+ Alan Gaines to Director @ Exro Technologies Inc.

+ Ann Kirker to Justice @ Court of Appeal of Alberta

+ Bernette Ho to Justice @ Court of Appeal of Alberta

+ Colin Feasby to Justice @ Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta

+ Darin Rayburn, Pres. & CEO @ Melcor Developments and Melcor REIT, retiring

+ Eleanor Funk to Justice @ Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta

+ Leonard Van Betuw to Director, Pres. & CEO @ Petro Viking Energy Inc.

+ Mike Walton to Pres. & CEO @ Rogers Sugar Inc.

+ Morgan Haley to Mgr., Graduate Student Experience, Haskayne School of Business @ University of Calgary

+ Peter Hunter to CFO @ Field Effect

+ Pierre Miron to Exec. VP & Chief Transformation Officer @ iA Financial Group

+ Richard Yoon to Pres. & CEO @ Redline Communications Group Inc.

+ Sarah Fedorchuk to Board Chair @ Fertlizer Canada

+ Simon Dean to Director @ Unreserved.com

~ 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 ]

+ Dennis DeChamplain, CA, Exec. VP & CFO @ Canadian Utilities/ATCO Ltd.; 57

+ is work from home more productive?

+ returning to work – some employers requiring vaccination; RBC takes a stand

+ 56% of Canadian managers want employees fully back in the office

+ Aug. 26; Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc., Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ Sept. 2; XORTX Therapeutics Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary and virtual

+ Sept. 3; Kansas City Southern, Special Stockholders Meeting/merger decision, Kansas City

+ Sept. 23; Calgary Council of Voluntary Organizations, virtual-only

+ Oct. 5;  Equitable Group Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

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

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

+ Sept. 8; Hol ‘n Fun Charity Golf Tournament in support of Calgary Police Youth Foundation; information/register

+ Sept. 9; Kerby Centre Charity Classic, Carmoney Golf Club, Calgary; info/registration

+ Sept. 13; 65 Roses Ladies Golf Classic, Earl Grey Golf Club, Calgary; info; registration golfers/teams

+ Sept. 22; CAOEC Golf Tournament, Elbow Springs Golf Club, Calgary; info/sponsor - register

+ September 27; Calgary Academy 40^th Celebration Golf Tournament, Bearspaw Golf Club; info/register

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

+ Concert-Bird Partners, a consortium comprised of Bird Capital Limited Partnership, Bird Design-Build Construction Inc., Concert Infrastructure Ltd., Ainsworth Inc., BR2 Architecture and Wright Construction Western Inc., selected by Alberta Infrastructure as preferred proponent for the Design, Build, Finance, and Maintain (DBFM) contract for five Alberta high schools

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

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+ Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP won the bidding/negotiation battle over Pembina Pipeline; shareholders support $8.6 billion takeover of Inter Pipeline Ltd.; Pembina retreated and go away with a $350.0 million termination fee

+ Calgary Council races; City of Calgary 2021 elections; now there are 25  candidates running for mayor: Ian Chaing, Jan Damery,  Jeromy Farkas, Brad Field, Emile Gabriel, Jyoti Gondek, Larry Heather, Dean Hopkins, Kevin Johnston, Zane Novak, Teddy Ogbonna, Sunny Singh, Shaoli Wang,  Grace Yan, Zac Hartley, Grant Prior, Jeff Davidson, David oZone Clark., Paul Michael Hallelujah, Mizanur Rahman, Zaheed Khan, Will Visor, Corey Lanterman, Geoff Rainey, Virginia Stone and 95 candidates have filed nomination papers for the council’s 14 Ward seats

+ Cococo Chocolatiers Inc. placed in receivership; Deloitte appointed receiver

+ COVID-19 in Alberta current stats [ 7,777 active cases]– new cases ticking up, 4^th wave concerns are being raised - no change yet in government plan; case spikes (1,972 new cases in Alberta in the last three days)

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; crude prices slumped last week, now coming back – volatility attributed to global COVID cases spiking and reduced global demand concerns …

+ Distinction Energy Corp. and Kiwetinohk Resources Corp. completed their combination; will operated as Kiwetinohk Energy Corp.

+ GFL Environmental Inc. closed its acquistion of Terrapture Environmental Ltd.

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

+ i3 Energy plc closed its $65.0 million acquisition of central Alberta assets from Cenovus Energy Inc.

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

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: up 3 to 503 this week; Canada: down 8 to 156 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Surge Energy Inc. closed $160.0 million SE Saskatchewan acquisition of light oil assets

+ THIRD ACTion Film Festival is running, in conjunction with RaffleBox – a 50/50 fundraiser – click here to participate – help us raise funds!

+ Woodside Petroleum agreed to acquire BHP Group’s petroleum business unit; terms not disclosed ~ merger will make Woodside a top 10 among independents with enterprise value of US$28.0 billion

+ Baylin Technologies Inc. is on the market to raise $15.0 million in equity

+ BuildDirect.com Technologies Inc. closed $20.5 million equity raise by private placement

+ Danavation Technologies Corp. is on the market to raise $3.85 million in convertible debt by private placement

+ FIX4Capital closed $7.2 million funding

+ Haivision Systems Inc. secured $35.0 million credit facility

+ Nexus REIT closed a $112.1 million equity raise

+ ProMIS Neurosciences Inc. is on the market to raise US$17.5 million in equity

+ Spartan Delta Corp. closed $150.0 million equity raise

+ Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Renewables Ltd. closed $150.0 million equity raise by IPO

*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 …

+ 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. 15-16; Oil Sands Conference & Trade Show, Fort McMurray; program -  info/register

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

+ Sept. 22-23; Canadian Apartment Investment Conference, online/virtual – info/registration

+ Sept. 22-24; CREC Live - Consumer Real Estate Canada Conference, Carriage House, Calgary; info/register

+ Sept. 28-29; RealREIT 2021 – REIT Conference, online/virtual – info/registration

+ Sept. 30-Oct. 3; Calgary Fall Home Show, Stampede Park, Calgary, info/book a booth

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

+ Oct. 20 -21; Calgary Real Estate Forum, virtual format; agenda/register

+ Oct. 20-21; BOMEX Virtual 2021, The New Normal?, annual conference; info/register

+ Nov. 5; 7^th Annual Peter Burgener Charity Concert for Classrooms with Barney Bentall and the Cariboo Express, Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal University; save the date

+ Nov. 9-10; ISA, Calgary Show – Expo & Conference, Telus Convention Centre, Calgary; save the date / submit a paper (deadline is June 7) / conference brochure/register

+ 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

+ Apr. 6-8; Economic Developers of Alberta – EDA Experience 2022, Pomery Kananaskis Moutain Lodge, Kananaskis; info/partner/call for presenters

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

+ construction lien issues – Ontario’s trends/lessons learned

+ construction projects late and over budget

+ new safety regulations for boom lifts