+ Adam Staruiala to Sr. Account Executive @ Canadian Discovery Ltd.

+ Aly Bandali to Pres. & CEO @ Give Sight Global

+ Andrew Duncan to Chief Investment Officers @ RioCan REIT

+ Asif Haque to Chief Investment Officer @ CAAT Pension Plan

+ Audrey Jacob to Chief Operations Director @ IBI Group

+ Ben Rodney to Chair @ Artis REIT

+ Bill Whitelaw to Managing Dir., Strategy & Bus. Development @ geoLOGIC systems ltd.

+ Christa Williams to Account Exec. @ Canadian Discovery Ltd.

+ David Barthel to CEO @ Health Logic Interactive Inc.

+ Ian Burns to Pres. & CEO @ Servus Credit Union

+ Jaclyn Koenig to CFO @ Artis REIT

+ Jason Marschuk to VP Sales, Canada @ ProStar

+ Jeff Violo to Enterprise Account Executive @ MOBIA

+ Jim Defer to CFO @ Tribe Property Technologies

+ John Brussa to Director @ Leucrotta Exploration Inc.

+ Jon Hoerauf to CEO @ Herschel Supply Company

+ Jon Jackson to Gen. Mgr. @ Sarcee Meadows Housing Coop

+ Josef Vejvoda, Director @ Leucrotta Exploration Inc.

+ Kathleen Cowick to Sr. Legal Counsel and Director of Legal Operations @ Avenue Living Asset Management

+ Ken Gray to Director @ Petrus Resources Ltd.

+ Kim Riley to COO @ Artis REIT

+ Mark Taylor to Director of Safety and Human Resources @ Primary Engineering and Construction

+ Michael McClure, CEO @ SmartStop Self Storage REIT Inc., retiring

+ Michelle Banik to Director @ Empire Company

+ Nadeem Kassam to Head, Investment Strategy, Canada @ Raymond James Ltd.

+ Nadeem Keshavjee to Sr. Director, Mortgage Origination @ Canada ICI Capital Corporation

+ Nina Miletic to Interior Design Technologist @ IBI Group

+ Paul Charette, Chairman @ Bird Construction Inc., to retire and step down

+ Paul Dobson to Sr. VP & CFO @ Ballard Power Systems

+ Pino Di Mascio to Head, Impact Strategy and Delivery @ Dream Impact Trust

+ Richard Florida to Vice Chair, Impact @ Dream Impact Trust

+ Rick Urbanczyk to Director, Real Estate & Property Management @ TC Energy

+ Rob Morris to Acting Mgr. – Physical Security @ City of Calgary

+ Samir Manji to CEO @ Artis REIT

+ Stephen White, Director @ Petrus Resources Ltd., resigned

+ Tom Casey to CFO @ Clarke Inc.

+ Tom Curtis to COO, Burger King @ Restaurant Brands International Inc.

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+ Bob McPhee, former CEO @ Calgary Opera; 65

+ Canadian securities regulators published their 6^th review of women on board and in executive officer positions

+ engagement drives experiences …

+ trusting people to do their best

+ THIRD ACTion Film Festival, is seeking board members – (CPA, Legal, or film industry experience being sought) – info/apply

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+ Apr. 13; Western Canada Apartment Investment Conference (being held virtually), info/register

+ Apr. 14-15; 28^th Vancouver Real Estate Forum, virtual-only; info/register

+ May 6; 6^th Saskatchewan Real Estate Forum; virtual-only; info/save the date

+ May 12-13; Business Transitions Forum, Westin Edmonton; info/registration

+ May 12-13; Montreal Real Estate Forum, virtual-only; info/register

+ May 13-16; Word Economic Forum, Special Annual Meeting 2021 (postponed and moved from Davos), Singapore

+ May 19 – 20; Alberta Economic Development Leaders’ Summit * Conference; online/virtual; information/register

+ May 26-27; 22^nd Edmonton Real Estate Forum, online/virtual; register

+ May 31 – June 1; Egypt Petroleum Show, Cairo, Egypt; info/registration

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

+ July 23 – Aug. 8; Tokyo Olympics – 2021 Summer Games

+ Sept. 12-15; Digital Construction World, Dubai World Trade Centre, info/register

+ Sept. 21 - 23; Global Energy Show, Stampede Park, Calgary, 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

+ 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

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+ Mar. 22; 49 North Resources Inc., Special Meeting of Debentureholders, Saskatoon

+ Mar. 29; Terrace Energy Corp. Special Meeting of Note Holders, Vancouver

+ Mar. 30; Cargojet Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ Mar. 31; ARC Resources Ltd., Special Shareholders Meeting, virtual-only

+ Mar. 31; Pinnacle Renewable Energy, Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ Mar. 31; Seven Generations Energy Ltd., Special Shareholders Meeting, virtual-only

+ Apr. 1; TD Bank Group, Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders, virtual-only

+ Apr. 7; BMO Financial Group, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ Apr. 8; CIBC, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ Apr. 8; Royal Bank of Canada, Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders, virtual-only

+ Apr. 13; Scotiabank, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ Apr. 14; Colliers International Group Inc., Annual General and Special Meeting, virtual-only

+ Apr. 22; Calgary Real Estate Board, Annual General Meeting, virtual-only

+ Apr. 29; Yangarra Resources Ltd, Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ May 6; Trez Capital Senior Mortgage Investment Corporation, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders

+ May 6; Western Forest Products Inc., Annual and Special Meeting, virtual-only

+ May 11; Bird Construction Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ May 11; Keyera Corp., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ May 13; Precision Drilling Corporation, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ May 14; Genesis Land Development Corp., Annual General Meeting, virtual-only

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+ Alberta COVID-19 stats: 1,949 deaths to date, 4,811 active cases of 138,788 confirmed cases to date: aggregate Alberta data – currently, 255 Albertans are in the hospital with COVID-19, and 42 of those are in intensive care units; 3,536,280 tests have been administered to Albertans to date.

+ Alberta COVID-19 vaccinations for most vulnerable in long-term care and staff is completed; Alberta conditions with new levels of vaccinations as of Feb. 19 and on Feb. 24 – report/press conference with Premier Kenney

+ Alberta COVID-19 restrictions effective – NOW, a FULL Step 2 re-opening now in effect

+ Alberta Innovates competitions; $5.0 million to be awarded for Phase II Carbon Fibre Grand Challenges – creating carbon fibre from Bitumen

+ Alberta – Bill 52, the RECALL ACT introduced in the legislature – in passed, Albertans will have a means to recall/de-select their MLAs, municipal officials and school trustees;

+ ABTraceTogether – get the APP

+ Altus Group Ltd. agreed to acquire FinanceActive SAS/SaaS for $150.0 million

+ Artis REIT published its transformation plan

+ Bank of Canada held its benchmark policy interest rate at 0.25%

+ BSE! …. remember BSE? It’s been a long time since the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) scare rocked Alberta ranchers, impacting export markets and Alberta’s reputation in the world as a high-quality safe beef producer. Well, we’re back! The status ‘controlled-risk country’ being changed to ‘negligible-risk country’ is expected by the end of May after 13 years. By the way, the last detected case was in 2015. Way to go Canadian ranchers!

+ Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. proposed an unsolicited $367.0 million takeover of 100% of RF Capital Group Inc., which offer was rejected out of hand … tic toc

+ City of Calgary 2021 elections; 7 declared candidates running for mayor: Jeremy Farkas, Jyoti Gondek, Brad Field , Ian Chaing, Larry Heather, Zane Novak, Grace Yan and  45 candidates for council ~ and lots of other rumoured candidates exploring a run …

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; crude stead around US$65/bbl for WTI, US$69/bbl for Brent …

+ Enerplus Corporation closed its US$465.0 million acquisition of Bruin E&P HoldCo. LLC

+ Gain Energy Ltd. filed a Proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act; KPMG Inc. is the proposed trustee

+ geoLOGIC systems ltd. acquired JWN Energy (publisher of Daily Oil Bulletin); terms not disclosed

+ GFL Environmental Inc. agreed to acquire Terrapure Environmental Ltd. for $927.5 million

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

+ Inter Pipeline Ltd. rejected Brookfield’s unsolicited takeover bid; struck a board committee to explore alternatives

+ Just Energy Group Inc. filed for creditor protection – CCAA in Canada and Chapter 15 in the U.S.; FTI Consulting appointed monitor

+ Leucrotta Exploration Inc. agreed to sell a package of Montney assets for $30.0 million

+ New West Energy Services Inc. announced it will launch a going-private plan

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

+ Rogers Communications Inc. agreed to acquire Shaw Communications Inc. for $26.0 billion
+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: down 1 to 402 this week; Canada: down 25 to 116 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ SECURE Energy Services Inc. and Tervita Corporation Inc. agreed to $478.0 million merger; combined entity will operate as SECURE in an all-stock transaction – combined enterprise value $2.3 billion

+ The Crossing Group acquired Trenchless Crossing Support; terms not disclosed

+ Waterous Energy Fund completed its takeover of Osum Oil Sands Corp.

+ Western Forest Products Inc. closed the sale of a non-core Orca Quarry asset package for $36.0 million

+ Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust closed $9.55 million overallotment of its recent equity financing

+ AltaGas Ltd. is on the market to raise $550.0 million in sr. unsecured debt

+ ARC Resources Ltd. closed $550.0 million sr. unsecured debt financing

+ Bell Canada is on the market to raise $1.55 billion in debt securities issues

+ BrandProject LP closed $54.0 million fund raise

+ CAE Inc. closed US$287.0 million equity raise

+ Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund closed $70.0 million equity financing

+ EMERGE Commerce Ltd. closed $11.9 million equity raise by private placement warrants issue

+ encore Energy Corp. closed $15.0 million equity financing by private placement

+ Equitable Bank closed a $250.0 million unsecured debt financing

+ Ether Capital Corp. is on the market to raise $25.0 million in equity

+ Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed $41.0 million equity raise by IPO

+ Farmers Edge Inc. closed $18.75 million over-allotment of its recent equity financing

+ Flow Water Inc. closed $90.0 million is equity financings

+ INEO Tech Corp. closed $7.0 million equity financing

+ Keyera Corp. closed a $350.0 million sub. debt financing

+ Leucrotta Exploration Inc. is on the market to raise $20.0 million in flow-through units by private placement

+ Nabati Foods Inc. closed $7.7 million equity raise

+ NexGen Energy Ltd. closed $150.0 million equity financing

+ Parkland Corporation is on the market to raise $600.0 million in sr. unsecured debt by private placement

+ PetroFrontier Corp. closed $2.0 million equity raise and credit facility

+ PlantX Life Inc. is on the market to raise $10.0 million in equity

+ PRO REIT is on the market to raise $50.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Sasol Limited is on the market to raise US$1.5 billion in debt

+ QuadReal Property Group closed $400.0 million green bond sr. unsecured debt financing

+ Titanium Transportation Group Inc. is on the market to raise $25.0 million in equity

+ Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed $115.0 million equity raise

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*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 …

+ Construction Canada published its new e-book on waterproofing

+ Lite Access Technologies Inc. closed its acquisition of AMEC Cutting & Coring Limited; terms not disclosed

+ VIA Rail Ottawa station earned LEED Gold

+ West Fraser Road rebuild underway …

+ CIBC published its 2020 Sustainability Report