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+ Barry Ferguson to COO @ Wealth One Bank of Canada

+ Bernard McDonnell, Board Chair @ First Capital REIT, retired

+ Bernardo Gogna to Chief Infrastructure Officer @ Greater Toronto Airports Authority

+ Bill Lomax to COO @ First Nations Bank of Canada

+ Daniel Fournier, Director @ BTB REIT, resigned

+ Daniel Fournier to Executive Chairman @ Oxford Properties Group

+ David Latour to Exec. VP, Risk Management @ Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

+ Ira Gluskin to Trustee @ First Capital REIT

+ J’Maine Chubb to CEO @ Greater Toronto Airports Authority

+ Joan Eliasek to Pres. @ McKeeson Canada

+ Joe Natale to Director @ Sun Life Financial

+ Khalil Lamrabet to Chief Commercial Officer @ Greater Toronto Airports Authority

+ Lindsay Hatcher to VP, Commercial & Corporate Development @ Petrus Resources

+ Maxime Aucoin to Exec. VP, Depositors and Total Portfolio @ Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

+ Michael Turner, President @ Oxford Properties, transitioning to a new role at OMERS

+ Mike MacSween to Director @ McKay Métis Group 

+ Mike Mirchmair to Director @ Terra Firma Capital Corporations

+ Paul Douglas to Chair, Board of Trustees @ First Capital REIT

+ Raul Sanabria to VP Exploration @ CDN Maverick Capital Corp.

+ Roman Dubczak to Chair @ CIBC Mellon boards

+ Sharilyn Nagina, Partner @ DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, retired

+ Stephanie Setiawan to Pres. & CEO @ Intrinsic Innovations

+ Steve McLennan to Executive Managing Director, Leads Total Fund Management Dept. @ Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board

+ Yonni Fushman to Chief Legal Officer & Exec. VP Sustainability @ Northland Power Inc.

~ Note: links in this section are to LinkedIn profiles where available and otherwise to a relevant posting of the appointment. -  [ send us your appointment notices  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

+ 4-day work weeks favoured by half of HR leaders; there already (42%), or considering it (9%)

+ Government of Canada’s return to the office plan hitting some bumps; the unions are pushing back at CRA, resisting a one-size-fits-all approach …

+ Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc. will deliver OneWeb low earth orbit (LEO) connectivity for Canada

+ why tech employees see Calgary as a great place to find an opportunity

Our IFMA Calendar - save these dates for facility tours + networking events coming in 2023:

February  - watch for an announcement

April 27 - ATCO headquarters 
May  - announcement soon
June 26 - IFMA Golf Tournament - details soon

Registration via our Events Page - click here

+ Google is reassessing its office situation worldwide; closings/surrenders of space in Canada are expected following recent retreats in Edmonton and Toronto after 6% of their global workforce in January implied further layoffs and postponement of its planned ground breaking of new headquarters in San Jose – as their reporting anticipated US$500.0 million expenditures in 1^st qtr/2023 to ‘consolidate offices’

+ First Capital REIT continues efforts to reassure the market and its unitholders it is on, and staying on, the right path – given boardroom changes, and it’s accelerated AGM due to pressure by dissident unitholders .. tic toc

+ Summit Industrial Income REIT got regulator approval for its takeover by GIC and Dream Industrial REIT

+ Bed Bath & Beyond avoided bankruptcy; it’s emergency funding has kept them alive but they will close many stores; it’s Canadian subsidiary Bed Bath & Beyond Canada granted CCAA creditor protections – appears likely to close all it’s stores in Canada ; Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc. is the court-appointed monitor

+ Mar. 1; Alberta Beef Producers, Annual General Meeting, Red Deer

+ Mar. 8; Prodigy Venture Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Mar. 8; Servus Credit Union, Annual General Meeting, Edmonton

+ Mar. 18; First Capital REIT, Annual and Special Meeting and Unitholders, Toronto

+ Mar. 28; Slate Office REIT, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ May 16; First Capital REIT, Annual and Special Meeting of Unitholders, Toronto

+ Apr. 4; The Bank of Nova Scotia, 191^st Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

~ Canadian banks and life insurance companies got approval to do their 2023 annual meetings virtually

[ please send your event notices and AGM notices to  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

+ ACFN & Concord Pacific’s Concord Green Energy - completed Canada’s largest indigenous solar farm

+ Government of Canada calling for applications for Green Building Retrofits; the Greener Neighbourhoods Pilot Program – open until April 5^th

+ There seemed to be endless obstacles preventing me from living with my eyes open, but as I gradually followed up on clue after clue, it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear. – Marion Milner

+ It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process, is to guarantee disappointment. – James Clear

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+ E3 Lithium raised $4.9 million in equity by an exercise of warrants

+ ChitogenX Inc. is on the market to raise $3.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Cogeco Communications Inc. is on the market to raise $300.0 million in sr. secured debt

+ Crown Capital Partners Inc. secured $43.5 million credit facility

+ DRI Healthcare Trust closed US$95.0 million equity raise by private placement

+ Hydro-Québec closed $500.0 million debt raise

+ Jesmond Capital Ltd. is on the market to raise $6.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Jobber raised US$100.0 million in a primary funding round

+ Northstar Clean Technologies Inc. secured $7.088 million non refundable finding raise

+ Odd Burger Corporation closed $1.319 million equity raise by private placement

+ Sagard Senior Lending secured US$315.0 million equity raise

+ Simply Better Brands Corp. is on the market to raise $7.0 million in equity by private placement

+ The Rounds closed $1.6 million funding round

editor’s note: names of 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 …

+ Feb. 15-26; BUILDEX Vancouver, Vancouver Convention Centre West; info/register

+ Feb. 23-27 (different global regions each day; Global Property EXPO, virtual only; info/register

+ Mar. 13; 2023 Juno Awards – Rogers Place, Edmonton; tickets

+ Mar. 14-17; MIPIM 2023, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France; registration is open

+ Mar. 29-30; Petrochem Canada - West, Westin Calgary Airport; info / register

+ Apr. 4 & 5; BMO Capital Markets and Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers – Annual Energy Symposium, Investors Conference – save the date

+ Apr. 12; Business Transitions Forum, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary; info/register

+ Apr. 17-18; Smart Energy Event, Westin, Nova Scotian, Halifax; agenda / register

+ Apr. 19; Top Glass, Conference and Exhibits; The International Centre, Mississauga; info/register

+ Apr. 22; Calgary Crime Stoppers Ruby Gala, Heritage Park – Gasoline Alley Museum, info/tickets

+ Apr. 23; Business Transition Forum, Alberta – Co-Chairs Kristina Williams and Cody Church – save the date; stay tuned for event registration and details

+ Apr. 23; Earth Day 2023 – theme is Invest in Our Planet

+ Apr. 25-27; Canadian Hydrogen Convention - , Edmonton Convention Centre; details/register

+ May 2-3; Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, Regina; info / register

+ May 9-11; Canada Ga & LNG Exhibition & Conference, Vancouver Convention Center; info/register

+ May 31-June 1; Inventures Canada Conference, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary; registration/tickets

+ June 2-4; Writer’s Guild of Alberta Annual Conference: Origins, Fort Calgary – save the date

+ June 6-7; Global Energy Transition 2023, New York, NY; agenda, information/register

+ June 6-8; 10^th Operational Excellence in Energy, Chemicals & Resources Summit, Calgary – agenda/ info/register

+ June 7-8; Global Energy Transition 2023. New York; info/register

+ June 12-14; NeoCon 2023 – THE MART, Chicago – call for presentations deadline Jan 31, 2023

+ June 13-15; Global Energy Show, Calgary – save the date

+ June 20-21; PetroChem Canada - East, Progressive Auto Sales Arena, Sarnia; info / register

+ June 21; Technology and Indigenous Development Summit, Metro Toronto Convention Centre; info/register

+ Sept. 13-14; Oil Sands Conference (Shell Place) & Trade Show (Suncor Community Leisure Centre) , Fort McMurray; conference / trade show

+ Sept. 17-21; 24^th World Petroleum Congress; Energy Transitions – the path to Net Zero, BMO Centre, Stampede Park / registration

+ Sept. 26-28; BOMEX Edmonton 2023; JW Marriott/Ice District, Edmonton; details/registration

+ Oct. 18-19; BUILDEX Alberta, 20-24; Calgary – save the date

+ Nov. 1-2; Supply Change, Conference & Expo, Westin Airport, Calgary; info / register

+ Nov. 7-8; Canadian Aerospace Summit, Ottawa - save the date

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2024

+ Oct. 20-24; Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT), Telus Convention Centre, Calgary – save the date

[ please send your event notices and AGM notices to kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

+ CGI published its 2022 ESG Report

+ City of Calgary expanding bike lane program (14^th and 15^th Ave SW) in the Beltline; $4.9 million contribution from Ottawa

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