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FACILITYCalgary May 6/25

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SHAKERS AND MOVERS 
appointments and disappointments 

+ Andre Mousseau to COO & CFO @ Sagicor Financial Corporation

+ Andrew Hay to Head, Global Infrastructure Investments @ RBC Global Asset Management

+ Andy Mah, CEO @ Advantage Energy Ltd., retiring

+ Chad Lundberg to Chief Operating and Sustainability Officer @ Baytex Energy Corp.

+ Dennis Nerland to Counsel @ Moodys Private Client Law LLP

+ Grace Auger to Judge @ Provincial Court of Alberta

+ Graham Halsall to Director, Sustainability & Risk Mgmt. @ ONE Properties

+ Jamil Murji to Director @ Mullen Group Ltd.

+ Jody Denis to Sr. Drilling and Completions Mgr. @ Avanti Energy Inc.

+ Karen Sorenson to Senator @ Government of Canada

+ Mark Huizinga to Program Data Lead @ Cenovus Energy

+ Matthew Kraemer to Partner, National Tax Group @ McCarthy Tetrault

+ Michael Belenkie to CEO @ Advantage Energy Ltd.

+ Michael Keroulle to Pres, Americas Region @ Alstom Power

+ Mike Ashar to Director @ Enbridge Inc.

+ Nicole Ballestrin to CFO @ BlueRush Inc.

+ Ryann Carruthers to Gen. Mgr., Canada @ Afterpay

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 MEMORIAM 

+ Dwayne Hoopfer, retired ATB executive, 67




 HUMAN RESOURCES + WORKPLACE TRENDS 

+ Deloitte’s hybrid return to office model

+ top HR leadership priorities for 2021




CONVERSATIONS

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 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES 

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

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 SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

+ Aug. 13; EXFO Inc. Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

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 SAVE THE DATE - CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENTS 

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+ Aug. 11-12; Priddis Greens Charity Classic in support of the Prostate Cancer Centre, Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club, Priddis – info/register

+ 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. 19; Western Roses CF Golf Tournament, Elbow Springs Golf Course, Calgary; info/register

+ Aug. 19; JFSC – 6th Annual Martin, Staniloff & Thal, Charity Golf Classic, D’Arcy Ranch Golf Club, Okotoks, info/registration/sponsor

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

+ Aug. 26-28; 70th Annual CEEA Forum & Oilmen’s Golf Tournament [keynote speaker, Rex Murphy], Fairmont Banff Springs, info/register

+ 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

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

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 CLIMATE CHANGE + LEED + RENEWABLE ENERGY 

+ Alberta government investing $4.7 million in new farm waste-to-fuel project

+ Government of Canada announced $310.0 thousand in funding for 44 electric vehicle chargers for Calgary and Edmonton

+ TC Energy is switching to green power to run its North American pipelines




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+ GLOBAL ENERGY SHOW   - postponed to Sept. 21-23, 2021; North America's Leading Energy Event, Stampede Park - Calgary, Canada

+ Check out this year’s GLOBAL ENERGY AWARDS winners




 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY + ESG REPORTS 


+ Whitecap Resources Inc. published its 2021 ESG Report

 this week in REITs + TRUSTS  

+ VersaCold Logistics Services closed its acquisition of a portfolio of cold storage  assets from H&R REIT and Crescent Point Real Estate Investments Ltd.

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NEWS SUMMARY 
 July 27 ~ August 3 / 2021 


+ Burstall law office merged with DS Lawyers Canada; now will operate as DS Burstall LLP

+ Calgary Council Derby, City of Calgary 2021 elections; now there are 22  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 and 91 candidates have filed nomination papers for the council’s 14 Ward seats

+ COVID-19 in Alberta current stats

+ CPR’s proposed takeover of KCS gaining momentum

+ Cresta Fund Management agreed to acquired the Come-by-Chance refinery from North Atlantic Refining Ltd., terms not disclosed

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; prices softened as the market adjusts to the OPEC+ group agreeing to raise production …

+ Ensign Energy Services Inc. closed its acquisition of Nabors’ Canadian division for $117.0 million

+ Exchanger Industries Limited acquired HRS Heat Exchangers Ltd.

+ Government of Canada entered into a deal to salvage the Muskrat Falls hydro project; $5.2 billion deal

+ Greenfire Acquisition Corporation agreed to acquire Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited, holder of a 75% interest in Hangingstone site

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

+ Inter Pipeline Ltd. board recommending acceptance of revised Brookfield Infrastructure L.P. $8.6 billion takeover bid; filings of changes to the deal

+ Levitee Labs Inc. acquired three specialized pharmacies in Alberta

+ Nanalysis Scientific Corp. closed its acquisition of One Moon Scientific

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

+ Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. closed its acquisition of Renaissance Oil Corp.

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: down 3 to 488 this week; Canada: up 4 to 153 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ SNC-Lavalin closed the sale of portion of its Resources Oil & Gas Business; terms not disclosed

+ Spartan Delta Corp. agreed to a $743.3 million acquisition of a portfolio of Montney assets




THIS WEEK IN FINANCINGS 
- proposed & closed

+ Air Canada is on the market to raise $7.1 billion in debt

+ Brookfield Asset Management secured US$7.0 billion for its Global Transition Fund

+ Colliers International Group Inc. is on the market to raise $150.0 million in sr. unsecured debt

+ Colliers International Group Inc. is on the market to raise € 125.0 million in sr. unsecured debt

+ Danavision Technologies Corp. is on the market to raise $3.0 million in convertible debt

+ EverGen Infrastructure Corp. is on the market to raise $3.0 million in equity by IPO

+ Equitable Bank is on the market to raise $2.0 billion in debt

+ Exchange Income Corporation closed $143.75 million debt financing

+ Hemisphere Energy Corporation secured $35.0 million credit facility

+ Nanalysis Scientific Corp. is closed an $8.0 million equity raise

+ ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. closed US$11.5 million debt financing

+ Spark RE Technologies closed US$5.0 million cash raise

+ Spartan Delta Corp. is on the market to raise $750.0 million in financings

+ Spectral Medical Inc. closed $10.0 million equity financing

*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 …




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 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

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

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

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

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

+ 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

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

+ 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

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 INTERESTING TRENDS IN INDUSTRIAL + LOGISTICS REAL ESTATE ... 

+ VersaCold Logistics Services closed its acquisition of a portfolio of cold storage  assets from H&R REIT and Crescent Point Real Estate Investments Ltd.

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




 CONSTRUCTION NEWS + BUILDING SERVICES INNOVATIONS 

+ Notre Dame rebuild underway

+ TC Energy in dispute with LNG Canada; could delay Coastal GasLink construction

+ 2026 Olympic Village design work awarded to SOM




 INFRASTRUCTURE + P3 

+ Calgary Flames and City of Calgary finalized terms for the new arena project plan and budget

+ Government of Canada entered into a deal to salvage the Muskrat Falls hydro project; $5.2 billion deal

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




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