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FACILITYCalgary May 27/25

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SHAKERS AND MOVERS 
appointments and disappointments 

+ Andre Naslausky to COO @ Petro-Victory Energy Corp.

+ Barry Perry to Director @ Royal Bank of Canada

+ Bret Kimpton to COO @ Coelacanth Energy Inc.

+ David Wiens to Pres. @ Dairy Farmers of Canada

+ Gervasio Barzola to Advisor to the CEO @ Petro-Victory Energy Corp.

+ Glen Clark to Director of Client Experience @ Westcor Construction Ltd.

+ Jeff Murray to Exec. VP & CFO @ Boyd Group Services Inc.

+ Joseph Lobendahn to Bus. Dev. & Indigenous Relations Manager @ Arnett & Burgess Pipeliners

+ June-Marie Innes to Director @ Source Rock Royalties Inc.

+ J.P. Towner to CFO @ Rona Inc.

+ Kyle Morgan to VP Pre-Construction @ Westcor Construction Ltd.

+ Shuv Majumbdar, Conservative, Elected as Member of Parliament for Calgary Heritage

+ Stacey Sarris to VP Marketing & Client Success @ Trailcon Leasing Inc.

+ Terry Trudeau, COO @ Coelacanth Energy Inc., stepped down

+ Vito Calabretta to Chief Customer Officer @ Tecsys 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 ]




 CLIMATE CHANGE + LEED + RENEWABLE ENERGY 

+ Canadian pension fund managers supporting ISSB standards

+ Canadian Securities Administrators statement on ISSB standards

+ ISSB inaugural standards for ESG-related disclosure; analysis by Blakes

+ Pattern Energy Group LP started construction on their 150MW Lanfine Wind power project




 SAVE THE DATE - CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENTS 

+ Sept. 11; Rotary Stay In School Charity Golf Classic, Glencoe Golf & Country Club, Calgary; sponsor, register to golf

+ Sept. 21; Calgary’s 65 Roses Ladies Golf Classic in support of Cystic Fibrosis Canada, The Winston Golf Club, Calgary; info/registration

+ Sept. 28; Accessible Housing Annual Fundraising Gala, Silver Springs Golf Cub, Calgary

+ send us your 2023 tournament information – we are happy to post them here

~ [please send your charity golf event notices to  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]




 Mark Kolke - Agent/Realtor
VP Commercial, MaxWell Capital Realty

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Pres, PLANDflex Corporation
- publisher, FACILITYCalgary
- publisher, Monday Morning Minute
- publisher, REITrag

CONTACT MARK KOLKE 
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 20 years with MaxWell / 20 year member Calgary Real Estate Board

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 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY + ESG REPORTS 

+ Minto Group published its 2022 ESG Report

+ MTY Food Group Inc. published its 2022 Sustainability Report

+ Ontario Power Generation Inc. published its 2022 ESG Report


 
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 REITs + TRUST NEWS 

+ REITrag covers activity and announcements on the activity of real estate investment trusts - REITs: March/2023 ~ Issue #1; April/2023 ~ Issue #2 ; May/2023 – Issue #3




 SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

+ Aug. 2; NXT Energy Solutions Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ Aug. 10; Northstar Clean Technologies Inc., Annual General and Special Meeting, Delta

+ Aug. 22; Lanesborough REIT, Annual General Meeting of Unitholders, Winnipeg

~ Canadian banks and life insurance companies got approval to do their 2023 annual meetings virtually

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NEWS SUMMARY 

 July 19 ~ 25 / 2023 


+ Alberta beef industry got $12.0 million investment from Ottawa – funding for 23 sustainability projects

+ BC Port strike was settled; and then it wasn’t – then the union filed another strike notice, then the rescinded it, politicians chimed in late and succeeded in making it more confusing; it seems there will be a vote soon on the latest iteration of the settlement deal

+ Calgary was selected to be the host city for 2027 North American Indigenous Games

+ Chrysalis Golf Ventures Inc. acquired GolfutureYYC

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; CRUDE PRICES ARE UP due to Opec+ production costs and weakening dolar - WTI @ US$79/bbl, Brent @ US$83/bbl;

+ FACILITYCalgary, a sponsor-supported FREE weekly newsletter; published Tuesdays at 6:00 AM (MDT); Calgary news focused on oil & gas, finance and real estate industry; click here to sign up

+ fires and floods; Alberta wildfire concerns remain on high alert; currently 134 fires are burning in Alberta, 4 are not under control

+ Government of Canada – wide reporting indicates the reason Prime Minister Trudeau has recalled all ministers to Ottawa this week to facilitate a Cabinet Shuffle expected tomorrow

+ MONDAY MORNING MINUTE - a weekly inspiration message and a selected quote in your inbox weekly; check out the new format; click here to sign up;  click here for this week’s message)

+ reader contributions: are always welcome. Please forward your comments, news items, and company appointment announcements; them to kolke@facilitycalgary.com

+ Spartan Delta Corp. closed its spin-out transaction sale transaction to establish Logan Energy Corp. and realignment of management

+ REITrag – is our publication covering REITs; available by subscription; March/2023 ~ Issue #1; April/2023 – Issue #2; May/2023 – Issue #3; sign-up form – get on our mailing list

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: down 6 to 669 this week; Canada: steady at 187 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Strathallen Capital is reorganizing and rebranding as Salthill Capital

+ TC Energy Corporation and partners selling Columbia Gas and Columbia Gulf assets into a new JV with Global Infrastructure Partners in a $5.2 billion sale




THIS WEEK IN FINANCINGS 
- proposed & closed

+ DRI Healthcare Trust closed $98.0 million equity raise

+ Filament Health Corp. closed a $2.5 million equity raise by private placement

+ GameOn closed $1.8 million closed $1.8 million equity raise

+ Lion Electric Company closed a US$142.0 million in unsecured convertible debt financings

+ Logan Energy Corp. completed a $48.5 million equity raise by private placement

+ Montfort Capital Corporation secured $65.0 million increased credit facility

+ Orford Mining Corporation is on the market to raise $2.2 million in equity by flow-through shares

+ Othersphere secured $3.0 million funding raise

+ Padlock Partners UK Fund IV completed a $45.2 million equity raise by IPO

+ Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. closed a $7.475 million equity raise

+ Turnium Technology Group Inc. is on the market to raise $3.0 million in equity

editor’s note: names of 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 …




 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

+ July 26; University of Calgary – Downtown Campus, Lunch-and-learn [poster]: Graduate programs in quantum computing; register for in-person + lunch; register for online/Zoom – no free lunch!           

+ Aug. 10-11; Aerospace, Defence and Security Expo, Tradex, Abbotsford, BC; info/register

+ Sept. 12 – 14; The Carbon Canada Conference, Edmonton Convention Centre, Edmonton; info/register

+ Sept. 13-14; Oil Sands Conference (Shell Place) & Trade Show (Suncor Community Leisure Centre) , Fort McMurray; conference / trade show

+ Sept. 15-17; 7th World Geothermal Congress, Beijing, China -  info - register

+ Sept. 17-21; 24th World Petroleum Congress; Energy Transitions – the path to Net Zero, BMO Centre, Stampede Park / registration; early bird registration is open; exhibition features – what, where, when

+ Sept. 26-28; BOMEX Edmonton 2023; JW Marriott/Ice District, Edmonton; details/registration open

+ Sept. 26-28; International Energy Agency – Technical Collaboration Program, EOR 2023 Conference, Hotel Arts, Calgary; sponsor opportunities

+ Sept. 28; Canadian Energy Person of the Year – Award Gala Dinner, Calgary Petroleum Club; info/tickets

+ Oct. 18-19; BUILDEX Alberta, 20-24; Calgary – save the date

+ Oct. 27; Classroom Champions, Concert for Classrooms – Barney Bentall & The Caribou Express, Bella Concert Hall, Calgary; info/tickets (link to highlights of 2022 Toronto concert) ; save the dates – Calgary, Oct. 27 / Toronto,Nov. 2

+ Nov. 1-2; Supply Change, Conference & Expo, Westin Airport, Calgary; info / register

+ Nov. 6 & 5; 2023 Decentralized Energy Forum, Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise; info / register

+ Nov. 7-8; Canadian Aerospace Summit, Ottawa - save the date

+ Nov. 14-15; Oilfield Electrification Technology Conference, Hyatt Houston West, Houston; register, submit abstracts

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2024

+ 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 ]




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