+ Angus MacNaughton; former Pres. & CEO @ Genstar Corporation, 89

+ Edgar Davis; retired distinguished engineer, former Pres. @ Calgary Olympic Development Association, 104

+ burnout is building at a high rate in survey results

+ just 1 in 5 want to get back to the office full time

+ pushing the right buttons – 2021 Employee Experience Trends Report

+ working 6 days a week? … the danger of unpaid overtime

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

[please send your community board notices to  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

+ June 1; Volunteer Centre of Calgary, Annual General meeting, virtual-only

+ June 3; BRP Inc., Annual General Meeting, virtual-only

+ June 4; Sagicor Financial Company Ltd., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ June 9, Dollarama Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ June 10; Africa Energy Corp., Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ June 14; Avcorp, Industries Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Vancouver, in-person/proxy only

+ June 15; BTB REIT, Annual and Special Meeting of Unitholders, virtual-only

+ June 17; American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP, Annual and Special Meeting of Unitholders, virtual-only

+ June 17; Economical Mutual Insurance Company, Annual Meeting of Policyholders, virtual-only

+ June 17; OV2 Investment 1 Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholder, virtual-only

+ June 18; Frontenac Mortgage Investment Corporation, Annual General and Special Meeting, virtual-only

+ June 22; Optiva Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ June 23; ShaMaran Petroleum Corp., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ June 29; K-Bro Linen Inc., Annual General Meeting, virtual-only

+ July 12; K.B. Recycling Industries Ltd., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, 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

[ please send your event notices and AGM notices to  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

+ Pieridae Energy Limited is establishing a Caroline carbon capture complex; the Caroline Carbon Capture Power Complex will sequester carbon, generate power and net-zero emission offsets; ambitious plan announcement doesn’t disclose timelines or capital cost budget … tic toc

Please send us your events:

+ July 16; Alberta IoT, 2^nd annual Golf Tournament, Lynx Ridge Golf Club, Calgary; 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. 24; Alberta Cancer Foundation Golf Classic, Country Hills Golf Club; info/register

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

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

+ StorageVault Canada Inc. closed the acquisition of four (2 in Saskatchewan, 2 in Alberta) storage assets for $32.0 million

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

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+ Alberta COVID-19 stats: 2,227 deaths to date, 7,646 active cases of 227,509 confirmed cases to date: aggregate Alberta data – currently, 439 Albertans are in the hospital with COVID-19, and 133 of those are in intensive care units; 4,527,212 tests have been administered to 2,142,426 Albertans since the pandemic began

+ Alberta COVID-19 rate (active cases/population) was the highest in Canada; ‘stop the spike’ measures are in effect; stricter restrictions package for a three week clampdown – now done; it’s Alberta re-opening time, again, to be staged depending on case statistics and hospitalizations: The Open For Summer Plan … all COVID restrictions in Alberta to be lifted by July according to Premier Kenny … tic toc

+ Alberta Foothills Properties Ltd. placed into receivership; FTI Consulting Canada Inc. was appointed as receiver

+ Alberta Surface Rights Board is now: Land and Property Rights Tribunal

+ Alberta Vaccine program –  now finishing Phase 2

+ABTraceTogether – get the APP

+ ANNOUNCING:  welcome to our newest sponsor/advertiser at FACILITYCalgary – we proudly welcome Bennett Jones (see their ad below and on the website – Business Law Talks Podcasts, New Energy Economy Series, and connect with their Energy Team)

+ Calgary Council Derby, lots of horses in this year’s races: City of Calgary 2021 elections; now there are 17  candidates running for mayor: Ian Chaing, Jan Damery,  Jeremy 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 and Jeff Davidson; 71 candidates have filed nomination papers for council’s 14 Ward seats

+ Calgary Stampede WILL go ahead; no Chuckwagon Races …

+ City of Calgary has renewed the COVID caused local state-of-emergency protocol to August 13, 2021

+ Clearbeach Resources Inc. and Forbes Resources Corp. sought CCAA protection; MNP appointed Monitor

+ Canadian Pacific Railway Limited continue to wish they’d not lost KCS to CN; the rationalizations have begun

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; crude prices up-ticking slightly ..WTA @ US$67/bbl, BRENT @ US$69/bbl and Goldman are now predicting US$80/bbl for the 4^th qtr … – and OPEC+ group is forecasting stockpiles dropping …

+ Enbridge Line 5 news: nothing new – the mediation process between Enbridge and Michigan state regulators continues … tic toc

+ ESI Energy Services Inc. completed its going-private transaction; not owned 100% by Battery Mineral Resources Corp.

+ Forthryte Services Inc., placed in receivership; Farber and Partners appointed receiver and manager

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

+ Intact Financial Corporation and Tryg A/S completed their acquisition of RSA Insurance Group plc

+ NAME CHANGER: Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (CAODC) changed its name to Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC)

+ Nutrien Ltd. reported to be in merger discussions with BHP Group …

+ Pieridae Energy Limited is establishing a Caroline carbon capture complex; the Caroline Carbon Capture Power Complex will sequester carbon, generate power and net-zero emission offsets; ambitious plan announcement doesn’t disclose timelines or capital cost budget … tic toc

+ Platform Calgary – $80.0 parkade and tech-sector office facility opened in the East Village

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

+ Salt Bush Energy Inc. filed a notice of intention to restructure; Deloitte Restructuring Inc. appointed as monitor

+ Shaw Communications Inc. got court approval to go ahead with its merger/combination with Rogers Communications Inc.

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: up 2 to 457 this week; Canada: up 4 to 62 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Yellow Arrow Oiltools Ltd. filed for bankruptcy; The Bowra Group is the trustee

+ André Dupras to VP Human Resources @ Theratechnologies Inc.

+ Bell Canada is on the market to raise $500.0 million in debt

+ BetterLife Pharma Inc. closed $6.325 million equity financing

+ ChargerQuest closed $3.1 million equity raise

+ Converge Technology Solutions Corp. is on the market to raise $100.0 million in equity

+ dentalcorp Holdings Ltd. closed $950.0 million equity raise by IPO

+ ESE Entertainment Inc. is on the market to raise $7.5 million in equity

+ Exchange Income Corporation closed $8.077 million overallotment of its recent equity raise

+ Firm Capital Property Trust is on the market to raise $25.0 million in equity

+ Huntington Exploration Inc. is on the market to raise $6.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Killam Apartment REIT closed $109.3 million equity raise

+ Kontrol Technologies Corp. is on the market to raise $8.5 million in equity by private placement

+ Legend Power Systems Inc. is on the market to raise $10.3 million in equity

+ Neighbourly Pharmacy Inc. closed $175.0 million equity raise by IPO

+ Nova Leap Health Corp. is on the market to raise $2.0 million in equity by private placement

+ NXT Energy Solutions Inc. secured $1.0 million credit facility

+ Padlock Partners UK Fund II is on the market to raise $40.0 million in equity by IPO

+ PartnerStack closed $29.0 million financing round

+ Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. closed $41.4 million equity raise

+ Skylight Health Group Inc. closed $13.8 million equity financing

+ Uranium Participation Corporation closed $80.5 million equity raise

*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 …

+ Frontera Energy Corporation published its 2020 Sustainability Report

+ Ontario tunneling contracts totalling $1.5 billion for P3 projects awarded

+ Platform Calgary – $80.0 parkade and tech-sector office facility opened in the East Village

+ Ontario tunnelling contracts totalling $1.5 billion for P3 projects awarded

+ the Left Bank is not just in Paris; check out this new Left Bank project in Toronto

+ winners of 2021 A’ Design Awards

+ June 8 & 9; Land & Development Conference; virtual-only – save the date/sponsorship

+ June 6-18; CERI 2021 Petrochemical Conference, Kananaskis Mountain Lodge; program; sign up/register

+ June 11-13; THIRDACTion Film Festival; June 11-13; see 22 titles/trailers  – TICKETS NOW ON SALE

+ June 20; Oil & Gas Tech Summit 2021; virtual – register here

+ June 11-13; THIRDACTion Film Festival – Patricia Whalen Theatre, in-person & online - Calgary Downtown Library, and VIRTUAL; tickets/passes go on sale April 12^th; SAVE THE DATES/get on the mailing list – and check out the 2020 Films

+ June 18-20; Cultivation of Art Show and Sale, Vale’s Greenhouse, Black Diamond; info/directions

+ June 22-23; Petrochem Canada, Sunbridge Hotel & Convention Centre, Saria; info/registration

+ July 9 – 18; Calgary Stampede, details being finalized; no chuckwagon races: 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

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

+ 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

+ 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

[please send your event notices and AGM notices to kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]