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+ Annick Guérard to Director @ National Bank of Canada

+ Ashley Shearer to VP, Client Services @ The Brand Factory

+ Belinda Trembath to COO @ Vail Resorts Inc.

+ Brad Shaw to Director @ Rogers Communications Canada Inc.

+ Brad Treliving, General Manager @ Calgary Flames, stepped down

+ Dasha Enenko to CFO @ Biovaxys Technology Corp.

+ Geoff Smith, Pres. & CEO @ EllisDon Inc., stepping down

+ Glenn Way to Pres. @ GWL Realty Advisors

+ James Robertson to Pres. @ Taza Development Corp.

+ Jon Horsman to Director @ AIMCo

+ Kate Chisholm to Director @ Emissions Reductions Alberta

+ Kevin Carroll to Chief Development Officer @ E3Lithium Ltd.

+ Kieran Hawe to Pres. & CEO @ EllisDon Inc.,

+ Mark Blackwell to Director @ Emissions Reductions Alberta

+ Navdeep Bains to Chief Corporate Affairs Officer @ Rogers Communications Canada Inc.

+ Per Bank to CEO @ Loblaw Companies Ltd.

+ Pierre Pomerleau to Director @ National Bank of Canada

+ Rob Waxman, CFO @ Skyline Investments Inc., leaving the company

+ Trevor English to Director @ Rogers Communications Canada Inc.

~ 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 ]

+ A.I. is changing hiring as well as applying …

+ will A.I. replace employees? .. Robert Half survey

+ will workers quit if ordered back to the office?

+ Accenture and Google Cloud expanding A.I. powered cybersecurity business

+ Apr. 26; AltaGas Ltd., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, hybrid/Calgary

+ Apr. 26; Rogers Communications Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, hybrid/Toronto

+ Apr. 27; Empire Life; Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Kingston - virtual only

+ Apr. 27; Toromont Industries Ltd., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto - virtual only

+ Apr. 28; TransAlta Corporation, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary - virtual only

+ May 2; TC Energy Corporation, Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders, Calgary - virtual only

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

+ May 3; Gibson Energy Inc., Annual General Meeting, hybrid/Calgary

+ May 3; Loblaw Companies Limited, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Brampton

+ May 3; RF Capital Group Inc., Annual General Meeting, Toronto

+ May 3; Vermilion Energy Inc., Annual General Meeting, Calgary – virtual only

+ May 4; AutoCanada Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Edmonton – virtual only

+ May 4; Parkland Corporation,  Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary virtual only

+ May 4; Pason Systems Inc., Annual General Meeting, Calgary virtual only

+ May 4; Spin Master Corp., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto -  virtual only

+ May 4; TransAlta Renewables Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary - virtual only

+ May 8; Quarterhill Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto – virtual only

+ May 9; Chorus Aviation, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Halifax – virtual only

+ May 9; George Weston Limited, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, hybrid/Toronto

+ May 9; Keyera Corp., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary – virtual only

+ May 9; Innergex Renewable Energy Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Longueuil – virtual only

+ May 9; Oncolytics Biotech Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, – virtual only

+ May 9; Pet Valu Holdings Ltd., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, hybrid/Markham,

+ May 10; Boralex Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Montreal - virtual only

+ May 10; iA Financial Group, Annual Meeting, Quebec City

+ May 11; Manulife Financial, Annual Meeting, Toronto

+ May 11; McCoy Global Inc., Annual General and Special Meeting, Edmonton

+ May 11; Precision Drilling Corporation, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ May 12; Montfort Capital Corp., Annual General Meeting, Vancouver

+ May 16; First Capital REIT, Annual and Special Meeting of Unitholders, Toronto

+ May 18; SNC-Lavalin, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Montreal – virtual only

~ Canadian banks and life insurance companies got approval to do their 2023 annual meetings virtually

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

+ Apr. 26; AltaGas Ltd., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, hybrid/Calgary

+ Apr. 26; Rogers Communications Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, hybrid/Toronto

+ Apr. 27; Empire Life; Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Kingston - virtual only

+ Apr. 27; Toromont Industries Ltd., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto - virtual only

+ Apr. 28; TransAlta Corporation, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary - virtual only

+ May 2; TC Energy Corporation, Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders, Calgary - virtual only

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

+ May 3; Gibson Energy Inc., Annual General Meeting, hybrid/Calgary

+ May 3; Loblaw Companies Limited, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Brampton

+ May 3; RF Capital Group Inc., Annual General Meeting, Toronto

+ May 3; Vermilion Energy Inc., Annual General Meeting, Calgary – virtual only

+ May 4; AutoCanada Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Edmonton – virtual only

+ May 4; Parkland Corporation,  Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary virtual only

+ May 4; Pason Systems Inc., Annual General Meeting, Calgary virtual only

+ May 4; Spin Master Corp., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto -  virtual only

+ May 4; TransAlta Renewables Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary - virtual only

+ May 8; Quarterhill Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto – virtual only

+ May 9; Chorus Aviation, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Halifax – virtual only

+ May 9; George Weston Limited, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, hybrid/Toronto

+ May 9; Keyera Corp., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary – virtual only

+ May 9; Innergex Renewable Energy Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Longueuil – virtual only

+ May 9; Oncolytics Biotech Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, – virtual only

+ May 9; Pet Valu Holdings Ltd., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, hybrid/Markham,

+ May 10; Boralex Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Montreal - virtual only

+ May 10; iA Financial Group, Annual Meeting, Quebec City

+ May 11; Manulife Financial, Annual Meeting, Toronto

+ May 11; McCoy Global Inc., Annual General and Special Meeting, Edmonton

+ May 11; Precision Drilling Corporation, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ May 12; Montfort Capital Corp., Annual General Meeting, Vancouver

+ May 16; First Capital REIT, Annual and Special Meeting of Unitholders, Toronto

+ May 18; SNC-Lavalin, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Montreal – virtual only

~ Canadian banks and life insurance companies got approval to do their 2023 annual meetings virtually

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

Our IFMA Calendar - save these dates for facility tours + networking events coming in 2023:

April 27 - ATCO headquarters 

June 21 - IFMA Golf Tournament - Lynx Ridge golf club / save  the date 

Registration via our Events Page - click here

+ to Alberta Business Hall of Fame inductees – Lou MacEachern, Arlene Dickinson, Ron Mathison

+ Energy Council of Canada’s Q1 Newsletter

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+ Bed Bath & Beyond – and bankrupt; Chapter 11 proceedings have begun, 500+ locations involved; closing sale announcements expected this week – though the company is seeking an auction of assets; earlier disconnection between the U.S. company and Canadian subsidiary remains not clear … and HBC’s involvement BB&B’s attempts to finance their way out of trouble in recent months indicate they ownership of BB&B brand in Canada might have a different future … tik tok

+ Canadian North merger with First Air got Transport Canada’s approval

+ City of Calgary is proposing to annex 400 acres from Foothills County; feedback is sought till May 11

+ City of Calgary approved 5 more office buildings to be subsidized for converting to residential

+ Classic Fire + Life Safety expanding to Western Canada; Kelowna and Calgary

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI @ US$78/bbl, Brent @ US$82/bbl;

+ Energy Council of Canada’s Q1 Newsletter

+ FACILITYCalgary, a sponsor-supported FREE weekly newsletter; published every Tuesday morning at 6:00 AM (MDT); focused on oil & gas, finance and real estate industry news; click here to sign up – please tell your colleagues and friends, or sign them up …

+ IFMA Calgary Chapter – April 27^th – 3:30 – 6:00PM – tour and networking event – ATCO Frontec campus tour;  info/register

+ IFMA Calgary Chapter announced its annual golf tournament will be held June 21^st @ Lynx Ridge – after a pandemic pause, returns this year, sponsorship sales are ‘open’, golfer registration commences March 29^th

+ Imperial Oil’s  Kearl tailings pond leak remains in the news as the federal government digs deeper; CEO testifies ; Energy Regulator CEO testifies and apologizes too …

+ MONDAY MORNING MINUTE is now at Substack; get a weekly inspiration message and a selected quote in your in-box weekly; check out the new format; click here to sign up,  click here to this week’s message (April 17)

+ reader contributions: always welcome. Please forward comments, news items, and company appointment announcements; if there you have we’ve missed, send it to kolke@facilitycalgary.com

+ R.E.I.T.rag – a new publication from Mark Kolke/Plandflex Corporation; will report on REIT activity in a monthly format; sign up get on our mailing list

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: up 5 to 753 this week; Canada: down 6 to 105 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. acquired the Canadian operations of Casper Sleep Inc.; deal terms

+ Tax filings – hints / tips / links / contacts  for filing your 2022 returns – notice from CRA

+ Tax warning … something new for 2022 returns, with significant wallet-pain if you don’t file correctly; check this post on the ‘Underused Housing Tax’ outlining what to do, what to avoid, and how to comply with NEW rule concerning your property holdings. For questions/wayfinding, connect with National Indirect Tax Leader here in Calgary, David Crawford; or other relevant tips/links: for contractors, commodity taxes, business owners, U.S. properties, and timely right now- pricing of accounting and tax services – thanks to the gang at Achen Henderson

+ Tourmaline Oil Corp. and Clean Energy Fuel Corp. formed a $70.0 million JV to establish Compressed Natural Gas refuelling stations

+ Albert Labs International Corp. is on the market to raise $3.0 million by private placement

+ Horizon Copper Corp. closed $6.7 million equity raise by private placement

+ International Battery Metals Ltd. is on the market to raise US$5.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Kepler Communications Inc. closed US$92.0 million equity rase

+ Nanalysis Scientific Corp. is on the market to raise $3.5 million in equity by private placement

+ Northstar Clean Technologies Inc. closed $2.73 million equity raise by private placement

+ Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT is on the market to raise $75.0 million in convertible debt

+ Potentia Renewables  and Greengate Power Corp. closed $250.0 million funding round

+ Progressive Planet Solutions is on the market to raise $1.0 million equity raise by private placement

+ Sirona Biochem Corp. closed $1.56 million debt financing

editor’s note: names of 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. 25-27; Canadian Hydrogen Convention - , Edmonton Convention Centre; details/register

+ Apr. 26; 2023 Canadian Hydrogen Convention Awards, Edmonton Convention Centre, Edmonton; awards program

+ Apr. 27; IFMA Calgary: 3:30 – 6:00PM – tour and networking event – ATCO Frontec campus tour;  info/register

+ May 2-3; Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, Regina; info / register

+ May 4; Edmonton Real Estate Forum, Edmonton Convention Centre, Edmonton; info/register

+ May 9-11; Canada Ga & LNG Exhibition & Conference, Vancouver Convention Center; info/register

+ May 10; Southwest Ontario Real Estate Forum, Kitchener/Waterloo; agenda / register

+ May 17; Classroom Champions, Champion Chats 2023 – fundraiser/luncheon, Hyatt Regency, Calgary; info/book tables

+ May 31-June 1; Inventures Canada Conference, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary; registration/tickets

+ June 2-4; Writer’s Guild of Alberta Annual Conference: Origins, Fort Calgary – info/register

+ June 6-7; Global Energy Transition 2023, New York, NY; agenda, information/register

+ June 6-8; 10^th Operational Excellence in Energy, Chemicals & Resources Summit, Calgary – agenda/ info/register

+ June 7-8; Global Energy Transition 2023. New York; info/register

+ June 12-14; NeoCon 2023 – THE MART, Chicago – keynotes announced

+ June 13-15; Global Energy Show, Calgary – save the date

+ June 20-21; PetroChem Canada - East, Progressive Auto Sales Arena, Sarnia; info / register

+ June 21; Technology and Indigenous Development Summit, Metro Toronto Convention Centre; info/register

+ Sept. 13-14; Oil Sands Conference (Shell Place) & Trade Show (Suncor Community Leisure Centre) , Fort McMurray; conference / trade show

+ Sept. 17-21; 24^th World Petroleum Congress; Energy Transitions – the path to Net Zero, BMO Centre, Stampede Park / registration; early bird registration is open

+ Sept. 26-28; BOMEX Edmonton 2023; JW Marriott/Ice District, Edmonton; details/registration open

+ Oct. 18-19; BUILDEX Alberta, 20-24; Calgary – save the date

+ Nov. 1-2; Supply Change, Conference & Expo, Westin Airport, Calgary; info / register

+ Nov. 7-8; Canadian Aerospace Summit, Ottawa - save the date

+ Nov. 14-15; Oilfield Electrification Technology Conference, Hyatt Houston West, Houston; register, submit abstracts

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+ Oct. 20-24; Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT), Telus Convention Centre, Calgary – save the date

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

+ Aecon Group Inc. released its annual Sustainability Report

+ Tidewater Renewables Ltd. published its inaugural ESG Report

+ Bed Bath & Beyond – and bankrupt; Chapter 11 proceedings have begun, 500+ locations involved; closing sale announcements expected this week – though the company is seeking an auction of assets; earlier disconnection between the U.S. company and Canadian subsidiary remains not clear … and HBC’s involvement BB&B’s attempts to finance their way out of trouble in recent months indicate they ownership of BB&B brand in Canada might have a different future … tik tok

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