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+ Andrea Limbardi to Pres. & CEO @ Reitmans (Canada) Limited

+ Andrew Iacobucci to CEO @ Rona Inc.

+ Brad Treliving to General Manager @ Toronto Maple Leafs

+ Clay Jacobson to Partner @ McLennan Ross

+ Craig Conroy to General Manger @ Calgary Flames

+ Daniel Simunac to Co-CEO @ Stonebridge Financial

+ David Holt to COO @ Tundra Oil & Gas

+ Filipe Da Silva to CFO @ Alimentation Couche-Tard

+ Giancarlo Petroro to CEO @ IJW & Co.

+ Gillian Holowisky to Partners @ McLennan Ross

+ Jason Kenney to Sr. Advisor @ Teneo

+ Keri Damen to Pres. & CEO @ Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta

+ Lenny Liscio to VP, Finance @ MOBIA

+ Martin Raymond to Pres. & CEO @ Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ,

+ Michael Sabia to CEO @ Hydro Quebec

+ Nancy Fahy to CFO @ Pluribus Technologies Corp.

+ Nancy Paquet to Exec. VP, Wealth Management @ National Bank of Canada

+ Peter Dubin to Chair, The NORR Group of Companies

+ Roberta Masson to Chief Development Officer @ Redberry Restaurants

+ Ryan Huska to Head Coach @ Calgary Flames

+ Sarfraz Habib to CFO @ Pineapple Inc.

+ Stephen Reitman to Executive Chair @ Reitmans (Canada) Limited

+ Stuart Lee to Director @ Aecon Group Inc.

+ Stuart Raftus to CEO @ Cannacord Genuity Corp.

~ 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 ]

+ Larrie Boddy, distinguished Edmonton litigator, fit, fine and kind; 84

+ Bell Canada Enterprises laying off 1,300 and will close or sell 9 radio stations; eliminating redundancies in the post-Shaw merger …

+ City of Calgary to purchase 259 new zero-emission public transit electric buses; Canada Infrastructure Bank is providing $325.0 million

+ June 21; IFMA Calgary, Lynx Ridge Golf Club, Calgary; golfer registration – learn about the charities we are supporting, add your name and support to our already committed sponsors & book for golf – singles, foursomes, or lunch; info, sponsor spots, golf registration – 4-somes $950, individual golfers $250, lunch only $50

+ July 11; Airdrie Business Club, 7^th Annual Charity Golf Tournament, Woodside Golf Course, Airdrie; info/register

+ July 13; Coast Hotels, 21^st Annual Shu Naito Golf Classic, Tsawwassen Springs Golf Club, Delta, BC; info/register/charity information

+ July 21; Alberta IoT – 4^th Annual Golf Tournament, Lynx Ridge Golf Club, Calgary – register

+ 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 – save the date

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

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

+ IFMA Calgary Chapter annual golf tournament will be held June 21^st @ Lynx Ridge – after a pandemic pause, returns this year, golfer registration – learn about the charities we are supporting, add your name and support to our already committed sponsors & book for golf – singles, foursomes, or lunch; info, sponsor spots, golf registration – 4-somes $950, individual golfers $250, lunch only $50 

Registration via our Events Page - click here

+ REITrag covers REITs: March/2023 ~ Issue #1; April/2023 ~ Issue #2 ;

+ May issue of REITrag coming this week; sign-up to subscribe to REITrag at: Monday Morning Minute / REITrag sign-up form – Monday Morning Minute is a weekly/free publication, REITrag is for paid subscribers only $4/month or $52/year

+ June 21; Alvopetro Energy Ltd., Annual General and Special Meeting, Calgary – hybrid

+ June 21; BQE Water Inc., Annual General and Special Meeting, Vancouver

+ June 22; Africa Energy Corp., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Vancouver

+ June 22; Shamaran Petroleum Corp., Annual General and Special Meeting, Vancouver

+ June 22; Thinklific Labs. Inc., Annual General Meeting, Vancouver

+ June 27; BlackBerry Limited, Annual General and Special Meeting, Waterloo – virtual only

+ June 28; Nanalysis Scientific Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Calgary

+ June 29; FG Acquisition Corp., Shareholder Meeting, Toronto - virtual only

+ June 29; KnightHawk Inc., Adjourned Special Meeting, Calgary

+ June 30; Exro Technologies Inc., Annual General Meeting, Calgary

+ July 21; Agra Venture Ltd., Annual General & Special Meeting, Vancouver

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

~ 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 ]

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+ Alberta wildfires update: cash payments, emergency needs, accommodation

+ Alberta wildfire dangers are easing – cooler temperatures and rain have helped take some pressure off firefighters; currently 76 fires, 8 are not under control;

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI @ US$71/bbl, Brent @ US$76/bbl

+ ESG acquired Pandell

+ FACILITYCalgary, a sponsor-supported FREE weekly newsletter; published every Tuesday morning at 6:00 AM (MDT); focused on oil & gas, finance and real estate industry news; click here to sign up – please tell your colleagues and friends, or sign them up …

+ Gibson Energy Inc. agreed to acquire a Texas coast export facility for US$1.1 billion

+ Glencore PLC agreed to sell its agriculture unit and Viterra Ltd. to Bunge Ltd. for US$8.2 billion

+ Government of Alberta is extending it’s fuel tax relief program until the end of 2023

+ IFMA Calgary Chapter annual golf tournament will be held June 21^st @ Lynx Ridge – after a pandemic pause, returns this year, golfer registration – learn about the charities we are supporting, add your name and support to our already committed sponsors & book for golf – singles, foursomes, or lunch; info, sponsor spots, golf registration – 4-somes $950, individual golfers $250, lunch only $50

+ Jeremy Hansen named Parade Marshal for the Calgary Stampede Parade

+ Lucero Energy Corp. closed the sale of a portfolio of North Dakota assets for US$104.6 million

+ MONDAY MORNING MINUTE is now at Substack; get a weekly inspiration message and a selected quote in your in-box weekly; check out the new format; click here to sign up;  click here to this week’s message)

+ Ovintiv Inc. closed the sale of a portfolio of Midland and Bakken assets for US$4.275 billion

+ Oxford Properties Group and a partner acquired the Rimrock Resort Hotel in Banff for $170.0 million

+ Quarterhill Inc. sold all of its holdings in Wi-LAN Inc. for $71.4 million

+ reader contributions: always welcome. Please forward comments, news items, and company appointment announcements; if there you have we’ve missed, send it to kolke@facilitycalgary.com

+ REITrag – our new publication covering REITs: March/2023 ~ Issue #1; April/2023 – Issue #2; May/2023 – Issue #3 coming soon; sign-up to subscribe to REITrag at: Monday Morning Minute / REITrag sign-up form – Monday Morning Minute is a weekly/free publication, REITrag is available only for paid subscribers - $5/month or $52/year; monthly newsletter report of REITs, will be of interest and inform investors, asset managers, investors, agents/brokers on this growing and vitally important sector of the real estate industry; sign up get on the mailing list

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: down 8 to 687 this week; Canada: up 23 to 159 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ WestJet Group is folding planes and operations from Sunwing and Swoop into the WestJet fleet; they will continue to operate Sunwing Vacations and WestJet Vacations will be merged into a single business unit as well

+ CAE Inc. closed $400.0 million sr. unsecured debt raise by private placement

+ Criterium Energy Ltd. is on the market to raise $22.0 million in equity

+ Gibson Energy Inc is on the market to raise US$350.0 million in equity

+ Glengarry Farm Financial closed $50.0 million credit facility

+ GSoft secured $125.0 million funding

+ iA Financial Group is on the market to raise $400.0 million in unsecured sub debt

+ Northland Power Inc is on the market to raise $500.0 million in sub. debt

+ Royal Helium Ltd. closed $7.3 million in convertible debt by private placement

+ Twig Fertility completed $8.0 million funding round

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 …

+ June 20-21; PetroChem Canada - East, Progressive Auto Sales Arena, Sarnia; info / register

+ June 21; Technology and Indigenous Development Summit, Metro Toronto Convention Centre; info/register

+ July 24; Calgary Heritage constituency – Federal By-Election

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

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

+ Sept. 17-21; 24^th 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

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

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

+ Scotiabank released its Inaugural Accessibility Plan

+ Starlight Investments released its 2022 ESG report

+ University of Montreal launching ESG institute