+ Allison Sears to Partner @ Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

+ Annesley Wallace to Exec. VP, Global Head of Infrastructure @ OMERS

+ Amii Lepage to Sr. Associate @ TalentSphere Staffing Solutions

+ Amy-Lynn Kosick to Partner @ Gowling WLG

+ Anthony Burden to Partner @ Field Law

+ Anthony Guglielmin to Director @ Westport Fuel Systems Inc.

+ Anthony Ledru to CEO @ Tiffany & Co.

+ Brian Thiessen to Managing Partner, Calgary @ Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt

+ Corinne Grigoriu to Partner @ Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

+ Craig Rempel to VP Operations @ Artistic Stairs Ltd.

+ David Corak to VP Corporate Finance @ SmartStop Self Storage REIT Inc.

+ David Rosenkrantz to Chairman @ Aimia Inc.

+ Derek Elliott to Partner @ Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

+ Eric Westrum to Board Member @ Alberta Ecotrust Foundation

+ Fay Suckert to Strategic Key Account Mgr. Canada @ Ansell Canada Inc.

+ Gary Haywood to VP Project Development @ Fission Uranium Corp.

+ Isabelle Adjahi to VP Investor Relations and Sustainable Dev. @ ion Electric Co.

+ Jackie Djuranic to Land & Commercial Analyst @ ATCO Group

+ Jerritt Pawlyk to Partner, Restructuring @ DLA Piper (Canada) LLP

+ Jessie Larter to Partner @ Gowling WLG

+ Jim Keller to Pres. & CTO @ Tenstorrent Inc.

+ Jimmy Leung to Managing Director and Head of Sustainability Investment Banking @ Raymond James Ltd.

+ Joan McNutt to Manager, Security and Safety, Calgary @ Oxford Properties Group

+ John Hargrave to VP, Products @ Cogego Connexion

+ John O’Bryan, Chairman @ Slate Office REIT, retired

+ John Pantazopoulos to CFO @ E3 Metals Corp.

+ John Van de Pol, Pres. & CEO @ Briko Energy Corp, resigning

+ Jordan Kupinsky to CEO @ Trez Capital Senior MIC

+ Justin Smith to Mgr., Government Relations @ Pembina Pipeline Corporation

+ Kate Holzhauser to Director @ Certarus Ltd.

+ Leah Commisso to Director, Corporate Communications @ Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc.

+ Lesley Marks to Chief Investment Officer (Equities) @ Mackenzie Investments

+ Lindsay Stiles to COO @ Slate Office REIT

+ Lisa Statt Foy to Partner @ Field Law

+ Lori-Ann Beausoleil to Trustee @ Slate Office REIT

+ Louise Lee to Corporate Secretary @ Briko Energy Corp.

+ Matthew Ball to VP, Calgary @ Long View Systems

+ Michael Perner to Director – Accounting Systems @ Artis REIT

+ Michele Buchignani to Director @ Dane Creek Capital Corp.

+ Nancy Sanborn to Senior Planner @ B&A Planning Group

+ Nick Jansa to Sr. Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa @ Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

+ Nolan Shouldice to Associate @ Masuch Law LLP

+ Perry Feldman to Partner @ Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

+ Pierre Boivan to Board Chair @ Metro Inc.

+ Rachel Ruggeri to CFO @ Starbucks Corp.

+ Ralph Berg to Exec. VP, Global Head, Capital Markets @ OMERS

+ Real Raymond, Chair @ Metro Inc., retired

+ Richard Cho to Specialist, Multi-Unit Underwriting, Calgary @ CMHC

+ Richard Valade to Director @ Cliffside Capital Ltd.

+ Roxana Secara to Communications Mgr. @ Bonaventura

+ Stephen Yalof to CEO @ Tanger Factory Outlets

+ Steve Woima to Director/Head, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Canada @ Raymond James

+ Susan McIsaac to Pres. & CEO @ Right To Play International

+ Sylvia MacArthur to Managing Partner – Canada @ The ExeQfind Group

+ Tim De Freitas, CFO @ Pieridae Energy Limited, left the company

+ Tom Bratrud to VP Engineering @ Vertex Resource Group Ltd.

+ Tom Farley to Chairman @ Slate Office REIT

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+ Allan Mogridge, retired architect – Radium Hot Springs, YYC terminal; 97

+ Donald Sibbald, QC; lawyer, mediator, community volunteer; 69

+ Jack Black; retired pharmacist/retail merchant, Britannia Pharmacy, Rotarian; 95

+ John Muckler; former Head Coach @ Edmonton Oilers, 86

+ remote working’s impact on payroll

+ should there be a dress code for ‘working-from-home-zoom-calls’? – The New Business Casual

+ technology in a pandemic: Riding the Wave of Change

+ the office was the centre of work before COVID-19; is that going to change?

+ 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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+ 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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+ Feb. 17-18; Canadian Concrete Expo, International Centre, Mississauga, ON; save the date

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+ Alberta COVID-19 stats: 1,307 deaths to date, 13,917 active cases of 112,091 confirmed cases to date: aggregate Alberta data – currently, 811 Albertans are in the hospital with COVID-19, and 130 of those are in intensive care units – 2,941,072 tests have been administered to Albertans so far …

+ Alberta instituted new restrictions effective 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 – now extended to January 21^st

+ ABTraceTogether – get the APP

+ Briko Energy Corp. commenced a strategic review process to maximize shareholder value

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; crude prices had run-up as middle-east tensions grow and Saudi Arabia output cuts and then retreated over COVID-19 concerns as case resurgence in China rattled traders …

+ Duo Bank of Canada closed its acquisition of Fairstone Financial Holdings Inc.

+ Freehold Royalties Ltd. closed a US$58.0 million U.S. royalty assets acquisition

+ GDI Integrated Facility Services Inc. sub. Ainsworth, acquired BPAC Group Inc.

+ Genworth MI Canada Inc. got court approval for tis plan of arrangement with Brookfield Business Partners L.P. et al

+ Great-West Lifeco Inc. closed the sale of its GLC Asset Management Group Ltd. to Mackenzie Financial Corporation; deal adds $30.1 billion to Mackenzie’s book

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

+ InPlay Oil Corp. announced its 2021CapEx Budget is $23.0 million

+ James Richardson & Sons, Limited acquired Bison Transport Inc. and affiliated companies; terms not disclosed

+ January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

+ nowhere to go but up; Kenny government’s COVID response rated poorest in Canada. I’m not sure it is the worst, but it certainly seems to flagging in terms of support as well as exhibiting poor stats

+ Obsidian Energy Ltd. announced its 1^st-half 2021CapEx Budget is $35.0 million

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

+ Revolution Capital acquired Atlantic Gateway Inc.; terms not disclosed

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: up 9 to 360 this week; Canada: up 58 to 117 this week; full breakdown

+ S.i. Systems LULC closed its acquisition of Annex Consulting Group

+ Sun Life Financial Inc. closed its acquisition of 51% stake in Crescent Capital Group LP (US$29.0 billion book); terms not disclosed

+ Suncor Energy Inc. re-started operations at its Fort Hills oil sands mine; work had been suspended due to a fatality accident at their site last week

+ Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. announced its 2021CapEx Budget is $105.0 million

+ U.S. Presidential election results; Electoral College ballots validated – President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris to be inaugurated Jan. 20, 2021

+ Amp Solar Group Inc. secured $374.0 million equity financing

+ Apollo Insurance Solutions Ltd. closed $13.5 million equity financing

+ Axis Auto Finance Inc. secured $100.0 million credit facility

+ Blue Sky Uranium Corp. closed a $2.978 million tranche of an equity financing by private placement

+ Converge Technology Solutions Corp. is on the market to raise $75.2 million in equity

+ CT REIT closed $150.0 million sr. unsecured debt financing

+ DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. is on the market to raise $35.0 million in convertible debt

+ MCI Onehealth Technologies Inc. closed $30.0 million equity raise by IPO

+ Rock Tech Lithium Inc. closed $4.0 million equity financing by private placement

+ VanadiumCorp Resources Inc. is on the market to raise $1.0 million in equity

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

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

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

+ Feb. 23; Siyata Mobile Inc., Annual General Meeting, Vancouver

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+ Partnerships BC rebranded as Infrastructure BC

+ RFQ issued for $887.0 million greenfield hospital on Vancouver Island

+ Stantec, Merrick and Dialog selected to renew Government of Canada research facilities

+ Kelt Exploration Ltd. published its inaugural ESG report

+ Alberta electrical energy wanted; the Government of Canada issued an RFP for several streams of new energy projects which reduce emissions

+ Partnerships BC rebranded as Infrastructure BC

+ Alberta electrical energy wanted; the Government of Canada issued an RFP for several streams of new energy projects which reduce emissions

+ Instead of asking how many tasks you can tackle given your working hours, ask how many you can ditch given what you must do to excel. – Morten Hansen

+ Maturity is learning how to start when you feel like procrastinating and learning how to listen when you feel like talking. – James Clear

+ to Med PPE Canada for donating 91,000 KN95 respirator masks to Alberta K-12 system; 1 mask for every teacher and support staff in the province