+ Alana Redding to Associate/Project Engineer @ Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd.

+ Alex Probyn to Global Pres., Property Tax @ Altus Group

+ Alison Pearl to Partner @ MNP

+ Ashley Charron to Director of Admissions @ CDI College

+ Bill Currie to Director @ Business Development Bank of Canada

+ Cory Janssen to Director @ McCoy Global Inc.

+ Derek Elliott to Partner @ Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

+ Eileen Foroglou to CFO @ NYX Capital Corp.

+ Gaetan Morin, Pres. & CEO @ Fonds de solidarité FTQ, retiring

+ George Rubin to Chief Commercial Officer @ Loop Energy Inc.

+ Gordon Simpson to Associate/Project Engineer @ Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd.

+ Janie Béïque to Pres. & CEO @ Fonds de solidarité FTQ

+ John Dumonceaux to Major Gifts Officer @ Hull Services

+ John Tourlas to Pres., North America @ Medicom Inc.

+ Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, stepping down

+ Kareen Stangherlin to Trustee @ CAAT Pension Plan

+ Katherine Eriksen to VP, Bus. Dev., North America @ Energy Resourcing Canada Ltd.

+ Kelly Schmitt to CEO @ Benevity

+ Kourtney Rylands to Partner @ McMillan LLP

+ Ky Kvisle to Partner @ Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

+ Lisa Romyn to Project Control Coordinator @ Enbridge

+ Marie-Josée' Lapierre to Sr. VP, General Counsel & Corp. Secretary @ eStruxture Data Centers Inc.

+ Mariyam Gulzar to Integration Project Mgr., Northern Lights Program @ Suncor

+ Melanie Pump to CFO @ Mobio Technologies Inc.

+ Natalia Martin Orozco to Chief Development Officer @ Providence Therapeutics

+ Nathalie Bernier to Director @ RF Capital Group Inc.

+ Pantalis Kyriakakis to Partner @ McCarthy Tétrault LLP

+ Peter Rizakos to General Counsel @ Champignon Brands

+ Phil Khuu to Director, Bus. Dev. @ Buffalo Inspection Services Inc.

+ Piyush Patel to Chief Medical Officer @ Providence Therapeutics

+ Rachel Wexler to CEO @ Valeria Inc.

+ Ravi Deshpande to Chief Bus. Dev. Officer @ Elna Medical

+ Rod Baker, Director, Pres. & CEO @ Great Canadian Gaming, resigned/self-sacked

+ Rudy Shirra to Mgr., Corporate Development @ Sylogist Ltd.

+ Sean Hodgins to CFO @ ABT Capital Markets Inc.

+ Sheri Rempel, CFO @ Mobio Technologies Inc., resigned

+ Steve Morriss to Pres., Asia Pacific and Middle East @ SNC-Lavalin

+ Tim Wilson to CFOR @ RF Capital Group Inc.

+ Tom Redl to Executive Chair @ Chandos Construction Ltd.

+ Trish Macpherson to Partner @ Alignvest Student Housing

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+ Bill Copithorne; last remaining 2^nd generation descendant of pioneer ranchers; 94

+ Cas Hyciek; businessman and early Calgary Flames shareholder; 94

+ Devon Helfrich; two-term Crossfield councillor; 32

+ Jay Lydiatt; I.T. professional, community volunteer, YMCA and scouting leader; 71

+ are ‘work from home’ employees focused?

+ will COVID-19 vaccination by required? …. and how do you enforce that?

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

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

+ Apr. 8; CIBC, Annual Meeting of Shareholders

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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

+ Feb, 24 – 26; Dare To Lead workshops; Brene Brown program offered by Jenn Lofgren at Incito; info/register

+ Apr. 13; Western Canada Apartment Investment Conference (being held virtually), info/save the date

+ Apr. 14-15; 28^th Vancouver Real Estate Forum, virtual-only; info/save the date

+ 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 19 – 20; Alberta Economic Development Leaders’ Summit * Conference; online/virtual; information/register

+ 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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IN THIS ISSUE: Alberta COVID stats | Enerplus buying Bruin | GOA privatizing land titles | TC Energy cancelled KeystoneXL expansion – 1,000 layoffs |  U.S. inauguration + deals + rig counts + upcoming events, appointments + REIT NEWS + ESG reports + financings + quotes + kudos

+ in Edmonton, Redstone Group acquired Canadian Bank Place (30-storey/408,983 sq. ft.) for $85.3 million from BentallGreenOak

+ Lehigh Cement et al are making low-carbon cement; collaborators are using captured CO₂

+ Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time. – Jim Rohn

+ Tough times don’t’ last. Tough people do. – Gregory Peck

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+ Alberta COVID-19 stats: 1,574 deaths to date, 9,337 active cases of 121,535 confirmed cases to date: aggregate Alberta data – currently, 637 Albertans are in the hospital with COVID-19, and 113 of those are in intensive care units – 3,108,982 tests have been administered to Albertans so far …

+ Alberta COVID-19 vaccinations for most vulnerable in long-term care and staff is completed; Alberta running out of first-dose vaccine

+ Alberta COVID-19 restrictions effective December 8^th; with the balance of measures took effect December 13^th; it’s masks, stay home, closing or severely limiting or closing many business operations – now extended to January 21^st – some service activities (hair cuts etc.) are now relaxed - outdoor social gatherings too as Alberta COVID restrictions are slightly eased

+ ABTraceTogether – get the APP

+ Alberta oil may have a new way to get to tidewater in Texas; now that the KeystoneXL Expansion project is terminated, attention is focusing on an Enbridge venture  – Southern Access pipeline project

+ ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project moving through regulatory process

+ Bank of Canada held steady – it’s overnight rate stays at 0.25%

+ Birchcliff Energy Ltd. announced its 2021CapEx Budget is $210.0 million

+ BP cutting its exploration activities, staff, and expected crude production in focus on renewable energy

+ City of Calgary 2021 elections; candidates declared running for mayor: Jeremy Farkas, Jyoti Gondek, Brad Field ~ so far 12 candidates for council ~ and lots of other rumoured candidates exploring a run …

+ CI Financial Corp. agreed to acquired Segall Byrant and Hamill LLC (US$23.0 billion book)

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; crude holding steady around US$52/bbl

+ Enerplus Corporation agreed to acquire Bruin E&P HoldCo LLC for US$465.0 million

+ Equinor (formerly Statoil) sold its 18.8% stake in Athabasca Oil for $18.0 million

+ Fraggle Rock comes to Calgary; The Jim Henson Company will begin filming in Calgary …

+ Government of Alberta is testing the water; they’ve issued a call for Expressions of Interest to outsource operation of Land Titles, Corporate and Personal Properties Registries – a 35 yr. concession is contemplated: Sale Of A Concession (Select Registries of Alberta) … tic toc

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

+ Irving Oil laid off 60 staff at its Saint John, NB refinery due to drop in demand

+ January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

+ Obsidian Energy Ltd. extended its hostile takeover bid for Bonterra Energy Corp. to Mar. 29/21– the PR battle between Obsidian and Bonterra continues … tic toc

+ office vacancy in Calgary climbing – predicted on trajectory to cross 30% according to Avison Young report on anticipated bumps in vacancy due to mergers and COVID-19

+ Pembina Pipeline Corporation launched open-season bidding for its Cochin Pipeline

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

+ Providence Therapeutics is partnering with Norther RNA Inc. to develop expanding COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing in Calgary – one of eight firms getting financial support from the Government of Canada

+ Safeguard Real Estate Investment Fund IV Limited Partnership and CEP LP Investment Corp. were place in receivership; BDO is the receiver

+ TC Energy suspended work on KeystoneXL pipeline expansion project; the U.S. Presidential Permit issued under the Trump administration was revoked by Executive Over on President Biden’s first day in office – work stopped, 1,000 job losses imminent

+ Telsec Property Corp. acquired the former Jack Carter car dealership site on Macleod Trail at Glenmore Trail

+ TFI International Inc. agreed to acquire the key freight business of United Parcel Service, UPS Freight, for US$800.0 million

+ time to be counted, or to do the counting: Statistics Canada is staffing up – 32,000 jobs across Canada – link for information/apply

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: up 5 to 378 this week; Canada: up 11 to 172 this week; full breakdown

+ U.S. Presidential Transition: Trump exited, Biden was inaugurated,  outlook for Canada/guidance from RSM Canada; inaugural poem by Amanda Gorman was spectacular, Prime Minister Trudeau’s statement

+ West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. acquisition of Norbord Inc. got shareholder approval

+ WestJet return its 737Max planes to service

+ Alpha Lithium Corp. is on the market to raise $20.0 million in equity

+ Argonaut Gold Inc. is on the market to raise $23.0 million in equity

+ DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. closed $35.0 million convertible debt financing

+ Dream Industrial REIT ins the market to raise $225.0 million in equity

+ Ekona Power Inc. closed $3.0 million convertible debt financing

+ Enerplus Corporation is on the market to raise $115.0 million in equity

+ Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. is on the market to raise $51.0 million in equity

+ E3 Metals Corp. is on the market to raise $7.0 million in equity by private placement

+ KITS Eyecare Ltd. closed $55.0 million equity financing by IPO

+ mCloud Technologies Corp. closed US$1.515 million third tranche of a convertible debt financing

+ MEG Energy Corp. is on the market to raise US$600.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Mind Cure Health Inc. is on the market to raise $10.0 million in equity

+ NG Energy International Corp. is on the market to raise $8.5 million in equity by private placement

+ Paramount Resources Ltd. secured $1.0 billion revolving credit facility

+ Paramount Resources Ltd. closed $35.0 million sr. unsecured convertible debt financing by private placement

+ Pembina Pipeline Corp. closed $600.0 million debt financing

+ Progressive Planet Solutions Ltd. is on the market to raise $1.4 million in equity

+ Resolute Forest Products Inc. is on the market to raise $300.0 million in sr. unsecured debt

+ Revive Therapeutics Ltd. is on the market to raise $20.0 million in equity

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

+ Seaspan Corporation is on the market to raise US$200.0 million in sr. unsecured debt

+ SPoT Coffee (Canada) Ltd. is on the market to raise $500.0 million in equity

+ Telus International is on the market to raise US$500.0 million in equity by IPO

+ Theratechnologies Inc. closed US$46.0 million equity financing

+ Tourmaline Oil Corp. closed $250.0 million sr. unsecured debt financing

+ Videotron Ltd. closed $650.0 million sr. debt financing

+ Voyager Digital Ltd. closed US$46.0 million equity financing

+ Wishpond Technologies Ltd. is on the market to raise $7.0 million in equity

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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 …

+ CN logistics hub in Milton, ON is a go

+ shortlist of three for $62.0 million high school project in Duncan, BC

+ Government of Alberta is testing the water; they’ve issued a call for Expressions of Interest to outsource the operation of Land Titles, Corporate and Personal Properties Registries – a 35 yr. concession is contemplated: Sale Of A Concession (Select Registries of Alberta) … tic toc

+ University of Lethbridge issued an Expressions of Interest call; 51,429 sq. ft. Community Centre for Wellbeing – for development and commercialization

+ Telsec Property Corp. acquired the former Jack Carter car dealership site on Macleod Trail at Glenmore Trail

+ TFI International Inc. agreed to acquire the key freight business of United Parcel Service, UPS Freight, for US$800.0 million

+ Dream Industrial REIT agreed to acquire a $465.0 million portfolio of assets in Canada, Europe, and the United States