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 SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

+ Dec. 3; Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., Special Meeting of Securityholders, Denver

+ Dec. 10; Donnebrook Energy Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ Dec. 12; Sterling Resources Inc., Bondholder Meeting, Calgary

+ Jan. 14; Nav Canada, Annual Meeting of Members, Ottawa

+ May 7; Lundin Petroleum AB, Annual General Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden

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 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

+ Dec. 3-4; Real Estate Forum, Metro Toronto Convention Centre; info/registration

+ Dec. 9-10; Facilities Design SAGD2014, BMO Centre, Calgary; info/register

+ Dec. 9-10; Crude By Rail Canada, Safety Summit, Calgary;  info/registration

+ April 9; Vancouver Real Estate Forum , Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver

+ May 14; Edmonton Real Estate Forum , Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton

+ May 24-27; Banff Compass 2105; Association of Fundraising Professionals, Banff

+ July 3-12; Calgary Stampede 2015 - tickets now on sale
 
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SHAKERS AND MOVERS moving, retired, resigned, died or got the boot:

+ Bobby Anand to Sr. Managing Dir. @ Bridging Finance Inc.

+ Charyl Galpin to Head, Private Client Div. @ BMO Financial Group

+ Darryl White to CEO & Group Head @ BMO Capital Markets

+ John Barkhouse to Pres. & CEO @ Newalta

+ John Hughes to National Leader, Private Enterprise @ MNP LLP

+ Karen Sheriff to Pres. & CEO @ Q9 Networks Inc.

+ Kelly Pawlik to VP Leasing, Edmonton @ WAM Development Group

+ Ken Neufeld to Pres. & CEO @ Tundra Oil & Gas Limited

+ Luke Seabrook to Head, Global Trading Products @ BMO Financial Group

+ Michael Lynds to Head of Product and Business Solutions @ IRESS Canada Holdings Ltd.

+ Michaelle Jean to Secretary-General @ International Organization of Francophone Nations (la Francophonie)

+ Pat Cronin to Pres. & COO @ BMO Capital Markets

+ Perry Hoffmeister to Head, Global Investment & Corporate Banking @ BMO Financial Group

+ Peter Burgener, founding partner @ BKDI Architects, died

+ Peter Simpson to VP Valuation, Risk Analytics @ Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

+ Roy Gori to Pres. & CEO Manulife Asia @ Manulife Financial Corporation

+ Sharon Haward-Laird to Head, Corp. Communications & Investor Relations @ BMO Financial Group

+ Suzanne Côté to Justice @ Supreme Court of Canada

+ Todd Mattina to Chief Economist and Strategist @ Mackenzie Financial Corporation

 

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BOARDROOM changes, purges, appointments etc.

+ Bonnie DuPont, Director @ SilverWillow Energy Corporation, resigned

+ Brian Bentz, Director @ Trinidad Drilling Ltd., stepped down

+ Dr. Heather Monroe-Blum to Chair @ Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

+ Gabrielle Richards to Chairman @ Canadian Tax Foundation

+ Greg Turnbull, Director @ Sunshine Oilsands Ltd., reisgned

+ Hong Luo to Director @ Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.

+ Ken Stephenson, Director @ Calvalley Petroleum Inc., resigned

+ Michael Hibberd to Vice-Chair @ Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.

+ Michael Rapps, Director @ Spyglass Resources Corp., resigned

+ Ronald Netolitzky, Director @ Golden Band Resources Inc., resigned

+ Sara Grootwassink Lewis to Director @ Sun Life Financial Inc.

+ Tingan Liu to Chairman @ Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.




INTERESTING REAL ESTATE NEWS, other places


+ Delta Hotels and Resorts opened the new Delta Toronto; 567 rooms, 40 storey, 17,000 sq. ft. meeting facility

+ Firm Capital Property Trust closed its $11.2 million acquisition of 50% interest in 135 unit multi-res complex in Ottawa




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CONVERSATIONS

Mark Kolke interviews interesting people. He seeks a glimpse of what drives them, how they see the world and what they see in Calgary's future:
This week's conversation with Bruce Graham , Pres. & CEO @ Calgary Economic Development
 
Last week's conversation with Nancy Rosychuk , Owner of NV Fashions
 
 
 
 
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 this week in REITS 


+ American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP closed its US$41 million acquisition of North Carolina and Florida properties (4 hotels)

+ NorthWest International Healthcare Properties REIT closed $30,001,100 equity financing




 KUDOS

+ to WestJet … Blue Santa and: WestJet Christmas Miracle: Spirit of Giving

+ to TSX Venture Exchanges, celebrating its 15th Anniversary




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 TODAY'S HEADLINES


AltaLink $3.1 billion sale closed | Bell acquiring Glentel | oil prices at 5-year low |Stampeders win Grey Cup | TransCanada changing Quebec plan for Energy East Pipeline | WestJet miracle gift | Bruce Graham interview | upcoming events & corp. meetings | financings + executive appointments >>>>




NEWS SUMMARY 
 Nov. 25 - Dec. 2 


+ Artisan Energy Corporation closed its acquisition of MOGL Corp. and Spur Energy Corp.

+ ATB Financial – THE OWL … Daily Economic Comment

+ Bank of Canada will make an announcement on interest rates tomorrow, Dec. 3

+ BCE Inc. agreed to acquire Glentel Inc. for $670 million

+ Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. closed $118 million acquisition of Alder Flats properties

+ Bellatrix Exploration cut its 2015 CapEx budget by $50 million due to slumping oil prices

+ Calgary City Council budget meetings concluding; tax increase for 2015 pegged at 4.5%

+ Calgary Stampeders won the 102nd Grey Cup (20-16) over the Hamilton Tiger Cats; celebration at Olympic Plaza today at noon

+ Carillion plc agreed to acquire a 60% interest in Rokstad Power Corporation

+ Connacher Oil and Gas Limited engaged advisors to review capital structure

+ current energy prices: live link to Bloomberg.com commodities data ; supply glut and trader caution pushed crude to 4-year lows after OPEC members announced they will not be cutting production, with some up-tick as shale producers react to low prices; also, Russian Ruble tumbles as oil price fell more on Monday

+ Enbridge Inc. closed its acquisition  of 80% interest in two U.S. wind farms from E.ON for US$650 million

+ Hyduke Energy Services Inc. closed its acquisition of Thunder & Lightning Welding Ltd.

+ Informal plc acquired Hanley Wood Exhibition’s portfolio: 17 design, construction and real estate shows

+ OPEC meetings ended without agreement to cut production, sending crude prices worldwide into a deeper slump, much to the chagrin of high-cost shale oil producers and Russia whose economy and currency is struggling

+ Packers Plus Energy Services acquired ReTex Energy Products LLC

+ PBA Land Development Ltd. announced it will develop a 25-storey, 120 room hotel and 180 extended stay suites on 5ht Ave. SW; to open end of 2017

+ Pembina Pipeline Corporation announced its 2015 CapEx Budget is $1.9 billion

+ Pembina Pipeline Corporation announced it plans a $105 million gas processing plant at Musreau

+ Penn West Petroleum Ltd. closed its $355 million sale of south central Alberta non-core assets

+ Petroamerica Oil Corp. adopted a shareholders rights plan

+ Questerre Energy Corporation closed the sale of its South Antler property for $7 million

+ Roche Ltd. acquired STONE Oil & Gas

+ TransCanada Corporation says it is ‘standing down’ from work on its Cacouna oil terminal in eastern Quebec (end point of Energy East pipeline project) over concerns the project will adversely impact Beluga habitat in the St. Lawrence River

+ TransCanada Corporation’s Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project got its environmental assessment certificate

+ SNC-Lavalin got regulatory approval for and closed its $3.1 billion sale of AltaLink to Berkshire Hathaway Energy

+ Spectra Energy’s Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission Project got its environmental assessment certificate

+ Spyglass Resources Corp. agreed to sell its Red Earth assets for $12.3 million

+ Stuart Olson Inc. agreed to acquire Studon Electric & Controls Inc. for $76.2 million

+ Toro Oil & Gas Ltd. agreed to acquire a portfolio of Viking area assets for $25 million

+ Weatherford International Plc agreed to sell its chemicals and drilling fluids divisions to Berkshire Hathaway’s Lubrizol Corp. for US$750 million

+ Zargon Oil & Gas Ltd. agreed to sell its Hamilton Lake property for $25 million



 INFRASTRUCTURE / P3 / GREEN


+ Calgary Flames say the search for a new arena site is down to 3-4 options; meanwhile Mayor Nenshi went on record saying ‘no money’ from the City … this melodrama has just begun .. tic toc

+ Enbridge Inc. closed its acquisition of 80% interest in two U.S. wind farms from E.ON for US$650 million

+ John Laing Infrastructure Fund made a US$1.56 billion offer for Bafour Beatty’s P3 portfolio

+ Trillium Health Partners and Infrastructure Ontario awarded $102.7 million contract for 187,000 sq. ft. renovation project to Walsh Canada 

+ University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Infrastructure Ontario awarded $135 million renovation contract to PCL Constructors Canada Inc.; 146,000 sq. ft. of new space, 60,000 sq. ft. to be renovated




FINANCINGS - proposed & closed

+ Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. secured $725 million credit facility

+ Blackbird Energy Inc. is on the market to raise $7.3 million

+ Husky Energy Inc. is on the market to raise $250 million by a preferred share offering

+ Killam Properties Inc. closed $46.1 million equity financing

+ Manulife Financial Corporation is on the market to raise $250 million by a preferred share issue

+ Manufacturers Life Insurance Company is on the market to raise $500 million in sub. Debt

+ Northquest Ltd. closed $1, 569,000 common shares issues

+ NorthWest International Healthcare Properties REIT closed $30,001,100 equity financing

+ Tuscany Energy Ltd. closed final $620,000 tranche of its equity financing


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