+ Apr. 21; Athabasca Oil Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Calgary

+ Apr. 21; Calgary Chamber of Commerce, Annual General Meeting, Calgary

+ Apr. 21; Canadian National Railway Company, Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Memphis, TN

+ Apr. 21; Celestica Inc., Annual General Shareholders Meeting, Toronto

+ Apr. 22; TransForce Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Apr. 23; CIBC, Annual General Meeting, Calgary

+ Apr. 29; Choice Properties REIT, Annual Meeting of Unitholders, Toronto

+ Apr. 29; Empire Life Insurance Company, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Apr. 30; AltaGas Ltd. Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ May 4; Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ May 5; Equitable Life of Canada, Annual Meeting, Waterloo

+ May 6; Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ May 6; Brookfield Real Estate Services Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ May 6; Enbridge Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ May 6; Gibson Energy Inc., Annual General Meeting, Calgary

+ May 7; DIRTT Environmental Solutions, Annual General Meeting, Calgary

+ May 7; London Life, Meeting of Shareholders and Policyholders,  Toronto

+ May 7; Lundin Petroleum AB, Annual General Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden

+ May 7; Manulife Financial Corporation, Annual Meeting, Toronto

+ May 7; Raging River Exploration Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ May7 7; SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., Annual Shareholders Meeting, Montreal

+ May 8; CAP REIT Annual Unitholders Meeting, Toronto

+ May 8; Pembina Pipeline Corporation, Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ May 11; Cathedral Energy Services Ltd, Annual and Special Meeting, Calgary

+ May 12; CT REIT, Annual Meeting of Unitholders, Toronto

+ May 12; Inter Pipeline Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Calgary

+ May 12; Karnalyte Resources Inc. Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Saskatoon

+ May 13; Slate Retail REIT, Special Meeting of Unitholders, Toronto

+ May 13; Spyglass Resources Corp., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ May 13; Summit Industrial Income REIT, Annual Unitholders Meeting, Toronto

+ May 14; Crombie REIT, Annual General Meeting, New Glasgow, NS

+ May 14; ENTREC Corporation, Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Acheson, AB

+ May 14; Genesis Land Development Corp.; Annual General Meeting, Calgary

+ May 14; WPT Industrial REIT, Annual Meeting of Unitholders, Toronto

+ May 19; Inovalis REIT, Annual Meeting of Unitholders, Toronto

+ May 21; Emera Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Saint John

+ May 21; High North Resources Ltd.; Extraordinary Meeting of Debenture Holders, Calgary

+ May 25; Slate Office REIT, Annual General Meeting of Unitholders, Toronto

+ May 26: Legacy Oil + Gas Inc., Annual General Meeting, Calgary

+ June 18; Extendicare Inc., Annual General & Special Meeting, Toronto

+ June 23; Pengrowth Energy Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Calgary

+ Al Mawani to Trustee @ Slate Office REIT

+ Art Bray, CFO @ Newton Energy Corporation, resigned

+ Chris McLean, CFO @ Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited, taking a leave of absence for medical reasons

+ Ian Strachan to Interim CEO @ Transocean Ltd.

+ Jamie Brown to Managing Dir. Investment Banking @ Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.

+ John Cooper to CEO @ ClearStream Energy Holdings

+ Kristin Obreiter to Acting CFO @ Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited

+ Merv Chai to Interim CFO @ Newton Energy Corporation

+ Neil Bruce to COO @ SNC-Lavalin

+ Patrick Burgess to Partner @ Dentons Canada LLP

+ Paul Semple, COO @ Noront Resources, died

+ Paula Worthington to Sr. Acount Director Marketing @ North Strategic

+ Robert Walker to CEO @ Tangent Project Management Ltd.

+ Stephen Holder to CFO @ Rooster Energy Ltd.

+ Tim Thomas to COO @ Africa Oil Corp.

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+ Dave Wizinsky, Director and Co-Founder @ MEG Energy Group, retired

+ Dr. Tim Marchant to Director @ Valeura Energy Inc.

+ Igor Sosnovskiy, Director @ MCW Energy Group Limited, resigned

+ Jamie Brown to Vice-Chairman @ Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.

+ Jamie Sokalsky to Director @ Pengrowth Energy Corporation

+ Leah Lawrence, Director @ CO₂ Solutions Inc., resigned

+ Pauline Aunger to Pres. @ The Canadian Real Estate Association

+ Robert Dennewald to Director @ MCW Energy Group Limited

+ Scott Clements to Regional Director @ Canadian Airports Council

+ Sue Lee to Director @ Empire Company Limited

+ William Linton to Director @ Empire Company Limited

+ Morrison Homes – winner of the 2015 SAM Award, Home Builder of The Year

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+ Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. – Steward Udall

+ A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children. – John James Audubon

+ May 5; Alberta Provincial Election

+ May 14; Edmonton Real Estate Forum, Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton

+ May 24-2 7; Banff Compass 2015; Association of Fundraising Professionals, Banff

+ May 27; 4^th Annual Breakfast WITH Champions in support of Special Olympics, TELUS Convention Centre,Calgary; info/register/tickets

+ June 2; Calgary Leasing Conference, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary

+ June 9-11; Global Petroleum Show 2015; Stampede Park, Calgary info/register

+ Brookfield Property Partners LP are starting One Manhattan West; 2.1 million ft² office tower – raised US$1.2 billion in construction financing on strength of 20 yr. lease to Skadden Arps law firm

+ Brookfield Property Partners LP & Qatar Investment Authority closed their JV acquisition of 100% of Canary Wharf Group & Songbird Estates for £2.6 billion

+ Chinese property developer Kaisa Group defaulted on its overseas debt (US$2.5 billion in bonds) – making the investment market wary of risks investing in China …

+ Inovalis REIT closed its 50/50 JV acquisition of $23.1 million an office property in Hamburg, Germany

+ Tricon Capital Group Inc. closed its US$150 million acquisition of a 1,385 residential rental homes portfolio on Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina

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+ ATB – daily economist’s outlook

+ AutoCanada Inc. agreed to acquire Airdrie Chrysler

+ Bank of Canada rate review: maintained overnight rate target at ¾ of 1%

+ Bonterra Energy Corp. closed its $172 million acquisition of Pembina area assets

+ Brookings Institution released a report warning danger the global economic recovery will stall

+ Calloway REIT agreed to acquire SmartCentres for $1.2 billion; will rename as SmartREIT

+ China provided US$200 billion in stimulus by reducing bank reserve requirements to kick-start stalled growth

+ Corrosion and Abrasian Solutions Ltd. agreed to acquire Thermal Spray Industries Ltd.

+ current energy prices – live link to Bloomberg energy prices ; oil prices softening on global markets due to another rise in U.S. stockpiles; and U.S. shale production softened, but meanwhile Saudi Arabia pumped a near record amount of crude last month … the price slump continues with no rosy picture on the horizon for the industry or for Calgary …

+ Earth Day 2015 – tomorrow!

+ Encana Corp. has advisors on the market looking for buyers for its Haynesville Shale Basin assets in Louisiana – estimated value $1 billion

+ Euro-zone; Greece on the brink again/still, as bailout remains shaky – with Euro zone finance ministers meeting this week as Germany and other countries balk at participating in the bailout because Greece remains a high-cost uncompetitive country and the Greeks aren’t trusting anyone’s goodwill … tic toc goes the time bomb …

+ Halliburton hired advisors to help it divest about US$5 billion in assets as it digests its Baker Hughes merger; selling off parts of Sperry Drilling business and its drill bits business

+ Harper Government tables the Federal Government Budget 2015 today; expectations are wide-spread about whether or not the expected surplus will materialize as things aren’t as strong in eastern Canada as hoped … and it is essentially a pre-election budget for the Tories; journalists and accounting firms will be in lock-up all day, allowed to review the document but not allowed out or to comment until after Finance Minister Oliver reads his Budget Speech in the House of Commons

+ Italy’s Agnelli family, owners of Exor SpA which owns a majority interest in Cushman & Wakefield Inc. are shopping the company with potential suitors … tic toc

+ Japanese banks are taking top spots in ranking of LNG finance lenders

+ Kelt Exploration Ltd. closed its acquisition of Artek Exploration Ltd.

+ NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. div. of TransCanada Corporation got NEB recommendation for its $1.7 billion North Montney Mainline Project pipeline

+ Penn West Petroleum Ltd. agreed to sell Viking area royalties to Freehold Royalties Ltd. for $321 million

+ Pine Cliff Energy Ltd. agreed to acquired $15.94 million in core area oil & natural gas assets

+ Prentice/election watch: media coverage and early polling suggest Prentice/PC’s may be at risk of a reduced majority or minority government status (since 1905 Alberta has NEVER had a minority government); lots of public push-back on Tory budget planned tax increases … tic toc …

+ Schlumberger Ltd. announced it will eliminate another 11,000 positions worldwide; bringing their overall workforce reductions to 15% since last fall

+ University of Calgary announced a salary freeze for executive and sr. leadership teams

+ Canada’s greenhouse-gas emissions are on the rise; up 1.5% in 2013, leaving doubt we could reach the 2020 targets set by the Harper government

+ not all oil is created equal … U of C Schulich School of Engineering Oil-Climate Index

+ this week’s Wednesday .. April 22^nd is Earth Day

+ U.S. Secretary of State Kerry takes over this week – beginning a 2 yr. term leading the Arctic Council as Leona Aglukkaq’s Chairmanship comes to an end

+ AltaGas Ltd. closed $125 million sr. unsecured debt financing

+ Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is on the market to raise US$1.075 million in equity

+ Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation closed $25 million convertible debt financing

+ Freehold Royalties Ltd. is on the market to raise $324 million in equity

+ Kivalliq Energy Corporation closed $1,522,800 tranche of its flow-through shares issue

+ Parex Resources Inc. is on the market to raise $119 million in equity

+ Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. closed $172.5 million equity financing

+ Toronto-Dominion Bank is on the market to raise $200 million in a preferred share issue

+ Terra Firma Capital Corporation is on the market to raise $12.5 million in equity

+ TerraVest Capital Inc. closed $25 million equity financing

+ Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd. closed $3 million IPO

+ Total Energy Services Inc. secured $115 million in credit facilities

+ Yangarra Resources Ltd. secured $80 million credit facility

+ U.S. Dividend Growers Income Corp. closed $125 million IPO

+ Calloway REIT agreed to acquire SmartCentres for $1.2 billion; will rename as SmartREIT

+ Inovalis REIT closed its 50/50 JV acquisition of $23.1 million an office property in Hamburg, Germany

+ Champlain Bridge in Montreal – new bridge planning, now expected to cost $2.5 billion; will likely be a P3 project involving Canadian and Quebec governments

+ CN announced it will invest $500 million in infrastructure improvements in western Canada this year; $100 million in Alberta with emphasis on branch lines in northern Alberta

+ Value Creation Inc. filed an application with the Alberta Energy Regulator for its Tristar Pilot project (up to 12,000 barrels/day bitumen processing) by a Steam In Situ Recovery process

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