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SHAKERS AND MOVERS 
appointments and disappointments 

+ Andrew Kriegler to CEO @ The Canadian Securities Administrators

+ AnnMarie Mercer to Chief People Officer @ Walmart Canada

+ Benjamin Urban to CEO @ DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd.

+ Bill Sheffield to Interim Pres. & CEO @ Hydro One Limited

+ Brett Icahn to Director @ Bausch + Lomb Corporation

+ Claudio Palumbo to VP Southern Alberta @ Qualico Communities

+ David Grand to CEO @ Agra Ventures Ltd.

+ David Washburn to Pres. @ FRNT Financial Inc.

+ Don Forgeron, Pres. & CEO @ Insurance Bureau of Canada, retiring

+ Doug Herrington to CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores @ Amazon

+ Garry Flowers to Pres. @ International Battery Metals Ltd.

+ Gary Hu to Director @ Bausch + Lomb Corporation

+ Ian Kerr to Sr. VP Western Business Development @ EllisDon

+ John Stewart to Sr. VP, Suretey Leader Canada @ NFP

+ John Sulja to Chief Information Officer @ Dye & Durham

+ Kham Lin to Director @ Nanalysis Scientific Corporation

+ Laurie Fouin to Co-Chair, Digital Asset and Blockchain Practice @ Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

+ Mark Poweska to CEO @ Emnax Corp.

+ Matthew Burgoyne Co-Chair, Digital Asset and Blockchain Practice @ Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

+ Matthew Shyba to Director @ Prairie Provident Resources Inc.

+ Miles Kohan to Pres. @ Canadian Home Builders Association

+ Nancy Tower to Director @ TD Bank Group

+ Régine Clément to Director @ Power Sustainable

+ Rob Nicol to VP Communications and Corporate Affairs @ Walmart Canada

+ Scott Brison to Director @ Power Sustainable

+ Shane Beazley to VP Western Operations @ EllisDon

+ Tristan Kingcott to Director @ Terra Firma Capital Corporation

+ Wayne Wyborn to CEO @ Portage Mutual Insurance Company

+ Wojtek Dabrowski to Chief Communications Officer @ Dye & Durham

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 REMEMBRANCE 

+ Alexander Christ; found of Mackenzie Financial Corporation, 84

+ Peter Allard; lawyer, philanthropist, 76

+ Rob Peters; founder of Peters & Co., developer, active community supporter and business leader, 79 




 HUMAN RESOURCES + WORKPLACE TRENDS 

+ are workplaces becoming less empathetic?

+ increased aggression at work

+ is remove working help or harm company culture?




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 SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

+ June 28; ENMAX Corporation, Annual Meeting of the Shareholder, Calgary

+ June 29; Carebook Technologies Inc., Annual General and Special Meeting, virtual only

+ June 30; SIGMA Lithium Corporation, Annual and Special Meeting, virtual only

+ July 14; MTY Food Group Inc. Annual Meeting of Shareholders, St-Laurent

+ August 9; VIA Rail Canada, Annual Public Meeting, virtual only

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 IFMA - CALGARY CHAPTER NEWS + EVENTS 

NEW MEMBERS WANTED, lapsed MEMBERS invited to re-join ... - click here for more information

+ our ‘Revitalizing Historic City Hall & Downtown’ – June 23rd, - was a great success. Thanks to our sponsor Kasian; speakers Kim Green, Joanne Miskulin and Eric Brolund from the City of Calgary - GET REGISTERED 

+ stay tuned for announcements over the summer of upcoming IFMA events



  CONSTRUCTION / DEVELOPMENT NEWS + BUILDING SERVICES INNOVATION  

+ DIALOG/Stantec/PCL Construction won an award: 2022 Award of Excellence in Concrete – Buildings from the Amercian Concrete Institute for its Calgary Cancer Centre

+ mass timber full-scale fire testing




 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY + ESG REPORTS 

+ Allied REIT published its 2021 ESG Report

+ Crown Property Partners pubhsed their 2021 ESG Report

+ Enbridge Inc. published its 2021 Sustainability Report

+ Enerplus Corporation published its 2022 ESG Report

+ Suncor published its 2022 Report on Sustainability and its 2022 Climate Report




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NEWS SUMMARY 
 June 22 ~ 28 / 2022 


+ ATCO Ltd. and Denendeh Investments Incorporation completed a deal to share 50/50 ownership of Northland Utilities

+ Bellatrix Exploration Ltd.

+ BioQuest Corp. to acquire 49% of Progressus Clean Technologies

+ Cathedral Energy Services Ltd. closed its $9.5 million acquisition of Compass Directional Services Ltd.

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI @ US$110/bbl, Brent @ US$116/bbl

+ HOUSING TRUTH – residential newsletter, Calgary and area: HOUSING TRUTH – CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP for our mailing list  – MARCH/2022 issue - archived issues …; stay tuned for our April-June/2nd qtr. report coming soon – sign up

+ Imperial Oil Limited and E3 Lithium formed JV to proceed with a lithium-extraction project in the Leduc oil field

+ Premier Kenny shuffled his cabinet to replace empty seats of Ministers who’ve resigned to enter the UCP leadership race

+ PROPERTYlines - commercial real estate quarterly newsletter – check out our 2022-Q1 Report; stay tuned for Q2 report coming soon … sign up

+ Redline Communications Group Inc. to acquire Aviat Networks Inc.

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: up 13 to 753 this week; Canada: down 2 to 154 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Staples Canada opened a unit of its next generation working/learning store in the University District, it’s first co-working Staples Studio in Calgary




THIS WEEK IN FINANCINGS 
- proposed & closed

+ Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. is on the market to raised $2.0 million in equity

+ Argonaut Gold Inc. is on the market to raise $195.0 million in equity

+ Autozen closed $5.0 million funding

+ Else Nutrition Holdings Inc. is on the market to raise $7.29 million in equity

+ Entourage Health Corp. is on the market to raise $8.9 million in unsecured convertible debt

+ Fiera Capital Corporation closed $100.0 million sr. unsecured sub debt by private placement

+ Golden Shield Resources Corp. is on the market to raise $5.5 million in equity by private placement

+ Karnalyte Resources Inc. is on the market to raise $4.92 million by way of a rights offering

+ Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc. closed $5.0 million equity raise

+ Padlock Partners UK Fund III is on the market to raise $35 million in capital by IPO

+ Sagard Private Equity Canad closed $400.0 million capital raise

+ Sierra Madre Gold and Silver Ltd. is on the market to raise $10.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Vision Greens raised $7.0 million

+ Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed $87.5 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 …




 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

+ July 8 – 17; Calgary Stampede – the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth; Stampede Park, Calgary – info - tickets

+ July 22; Bulls on the Beach, RockyView Chestermere Agricultural Society; event information/tickets

+ Aug. 18-27; GlobalFest, Elliston Park, Calgary; info/tickets

+ Sept. 7; Canadian Apartment Investment Conference – save the date – details coming soon

+ Sept. 13-15; BOMEX – Charlottetown 2022, info/register/save the date

+ Sept. 14-15; Oil Sands Conference & Trade Show, Fort McMurray; info/register

+ Sept. 24; Calgary Academy 40th Anniversary Gala, 1677 93 St SW, Calgary; info/register

+ Sept. 29; Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association – 40th Anniversary Gala, Hudson Conference Centre; info/tickets

+ Sept. 30 – Oct. 2; Calgary FALL HOME SHOW, BMO Centre, Stampede Park, info/book bookings and tickets

+ Oct. 20; Calgary Real Estate Forum, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary; agenda,  info/register

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2023

+ Sept. 17-21; 24th World Petroleum Congress – Energy Transition – the path to Net Zero, info/sponsorship/registration

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




 SAVE THE DATE - CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENTS 

+ July 7; 20th Annual Coast Hotels Shuhachi Naito Golf Classic in support of ALS Society of B.C. and Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, Tsawwassen Springs Golf Club, Delta, BC; info/registration

+ July 21; Rotary Club of Calgary at Stampede Park Kids at Heart Golf Classic– supporting Safe Haven Foundation, Dare to Care, and PREP Society for Down Syndrome; info/registration/sponsorship

+ Aug. 1-7, Shaw Charity Classic, Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club; info/donate/tickets ; latest press release with details and player updates

+ Aug. 11; Cure Cancer Foundation’s Glenn Anderson day of Golf, Derrick Golf and Country Club, Edmonton; save the date

+ Aug. 12; Alberta IoT 3rd Annual Golf Tournament, Lynx Ridge, Calgary; info/register

+ Sept. 9; 13th Annual Ryan Westerman Memorial Golf Tournament, Springbank Links Golf Course, Calgary; save the date – benefitting Give A Mile – stay tuned for more details/save the date – tickets on sale starting June 6th

+ Sept. 13; Oil Sands Charity Golf Classic, Maskanew Golf Course, Fort McMurray; info/register

+ send us your 2022 tournament information – we are happy to post them here

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




 INFRASTRUCTURE + P3 

+ ATCO Ltd. and Denendeh Investments Incorporation completed a deal to share 50/50 ownership of Northland Utilities

+ Canada Infrastructure Bank funding $10.0 million for broadband infrastructure for indigenous and rural communities in Alberta

+ Capstone Infrastructure Corporation signed 20 yr. deal for its 192MW Wild Rose 2 Wind Farm with City of Edmonton

+ Balancing Pool responsibilities are being redistributed; Osler’s did a deep-dive analysis




 INTERESTING TRENDS IN RETAIL ... 

+ Staples Canada opened a unit of its next generation working/learning store in the University District, it’s first co-working Staples Studio in Calgary


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