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SHAKERS AND MOVERS 
appointments and disappointments 

+ Ben Lloyd to CEO @ Baker Tilly Canada

+ Brian Pauls to CEO @ Dream Industrial REIT

+ David Young to Exec. VP, Head of US Operations @ Royal Helium

+ Edward Wooldridge to Partner @ Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

+ Jason Lo to Managing Dir., Head Canada @ Dealpath

+ Megumi Masaki to Director of Music @ Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

+ Michael McMillan to Pres. & CEO @ Toromont Industries Ltd.

+ Michel Regnier to Sr. VP, Technical Operations @ Ceapro Inc.

+ Paul Taylor to Partner @ Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

+ Patrick Mah to Partner @ Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

+ Patrick Murray to Executive VP and CFO @ Enbridge Inc.

+ Puneet Khanna to Pres. & CEO @ CareRx Corporation

+ Sameena Sarangi to Partner @ Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

+ Sherri Evers to Sr. VP Sustainability, Commercial Development and Product Solutions @ Imperial Oil

+ Stephan Dery to Pres. & CEO @ Canada Lands Company

+ Tina Pristovsek to VP, Real Estate Finance and Capital Markets, Europe @ Oxford Properties Group

+ Vern Yu, Exec. VP & CFO @ Enbridge Inc. leaving the company

+ Vern Yu to Pres. & CEO @ AltaGas Ltd.

~ 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 ]




 REMEMBRANCE 

+ Art Jones; long serving Executive VP of Edmonton Real Estate Board, 95

+ John Cushman; former Chairman of Cushman & Wakefield, legendary industry leader, 82

+ Marc Lalonde; celebrated and reviled former federal Liberal cabinet minister, NEP driver; 93

+ Ron Shannon; oil industry veteran, philanthropist, co-founder of Strike Energy Services; 88




 SAVE THE DATE - CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENTS 

+ June 8; Raisin’ Health -  h!p and NSTEP, family golf fundraising function; GolfutureYYC, Calgary - tickets

+ 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 15; Alberta IoTee: Women’s Golf Edition, Heritage Pointe, Calgary - register

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

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

+ July 21; Alberta IoT – 4th Annual Golf Tournament, Lynx Ridge Golf Club, Calgary – register

+ Sept. 11; Rotary Stay In School Charity Golf Classic, Glencoe Golf & Country Club, Calgary; sponsor, register to golf

+ 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 ]




 SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

+ May 9; Chorus Aviation, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Halifax – virtual only

+ May 9; George Weston Limited, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, hybrid/Toronto

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

+ May 9; Innergex Renewable Energy Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Longueuil – virtual only

+ May 9; Oncolytics Biotech Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, – virtual only

+ May 9; Pet Valu Holdings Ltd., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, hybrid/Markham,

+ May 10; ATCO Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Calgary

+ May 10; Boralex Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Montreal - virtual only

+ May 10; Great-West Lifeco Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Winnipeg

+ May 10; iA Financial Group, Annual Meeting, Quebec City

+ May 11; Cascades Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Kingsey Falls

+ May 11; Manulife Financial, Annual Meeting, Toronto

+ May 11; McCoy Global Inc., Annual General and Special Meeting, Edmonton

+ May 11; Precision Drilling Corporation, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ May 11; Quebecor, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Montreal

+ May 12; Air Canada, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Montreal

+ May 12; Montfort Capital Corp., Annual General Meeting, Vancouver

+ May 12; Shawcor Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Toronto - - virtual only

+ May 16; Crown Capital Partners Inc., Special Meeting of Debentureholders, Toronto

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

+ May 17; Morien Resources Corp, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, - virtual only

+ May 18; Crescent Point Energy Corp., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ May 18; SNC-Lavalin, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Montreal – virtual only

+ May 19; X-Terra Resources Inc., Annual and Special Shareholders, Rouyn-Noranda

+ May 25; Africa Oil Corp., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Vancouver

+ May 29; Calgary Zoo, Annual General Meeting, Enmax Conservatory, Calgary

~ Canadian banks and life insurance companies got approval to do their 2023 annual meetings virtually

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NEWS SUMMARY 

 May 3 ~ 9 / 2023 


+ Alberta emergency relief; emergency payments to displaced residents – cash payments, emergency needs, accommodation

+ Alberta wildfires; rain and cooler temperatures are welcomed by everyone, but the high number of active fires and dry conditions make the risks remain are alarmingly high. The province has declared a State of Emergency, nearly 30,000 Albertans evacuated from homes; status of currently active wild fires (88) ~ the worst (14) ones; comments on impact on their assets: Crescent Point Energy, Kiwetinohk Energy, NuVista Energy, Paramount Resources, Pembina Pipeline, Peyto Exploration, Pipestone Energy Corp., Tourmaline Oil, Vermilion Energy, Whitecap Resources - and Insurance Bureau guidance

+ Clearview Commercial Realty and Target Realty joined forces; operating as Clearview Commercial Realty

+ CRA employees came to terms with the Government of Canada – going back to work

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI @ US$72/bbl, Brent @ US$76/bbl – recession concerns beginning to fade, prices recovering

+ DONATIONS to help Albertans impacted by wildfires – Canadian Red Cross

+ FACILITYCalgary, a sponsor-supported FREE weekly newsletter; published every Tuesday morning at 6:00 AM (MDT); 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 …

+ IFMA Calgary Chapter: call for nominations - nominate members to the Board of Directors for the coming year; info / apply / nominate

+ IFMA Calgary Chapter announced its annual golf tournament will be held June 21st @ Lynx Ridge – after a pandemic pause, returns this year, sponsorship sales are ‘open’, golfer registration commences March 29th

+ MONDAY MORNING MINUTE is now at Substack; get a 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)

+ 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

+ REITrag – is launched; Issue #1 [BETA] is live; SEE IT ~ a monthly newsletter report of REITs and their activity, of interest to investors, asset managers, investors, agents/brokers ; sign up get on the mailing list

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: down 7 to 748 this week; Canada: steady at 93 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts




THIS WEEK IN FINANCINGS 
- proposed & closed

+ Bell Canada is on the market to raise US$850.0 million in unsecured debt

+ Cathedral Energy Services Ltd. raised $16.0 million in equity by a warrants exercise

+ Chitogenx Inc. closed $3.86 million equity raise by private placement

+ Group Eleven Resources Corp. is on the market to raise $1.5 million in equity by private placement

+ Nanalysis Scientific Corp. closed 2nd final tranche of its $4.128 equity raise by private placement

+ Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT closed $11.25 million over allotment of its recent unsecured sub debt raise

+ Razor Energy Corp. is on the market to raise $10.0 million in equity by a rights offering

+ Tucows Inc. sub. Ting Fiber LLC closed $239.0 million sr. secured debt raise

+ Western Copper and Gold Corporation closed $2.3 million equity raise

editor’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 …




 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

+ 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 10; WorldFMDay – celebration details; link to Calgary IFMA chapter

+ May 11; Canadian Business Hall of Fame, honouring 2023 Inductees; Toronto Convention Centre; info/tickets

+ May 17; Classroom Champions, Champion Chats 2023 – fundraiser/luncheon, Hyatt Regency, Calgary; info/book tables

+ May 29; Alberta Provincial Election; constituency information and Elections Alberta resources

+ 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 – info/register

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

+ June 6-8; 10th 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 – keynotes announced

+ 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; 24th 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 ]




 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY + ESG REPORTS 

+ D2L Inc. published its inaugural ESG report

+ Loblaw Companies Limited published its 2022 ESG Report




 INTERESTING TRENDS IN RETAIL 

+ Canadian Tire acquiring 10 leases - Bed, Bath & Beyond locations for $1.6 million

+ Darden, owner of Olive Garden, is acquiring Ruth’s Chris Steak House chain for US$715.0 million

+ rooms + spaces – a new retail chain will open 21 locations (two in Calgary) this summer in previous Bed Bath & Beyond locations


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