commercial real estate newsletter  CLICK HERE to CHECK OUT THE March issue;  archived PROPERTYlines Issues

+ Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. agreed to acquire Renaissance Oil Corp.

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: up 7 to 439 this week; Canada: down 2 to 56 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Russel Metals Inc. agreed to merge their Canadian OCTG/Line Pipe Business with Marubeni-Itochu Tubulars America Inc.; Russel Metals nets $138.0 million in cash and retains 50%

+ will the equivalent of Marshal Law be popping up across Canada soon? … closing provincial borders, the prospect of unjustified random roadside checks on provincial travel is unsettling many Canadians – and this going to continue without any harmony among provinces – and the protests over gathering-restrictions aren’t going away anytime soon, which won’t end well …

+ AutoCanada Inc. is on the market to raise $125.0 million in sr. unsecured debt

+ Cathedral Energy Services Ltd. is on the market to raise $3.163 million in equity by private placement

+ Gibson Energy Inc. closed $750.0 million revolving credit facility

+ Hydro-Québec closed $60.0 billion debt financing

+ Manulife US REIT closed US$250.0 million unsecured debt financing

+ mCloud Technologies Corp. closed $14.49 million equity raise

+ MDA Ltd. closed $60.0 million overallotment of its recent equity financing

+ National Bank of Canada is on the market to raise $500.0 million in sub. debt

+ PRO REIT closed $50.0 million equity financing by private placement

+ Property Vista secured $3.8 million sub. debt and credit facilities

+ Ridgewood Capital Asset Management Inc. is on the market to raise $8.1 million in equity by private placement

+ Seaspan Corporation is on the market to raise US$300.0 million sr. unsecured debt

+ Talisker Resources Ltd. closed $19.1 million equity financing by private placement

+ Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. closed $6.82 million overallotment of its recent equity financing

+ TechX Technologies Inc. closed $10.0 million equity financing by private placement

+ Telesat Canada is on the market to raise US$500.0 million in sr. secured debt

+ TeraGo Inc. is on the market to raise $14.7 million in equity by private placement

+ Valeo Pharma Inc. is on the market to raise $4.0 million in unsecured non-convertible debt by private placement

+ VOTI Detection Inc. is on the market to raise $4.0 million in equity by private placement

*editor’s note: names companies involved in arm’s length debt and equity financing transactions we report in this section are ALWAYS the borrower; we report ‘fresh raises’ and do not report secondary offerings or non-arm’s-length transactions …

+ Alberta expanding apprenticeship program

+ Canadian Budget reaction from On-Site Construction magazine

+ ground-breaking on Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre in Lethbridge

+ Canada Goose released its 2020 Sustainability Report

+ Amazon announced it will construct an 80MW solar project in Newell County, east of Calgary

+ Capstone Infrastructure Corporation has commissioned and is now operating 132MW Claresholm Solar Project; power and emission offsets from this, Canada’s largest solar facility, are sold to TC Energy

+ Green Line images of the proposed downtown tunnel and green space in Eau Claire

+ hiccups … CMLC and owners of the Calgary Flames seem to be at an impasse – budget issues on the $550.0 million project are being discussed in closed-door sessions with City Council … tic toc

*information in this section, relevant to Alberta/Calgary – for national and international news, go to our PROPERTYlines monthly publication

+ WeWork went public through a merger/SPAC deal with BowXAcquistion Corp. for US$9.0 billion

*information in this section, relevant to Alberta/Calgary – for national and international news, go to our PROPERTYlines monthly publication

+ Sunterra Market opened a 20,000 sq. ft. store in Red Deer

*information in this section, relevant to Alberta/Calgary – for national and international news, go to our PROPERTYlines monthly publication

+ Nexus REIT acquiring 5 industrial properties (2 in Alberta), for $88.8 million in four separate transactions

*information in this section, relevant to Alberta/Calgary – for national and international news, go to our PROPERTYlines monthly publication