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+ Amy Freedman to Director @ Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.

+ Barbara Hooper to Sr. Exec VP, Treasury & Enterprise Strategy @ TD Bank

+ Cam Smith to SVP, Corporate Development & Strategy @ levvel

+ Carey O’Connor Kolaja to CEO @ Versapay Corporation

+ Celia Francis to Director @ Klimat X Developments Inc.

+ Colin Dease to Pres. & CEO @ Akita Drilling

+ Derek O’Malley-Heyes to Director @ Questor Technology Inc.

+ Dominique Barker to CFO and Chief Sustainability Officer @ Lithium Royalty Corp.

+ Glenn Leroux to Director @ Questor Technology Inc.

+ John Gillberry to Interim CEO @ Quarterhill Inc.

+ Lori Campbell to Change Advisor, Organizational Change Solutions @ level

+ Naomi Stefura to COO @ Melcor Developments Ltd.

+ Rob King to COO @ Freehold Royalties Ltd.

+ Rod Phillips to Director @ Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.

+ Susan Nagy to VP Business Dev. @ Freehold Royalties Ltd.

+ Vivek Warrier to Partner, Calgary @ Osler

~ 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 ]

+ Ed Bean, founder of Crystal Glass, investor and community leader, 95

+ Kevin Kerwin, engineer’s engineer, a guy’s guy, athlete/golf addict, well completions contractor, kind man

+ Richard Bonnycastle, philanthropist, rancher, publisher (Harlequin Enterprises), founder of Cavendish Investing, 89

+ Ted Oberfeld, Founder/Chairman of OberfledSnowcap

+ Meta/Facebook’s back to work strategy …

+ most innovative companies of 2023 – Fast Company

Our IFMA Calendar - save these dates for facility tours + networking events coming in 2023:

April 27 - ATCO headquarters 

June 21 - IFMA Golf Tournament - save the dayte / details to come soon

Registration via our Events Page - click here

+ Apr. 4; The Bank of Nova Scotia, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Apr. 5; Royal Bank of Canada, Shareholder Meetings, Saskatoon

+ Apr. 11; First Capital REIT, Annual and Special Meeting, Toronto

+ Apr. 18; BMO Financial Group, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Mar. 17; Sun Life Financial, Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders,

+ Mar. 18; First Capital REIT, Annual and Special Meeting and Unitholders, Toronto

+ Mar. 20; Halliburton Company, Annual Shareholder Meeting, Houston

+ Mar. 23; ABB, Annual General Meeting, Zurich

+ Mar. 23; Starbucks Corporation, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Seattle

+ Mar. 28; Slate Office REIT, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

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

+ Apr. 4; The Bank of Nova Scotia, 191^st Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Apr. 11; Cargojet Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ May 9; Keyera Corp. Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary – virtual only

+ May 16; First Capital REIT, Annual and Special Meeting of Unitholders, Toronto

~ 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 ]

+ June 12; Headwater Learning Foundation/Calgary Academy’s Golfing For Good, Glencoe Golf & Country Club, Calgary; info/register

+ June 13; Distress Centre Calgary, Drive for Distress Charity  Golf Tournament, Valley Ridge Golf Course, Calgary – save the date

+ June 21; IFMA Calgary, Lynx Ridge Golf Club, Calgary – save the date -

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

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

+ Sept. 11; Rotary Stay In School Charity Golf Classic, Glencoe Golf & Country Club, Calgary – save the date

+ 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 ]

+ City of Calgary is developing a program to reduce the inventory of vacant older office buildings – one for demolitions

+ CIBC published its 2022 Sustainability Report

+ Laurentian Bank of Canada published its 2022 ESG Report

+ Nisga’a-led Ksi Lisims LNG project news; the $10.0 billion project got the green light for environmental review

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+ ATCO Frontec Ltd. and Gordon Developments Ltd. in a JV camp project for BHP Jansen Discovery Lodge

+ Bedford Group published its 1^st Annual – 2022 Board and Executive Compensation report for global oil & gas industry – click to access 60 page download

+ BMO Financial Group agreed to buy Air Miles loyalty program for $160.0 million

+ Cedar LNG got regulatory approval and executed and MOU with ARC Resources Ltd. and Haisla Nation for a its Kitimat LNG plant

+ Credit Suisse bank failed, and could not secure a bailout from central bank; rescued by USB takeover – US$3.25 billion is easily managed by US$5.0 trillion UBS … after regulators moves swiftly to stem market concerns about risk of a banking crisis

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI@US$67/bbl, Brent @ US$73/bbl

+ FACILITYCalgary, published free every Tuesday morning; 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 …

+ First Swiss Mortgage Corp., owned by Credit Suisse, placed in receivership

+ MONDAY MORNING MINUTE has moved over to Substack; get 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 (March 20)

+ Nisga’a-led Ksi Lisims LNG project news; the $10.0 billion project got the green light for environmental review

+ Perpetual Energy Inc. announced its 2023 CapEx Budget is $25.0 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

+ Repsol scrapped its east cost LNG project

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: down up 8 to 754 this week; Canada: down 16 to 207 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. completed their acquisition of IAA Inc.

+ Silicon Valley Bank’s insolvency implications in Canada, Silicon Valley Bank (Canada) has been seized by regulators; assets being managed under Bridge Bank while in transition; PwC appointed to assist regulators – winding up order

+ Tax filings – hints / tips / links / contacts  for filing your 2022 returns – notice from CRA

+ Tax warning … something new for 2022 returns, with significant wallet-pain if you don’t file correctly; check this post on the ‘Underused Housing Tax’ outlining what to do, what to avoid, and how to comply with NEW rule concerning your property holdings. For questions/wayfinding, connect with National Indirect Tax Leader here in Calgary, David Crawford; or other relevant tips/links: for contractors, commodity taxes, business owners, U.S. properties, and timely right now- pricing of accounting and tax services – thanks to the gang at Achen Henderson

+ BetterLife Pharma Inc. closed $1.86 million equity raise by private placement

+ Canada Nickel Company Inc. closed $44.0 million in two equity raises

+ Carebook Technologies Inc. closed $1.25 million equity raise by private placement

+ Congruence Therapeutics closed US$65.0 million funding round

+ Cubic Farm Systems Corp. closed $2.8 million equity raise

+ EMP Metals Corp. closed $5.0 million equity raise by private placement

+ Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd. is on the market to raise $3.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Lithium Royalty Corp. closed $150.0 million equity raise by IPO

+ MCF Energy Ltd. closed $12.4 million equity raise

+ Morguard North American Residential REIT closed $6.0 million overallotment of its recent convertible debt raise

+ Petro-Victory Energy Corp. is on the market to raise US$2.7 million in equity by private placement

+ Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated closed $800.0 million sr. debt raise

+ Spectra7 Microsystems Inc. is on the market to raise $5.89 million in equity by private placement

+ Taiga Motors Corporation is on the market to raise $40.15 million in secured convertible debt

veditor’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 …

+ Mar. 23; IFMA Calgary Chapter; Facility Tour and Networking event; Calgary Stampede facilities; reserve your spot

+ Mar. 28; Government of Canada – Budget Speech, Ottawa

+ Mar.  29-30; Petrochem Canada - West, Westin Calgary Airport; - program agenda, info / register

+ Apr. 4 & 5; BMO Capital Markets and Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers – Annual Energy Symposium, Investors Conference – save the date

+ Apr. 12; Business Transitions Forum Alberta; FINALIZED program, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary; info/register

+ Apr. 17-18; Smart Energy Event, Westin, Nova Scotian, Halifax; agenda / register

+ Apr. 19; Top Glass, Conference and Exhibits; The International Centre, Mississauga; info/register

+ Apr. 22; Earth Day everywhere; check out the website – earthday.ca

+ Apr. 22; Calgary Crime Stoppers Ruby Gala, Heritage Park – Gasoline Alley Museum, info/tickets

+ Apr. 23; Business Transition Forum, Alberta – Co-Chairs Kristina Williams and Cody Church – save the date; stay tuned for event registration and details

+ Apr. 23; Earth Day 2023 – theme is Invest in Our Planet

+ Apr. 25-27; Canadian Hydrogen Convention - , Edmonton Convention Centre; details/register

+ Apr. 27; IFMA Calgary Chapter; Facility Tour and Networking event at ATCO Headquarters; reserve your spot

+ May 2-3; Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, Regina; info / register

+ May 9-11; Canada Ga & LNG Exhibition & Conference, Vancouver Convention Center; info/register

+ May 10; Southwest Ontario Real Estate Forum, Kitchener/Waterloo; agenda / register

+ May 31-June 1; Inventures Canada Conference, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary; registration/tickets

+ June 2-4; Writer’s Guild of Alberta Annual Conference: Origins, Fort Calgary – save the date

+ June 6-7; Global Energy Transition 2023, New York, NY; agenda, information/register

+ June 6-8; 10^th Operational Excellence in Energy, Chemicals & Resources Summit, Calgary – agenda/ info/register

+ June 7-8; Global Energy Transition 2023. New York; info/register

+ June 12-14; NeoCon 2023 – THE MART, Chicago – call for presentations deadline Jan 31, 2023

+ June 13-15; Global Energy Show, Calgary – save the date

+ 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

+ 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

+ 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 ]

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