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+ Adam Laughlin, Deputy City Manager @ City of Edmonton, … departed

+ Andrew Crish to Chief Operating Officer @ Greenbrook TMS Inc.

+ Anthony Johnson to Director @ Find Therapeutics Inc.

+ Bernard Grzinic to Exec. Dir. Caoital Markets @ Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board

+ Don Kanak to Director @ Manulife Financial Corporation

+ Emilie Johnson to Partner @ Heidrick & Struggles

+ Jake Lawrence to EVP & CFO @ Power Corporation of Canada

+ Jason Montemurro to Director @ AIMCo

+ Joel Hunter to Director @ AIMCo

+ John Bayliss to COO @ Walmart Canada

+  Mike Durland to Director @ Manulife

+ Robert Sturgeon to Senior Managing Dir., Global Investment Strategy @ Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board

+ Steve Saldanha to Exec. Managing Director, Total Fund Management @ Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board

+ Sebastian Ponce to Chief Revenue Officer @ Air Transat A.T. Inc.

+ Stephanie Karamarkovic to CFO @ Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT

~ 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 ]

+ Bruce Burrell; former Calgary Fire Chief, our ‘general patton’ who led us so ably during our big flood in 2013 as CEO of the Calgary Emergency Management Agency, 65 [ my interview of Bruce Burrell in Feb/2014 ]

+ Leslie Dubé; founder of Concorde Group Corp. , noted philanthropist, Saskatchewan business leaders, Order of Canada recipient, 91

+ Government of Alberta budget proposal for $200/vehicle registration tax is drawing fire; here is how it might impact you

+ June 24; Rotary 28^th Annual Stay-In-School Charity Golf Classic, Glencoe G&C Club, Calgary; register

+ Sept. 4; 8^th Annual Little Warriors Golf Tournament, The Quarry Golf Course – Edmonton; registration/donations/sponsors

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

+ Canadian Western Bank published its 2023 Sustainability Reports

+ Scotiabank published its 2023 ESG and Climate Report

+ REITrag covers activity and announcements on the activity of real estate investment trusts - REITs: - sign up at: https://markkolke.substack.com/s/reit-rag

+ Metro Supply Chain Inc. acquired SCI Group Inc.

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+ Bank of Canada rate announcement; held steady at 5%

+ Canada Blood Services clinic in Eau Claire Market is moving; kudos to Morguard for landing them – the new clinic will open in PennWest Plaza (East Tower) 207 – 9 Avenue SW in a street-leval space

+  City of Airdrie secured $24.8 million funding from the government of Canada to build homes

+ current energy prices; live links to Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI @ US$82/bbl, Brent @ US$86/bbl

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+ Government of Alberta budget proposal for $200/vehicle registration tax is drawing fire; here is how it might impact you

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+ Pembina Pipeline Corporation got Competition Bureau OK for it’s acquisition of Enbridge’s interest in the Alliance/Aux Sable pipeline

+ Pekarsky & Co. is now Humanis; Humanis is a partnership between a private equity firm and companies like Pekarsky & Co.; Adam Pekarsky and Ranju Shergill are on the board and their firm is now a substantial component in the Humanis organization and they will contintue to publish their Ampersand newsletter; press release

+ REITrag – is a curated news publication real estate investment trusts; all Canadian REITs and adding American and European listings; available by subscription; sign-up form

+ rig activity in Canada, courtesy of BOE Report

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: up 7 to 629 this week; Canada: down 18 to 207 this week

+ TC Energy Corporation and partners agreed to sell its Portland Natural Gas Transportation Systems to funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners for $1.14 billion

+ TC Energy Corporation agreed to sell the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Holdings Ltd. entities to Nisga’a Nation and Western LNG 

+ AltaGas Ltd. closed a $500.0 million debt financing

+ Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed a $33.9 million equity raise

+ Hydro-Quebec is on the market to raise $500.0 million in debt

+ Innocan Pharma Corporation closed a $1.988 million equity raise by private placement

+ Li-FT Power Ltd. is on the market to raise $7.14 million in equity

+ Manulife Investment Management closed it’s a US$752.0 million equity rase

+ Mattr Corp. is on the market to raise $150.0 million in sr. unsecured debt

+ Outrcrop Silver & Gold Corporation closed a $3.45 million equity raise

+ SKRR Exploration Inc. is on the market to raise $1.5 million in equity

+ StormFisher Hydrogen secured $30.0 million funding

+ XORTX Therapeutics Inc. is on the market to raise $2.7 million in equity

+ BOMA International released it’s NEWEST standard – Floor Measurement Standard of Office Building; BOMA 2024 for Office Buildings – ANSI/BOMA Z65.1-2024 -  - which updates the most recent 2017 standard; the BOMA website doesn’t show the new version for purchase yet – isn’t yet loaded on their website (as of 5 PM March 18^th – expected to be loaded soon)

+ Brooks Asphalt & Aggregate Ltd. pleaded guilty to one charge under the OHS Act for failing to ensure the health and safety of a worker  proceeds of an Alberta OHS prosecution - $244,000 of the penalty will go to the Alberta Construction Association to develop a three-dimensional incident re-creation video, a series of learning videos, a toolbox talk resource guide and a safety session open to all industries. And, $50,000 will be provided to the Brooks Fire Department to purchase new rescue equipment; sadly, the name of worker killed in this incident has not been disclosed or reported; OHS only release that information after all court proceedings are completed. Hopefully the name of the person who died can be released – so this judgment of responsibility and initiative to save others can be acknowledged as an outcome. Our condolences to the family of this person tragically killed on the job, sad that they get no recognition for this loss of life as if the secrecy about their name has value in some way ...

+ Mar. 28; Parkland Corporation, Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary [ concerns about scheduling from Simpson Oil are noteworthy ]

+ Apr. 3; IBEX Technologies Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Montreal

+ Apr. 4; CIBC, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Apr. 4; Think Research Corporation, Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto/virtual only

+ Apr. 9; Scotiabank, 192^nd Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Apr. 10; EQB Inc., Annual and Special Shareholders Meeting, Toronto

+ Apr. 11; Cargojet Inc., Annual General Meeting, Mississauga

+ Apr. 16; BMO, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Apr. 19; National Bank of Canada, Annual and Special Meeting, Montreal

+ Apr. 24; Rogers Communications Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Apr. 26; SECURE Energy Services Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ May 2; Paramount Resources Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Calgary

+ May 2; Topaz Energy Corp., Annual Shareholder Meeting, Calgary

+ May 16; Precision Drilling Corporation, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

~ some guidance on conducting virtual shareholder meetings, provided by BD&P

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