+ Ann Mackenzie to Director @ Canada Post

+ Bob Bonner to Sr. Account Exec. @ MOBIA Technology Innovations

+ Carolyn Rogers to Sr. Deputy Governor @ Bank of Canada

+ Deanne Harington to Head of Marketing, Canada @ Capital Group

+ Diederik Pen to Exec. VP & COO @ WestJet

+ Frank Witter to Director @ CGI Inc.

+ Greg Shannon to Judge, Calgary Civil Division @ Provincial Court of Alberta

+ Howard Phillips to CFO & VP Finance @ Centron Group

+ James Barber to Exec. VP, Public Equities @ AIMCo

+ Juanita Marois to Director @ Travel Alberta

+ Kandis Demers to Health & Safety Coordinator @ Longview Aviation Services

+ Karen Molle to Judge, Calgary Criminal Division @ Provincial Court of Alberta

+ Ken Lebioda, VP, Bus & Corp Dev. @ Resverlogix Corp.

+ Ludwig Willisch to Director @ iA Financial Group

+ Mary Simon to become 30^th Governor General of Canada

+ Michael Bodnar to Principal, Forensic Technical Services @ HKA

+ Monica Curtis to Pres. & CEO @ EnerQuality Corporation

+ Neil Yeates to Director @ Travel Alberta

+ Robert Antoniuk to Chief Safety, Health and Environment Officer @ WestJet

+ Roger Poirier to Director @ Newtopia Inc.

+ Rose-Anny Archibald to National Chief @ Assembly of First Nations

+ Sandra Mah to Judge, Calgary Criminal Division @ Provincial Court of Alberta

+ Scott Hamilton to Pres. & CEO @ The Alberta New Home Warranty Program

+ Sean Dekoning to VP, Area Manager, Calgary @ EllisDon

+ Terrence Coonan to Bus. Operations Mgr. @ ATB Financial

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+ Bill Robertson; long time Mayor of Okotoks; 67

+ Mitch Klimove; Edmonton restauranteur, horseman, former Edmonton Oilers President; 94

+ William Stevenson; retired lawyer, former judge, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, 87

+ ageism persists …

+ one in four struggling with mental health issues

+ toxic managers = trouble

+ THIRD ACTion Film Festival, is seeking volunteers – get in on the action, great films and a fascinating volunteer experience – info/apply - DONATE

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+ July 13; Renaissance Oil Corp., Annual General and Special Meeting of Securityholders, virtual-only

+ July 15; MTY Food Group Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ July 20; K.B. Recycling Industries Ltd., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ July 22; Calgary Co-Op, Annual Meeting, Glenmore Inn and Convention Centre

+ July 29; Inter Pipeline Ltd., Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ July 29; Pembina Pipeline Corporation, Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

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Please send us your events:

+ July 16; Alberta IoT, 2^nd annual Golf Tournament, Lynx Ridge Golf Club, Calgary; info/register

+ Aug. 11-12; Priddis Greens Charity Classic in support of the Prostate Cancer Centre, Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club, Priddis – info/register

+ Aug. 11-15; Shaw Charity Classic – PGA Champions Tour Event, Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club, info/website

+ Aug. 12; Glenn Anderson Day of Golf, in support of the Cross Cancer Institute, Derrick Golf & Winter Club, Edmonton – info/sponsor/save the date

+ Aug 19; Western Roses CF Golf Tournament, Elbow Springs Golf Course, Calgary; info/register

+ Aug. 24; Alberta Cancer Foundation Golf Classic, Country Hills Golf Club; info/register

+ Aug. 26-28; 70^th Annual CEEA Forum & Oilmen’s Golf Tournament [keynote speaker, Rex Murphy], Fairmont Banff Springs, info/register

+ Sept. 8; Little Warriors Charity Golf Tournament, The Quarry course, Edmonton; info/details/donate;  register

+ Sept. 9; Kerby Centre Charity Classic, Carmoney Golf Club, Calgary; info/registration

+ Sept. 13; 65 Roses Ladies Golf Classic, Earl Grey Golf Club, Calgary; info/registration

+ Sept. 22; CAOEC Golf Tournament, Elbow Springs Golf Club, Calgary; info/sponsor - register

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+ Alectra Inc. published its 2020 Annual Sustainability Report – Discovering the Possibilities

+ CSL Group Inc. published its 2020 Corporate Sustainability Report

+ Maple Leaf Foods published its 2020 Sustainability Report

+ BentallGreenOak acquired 3 industrial properties – Henday Industrial Park, in Edmonton; 618,363 sq. ft.  and 3.5 acres of outdoor storage; terms not disclosed

+ we reported last week that Pannatoni Development Co. was developing a 600,000 sq. ft. facility for Amazon; correction – that’s a 600,000 sq. ft. footprint on a 2.9 million sq. ft. facility …

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+ Alberta COVID-19 re-opening -  July 1 – PHASE 3 – fully reopened

+ Calgary Council Derby, City of Calgary 2021 elections; now there are 20  candidates running for mayor: Ian Chaing, Jan Damery,  Jeromy Farkas, Brad Field, Emile Gabriel, Jyoti Gondek, Larry Heather, Dean Hopkins, Kevin Johnston, Zane Novak,Teddy Ogbonna, Sunny Singh, Shaoli Wang,  Grace Yan, Zac Hartley, Grant Prior, Jeff Davidson, David oZone Clark., Paul Michael Hallelujah, Mizanur Rahman, and 87 candidates have filed nomination papers for council’s 14 Ward seats

+ ATCO Energy Solutions announced plans to build a renewable natural gas facility north or Vegreville; they plan to recycle organic waste and methane from manure – to produce fuel

+ Calgary Stampede – it is ON! …

+ COVID-19 in Alberta stats: 2,307 deaths to date, 624 active cases of 232,501 confirmed cases to date: aggregate Alberta data – currently, 112 Albertans are in the hospital with COVID-19, and 34 of those are in intensive care units

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; crude prices holding steady as U.S. inventories decline – WTI US$74/bbl, BRENT US$75/bbl

+ Dye & Durham Limited acquired TM Group (UK) Limited for $156.0 million

+ GOA – Premier Kenny shuffled his cabinet – details/press release

+ GREEN LINE got a GREEN LIGHT; City of Calgary Green Line got a GOA approval and GOC funding commitment: $1.53 billion from each + $1.59 billion from the City of Calgary – largest infrastructure project in Calgary’s history

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

+ i3 Energy plc agreed to acquire a portfolio of central Alberta oil and gas assets from Cenovus Energy Inc. for $65.0 million

+ Japan Petroleum Exploration Co.’s sub. Japan Canada Oil Sands Ltd. are reported to be on the market to sell it’s 75% stake in the Hangingstone oil sands property; CNOOC hold the other 25%

+ Parkland Corporation agreed to acquire the fuel and convenience stores division of Crevier Group; 174 locations – closes in 2022, terms not disclosed

+ Pembina Pipeline Corporation and Inter Pipeline merger remains alive; Alberta Securities Commission dismissed the application of rival bidder Brookfield

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

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: up 4 to 479 this week; Canada: up 1 to 137 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Shell Canada Limited announced plans for a large-scale carbon capture and storage project at its Scotford Complex at Fort Saskatchewan – Polaris CCS; planning is underway, final investment decision will occur in 2023

+ TD Bank Group closed its acquisition of Headlands Tech Global Markets LLC

+ Treeline Well Services LP acquired Kodiak Well Servicing; terms not disclosed

+ Urban Life Solutions Inc. acquired GrassChopper Landscaping Ltd.

Last week we reported an item incorrectly:

+ we reported last week that Pannatoni Development Co. was developing a 600,000 sq. ft. facility for Amazon; correction – that’s a 600,000 sq. ft. footprint on a 2.9 million sq. ft. facility …

+ Avanti Energy Inc. closed $4.08 million equity raise by private placement

+ Electric Royalties Ltd. closed $2.0 million equity raise by private placement

+ Lumiera Health Inc. closed $1.3 million equity raise by private placement

+ LUXXFOLIO Holdings Inc. closed $3.0 million equity raise by private placement

+ Marwest Apartment REIT is on the market to raise $5.0 million

+ NuVista Energy Ltd. is on the market to raise $200.0 million in sr. unsecured debt

+ Seaspan Corporation is on the market to raise $750.0 million in sr. unsecured debt

+ Summit Industrial Income REIT is on the market to raise $225.0 million in unsecured debt

+ Timbercreek Financial Corp. closed $50.0 million convertible debt financing

+ Transcontinental Inc. is on the market to raise $250.0 million in sr. unsecured debt by private placement

+ VerticalScope Holdings Inc. closed $143.83 million equity financing

*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 …

+ Kelowna construction crane collapsed yesterday; multiple fatalities reported

+ Nexii Building Solutions Inc. acquired Omicron Canada Ltd.

+ we reported last week that Pannatoni Development Co. was developing a 600,000 sq. ft. facility for Amazon; correction – that’s a 600,000 sq. ft. footprint on a 2.9 million sq. ft. facility …

+ EllisDon will lead the project – an unsolicited project proposal to the GOA; Prairie Link High-Speed Rail Project secured an MOU with the GOA to build a high-speed rail link connecting Edmonton and Calgary; this is a project that has been floated several times in the past without success – so, maybe, in the fullness of time, it could happen. The estimated capital cost is $9.0 billion. Here’s the key: right of way + many bridges/tunnels and interchanges, so it’s not so much the cost of the rails and cars – it’s having a clear path of travel. Like I said, ‘in the fullness of time’ …

+ GREEN LINE got a GREEN LIGHT; City of Calgary Green Line got a GOA approval and GOC funding commitment: $1.53 billion from each + $1.59 billion from the City of Calgary – largest infrastructure project in Calgary’s history

+ Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir project is a go; environmental approvals obtained

*information in this section, relevant to Alberta/Calgary – for national and international news, go to our PROPERTYlines monthly publication

+ July 9 – 18; Calgary Stampede, Stampede Park; here’s the Q + A ….

+ July 23 – Aug. 8; Tokyo Olympics – 2021 Summer Games

+ Aug. 28; Enbridge Tour Alberta for Cancer; sign up for free, no minimums – cycle from anywhere and any distance – pedal for progress; info/register

+ Sept. 12-15; Digital Construction World, Dubai World Trade Centre, info/register

+ Sept. 21 - 23; Global Energy Show, Stampede Park, Calgary; awards nomination, info/registration

+ Sept. 22-23; Canadian Apartment Investment Conference, online/virtual – info/registration

+ Oct. 4-6 [REVSIED DATE]; NeoCon, the Mart, Chicago; info/register

+ Oct. 20 -21; Calgary Real Estate Forum, virtual format; agenda/sponsor/register to attend

+ Oct. 20-21; BOMEX Virtual 2021, The New Normal?, annual conference; save the date/mailing list, call for presenters

+ Nov. 9-10; ISA, Calgary Show – Expo & Conference, Telus Convention Centre, Calgary; save the date / submit a paper (deadline is June 7) / conference brochure/register

+ Nov. 5; 7^th Annual Peter Burgener Charity Concert for Classrooms with Barney Bentall and the Cariboo Express, Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal University; save the date

+ Dec. 6-9; World Petroleum Congress, Houston; info/registration

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2022

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

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

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