+ Brendan McCrackan to CEO @ Ovintiv Inc.

+ Brent Windom, Pres. & CEO, Canadian Automotive Group @ Uni-Select Inc., retiring

+ Caroline Lafond to VP, Talent Development & HR Consulting @ TC Energy

+ Christina Clement to VP Practice Growth & Execution @ Richardson Wealth

+ Christine Gillies to Chief Marketing Officer @ Blackline Safety

+ Daniel Crepeau to COO @ WorkJam

+ Dean Berg to Pres., Logistics @ Andlauer Healthcare Group Inc.

+ Doug Suttles, Pres. & CEO @ Ovintiv Inc., retiring

+ Ed Sims, Pres. & CEO @ WestJet, retiring

+ Jacquelyn Colville to Director @ Wolverine Energy and Infrastructure Inc.

+ John Piasta to Director @ Prostate Cancer Centre

+ Keith Steeves to Board Chair @ Prostate Cancer Centre

+ Ken Coulson to General Counsel @ EFH Holdings Inc.

+ Leanne Bellegarde to Director @ PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.

+ Louis Langlois to Pres. @ Alcoa Canada

+ Luigi Luppi to VP Investor Relations @ Triovest

+ Mary Persson to Deputy Minister @ Alberta Infrastructure

+ Pam Heard, Exec. Dir. @ Prostate Cancer Centre, retired

+ Scott Thon to Director @ @ AECON Group Inc.

+ Shane Sabatino to Chief People Officer @ WELL Health Technologies Corp.

+ Steeve Lavoie to Board Chair @Aéro Montréal 

+ Tyler Murphy to Branch Mgr., Calgary Showroom @ B.A. Robinson Co. Ltd.

+ William Johnson to Director @ TC Energy Corporation

~ 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 ]

+ Zoom boss on ‘hybrid working’ – is it here to stay?

+ 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 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 21; Chorus Aviation Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, 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 23; Terra Firma Capital Corporation, Annual Meeting of Shareholder, virtual-only

+ June 23; Winpak Ltd., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ June 28; Titanium Corporation, Annual and Special Meeting, virtual-only

+ June 29; HealthSpace Data Systems Ltd., Meeting of Shareholders,

+ June 29; SIR Royalty Income Fund, Annual General Meeting, 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

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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. 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

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+ Canada’s top 40 contractors

+ North American Construction Group Ltd. agreed to acquired DGI Trading Pty Limited for $23.5 million

+ Hire for intelligence (all kinds), train for whatever. – Tom Peters

+ It’s a fine line between Saturday night and Sunday morning. – Jimmy Buffett

+ to honourary doctorate recipients at University of Calgary: Ken Stephenson (posthumus), Marnie McBean

+ to honourary doctorate recipients at Mount Royal University: Clarence Wolfleg, Hal Kvisle, Christine Silverberg, and Louise Bernice Halfie

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+ CWC Energy Services Corp. published its inaugural ESG Report

+ Vertex Resource Group Ltd. published its inaugural ESG Report

+ in Edmonton, Northlands (142-yr old agriculture non-profit) is transferring control of K-Days and Farm Fair International to the City’s Events and Tourism Corporation – Explore Edmonton

*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: 2,270 deaths to date, 3,089 active cases of 230,578 confirmed cases to date: aggregate Alberta data – currently, 270 Albertans are in the hospital with COVID-19, and 73 of those are in intensive care units; 4,607,469 tests have been administered to 2,162,860 Albertans since the pandemic began

+ Alberta COVID-19 re-opening strategy -  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; Stage 2 reopening is now full-on, no business is forced to be closed, restaurants opening again … and 2^nd dose are being administered on a accelerated basis

+ Alberta Lottery – get your shot, win a $1.0 million! … seriously, you can; GOA is giving  3 X $1.0 million lottery prizes as part of a scheme to get more Albertans vaccinated. If you have already had 1 or 2 shots, you’re eligible too …

+ Alberta Vaccine program moving forward, acceleration of 2^nd dose administration and 1^st shots for children 12-16

+ABTraceTogether – get the APP

+ an unprecedented alliance: large oilsands producers [CNRL, Cenovus, Imperial, MEG, Suncor] have agreed to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero initiative

+ Bank of Canada held its benchmark rate at steady at 0.25%

+ Calgary Council Derby, lots of horses in this year’s races: City of Calgary 2021 elections; now there are 18  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, Jeff Davidson, and David oZone Clark. 78 candidates have filed nomination papers for council’s 14 Ward seats

+ Calgary’s State of Emergency status was lifted on Monday, June 14^th

+ Canada Energy Regulator published its 2021 report on Canada’s Pipeline System

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; crude continued to rise this week; WTI above US$71/bbl, Brent at US$73/bbl

+ Enbridge Inc.’s  Line 3 Replacement Project had a good yesterday – a favourable ruling by the Minnesota Court of Appeals … tic toc

+ EY published it’s Prairies Finalists in its 2021 Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

+ GOA announced $15.0 million in funding towards a new net-zero hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton; the $1.3 billion project by Air Products will be shipping product by 2024

+ GOA auditor general reprimands Alberta’s mine cleanup fund

+ HOUSING TRUTH – monthly residential newsletter: HOUSING TRUTH – CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP for our mailing list  – April issue, archived issues … May issue is late, sorry, it will be uploaded this week

+ Intact Financial Corporation closed $1.26 billion sale of 50% interest in Codan Forsikring A/S's Danish business to Alm. Brand A/S Group

+ Katari Right Hand chosen as 2021 Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal

+ NAME CHANGERS: in Edmonton, a process is underway to consider renaming the Oliver neighbourhood because Frank Oliver’s involvement in discrimination against indigenous peoples and immigrants

+ Petro Viking Energy Inc. agreed to acquire 100% of Avila Energy’s central Alberta interests for $50.66 million

+ PROPERTYlines;  – monthly commercial real estate newsletter  CLICK HERE to CHECK OUT THE April issue;  archived PROPERTYlines Issues -  the May issue is late, sorry, will be uploaded this week

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: up 5 to 461 this week; Canada: up 16 to 93 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Surepoint Technologies Group and ATB Private Equity acquired Ironline Compression LP

+ TC Energy announced formally – confirming the open secret, that it won’t be going forward with the Keystone XL Pipeline expansion project; Alberta Government’s investment ($1.3 billion is sunk/gone)

+ Tourmaline Oil Corp. agreed to acquire Black Swan Energy Ltd. for $1.1 billion

+ Waterous Energy Fund closed the amalgamation of Strathcona Resources Ltd. and Osum Oil Sands Corp.

+ AcuityAds Inc. is closed US$57.5 million equity raise by IPO

+ Anaergia Inc. is on the market to raise $200.0 million in equity by IPO

+ Cliffside Capital Ltd. is on the market to raise $4.5 million in equity by private placement

+ Firm Capital Property Trust closed $28.8 million equity raise

+ Flagship Communities REIT closed US$81.0 million equity raise
+ Frontera Energy Corporation is on the market to raise US$400.0 million in sr. unsecured debt

+ FuelPositive Corp. is on the market to raise $5.0 million in equity

+ GFL Environmental Inc. closed US$750.0 million in sr. debt

+ Granite REIT closed $316.0 million equity financing

+ GURU Organic Energy Corp. is on the market to raise $52.6 million in equity

+ GURU Organic Energy Corp. is on the market to raise $32.0 million in equity by private placement

+ International Frontier Resources Corporation closed US$750.0 million convertible debt raise

+ Just Kitchen Holdings Corp. is on the market to raise $16.0 million in equity

+ Just Kitchen Holdings Corp. is on the market to raise $4.0 million in equity by private placement

+ MCAN Mortgage Corporation closed $20.4 million equity raise by a rights offering

+ Nurosene Health Inc. closed $9.2 million in equity by IPO

+ Padlock Partners UK Fund II closed $33.8 million equity raise by IPO

+ Pet Valu Inc. is on the market to raise $275.0 million in equity by IPO

+ Tricon Residential Inc. closed a $201.0 million equity raise

+ Trulioo Information Services Inc. secured US$394.0 million equity raise

+ VerticalScope Inc. is on the market to raise $125.0 million in equity by IPO

+ Waterous Energy Fund secured $1.0 billion credit facility

+ WELL Health Technologies Corp. secured $200.0 million sr. secured credit facility

+ Wildpack Beverage Inc. is on the market to raise $17.4 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 …

+ 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 14; Edmonton Region Hydrogen Hub, free webinar, David Layzdell and Dan Wicklum, info/register

+ 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/register

+ 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 ]