+ Ian McPhee, Director @ NexJ Systems Inc., retired

+ Jack Tasse to CFO @ Trez Capital Senior Mortgage Investment Corporation

+ Jordan Kupinsky to CEO @ Trez Capital Senior Mortgage Investment Corporation

+ Pradeep Thummala to Sr. Engineer – Traffic @ Parsons Corporation

+ Vice-Admiral Art McDonald to Chief of Defence Staff @ Government of Canada

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+ Jeanne Lougheed, arts advocate, premier’s wife, mother, outstanding Calgarian and Albertan; 92

+ Amazon Canada program to support persons with disabilities

+ making work work for women

+ temporary layoff strategies

Jan. 4-7; FemPreneurs – Leadership & Marketing Conference, info/register

+ Jan. 26; Calgary Real Estate Board, Annual Forecast 2021 [virtual event], Calgary, info/tickets

+ Feb. 9-11; Egypt Petroleum Show, Egypt International Exhibition Center, Cairo, Egypt; info/register/call for papers

+ Feb. 23-24; 20^th Annual RealCapital Conference (being held virtually), info/sponsors/speakers

+ May 12-13; Business Transitions Forum, Westin Edmonton; info/registration

+ May 13-16; Word Economic Forum, Special Annual Meeting 2021 (postponed and moved from Davos), Singapore;

+ May 31 – June 1; Egypt Petroleum Show, Cairo, Egypt; info/registration

+ June 6-18; CERI 2021 Petrochemical Conference, Kananaskis Mountain Lodge; program; sign up/register

+ June 22-23; Petrochem Canada, Sunbridge Hotel & Convention Centre, Saria; info/registration

+ July 23 – Aug. 8; Tokyo Olympics – 2021 Summer Games

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

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

+ 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

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+ please send us your 2021 events

+ Aug. 11-15; Shaw Charity Classic – PGA Champions Tour Event, Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club, info/website

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+ Alberta COVID-19 stats: 1,002 deaths to date, 15,487 active cases of 98,269 confirmed cases to date: aggregate Alberta data – currently, 878 Albertans are in the hospital with COVID-19, and 148 of those are in intensive care units – 1,643,096 tests have been administered to Albertans so far …

+ Alberta instituted new restrictions effective immediately on December 8^th; with the balance of measures taking effect at midnight December 13^th; it’s masks, stay home, closing or severely limiting or closing many business operations

+ ABTraceTogether – get the APP; GOA app is being questioned as to its effectiveness (it needs to be running all the time); Kenny government resisting adoption of the Federal Gov’t COVID tracing app

+ Caldwell Partners International Inc. agreed to acquire IQTalent Partners; terms not disclosed

+ Converge Technology Solutions Corp. growing again, acquired VIvvo Application Studios Ltd.

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; crude steady above U$47/bbl for WTI, Brent is over US$51/bbl …

+ Genworth MI Canada Inc., o/a Sagen MI Canada, shareholders approved the takeover by Brookfield Business Partners LP

+ Global Energy Show re-scheduled; new dates September 21-23, 2029 – Stampede Park

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

+ hydrogen continues to make news: Questerre project, + Canada – government released its Hydrogen Strategy for Canada – Osler paper summarizes it well

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

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: up 2 to 348 this week; Canada: down 20 to 82 this week; full breakdown

+ Rosneft announced it acquired rights to Taymyr peninsula Russian Arctic oilfield from its former CEO – terms not disclosed; media reports suggest it has US$5.0 billion value

+ Shawcor Ltd. closed the sale of its Pipeline Performance Products for US$91.5 million to Seal For Life Industries

+ Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. closed its $80.0 million sale of a royalty portfolio to Topaz Energy Corp.

+ Cache Exploration Inc. closed $1.3 million first-tranche of an equity raise by private placement

+ Cognetivity Neurosciences Ltd. closed $2.695 million equity financing by private placement

+ Engine Media Holdings Inc. is on the market to raise US$25.0 million in equity by private placement

+ ESE Entertainment Inc. closed $3.047 million equity financing by private placement

+ Gibson Energy Inc. closed $250.0 million sub. debt financing

+ GLF Environmental Inc. closed US$750.0 million sr. secured debt financing

+ Greenspace Brands Inc. closed $7.5 million equity financing by private placement

+ IsoEnergy Ltd. closed $4.0 million equity raise by private placement

+ LXRandCo.Inc. closed $7.5 million equity financing by private placement

+ Royal Helium Ltd. closed $6.15 million equity financing by private placement

+ SLE Synergy Ltd. closed $2.579 million equity financing by private placement

+ Summit Industrial Income REIT closed $200.0 million sr. unsecured debt financing

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*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 …

+ Jan. 4; Canaccord Genuity Growth II Corp. Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto CANCELLED

+ Jan. 12; Alberta Real Estate Association, Annual General Meeting, Edmonton

+ Feb. 8; Interlapse Technologies Corp., Annual General and Extraordinary Meeting, Vancouver

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+ Lafarge Canada is now offering ECOPact carbon-reduced concrete; cuts emissions by 30-70%

+ Pomerleau won $42.0 million contract to build a Parks Canada artifact storage facility to be built in Gatineau

+ Ward Bros. to redevelop Lethbridge Exhibition Park

+ Manulife Investment Management published is 2019 Sustainable and Responsible Investing Report

+ Canadian Pacific closed its US$312.0 million acquisition of the Detroit River Rail Tunnel

+ Lafarge Canada is now offering ECOPact carbon-reduced concrete; cuts emissions by 30-70%

+ Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength. – Sigmund Freud

+ Caring about others is what makes you a decent human being personally and professionally and makes life worth living for those around you. Period. – Tom Peters

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