+ Alycia Calvert to Board Chair @ Canadian Tax Foundation

+ Andrew McCausland to Sr. Process Engineer @ Suncor Energy

+ Ash Tahbazian to Chief Relationship & Revenue Officer @ CIBC Mellon

+ Bill Peters, Head Coach @ Calgary Flames, fired/resigned …

+ Bryson Goodwin to Director @ Hemostemix Inc.

+ Craig Armstrong, Pres & CEO @ Millar Western Forest Products Ltd., retiring

+ Craig Armstrong to Vide-Chair @ Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.

+ Dana Silver to Exec. Dir. @ Edge School Foundation

+ David Anderson to Pres. & CEO @ Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.

+ Deborah Flint to Pres. & CEO @ Greater Toronto Airports Authority

+ Geoff Ward to Interim Head Coach @ Calgary Flames

+ Gil Borok to Pres & CEO, USA @ Colliers International Group Inc.

+ John Orr to Pres. @ Calgary Police Association

+ Laura Darrell to VP Operations & Training @ Boston Pizza International Inc.

+ Les Kaminski, Pres. @ Calgary Police Association, retird

+ Mark Hawkins to VP Legal, General Counsel & Corp. Secretary @ Obsidian Energy Ltd.

+ Mark Tutton to Pres., Low Rise @ Empire Communities

+ Mona Kennedy to CFO @ Roots Corporation

+ Neil Lacheur to VP Real Estate Management Services, Canada @ Avison Young

+ Oryssia Lennie to Chair @ Alberta’s Fair Deal Panel

+ Ouray Clark Crowfoot to Chief @ Siksika Nation

+ Pipasu Soni to CFO @ NFI Group Inc.

+ Peter Scott to Sr. VP, CFO @ Obsidian Energy Ltd.

+ Richard Clayton to Healthcare Constructability @ DIRTT Environmental Solutions

+ Robert Toth to Marketing & Communications Mgr. @ The Immigrant Educate

+ Roberta Jamieson to Director @ Deloitte Canada

+ Stephen Loukas to Interim Pres. & CEO @ Obsidian Energy Ltd.

+ Thomas Smeenk to Director @ Hemostemix Inc.

+ Tony Pucci to SVP @ Empire Communities

+ Virginia Baescu to VP Finance @ United Way of Calgary and Area

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+ Baker’s Dozen pre-employment screening resources and tools

+ roadblock women face in the corporate world

+ Dec. 5; iAnthus Capital Holdings, Annual General & Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Dec. 10; First Capital Realty Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Dec. 12; Firm Capital American Realty Partners Corp., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Dec. 16; Vecima Networks, Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Victoria

+ Dec. 18; Pengrowth Energy Corporation, Meetings of Shareholders and Secured Debtholders, Calgary

+ Jan. 9; NAV Canada, Annual Meeting, Ottawa

+ Jan. 24; Aimia Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Montreal

+ Mar. 21; Arrow Exploration Corp., Annual General and Special Meeting, Calgary

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+ Alberta’s Fair Deal Panel is beginning Town Hall meetings around the province

+ Arrow Exploration Corp. struck a board committee to evaluate strategic alternatives

+ CN Rail eight-day strike is over; grain and other commodity shipments resuming …

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; prices holding steady on growing U.S. stockpiles and amid concern about Saudi production levels/upcoming OPEC meetings …

+ Delphi Energy Corp. completed its recapitalization transaction

+ Enbridge Inc.’s Line 3 Replacement Project (Canadian portion – Hardisty, AB to Gretna, MB is 1,070 km.) going into service; will run at 40% of capacity until U.S. portion of the replacement project is completed

+ Enbridge Gas opened its $19.1 million Chatham-Kent (Ontario) pipeline expansion

+ GDI Integrated Facility Services Inc. agreed to acquire ESC Automation Inc.

+ Husky Energy announced its 2020CapEx Budget is $3.2 billion; down $500.0 million from earlier guidance

+ Husky Energy job cuts: 370

+ Intact Financial Corporation closed its acquisition of The Guarantee Company of North America and Frank Cowan Company Limited

+ Just Energy Group Inc. closed its $2.8 million sale of Hudson Energy Supply UK Limited to Shell Energy Retail Limited

+ Obsidian Energy Ltd. announced its 1^st-half 2020CapEx Budget is $49.4 million

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – U.S.: down 1 to 802 this week; Canada: down 11 to 126 this week; full breakdown

+ Suncor Energy Inc. announced its 2020CapEx Budget is $5.4 billion

+ TransMountain Pipeline expansion work on the cusp of starting

+ Traverse Energy Ltd. in default on financing, appointment of a receiver is imminent

+ WELL Health Technologies Corp. acquired a majority stake in Spring Medical Centre Ltd.

+ Allied Properties REIT is on the market to raise $345.0 million in equity

+ Cascades Inc. closed US$350.0 million sr. debt financing

+ Cascades Inc. closed $175.0 million sr. debt financing

+ Centric Health Corporation closed $35.24 million equity financing by private placement

+ Cuda Oil and Gas Inc. secured $4.5 million secured debt financing

+ EarthRenew Inc. closed $685,000.0 first trance of an equity financing by private placement

+ Emerald Health Therapeutics Inc. closed $2.5 million equity financing

+ Middlefield Global Asset Fund raised $100.0 million in equity by IPO

+ Morguard Corporation closed $225.0 million sr. unsecured debt financing

+ Telco Geonomics Corp. closed $1.735 million equity financing

+ WeWork is on the market to raise US$3.0 billion in equity

+ WPT Industrial REIT closed US$97.76 million equity financing

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*editor’s note: names companies involved in debt financing transactions we report in this section are ALWAYS the borrower; we report ‘fresh raises’ and do not report secondary offerings …

+ construction photo contest – call for entries

+ Crystal Palace historical context

+ Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec invested $150.0 million to acquired a 24.9% stake in the public-private partnership (PPP) contract for trains, systems, operations and maintenance of Sydney (Australia) Metro – a driverless metro train system

+ GOA instituting a Vendor Performance Management program; also, planning to limit single source cost-plus contracts

+ Gordie Howe bridge wins P3 award

+ Urbanfund Corp. closed its acquisition of a 20% interest in a 145 unit residential portfolio in Dartmouth, NS

+ Alimentation Couche-Tard made a US$ 5.8-billion takeover bid for Caltex Australia Ltd.; agreement reached at A$34.50/share

+ Bentley Leathers Inc. is restructuring, making a proposal to creditors; 20 yr. old Canadian chain has 250 stores

+ Hudson’s Bay Company future still uncertain; Catalyst Capital Group Inc. has made a $2.03 billion offer to acquire HBC and dislodge the takeover big from Baker Group … tic toc

+ Norway’s sovereign wealth fund (45%)  and Prologis Inc. (55%) entered a JV to acquire a US$1.99 billion portfolio or logistics assets from Norges Bank Investment Management

+ in Vancouver, Amazon is expanding – will triple its downtown footprint to 1.1 million sq. ft.; will take up an entire city block

+ WeWork widely reported to be laying off 2,400 staff to cut costs

+ Allied Properties REIT is on the market to raise $345.0 million in equity

+ American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP agreed to acquire 12 flagged hotel portfolio (1,203 keys) for $191.0 million; MN, TX, PA, MI, ND

+ Durum Industrial REIT closed its $1.535 million acquisition of 12,500 sq. ft. building in Sylvan Lake

+ True North Commercial REIT agreed to acquire a Class A/LEED Gold office building in Mississauga for $87.5 million; 10-storey/252,500 sq. ft.

+ WPT Industrial REIT closed US$97.76 million equity financing