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+ Aaron Dhanda to Chief Digital Officer @ Flair Airlines

+ Alex Scott to President @ Athabasca University

+ Andre Mousseau to CEO @ Sagicor Financial Company Ltd.

+ Brendon MacArthur-Stevens to Partner @ Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

+ Brett Mooney to Pres. & CEO @ Amex Bank of Canada and Amex Canada

+ Carolyn Harvey to VP Operations @ LXT

+ Cecilia Williams to Pres. & CEO @ Allied Properties REIT

+ Charlene Ripley to Sr. VP and General Counsel @ Teck Resources Limited

+ Chelsea Hunter to Partner @ Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

+ Darryl Clark to VP Exploration @ IsoEnergy Ltd.

+ David Murray to COO @ CIMA+

+ Denis Girourd to Exec. VP & Co-Head, Financial Markets @ National Bank of Canada

+ Dr. Deena Hinshaw to Deputy Provincial Health Officer @ Government of British Columbia

+ Elson McDougald, Director & Board Chair @ Stampede Drilling Inc., resigned

+ Étienne Dubuc to Exec. VP & Co-Head, Financial Markets @ National Bank of Canada

+ Janice Ciavaglia, CEO @ Assembly of First Nations, resigned

+ Jason Kenney to Sr. Advisor, Public Policy Group @ Bennett Jones

+ John Farquhar to Partner @ Felesky Flynn LLP

+ Kristopher Simard to Partner @ Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

+ Lyle Whitmarsh to Board Chair @ Stampeded Drilling Ltd.

+ Mark Usher to Head of Innovation Banking Unit @ CIBC

+ Matt Berman to Pres., Foresters Financial Canada @ Independent Order of Foresters

+ Michael Emory founder, Pres. & CEO, to Executive Chair. @ Allied Properties REIT

+ Nanthini Mahalingam to Sr. VP & CFO

+ Neil Vohrah to Pres., High-Rise Residential, North America @ Great Gulf Corp.

+ Patrick Lee to CFO, Canada @ AXA XL

+ Peter Scott, President @ Athabasca University, fired without cause

+ Robert Georgantas to Pres. & Chief Technology Officer @ Providence Therapeutics Holdings Inc.

+ Tom Wagner to Partner @ Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

+ Tony Gaffney to Pres. & CEO @ Vector AI Institute

~ 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 ]

+ George Liszicaz; Chairman & CEO @ NXT Energy Solutions; 69

+ Rhy Eyton; accountant/executive, former CEO @ Pacific Western Airlines; 88

+ CGI is growing its relationship with the National Bank of Canada; acquiring its in-house financial planning solutions

+ Garmin Canada is growing, expanding its Cochrane headquarters by 22,000 sq. ft. to accommodate staff growth

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

+ Canadian Infrastructure Bank is investing $165.0 million to support City of Calgary purchase of 259 zero-emission buses by 2027

+ Westridge Renewable Energy Corp. establishing Red Willow Solar PV project and battery energy storage system in Stettler County

+ Wood PLC (formerly AMEC Foster Wheeler) expanding/relocation in Calgary; moving from the downtown core to the former Golder Associates building on Barlow Trail; 30,000 sq. ft. space will be home to 680 staff

+ Fahr Brewery to expand its presence in Diamond Valley (formerly Turner Valley); great growth since I met and interviewed Jochen Fahr in December 2016

+ Hudson’s Bay will close two Alberta stores this summer; Londonderry in Edmonton and Banff

+ RONA Inc. completed its acquisition of Lowe’s; will all now operate as RONA Inc. and rebrand the continuing Lowe’s locations as RONA

+ 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 ]

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+ BMO Financial Group completed its acquisition of  Bank of the West; BMO is now 8^th largest North American Bank by assets

+ Blacksteel Energy Inc. agreed to acquire Drakkar Energy Ltd.

+ Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. agreed to acquire Mercer’s Canadian private wealth business; $1.5 billion book boost for Canaccord

+ Canadian Infrastructure Bank is investing $165.0 million to support theCity of Calgary purchase of 259 zero-emission buses by 2027

+ CCUS incentives in Alberta – check out this analysis from BD&P

+ City of Calgary selected an SNC-Lavalin led team to run the process/delivery partner for Calgary Green Line LRT project

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI @ US$75/bbl, Brent @ US$82/bbl; traders are seeing uncertainty in demand over China’s recovery …

+ Ernst & Young published its 2022 Corporate Responsibility Report

+ FACILITYCalgary, published free every Tuesday morning; focused on oil & gas, finance and real estate industry news; click here to sign up – please tell your colleagues and friends, or sign them up …

+ Frontera Energy Corporation announced its 2023CapEx Budget is $385.0 million

+ Garmin Canada is growing, expanding its Cochrane headquarters by 22,000 sq. ft. to accommodate staff growth

+ HOUSING TRUTH, our residential newsletter for the greater Calgary area, will continue in 2023 as a quarterly publication – our year end 2022 report will be out soon; click here to sign up

+ MONDAY MORNING MINUTE, our weekly ‘100 words from Mark + a quote’, now in 5^th year of starting readers with a quick inspiration thought – free subscription; click here to sign up

+ Preval AG expanded to Western Canada; acquired North American Lamb Company business units; renamed Westfine Meats Inc. and West Excelamb

+ PROPERTY LINES, our commercial/investment newsletter covering Canada-wide news, will continue in 2023 as a quarterly publication – our year end 2022 report will be out soon; click here to sign up

+ reader contributions are always welcome. They help make our publication better; please forward comments and/or news items, and company/appointment announcements to kolke@facilitycalgary.com

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: down 12 to 759 this week; Canada: up 2 to 249 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ RONA Inc. completed its acquisition of Lowe’s; will all now operate as RONA Inc. and rebrand the continuing Lowe’s locations as RONA

+ Shell plc is reorganizing its senior management group

+ Suncor closed its acquisition of 14.65% of the Fort Hills Project from Teck Resources Limited for $688.0 million

+ Westridge Renewable Energy Corp. establishing Red Willow Solar PV project and battery energy storage system in Stettler County

+ Whitecap Resources Inc. closed three non-core asset dispositions for $419.0 million

+ Wood PLC (formerly AMEC Foster Wheeler) expanding/relocation in Calgary; moving from the downtown core to the former Golder Associates building on Barlow Trail; 30,000 sq. ft. space will be home to 680 staff

+ ApartmentLove Inc. closed the final tranche of its $2.896 million equity raise by private placement

+ AutoCanada Inc. increased it’s credit facility to $1.6 billion

+ Avanti Helium Corp. closed $6.325 million equity raise

+ Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. is on the market to raise US$1.0 billion in equity to stave off bankruptcy

+ Bell Canada is on the market to raise $1.5 billion in debt

+ BOXX Insurance closed US$14.4 million funding raise

+ Chorus Aviation Inc. secured $50.0 million credit facility

+ Comprehensive Healthcare Systems Inc. closed $1.056 million equity raise by private placement

+ Énergir, L.P. is on the market to raised $213.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Global Food Ingredients Ltd. secured $3.0 million debt financing

+ Hippoc raised $3.0 million in private equity funding

+ International Battery Metals Ltd. closed $2.032 million equity raise by a rights issue exercised

+ Metro Inc. is closed $300.0 million in sr. unsecured debt

+ NXT Energy Solutions Inc. closed $1.883 million equity raise by private placement

+ Saturn Oil & Gas Inc. closed $125.0 million equity raise

+ Simply Better Brands Corp. closed $5.0 million equity raise by private placement

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. 7; Edmonton Region Hydrogen Summit; save the date/information

+ 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

+ 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. 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; save the date/call for presentations

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

+ Sept. 17-21; 24^th World Petroleum Congress; Energy Transitions – the path to Net Zero – save the date

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

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+ 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 ]

+ City of Calgary has ‘assembled’ $109.0 million – earmarked for it’s planned multisport field house to be built at Foothills Athletic Park – seeking funding support from other levels of government … tic toc

+ City of Calgary selected an SNC-Lavalin led team to run the process/delivery partner for the Calgary Green Line LRT project