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+ Andrew Lo to Pres. & CEO @ Knowledge First Financial

+ Bryce Stewart to Deputy Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors @ Government of Alberta

+ Don Williams to Chief Revenue Officer @ WellnessLiving

+ Dr. Matt Cahill to COO @ Qu Biologics

+ George Kyriakelis to Assistant VP, Transportation @ Infrastructure BC

+ Gunnar Benediktsson to Partrner @ Norton Rose Fulbright

+ Guy Daoust to CFO @ Premier Health of America Inc.

+ Jean-Guy Desjardins to CEO @ Fiera Capital Corporation

+ Kimberley Hanson to CEO @ HealthPartners

+ Kurt Molnar, Sr. VP Bus. Dev. @ Kiwetinohk Energy, resigned

+ Preston Manning to Chair, Public Health Emergencies Governance Review Panel @ Government of Alberta

+ Rae-Ann Lajeunesse to Deputy Minister, Public Safety and Emergency Services @ Government of Alberta

+ Regan Davis to Director @ InPlay Oil Corp.

+ Tim Sullivan to CEO @ Cognitive Corporation

~ 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 ]

+ Barry Graham; renowned architect, developer of the +15 system, and co-founder of GEC Architects, 84

+ George Liszicasz; Chairman, CEO & Pres. @ NXT Energy Solutions, 69

+ Mike Cardinal; retired Alberta MLA and Cabinet Minister, 81

+ big Canadian firms linking executive compensation to the company’s progress on ESG

+ CRIN and Energy Young Professionals teamed up to develop the future workforce in clean hydrocarbons

+ Government of Canada staff returning to the office – lots of changes made

+ hybrid offices are creating liability concerns for employers

+ Net Positive Energy – what the office can do for people; check out David Martin’s article

+ tech industry layoffs/job losses are mounting; announcements from Microsoft and Amazon are big news, as are Benevity, Clearco, Lightspeed and Spotify

+ ChatGBT is in the news every day as A.I. possibilities abound, as do fears; yesterday it was announced that Microsoft is investing US$10.0 billion in OpenAI

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

January 26  - at SAIT - John Ware Building; renovations and project management presentation + networkding event - details/register

February 16 - to be announced
March 23 - Calgary Stampede
April 27 - ATCO headquarters 
May  - announcement soon
June 26 - IFMA Golf Tournament - details soon

Registration via our Events Page - click here

+ Calgary Co-op agreed to acquire Willow Park Wines & Spirits; terms not disclosed

+ CF Chinook Centre tenant shuffle is underway – notable newcomers amid re-sizing of others; the first Uniqlo in Calgary, a Nike flagship store, among others ..

+ Eau Claire Market sold; Harvard Developments sold it to the City of Calgary to make way for the LRT Green construction downtown – all 60 tenants have to leave 

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+ Government of Canada investing $71.0 million in Parks Canada upgrades; the focus of the spending is in Jasper, Yoho, Kootenay and Banff national parks

+ Westridge Renewables expanding from 235MWp to 330MWp

+ Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. – Robert Schuller

+ There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self. – Aldous Huxley

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+ Bank of Canada expected to raise interest again this week -

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI @ US$81/bbl, Brent @ US$86/bbl

+ Calgary Co-op agreed to acquire Willow Park Wines & Spirits; terms not disclosed

+ Dye & Durham Limited agreed to acquire Insight Legal Software Inc.

+ Eau Claire Market sold; Harvard Developments sold it to the City of Calgary to make way for the LRT Green construction downtown – all 60 tenants have to leave

+ Ernst and Young setting up new financial hub – EY Financial Centre of Excellence - in Calgary, creating 200 jobs

+ 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 …

+ Government of Canada providing $25.5 million in financial support to 15 Calgary and area businesses to support job creation

+ HOUSING TRUTH, our residential newsletter for the greater Calgary area, will continue in 2023 as a quarterly publication – our year end 20220 report will be out soon; click here to sign up

+ IFMA’s January event this Thursday: January 26 – 3:30 – 6:30 PM, facility tour/networking event will be as SAIT; click to reach the sign-up page

+ InPlay Oil Corp. announced its 2023CapEx Budget is $75.0 million

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

+ NSTEP and Rotary are collaborating – The Veggie Plant Fundraiser – order deadline is Jan. 30^th

+ NXT Energy Solutions Inc. in executive management transition …

+ Shaw-Rogers merger is still in the news without any resolve; Competition Bureau focused on final decision by the end of January, but don’t hold your breath – intervenors like TekSavvy are at work, a House of Committee wants another hearing, and ultimately it’s a cabinet-level decision …

+ Post Media/Calgary Herald closed the sale of its old Calgary plan to UHaul for $17.25 million

+ 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 and help make this publication better; please forward comments and news items about your company/appointments etc. to kolke@facilitycalgary.com

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: down 4 to 771 this week; Canada: up 14 to 241 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Saturn Oil & Gas Inc. agreed to acquire Ridgeback Resources Inc. for $525.0 million

+ Western Energy Services Corp. entered into a JV with Infinity MétisCorp.

+ CareRx Corporation closed $12.1 million equity raise by private placement

+ Garda World Security Corporation is on the market to raise US$400.0 million in debt

+ Martello Technologies Group Inc. closed US$2.0 million equity raise by private placement

+ OPEC Fund for International Development raised US$1.0 billion in debt

+ Sensible Meats Inc. closed $11.99 million equity raise by private placement

+ Summit Nanotech raised US$50.0 million in funding

*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. 26;  IFMA’s January event: January 26 – 3:30 – 6:30 PM, facility tour/networking event will be as SAIT; click to reach the sign-up page

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

+ 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 ]

+ Jan. 31; Target Capital Inc., Annual General Meeting, Calgary

+ Jan. 26; Alberta Real Estate Association, Annual General Meeting, Banff/virtual

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

~ 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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