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+ Alan Williams to Sr. Principal Mechanical Engineer @ WSP

+ Allison McFaul to COO & CFO @ LaSalle Investment Management

+ Anne-Marie Bruzga-Luchak to Directore, Communications and PR @ AITHR Automotive Intelligence

+ Chris McLernon to CEO, Real Estate Services Global @ Colliers International Group Inc.

+ Christa Dickenson, Exec. Dir. & CEO @ Telefim Canada, stepping down

+ Dara Frere to Partner @ Deetken Insight

+ Erin Leach to VP Bus. Dev. @ Contemporary Office Interiors

+ Jason French to Assistant VP @ Infrastructure BC

+ Jennifer Wills Derzaph to Strategic Account Mgr. @ headversity

+ John Zhou to Chief Cleantech Officer & VP Clean Resources @ Alberta Innovates

+ Jon Cornish to Chancellor @ University of Calgary

+ Jonathan Milroy to VP, Asset Management @ Westcorp Property Management Inc.

+ Joshua LaMarre to Wastewater Treatment Process Engineer @ H2O Innovation

+ Kevin Phelps to COO @ Arev Life Sciences Global Corporation

+ Lynn Loewen to Director @ National Bank of Canada

+ Mark Kohler, Director and Chairman @ CloudMD Software & Services Inc., resigned

+ Mark Parson to Deputy Minister, Intergovernmental Relations @ Government of Alberta

+ Mark Salkeld to Bus. Dev. Mgr. @ New World Precious Metals WEST

+ Mario Morroni to Pres. & CEO @ Cominar

+ Mary Moran to Director and Board Chair @ Kudos

+ Mekdam Nima to Sr. Mgr., Strategic Initiative & Climate, Western Canada @ CN

+ Michael Gottheil to Accessibility Commissioner @ Canadian Human Rights Commission

+ Michele Boudria to Pres. & CEO @ McDonald’s Canada

+ Miranda Fisher to Recruiting Consultant @ TC Energy

+ Preston Seier to Director, Stakeholder Relations @ H2Safety Services Inc.

+ Priti Singh to Sr. Managing Dir. and Global Head of Capital Markets & Factor Investing @ Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

+ Scott Smith to CEO @ Hockey Canada

+ Sidney Waskiewich to Pres. @ Nothern Development & Investment Group

+ Stuart Cullum, Pres. @ Olds College, resigned

+ Tara Main to VP Marketing @ Avenue Living Communities

+ Tomi Poutanen to CEO @ Signal 1

+~ 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 ]

+ does higher pay stop people from quitting?

+ it seems, according to this report, that technology in the workplace is decelerating; bring on the robots!

+ new program – mental health support for Alberta’s first responders

+ upward mobility in the gig-economy

+ workers struggle with mental health, work-life balance …

+ Zoom launched its Zoom Whiteboard tool

+ April 27; Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, Annual and Special Meeting, virtual only

+ April 27; Transat A.T. Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ April 28; Pason Systems Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ Apr. 28; Portage La Prairie Mutual Insurance Company, Annual Meeting, virtual only

+ April 28; The Empire Life Insurance Company, Annual and Special Meeting, virtual only

+ Apr. 28, TFI International Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Saint-Laurent, Annual Meeting of Shareholder, Saint-Laurent, in person and virtual

+ April 29; AltaGas Ltd., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ April 29; Cenovus Energy Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ April 29; TC Energy Corporation, Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders, virtual only

+ May 2; Gibson Energy Inc., Annual General Meeting, virtual only

+ May 3; Canfor Pulp Products Inc., Annual General Meeting, virtual only

+ May 4; Enbridge Inc., Annual General Meeting, virtual only

+ May 4; Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ May 5; Great-West Life and Canada Life, Annual Meetings, virtual only

+ May 5; AutoCanada, Annual General Meeting, virtual only

+ May 5; Canada Life, Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Policyholders, Winnipeg, in person and virtual

+ May 5; Loblaw Companies Limited, Annual Meeting of Shareholder, virtual only

+ May 5; SNC-Lavalin, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Montreal, in person and virtual

+ May 10; CT REIT, Annual Meeting of Unitholders, virtual only

+ May 10; Equitable Life of Canada, Annual and Special Meeting, virtual only

+ May 10; Keyera Corp., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ May 11; Boralex Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholder, virtual only

+ May 11; Intact Financial Corporation, Annual General Meeting, virtual only

+ May 11; Sun Life Financial Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto, in person and virtual

+ May 11; Vermilion Energy Inc., Annual General Meeting, virtual only

+ May 12; Bridgemarq Real Estate Services Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ May 12; Cascades Inc., Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ May 12; Crombie REIT, Annual General Meeting of Unitholders, virtual only

+ May 12; iA Financial Group, Annual Meeting of the Shareholder and Policyholders, virtual only

+ May 12; Precision Drilling Corporation, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ May 12; ProMIS Neurosciences Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ May 16; ivari, Annual General Meeting, Toronto

+ May 17; Morien Resources Corp., Annual and Special Meeting, virtual only

+ May 18; Equitable Group Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ May 19; Crescent Point Energy Corp, Annual General Meeting, virtual only

+ May 24; Shell plc, Annual General Meeting, London, UK

+ May 27; Resolute Forest Products Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, in person and virtual

+ June 23; McCoy Global Inc., Annual General Meeting, Edmonton

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

+ GFL Environmental Inc. completed re-org/spin-off of GFL Infrastructure Group Inc. to create Green Infrastructure Partners Inc.; stock and cash deal involved the replacement of financing partners

+ IBI Group acquired RLC Architects

+ kudos to Oxford and Bow Valley Athletic Club – see time lapsed video – construction of a court in the mall for this year’s Oxford Canadian Open Squash Championships

+ Out-READ the competition! Take notes! Summarize! Share with others what you read! – Tom Peters

+ Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill

+ to Caesar’s Steak House – celebrating 50 years in business ... yay cheese toast!

+ to Cenovus Energy – donating US$3.0 million to Nature Conservancy of Canada

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+ ATCO Ltd. entered into 15-year/37MW renewable energy power purchase agreement/Deerfoot solar facility with Microsoft

+ Cordy Oilfield Services Inc. got shareholder approval of its acquisition by Vertex

+ COVID-19 statistics in Alberta full current stats

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; crude prices retreated due to supply concerns and concerns over further lockdowns/demand reduction in China – WTI @ US$94/bbl, Brent @ US$102/bbl

+ EY Canada acquired Gensquared Inc.

+ GFL Environmental Inc. completed re-org/spin-off of GFL Infrastructure Group Inc. to created Green Infrastructure Partners Inc.; stock and cash deal involved replacement of financing partners

+ HOUSING TRUTH – monthly residential newsletter: HOUSING TRUTH – CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP for our mailing list  – MARCH/2022 issue - archived issues …

+ IFMA Calgary (Calgary Chapter, International Facilities Management Association return to live events; this week at Millennium Tower – April 28th - 3:30-5:30 food/drink/building tour - many thanks to Oxford for hosting us; the event is open to members, past members, new members and anyone interested in learning more about IFMA - GET YOUR FREE TICKET HERE ; come for networking, food and socializing; free event, limited capacity – there will be a draw for ‘free membership’ packages – you must be there to win!

+ Montem Resources signed MOU with Invest Alberta to establish Ten Mountain Renewable Energy Complex in Crowsnest Pass

+ PROPERTYlines - commercial real estate quarterly newsletter – check out our 2022-Q1 Report

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: up 2 to 695 this week; Canada: down 2 to 101 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Robus Resources Inc. place in receivership; Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc. appointed Receiver

+ Shell negotiating with Chinese government owned firms to offload its Sakhalin-2 LNG/Gazprom venture

+ TC Energy Corporation and Green GasUSA teaming up to develop renewable natural gas transportation hubs

+ The Acres launched its marketing plan; Art Price led development

+ Vertex Resource Group Ltd. closed its acquisition of Cordy Oilfield Services Inc.

+ where’s the beef? … in Alberta, of course, and our industry is struggling; Government of Canada is offering a bit of help - $3.6 million to help with export marketing

+ Sunshine Biopharma Inc. is on the market to raise $19.5 million in equity by private placement

+ Thentia Corporation raised $10.0 million funding round

+ Think Research Corporation secured $25.0 million convertible debt facility

+ Vermilion Energy Inc. is on the market to raise US$400.0 million in unsecured debt

+ Wildpack Beverage Inc. is on the market to raise $5.0 million in unsecured convertible debt

*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 …

+ Apr. 26; Cocktails and Corsets – FUNdraiser, Heritage Park, Calgary; info/tickets

+ Apr. 26; Winnipeg Real Estate Forum, RBC Convention Centre, Winnipeg; program/register

+ Apr. 27; Tech Talent Canada – Virtual Job Fair; info/register

+ Apr. 28; Calgary Economic Development, Annual Report to the Community, virtual event / register/tickets

+ Apr. 28; IFMA Calgary is back to live events; our next event is at Oxford’s Millennium Tower – April 28th - 3:30-5:30 food/drink/building tour - many thanks to Oxford for hosting us; the event is open to members, past members, new members and anyone interested in learning more about IFMA - GET YOUR TICKET HERE 

+ Apr. 30 PSAC Stars & Spurs Gala – in support of STARS Air Ambulance, info/tickets

+ May 4-6; NORTH51 Conference - RECOMBINATION, Rimrock Hotel, Banff; info/register

+ May 14; Calgary Academy Alumni – 40^th Reunion – register to confirm your place - info/register

+ May 17; Western Canada Apartment Investment Conference, Edmonton Convention Centre; program/register

+ May 17-18; Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, Delta Marriott Regina; save the date/present/attend

+ May 18; Edmonton Real Estate Forum, Edmonton Convention Centre; agenda/register

+ May 22-26; World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland; agenda

+ May 26; Top 7 Over 70 awards gala, Hyatt Regency, Calgary; info/tickets

+ May 30 – June 1; Operational Excellence in Energy, Chemicals & Resources, BMO Centre, Calgary; info/register

+ May 31 – June 2; Peering Over the Horizon; Financial Executives International, Canada – Annual Conference, Banff Springs Hotel, Banff – info/register

+ June 1-3; Inventure$ Conference, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary – in person/virtual, register

+ June 6-9; Canadian Gas Association, Annual Technical Conference 2022 – Find Your Energy!; Toronto Sheraton, Toronto; info/register

+ June 7-9; Global Energy Show, Stampede Park, Calgary; awards nomination, info/registration

+ June 13-15; NeoCon 2022, The Mart, Chicago, info/save the date/register – call for presentations deadline Jan. 17

+ June 21-22; Petrochem Canada Conference, Sarnia, ON; info/register/book space

+ July 8 – 17; Calgary Stampede – the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth; Stampede Park, Calgary – info - tickets

+ Sept. 13-15; BOMEX – Charlottetown 2022, info/register/save the date

+ Sept. 14-15; Oil Sands Conference & Trade Show, Fort McMurray; info/register

+ Sept. 30 – Oct. 2; Calgary FALL HOME SHOW, BMO Centre, Stampede Park, info/book bookings and tickets

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2023

+ Sept. 17-21; 24^th World Petroleum Congress – Energy Transition – the path to Net Zero, info/sponsorship/registration

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

+ ATCO Ltd. entered into 15-year/37MW renewable energy power purchase agreement/Deerfoot solar facility with Microsoft

+ Montem Resources signed MOU with Invest Alberta to establish Ten Mountain Renewable Energy Complex in Crowsnest Pass

+ June 16; CPSG Classic Charity Golf Tournament, Elbow Springs Golf Club; info/register

+ July 21; Rotary Club of Calgary at Stampede Park Kids at Heart Golf Classic– supporting Safe Haven Foundation, Dare to Care, and PREP Society for Down Syndrome; save the date / inquiries

+ Aug. 1-7, Shaw Charity Classic, Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club; info/donate/tickets

+ Aug. 11; Cure Cancer Foundation’s Glenn Anderson day of Golf, Derrick Golf and Country Club, Edmonton; save the date

+ Sept. 13; Oil Sands Charity Golf Classic, Maskanew Golf Course, Fort McMurray; info/register

+ send us your 2022 tournament information – we are happy to post them here

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

+ Aecon Group Inc. published its annual Sustainability Report

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