+ Andrew Foster to Partner @ Norton Rose Fulbright

+ Arti Freeman to CEO @ Definity Insurance Foundation

+ Bill Yardley, EVP & Pres., Gas Transmission and Midstream @ Enbridge Inc., retiring

+ Brian Prokop to Director @ Tenth Avenue Petroleum Corp.

+ Catherine Agar to VP @ La Vita Land Inc.

+ Craig Steinke to Director and Exec. Chairman @ Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd.

+ Cynthia Hansen to Exec. VP and Pres., Gas Transmission and Midstream @ Enbridge Inc.

+ Greg Spafford to Fund Head @ Forum Equity Partners

+ Denise Stafford to Account Director @ DDB Canada

+ Dr. David MacDonald to Chief Technology Officer @ XORTX Therapeutics Inc.

+ George Sorich to VP, Residential @ NORR

+ Jeremy Dawn to VP, Real Estate @ Mission Group

+ Jonathan Li to Pres. & COO @ Minto Apartment REIT

+ Kaycee Madu, Justice Minister @ Government of Alberta, relieved of his duties

+ Kazeem Jaffer to Head of Finance @ Forum Equity Partners

+ Kevin O’Meara, Pres. & CEO @ DIRTT Environmental Solutions, left the company

+ Kwin Grauer to Director @ Uniserve Communications Corporation

+ Mark Paterson to General Counsel @ Tenet Fintech Group Inc.

+ Michele Harradence to Sr. VP and Pres., Gas Distribution and Storage @ Enbridge Inc.

+ Philip Homan to Vice-Chair @ Coril Holdings Ltd.

+ Remi Schmaltz to VP Corp. Dev. and Director @ Index Biosystems

+ Robert Brault to Project Mgr., OPEX @ Triovest

+ Scott Powell to CFO and VP Finance and Operations @ Alberta University of the Arts

+ Sharlene Quain to Gen. Mgr. @ QuadReal Property Group

+ Stephen Mannix to Exec. Chair @ Coril Holdings Ltd.

+ Steve MacDonald, CEO @ Emissions Reduction Alberta, retiring

+ Tim Murphy to CEO and Managing Partner @ McMillan LLP

+ Todd Lillibridge to Interim-CEO @ DIRTT Environmental Solutions

+ Travis Paterson to Mgr. Sales, Underground and Standard Products @ Proform Concrete

+ Vern Yu to Exec. VP, Corp. Dev. and CFO @ Enbridge Inc.

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+ should booster shots be mandatory?

+ signs that an employee is about to quit …

+ Jan. 25; Metro, Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ Jan. 27; Alberta Real Estate Association, Annual General Meeting, Banff, AB

+ Feb. 11; Lanesborough REIT, Special Meeting of Debentureholders, Winnipeg

+ Feb. 28; Numinus Wellness Inc., Annual General Meeting, Vancouver

+ April. 7; CIBC, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders

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+ send us your 2022 tournament information – we are happy to post them here

+ ATCO Ltd. published its ESG targets through to 2030 and its 2020 Sustainability Report

+ Nexus REIT is changing its name to Nexus Industrial REIT

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+ to National Public Relations established a memorial endowment at SAIT in honour of the late Beth Diamond

+ to PCL Construction, celebrating 100 years

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+ Birchcliff Energy Ltd. announced its 2020CapEx Budget is $240.0 million

+ Carbonvert Inc. JV with Treaty Six First Nations and Kanata Clean Power pursuing carbon sequestration hub

+ CAPP predicts $32.8 billion in projects for 2022

+ COVID-19 in Alberta full current stats; OMICRON variant continues to surge (61,615 reported active cases, 1,191 in hospital, 107 in ICU, 3,419 deaths to date)

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; crude prices remain strong as U.S. inventories decline; WTI @ $83/bbl, Brent @ $86/bbl – and OPEC’s capacity issues may push prices higher this year

+ Enerflex Ltd. and Exterran Corporation agreed to combine; will operate as Enerflex Ltd.

+ HOUSING TRUTH – monthly residential newsletter: HOUSING TRUTH – CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP for our mailing list  –  archived issues …

+ Imperial Oil Limited expects to reach emission reduction target in 2023

+ Nesika Services consortium announced its ambitions to acquire the Trans Mountain Pipeline project

+ Nexus REIT is changing its name to Nexus Industrial REIT

+ Parkland Corp. agreed to acquire M& M Food Market; $322.0 million deal involves 315 standalone stores as well as 2,000 partner locations where M&M products are sold

+ PROPERTYlines - commercial real estate newsletter; archived Issues  

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: up 17 to 834 this week; Canada: up 21 to 212 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Royal Dutch Shell plc changed its name to Shell plc

+ Shell Oil Company completed the sale of its Deer Park refinery to Pemex subsidiary for US$596.0 million

+ Sol Cuisine Ltd. closed its $125.4 million acquisition of PlantPlus Foods Canada Inc.

+ Amp Energy secured $350.0 million credit facility

+ AutoCanada Inc. is on the market to raise $350.0 million in sr. unsecured debt

+ Crombie REIT is on the market to raise $200.0 million in equity

+ dentalcorp Holdings Ltd. closed $115.0 million equity raise

+ Enbridge Inc. closed $750.0 million sub. debt raise

+ HerdWhistle Technologies Inc. is on the market to raise $20.0 million in equity

+ Ionomr Innovations Inc. closed US$15.0 million equity raise

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

+ Nanalysis Scientific Corp. is on the market to raise $8.0 million in equity

+ Royal Bank of Canada is on the market to raise $1.0 billion in sub. debt

+ Shoplazza closed $150.0 million funding round

+ Sintana Energy Inc. closed US$600,000.0 equity raise by private placement

+ TIMIA Capital Corp. closed $2.189 million equity raise by private placement

+ 1Password closed US$620.0 million funding round

*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. 25; Calgary Real Estate Board 2022 Forecast; info/tickets - virtual only

+ Feb. 2-3; 5^th Annual ECO Impact, Hyatt Regency, Calgary; in-person/virtual; info/register

+ Feb. 3; Business Transitions Forum, Westin Hotel, Calgary; info/register

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

+ Feb. 22; Alberta Legislature Spring Session Opens, and Throne Speech, Edmonton

+ Feb. 25; Noreen Music’s book launch and workshop – The Unexpected Entrepreneur, info/register

+ Mar. 1; RealCapital conference, Toronto Convention Centre; info/register

+ Mar. 30; IoT North Conference and Exhibition, BMO Centre, Stampede Park, in-person/virtual; info/registration

+ Mar. 31 – Apr. 1; National Heavy Equipment Show, International Centre, Mississauga; save the date

+ Apr. 6-8; Economic Developers of Alberta – EDA Experience 2022, Pomery Kananaskis Mountain Lodge, Kananaskis; info/partner/call for presenters

+ April. 12; Vancouver Real Estate Forum, Vancouver Convention Centre; info/register/save the date

+ April 20; Top Glass, Conference and Exhibits 2022, The International Centre, Mississauga, ON; info/register

+ May 4-6; NORTH51 Conference - RECOMBINATION, Rimrock Hotel, Banff; info/register

+ May 17-18; Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, Delta Marriott Regina; save the date/present/attend

+ May 22-26; World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland; agenda

+ May 26; Top 7 Over 70 awards gala, Hyatt Regency, Calgary; info/tickets

+ June 6-9; Canadian Gas Association, Annual Technical Conference 2022 – Find Your Energy!; Toronto Sheraton, Toronto; info/register

+ June 7-9; Global Energy Show, Stampede Park, Calgary; awards nomination, info/registration

+ June 13-15; NeoCon 2022, The Mart, Chicago, info/save the date/register – call for presentations deadline Jan. 17

+ Sept. 13-15; BOMEX – Charlottetown 2022, info/register/save the date

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+ Sept. 17-21; 24^th World Petroleum Congress – Energy Transition – the path to Net Zero, info/sponsorship/registration

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+ Government of Canada funding announced for EV chargers in Alberta

+ Parkland Corp. agreed to acquire M& M Food Market; $322.0 million deal involves 315 standalone stores as well as 2,000 partner locations where M&M products are sold