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+ Andy Carmichael, VP Exploration @ ISO Energy, resigned

+ Eugene Syho to Director @ INEO Tech Corp.

+ John Brace, Director @ Aecon Group Inc., retired

+ Martin Kon to Pres. & COO @ Cohere

+ Maureen Moneta to Director @ Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation

+ Merline Saintil, Director @ Lightspeed Commerce Inc., stepped down

+ Peter Picciola, VP & CIO @ BTB REIT, resigned

+ Tomoshiro Kuboto to Pres, CEO & Chairman @ Subaru Canada Inc.

~ 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 ]

+ Doug Pynn; retired former Treasurer @ BP; 93

+ Ian Tyson; Alberta rancher, country-folk music icon, Order of Canada recipient; 89

+ Randy Pawliw; oil patch veteran, founder and CEO of Cimarron Petroleum, Sage Petroleum, and Blue Mountain Energy; 72

+ Ted Avison; Canadian real estate icon, founder of Avison Real Estate (now, Avison Young); 91

+ Government of Canada’s hybrid return to work plan opposed by union

+ integrating wellbeing at work

+ cryptocurrency coverage of financings/news will continue to NOT BE SEEN here; there is so much volatility and mis-information out there we are unable to sort the facts from the ground pepper … so we won’t be covering specific news items around cryptocurrency news going into 2023 until that market starts to look more reliable than Canadian Tire money; scandals continue .. FYI: Binance, FTX , Genesis

+ investing in tech is top priority for companies in 2023

+ LinkedIn published its 5^th annual ‘Top Startups’ list; only one from Calgary – at #1, Neo Financial

+ Meta settlement of Cambridge Analytica scandal

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

January 26  - at SAIT 

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

+ City of Calgary planning services returning to occupy space in City Hall; displacement from last year’s arson/damage at City Hall is now coming to a close …

+ Lafarge Canada focused on driving decarbonization

+ Lehigh Hanson is rebranding as Heidelberg Materials

+ two LEED gold projects completed by PCL

+ Jan. 11; Nav Canada, Annual General Meeting, Ottawa

+ Jan. 12; Martello Technologies Group Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Ottawa

+ Jan. 19; Virginia Energy Resources Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Vancouver

+ Jan. 20; Liminal BioSciences Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

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

+ 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 ]

+ Good Earth Coffeehouse opened in the Indigo store at Signal Hill

+ Swimco has reopened brick/mortar locations following emergence from bankruptcy

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+ Every day is a renewal, every morning is the daily miracle. The joy you feel is life. – Gertrude Stein

+ It’s all about connectivity – not just technical connectivity but geographic connectivity. That’s what makes a city go. – Dan Gilbert

+ congratulations to recent Order of Canada recipients; Albertans among them: Mac Van Wielingen, William Sembo, Michael Hill, Timothy Caulfield, Michael Massey and Walter William Jule Jr.

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Est. July, 1999

+ a Happy New Year wish to our readers; and thank you for your continued support, readership and to many of you, thank you for your contributions of news items, appointments and feedback – essential to providing content and subject matter that is useful and valuable to our readers. Thanks too to our sponsor/advertisers who support our costs to produce and publish FACILITYCalgary

+ Alberta in-migration stats are strong; July-October/22 figures show strong flow in new immigrants to Canada as well as movement within the country; the graph shows great perspective vis-à-vis other provinces …

+ AltaGas Ltd. secured regulator approval to divest its ownership of it’s Alaskan Utilities (SEMCO Energy) to Alaska Utility Holdings Inc.

+ AND, re-starting next week, our pandemic-paused interviews feature; watch for our re-start of this feature, next week – my interview of Paula Calderon, CEO at Calgary founded/headquartered Canadian Immigrant Women’s Association

+ AND, a new feature section – looking for suggested content and feedback from readers on this – Technology Trends (see below)

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI @ US$80/bbl, Brent @ US$85/bbl; prices dampened as traders are anxious about China-restart/uncertainty as covid-reality impacts demand as restrictions are lifted on Chinese citizens

+ Good Earth Coffeehouse opened in the Indigo store at Signal Hill

+ IFMA’s January event: save the date – January 26, facility tour/networking event at Attabotics

+ i3 Energy plc announced its 2023CapEx Budget is US$64.05 million

+ Lehigh Hanson is rebranding as Heidelberg Materials

+ Prodigy Ventures agreed to sell TCB Corporation to UST Global Canada Inc. for $12.5 million

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: steady at 779 this week; Canada: down 12 to 84 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Rogers/Shaw merger progress, sort of, as the Competition Tribunal approved the merger over the objections of Competition Commissioner who is appealing the decision, unconvinced the Freedom Mobile spinoff to Videotron Ltd. will spur sufficient competition to keep a lid on consumer prices. Shaw issued it’s statement praising the decision ~ and the Federal Court granted an emergency stay to temporarily suspend the Competition Tribunal’s decision pending a hearing on the Competition Commissioner’s injunction pleadings – and most watchers believe, in the end, it’s a political/cabinet-level decision …tik toc

+ Suncor had an explosion and fire at its Commerce City, Colorado facility resulting in a shutdown

+ Swimco has reopened brick/mortar locations following emergence from bankruptcy

+ TC Energy Corp. restarted the southern Cushing extension of its Keystone Pipeline that’s been shut down since a Dec. 7^th spill in Kansas 

+ Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation secured US$2.0 million debt financing

+ BuildDirect Technologies Inc. is on the market to raise $2.3 million in equity by private placement

+ Carespan Health Inc. is on the market to raise $1.1 million in equity by private placement

+ Clear Blue Technologies International Inc. is on the market to raise $1.261 million in equity by private placement

+ Eddy Smart Home Solutions Ltd. secured $3.0 million credit facility

+ First Helium Inc. closed $2.438 million equity raise by private placement

+ Hillcrest Energy Technologies Ltd. closed $1.518 million equity raise by private placement

+ Kane Biotech Inc. closed $2.0 million debt raise

+ NXT Energy Solutions Inc. is on the market to raise $2.32 million in equity by private placement

+ Royal Helium Ltd. is on the market to secure $17.5 million credit facility

+ Royal Helium Ltd. is on the market to raise $5.5 million in convertible debt

*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. 5-8; 2023 CES / Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, NV; info/register

+ Jan. 16-20; Davos 2023 - World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting, Davos/Klosters, Switzerland; details/sign-up for notifications

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

+ Feb, 15-26; BUILDEX Vancouver, Vancouver Convention Centre West; info/register

+ Mar. 13; 2023 Juno Awards – Rogers Place, Edmonton; tickets

+ 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 ]

+ Alberta government planning to steer away from P-3 school procurement; understandable due to bulging coffers, for the wrong reasons – because Alberta has never understood the potential of P3 projects

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