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FACILITYCalgary May 20/25

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SHAKERS AND MOVERS 
appointments and disappointments 

+ Brendon Cook to Chief Information Officer @ Blackline Safety

+ Christina Wu to CFO @ Solar Alliance Energy Inc.

+ Christine Gillies to Chief Product and Marketing Officer @ Blackline Safety

+ Dave McLellan to Director, Canada @ AEGIS Hedging Solutions

+ Francis Shammo to Interim Pres. & CEO @ Xplore Inc.

+ Jennifer Stoddart to Trustee @ CAP REIT

+ Jon Webster to Sr. Managing Director & COO @ Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

+ Jonathan Broer to Pres. @ Smith Financial Corporation

+ Lisa Scott to Pres. @ E Automotive Inc.

+ Maciej Wilk to COO @ Flair Airlines Ltd.

+ Mark Holly to Pres. & CEO @ Crombie REIT

+ Mathieu Bolté to Exec. VP, COO and CFO @ BTB REIT

+Maximilian Biagosch to Sr. Managing Director & Global Head of Real Assets

+ Meaghan Whitney to Chief People Officer @ Blackline Safety

+ Mike Tidmarsh to Pres. @ Canada West Land Services Ltd.

+ Rich Kruger to Pres. & CEO @ Suncor Energy Energy Inc.

+ Sean Stinson to Pres. & Chief Growth Officer @ Blackline Safety

+ Stan Dabic to CEO @ Russell Hendrix

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 HUMAN RESOURCES + WORKPLACE TRENDS 

+ half of workers feel undervalued at work according to a survey

+ the state of remote work: 5 trends for 2023

+ spotting future leaders in remote and hybrid models; really?




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 IFMA - CALGARY CHAPTER NEWS + EVENTS 

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

March 23 - Calgary Stampede

April 27 - ATCO headquarters 

May  - announcement soon

June 21 - IFMA Golf Tournament - details soon

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And - we are building back our Board - contact Mark Kolke for more information about joining the Calgary Chapter's leadership team. We have room to grow, and you can help ...



 SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

+ Feb. 24; GobiMin Inc., Special Meeting, Toronto

+ 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. 9; Mainstreet Equity Corp., Annual General Meeting, Calgary

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

+ Mar. 20; Halliburton Company, Annual Shareholder Meeting, Houston

+ Mar. 23; ABB, Annual General Meeting, Zurich

+ 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. 11; Cargojet Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

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

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

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 QUOTES 

+ Before you throw more time at the problem, throw more focused action at the problem.  You don’t need more time, you need fewer distractions. – James Clear

+ Using primarily outsiders, do a thorough assessment of your orientation toward the women’s market. The assessors should primarily or exclusively be … women! – Tom Peters




 KUDOS 

+ to Dave McKay, Pres. & CEO @ Royal Bank of Canada, named 2022 CEO of the Year




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NEWS SUMMARY 
  February 22 ~ 28 / 2023 


+ ATCO and Qualico secured $2.0 million support from Alberta Innovates for its Bremner Hydrogen project from the Hydrogen Center of Excellence ($20.0 million for a wide range of projects)

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI@US$75/bbl, Brent @ US$82/bbl; traders are reviewing JP Morgan prediction for US$100/bbl this year …

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+ reader contributions are always welcome; please forward comments, news items, and company appointment announcements to kolke@facilitycalgary.com

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: down 7 to 753 this week; Canada: down 4 to 144 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Tax filings – hints / tips / links / contacts  for filing your 2022 returns – notice from CRA

+ Tax warning … something new this year, with significant wallet pain if you don’t file correctly; we have a paper outlining what to do, what to avoid, and how to comply with NEW rule concerning your property holding called the Underused Housing Tax; so what does that mean? Check out Underused Housing Tax courtesy of David Crawford, National Indirect Tax Leader @ Achen Henderson

+ UFA Co-operative launched it’s MarketPLACE platform at UFA.com

 




THIS WEEK IN FINANCINGS 
- proposed & closed

+ Carebook Technologies Inc. is on the market to raise $1.25 million in equity by private placement

+ CareRx Corporation closed the second tranche of its $4.0 million equity raise by private placement

+ Fitzrovia DevCore Fund LP closed $920.0 million equity raise

+ IrixCX secured $4.6 million seed funding round

+ MCF Energy Ltd. is on the market to raise $12.0 million in equity

+ Morguard North American Residential REIT is on the market to raise $50.0 million in convertible unsecured sub. debt

+ NowVertical Group Inc. is on the market to raise $5.0 million in equity

+ Planet Ventures Inc. is on the market to raise $1.1 million in equity

+ Propel Holdings Inc. secured $250.0 million credit facility

+ Simply Better Brands closed $2.0 million tranche of its equity raise

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 …




 SAVE THE DATE - CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENTS 

+ June 12; Headwater Learning Foundation/Calgary Academy’s Golfing For Good, Glencoe Golf & Country Club, Calgary; info/register

+ July 21; Alberta IoT – 4th Annual Golf Tournament, Lynx Ridge Golf Club, Calgary – save the date

+ Sept. 28; Accessible Housing Annual Fundraising Gala, Silver Springs Golf Cub, Calgary – save the date

+ send us your 2023 tournament information – we are happy to post them here

~ [please send your charity golf event notices to  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]




 CLIMATE CHANGE + LEED + RENEWABLE ENERGY 

+ ATCO and Qualico secured $2.0 million support from Alberta Innovates for its Bremner Hydrogen project from the Hydrogen Center of Excellence ($20.0 million for a wide range of projects)




 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

+ Mar. 1; North American Natural Gas Summit, Calgary Petroleum Club, 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. 18; Calgary Inner City Builders Association 2nd Annual/2023 CUBE Awards, Telus Spark, Calgary; tickets

+ Mar. 23; IFMA Calgary Chapter; Facility Tour and Networking event; Calgary Stampede facilities; reserve your spot

+ 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; DRAFT program, 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

+ Apr. 27; IFMA Calgary Chapter; Facility Tour and Networking event at ATCO Headquarters; reserve your spot

+ 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; 10th 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; 24th 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

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