+ Alan MacKenzie, Pres. @ Triovest, resigned

+ Alan MacKenize to CEO, Canadian Markets @ JLL

+ Andrew Foster to Associate @ Stikeman Elliott LLP

+ Anne McGrath to Associate, Ottawa @ Hill + Knowlton Strategies

+ Anthony Jackson to Sr. Advisor, Talent Acquisition @ Cenovus Energy

+ Brad Wall to Director @ Whitecap Resources Inc.

+ Brenda Beckedorf to Exec. Dir. @ Alberta IoT

+ Catherine (Kay) Best, Director @ AltaGas Ltd., retired

+ Chelsea Balsdon to Marketing Mgr. @ Forward Level Marketing

+ Darren Battersby to CFO @ Venzee Technologies Inc.

+ David Duckworth to City Manager @ City of Calgary

+ Elise Jordan to Director @ Waste Connections Inc.

+ Gitane De Silva to Special Advisor, Alberta Energy @ Government of Alberta

+ Greg Dilworth to VP & CFO, Group Retirement Services @ Sun Life Financial

+ Ilma Ozeliene to Exec. Assistant to VP Internal Audit and Internal Controls @ ATCO Group

+ John Flint, CEO @ HSBC, ‘ousted’

+ Joseph Kirk to Pres. @ Govan Brown

+ Juan Carlos Salazar to Director @ ARROW Exploration Corp.

+ Kent Rupert, Exec. Director, Economic Development @ City of Airdrie, resigned

+ Kent Rupert to Exec. Director @ Blue Zones Project

+ Kim Edwards to Pres. & CEO @ Panda Flowers Canada Inc.

+ Mark Behrman, CFO @ Delphi Energy Corp., left the company

+ Mary Swaffield to Exec. Director @ Alberta Mortgage Brokers Association

+ Max Morin to Recruitment Consultant @ Recruitment Partners Inc.

+ Melinda Lee, Director @ The Second Cup Ltd., stepped down

+ Melinda Lee to Strategic Acquisition Consultant @ The Second Cup Ltd.

+ Mike Backus to VP Operations and Dev. @ Painted Pony Energy Ltd.

+ Nick Hann, Head of Investments @ Canada Infrastructure Bank, resigned

+ Paul Phelan, Director @ The Second Cup Ltd., stepped down

+ Paul Sandhu to Pres. & CEO @ Marret Asset Management

+ Rob Taylor to Director @ Hardwoods Distribution Inc.

+ Robin Joshua to Pres @ Echelon Insurance

+ Ryan Zahara to Partner @ MLT Aikins LLP

+ Stephen Kelly to Director @ The Second Cup Ltd.

+ Savio Chiu, Director @ H-Source Holdings Ltd., resigned

+ Valerie Devine to Sales Specialist @ Rubi/Icon Stone & Tile

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+ Deepak Obhrai; long-serving and distinguished MP for Calgary Forest Lawn; 69

+ Rod Thomas, long term Gen. Mgr. @ Calgary Petroleum Club, foody, friend; 63

+ Stephen Liskowich, optometrist, pride of Bienfait; 78

+ rethinking to-do lists

+ what do you want to hire, cogs or linchpins?

+ why office jobs may be making people fat

+ True empathy requires that you step outside your own emotion to view things entirely from the perspective of the other person. - unknown

+ Instead of looking at the gap between where you are and where you want to be, stop for a moment and look behind you at how far you’ve come and the small goals you’ve achieved. – Orly Wahba

+ Aug. 6; Echelon Financial Holdings Inc., Annual General Meeting, Toronto

+ Aug 6; GMP Capital Inc., Meeting of Common Shareholders, Toronto

+ Aug. 16; Street Capital Group Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Aug. 21; The Wawanesa Life Insurance Company, Special Meeting of Shareholders and Policyholders, Winnipeg

+ Aug. 23; theScore Inc., Shareholder Meeting, Toronto

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+ July, 2018 – hottest month in recorded history

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+ Calgary City Council and Calgary Flames ownership’s deal for a new arena got approved; $580.0 million arena and even facility to be built on site adjacent to Saddledome. Deal details and design process underway – 19,000 seat arena will be under a 35 year lease – capital costs to be divided 50/50; Calgary Municipal Land Corp. will oversee the construction process expected to commence in 2021, puck-drop in 2024

+ Canadian mergers and acquisitions market; PWC midyear report shows US$73 billion so far …

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; crude prices down on reduced demand and concerns over U.S-China trade war impacts …

+ GOA hired Claudia Cattaneo to develop a strategic plan for fighting-back against energy critics

+ GOA set up two panels to cut regulatory red tape; one for oil & gas and one for hospitality & tourism

+ GOA delaying post-secondary financing application (software upgrade is the story …)

+ GOA freezing investor tax credit program that helps small businesses access capital … tic toc

+ Hillcore Group closed its acquisition of Treeline Well Services Inc.

+ Paramount Resources Ltd. closed its $470.0 million sale of its Karr 6-19 Natural Gas Facility

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – U.S.: down 4 to 942 this week; Canada: up 10 to 137 this week; full breakdown

+ Shaw Communications Inc. agree to sell its Calgary-1 data centre to eStruxture Data Centeres; terms not disclosed

+ Shell Offshore Inc. closed the sale of its GOM Caesar-Tonga asset to Equinor ASA for US$965.0 million

+ Spark Power Group Inc. acquired 3-Phase Electrical Ltd.

+ TC Energy Inc. agreed to sell its interest in three Ontario (Halton Hills, Napanee and Portlands) gas-fired power plants for $2.87 billion to Ontario Power Generation

+ U.S. Federal Reserve lowered rates by 25-basis points (1/4 of 1%)

+ U.S. stock markets dove yesterday over devaluation of the Yuan and fallout from the China-U.S. trade war; Canadian markets were closed for the August civic holiday

+ Value Creation Group announced it will expand the size/scope of its Heartland Upgrader Refinery; 188 kbpd

+ Calgary city council approved an 11-point plan for advancement of the GreenLine LRT; no stall, but more deliberate oversite … tic toc

+ Canada Infrastructure Bank signed a deal with Lulu Island Energy Company relating to a planned district energy expansion project

+ National Capital Commission engaged a firm to handle the master planning role for development of the LeBreton Flats project in Ottawa: O2 Planning + Design won the mandate

+ TC Energy Inc. agreed to sell its interest in three Ontario (Halton Hills, Napanee and Portlands) gas-fired power plants for $2.87 billion

+ TransAlta Corporation and Capital Power Corporation completed an asset swap transaction to align ownership of Keephills and Genessee projects; TransAlta will have 100% of Keephills 3 and Capital Power will own 100% of Genesee 3; Capital will pay TransAlta $10.0 million

+ No. 1 loo; best washrooms in Canada – short list of 5 finalists; kudos to Beaverhill Shell in Lac La Biche for making the shortlist

+ could we re-ice the arctic? … some architects think so

+ Dialog was recognized by a 2019 International Architecture Award in the bridges and infrastructure category for its Edmonton Funicular project

+ Hudson’s Bay Company drama continues; management led takeover bid (Baker Group) vs. a rival (Catalyst Capital Group) vie for the board of directors decision … tic toc

+ Sobeys to eliminate plastic bags by end of January 2020; Calgary Co-op is doing a similar phase out, only sooner … Aug. 19

+ CAP REIT expanding its holdings in the Netherlands; they agreed to acquire 18 buildings/ 942 units for $239.83 million

+ NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT closed $172.6 million equity financing

+ Invesque Inc. closed its US$285.4 million acquisition of Commonwealth Senior Living LLC (17 properties / 1,205 units)