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+ David Garcelon to Interim GM @ Fairmont El San Juan

+ Dr. Todd Anderson to Dean, Cummins School of Medicine @ University of Calgary

+ Gary Gemignani to CFO, Solta Medical Corporation @ Bausch Health Companies Inc.

+ Grant Vingoe to CEO of the Ontario Securities Commission

+ Licia Corbella, Columnist @ The Calgary Herald, retiring

+ Karen Gallagher-Burt to Director, Strategy and Engagement @ Distress Centre Calgary

+ Kimberley Bennetts to Manager, Procurement and Contracts @ Worley

+ Kirsty Oulovsky to Communications and Engagement Specialist @ TC Energy

+ Marina Davies to VP Investor Relations @ Neighbourly Pharmacy Inc.

+ Peter Zebedee to Exec. VP, Mining and Upgrading @ Suncor

+ Shannon Leo to Client Partner, Toronto @ Pekarsky & Co.

+ Suzanne Akers to Chief Risk Officer @ AIMco

+ Wade Barnes Co-founder & CEO @ Farmers Edge, stepping down

+~ 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 ]

+ Jim Thorogood; co-founder of Totem Building Supplies, golf-preneur; 77

+ best 11 employee benefits to offer remote workers

+ empathy is #1 leadership skill

+ workplace changes / office prototypes

+ April 6; FirstService Corporation, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ April 7; Cargojet Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ April 7; CIBC, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ April 7; RBC, Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders, Toronto, and virtual

+ April 9; United Conservative Party of Alberta, Special General Meeting/Leadership Review

+ April 13; BMO Financial Group, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ April 14; TD Bank Group, Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders, virtual only

+ April 20; Africa Oil Corp., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ April 20; Digital Alberta, Annual General Meeting, virtual only

+ April 21; Quarterhill Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ April 27; Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, Annual and Special Meeting, virtual only

+ May 10; Keyera Corp., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ May 12; Bridgemarq Real Estate Services Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ May 27; Resolute Forest Products Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, in person and virtual

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

+ June 16; CPSG Classic Charity Golf Tournament, Elbow Springs Golf Club; info/register

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

+ 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 ]

+ JPS Construction Group published its inaugural ESG Report

+ RBC published its 2021 ESG Report

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+ The best reason to put people first is not to create a ‘great organization.’  The best reason to put people first is so you can be proud of how you spend your life – namely, helping others grow as persons as well as professional. – Tom Peters

+ My father did not tell me how to live; he lived and let me watch him do it. – Clarence Kelland

+ congrats to M+B - mulvey + banani electrical consulting engineers – celebrating 40 years!

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+ Canadian Pacific Railway Limited and Teamsters union agreed to enter into a binding arbitration process; trains are moving again …

+ COVID-19 in Alberta full current stats; OMICRON variant continues to surge (215,714 cases to date, 956 Albertans in hospital, 56 in ICU, 4,044 COVID-deaths to date in Alberta)

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI @ US$104/bbl, Brent @ US$112/bbl; crude prices recede as Russian crude boycotts and EU wrangling sort themselves out amid speculation of how long the Ukrainian/Russian conflict continues, softening of Chinese demand due to new COVID lockdowns, hopes of an Iran deal, and OPEC+ group is considering an increase to output … tic toc …

+ Government of Alberta ~ auditor-general report card on oil well cleanup spending

+ HOUSING TRUTH – monthly residential newsletter: HOUSING TRUTH – CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP for our mailing list  –  archived issues …

+ Pekarsky & Co. expanded to Ontario; they opened a Toronto office

+ PROPERTYlines - commercial real estate quarterly newsletter; archived Issues  

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US:  up 7 to 670 this week; Canada: down 36 to 140 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Rogers Communications Inc. in negotiations to sell off the Freedom Mobile unit

+ Rogers Communications Inc. got early stages approvals in its $26.0 billion takeover of Shaw Communications

+ Vermilion Energy Inc. agreed to acquire Leucrotta Exploration Inc. for $477.0 million

+ Western Securities Limited broke ground on its planned 1.0 million sq. ft. UXBorough development

+ Australian Goldfields Limited closed $3.956 million equity raise by private placement

+ Bank of Montreal is on the market to raise $2.7 billion in equity

+ CentreCourt Platform II LP closed $406.0 million equity raise

+ Entropy Inc. secured $300.0 million equity raise

+ Facedrive Inc. is on the market to raise $17.5 million in equity by private placement

+ Government of Canada on the market to raised $5.0 million in debt; TD and BMO

+ Keyera Corp. closed $400.0 million debt raise

+ NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT is on the market to raise $165.0 million in equity

+ Odd Burger Corporation is on the market to raise $2.5 million in equity by private placement

+ Petrus Resources Ltd. is on the market to raise $20.0 million in equity by a rights offering

+ Sienna Senior Living Inc. closed $86.0 million equity raise

+ Spatula Foods closed US$1.5 million seed-round financing

+ Toronto-Dominion Bank is on the market to raise $850.0 million in preferred share equity

+ Treatment.com International Inc. is on the market to raise $1.25 million in convertible debt by private placement

+ Wilkpack Beverage Inc. is on the market to raise $5.0 million in equity by private placement

v*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 …

+ Mar. 30 – 31st; IoT North Conference and Exhibition, BMO Centre, Stampede Park, in-person/virtual; info/registration

+ Mar. 31 – Apr. 1; National Heavy Equipment Show, International Centre, Mississauga; save the date

+ Apr. 5; Business Transitions Forum, Westin Calgary, Calgary; info/registration

+ Apr. 6-8; Economic Developers of Alberta – EDA Experience 2022, Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge, Kananaskis; info/partner/call for presenters

+ April. 12; Vancouver Real Estate Forum, Vancouver Convention Centre; info/register/save the date

+ April 20; Top Glass, Conference and Exhibits 2022, The International Centre, Mississauga, ON; info/register

+ Apr. 26; Winnipeg Real Estate Forum, RBC Convention Centre, Winnipeg; program/register

+ Apr. 30 PSAC Stars & Spurs Gala – in support of STARS Air Ambulance, info/tickets

+ May 4-6; NORTH51 Conference - RECOMBINATION, Rimrock Hotel, Banff; info/register

+ May 17; Western Canada Apartment Investment Conference, Edmonton Convention Centre; program/register

+ May 17-18; Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, Delta Marriott Regina; save the date/present/attend

+ May 18; Edmonton Real Estate Forum, Edmonton Convention Centre; agenda/register

+ May 22-26; World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland; agenda

+ May 26; Top 7 Over 70 awards gala, Hyatt Regency, Calgary; info/tickets

+ May 30 – June 1; Operational Excellence in Energy, Chemicals & Resources, BMO Centre, Calgary; info/register

+ May 31 – June 2; Peering Over the Horizon; Financial Executives International, Canada – Annual Conference, Banff Springs Hotel, Banff – info/register

+ June 6-9; Canadian Gas Association, Annual Technical Conference 2022 – Find Your Energy!; Toronto Sheraton, Toronto; info/register

+ June 7-9; Global Energy Show, Stampede Park, Calgary; awards nomination, info/registration

+ June 13-15; NeoCon 2022, The Mart, Chicago, info/save the date/register – call for presentations deadline Jan. 17

+ June 21-22; Petrochem Canada Conference, Sarnia, ON; info/register/book space

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

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

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2023

+ Sept. 17-21; 24^th 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 ]

+ Alberta’s 2022 Capital Plan $20.2 billion

+ Calgary small infrastructure projects get federal funding

+ new ‘model codes’ have been released by the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes; these include National Building Code of Canada 2020, National Fire Code of Canada 2020, National Plumbing Code of Canada 2000 and National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings 2000; for an overview of the updates, click here; to get official versions of new codes in a free electronic format, click here; to order print-form versions, go here.

+ 30 small café designs