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SHAKERS AND MOVERS 
appointments and disappointments 

+ Alan Ryder to Director @ Sagicor Financial Company Ltd.

+ Andrea Bertone to Director @ Waste Connections Inc.

+ Andre-Claude Berube to Exec. VP and General Counsel @ SNC-Lavalin

+ Aubrey Rankin to Director @ Nanostics

+ Dan Rutherford to Managing Dir., BOE Report @ Stack Technologies Ltd.

+ David Eby sworn in as Premier @ Government of British Columbia

+ Dr. John Cowell to Official Administrator, Alberta Health Services @ Government of Alberta

+ Garth Parker to Senior Legal Counsel @ Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP

+ Gerry Jobagy to Leasing Mgr., Calgary @ Real Properties

+ Howard Migdal to CEO @ SkipTheDishes

+ James  Reid to Partners @ Miller Thomson LLP

+ Judith Athaide to Director @ Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

+ Leon Wu to CFO @ Roots

+ Lisa Giannone to Pres. @ BFL Canada

+ Mark Ralph to Pres. & CEO @ Axine Water Technologies

+ Nav Dhillon to CFO @ Aviva Canada

+ Patrick Doyle to Executive Chairman @ Restaurant Brands Inc.

+ Rita Achrekar to Director @ QuadReal Property Group

+ Roger Chouinard to Chief Legal Officer & Corp. Secretary @ QuadReal Property Group

+ Sophia Langlois to Director @ Essential Energy Services Ltd.

+ Stacey Evans to XORTX Therapeutics Inc.

+ Sydni Kind to Associate @ MLT Akins

+ Tracey Zehl to Director @ Calgary Airport Authority

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 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY + ESG REPORTS 

+ Headwater Exploration Inc. published its 2022 ESG Report

+ MTY Food Group published its Initial Sustainability Report




 CLIMATE CHANGE + LEED + RENEWABLE ENERGY 

+ energy sector players collaborating on research to find better solutions to reduce the backlog of inactive wells, alternate materials to eliminate leaky well …

+ Reconciliation Energy Transition Inc. and Partners – doing Calgary Region Sustainable Aviation Fuel Project in Calgary




  REITs + TRUSTS NEWS 

+ 5 housing REITS ( CAP REIT, Boardwalk REIT, Killam Apartment REIT, InterRent REIT and Minto Apartment REIT launched ForAffordable.ca to work on affordable housing development




 KUDOS 

+ to 49 appointees and promotions (3 Calgarians: Tom Jackson, Judy Birdsell,  – Order of Canada Investiture nominees list

+ to the Taylor Family Foundation who donated $10.0 million to complete the $66.0 million fundraising for expansion at the Foothills Medical Centre, to be called the Taylor Family Neonatal Intensive Care Unit




 SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

+ Nov. 28: VM Hotel Acquisition Corp., Shareholders Meeting, virtual only

+ Nov. 29; First Nations Financial Management Board, Annual Meeting, West Vancouver

+ Dec. 9; Montford Capital Corporation, Special Meeting of Shareholders, Vancouver

+ Dec. 15; CloudMD Software & Services Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Vancouver

+ Dec. 21; Fintech Select Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Toronto/virtual only

+ Dec. 30; NextPoint Financial Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Hurst, TX

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2023

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

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NEWS SUMMARY 
  November 16 ~ 22 / 2022 


+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI @ US$79/bbl, Brent @ US$87/bbl; crude prices softened this week on decreasing demand, lack of China demand rebound, and speculation OPEC+ group will may reverse course on earlier agreement to cut back production

+ energy sector players collaborating on research to find better solutions to reduce the backlog of inactive well, alternate materials to eliminate leaky well …

+ Force Inspection Services Inc. acquired Shawcor’s Oilfield Asset Management unit for $15.0 million

+ HOUSING TRUTH – residential newsletter, Calgary and area: HOUSING TRUTH – CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP for our mailing list  - stay tuned for my 3rd qtr. report and 4th qtr. outlook – coming soon; go to archived issues … or see our Q2 report – sign up

+ IFMA’s November networking event/building tour, focus is on our November theme - Performance & Quality;  sign up to attend; we’ll be touring and hearing presentations at the FALKBUILT factory on November 24th

+ KPMG opened a KPMG Ignition innovation lab at Platform Innovation Centre

+ New North Resources Ltd. acquired Lintus Resources; terms not disclosed

+ PROPERTYlines - commercial real estate quarterly newsletter; my 3rd qtr. report and 4th qtr. outlook coming soon; sign up

+ Reconciliation Energy Transition Inc. and Partners – doing Calgary Region Sustainable Aviation Fuel Project in Calgary

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: up 3 to 782 this week; Canada: up 1 to 201 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Stack Technologies Ltd. acquired BOE Report from Grobes Media Inc.; terms not disclosed




THIS WEEK IN FINANCINGS 
- proposed & closed

+ Alpha Cognition Inc. is on the market to raise $10.0 million in equity

+ Attabotics raised US$71.0 million in funding

+ Diversified Royalty Corp. is on the market to raise $40.0 million in equity

+ Great-West Lifeco closed a €500.0 million sr. debt raise

+ Hydro-Quebec closed $500.0 million debt raise

+ INEO Tech corp. closed $2.74 million equity raise by private placement

+ Inter Pipeline Ltd. closed $1.25 billion debt issue

+ IsoEnergy Ltd. is on the market to raise $18.3 million in equity

+ MCAN Mortgage Corporation is on the market to raise $34.0 million in equity by a rights offering

+ Martello Technologies Group Inc. is on the market to raise US$2.0 million in equity by private placement

+ NG Energy International Corp. is on the market to raise $35.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Symend closed US$40.0 million funding round

+ Vizsla Silver Corp. closed $35.0 million equity financing

*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 …




 TECHNOLOGY TRENDS 

+ Deloitte announced winners of Canada’s fastest growing tech companies; their Worldwide Fast 500 list – check out #39 from Calgary




 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

+ Nov. 21-22; CCPPP – 30th Annual Conference, Sheraton Centre, Toronto; info/register

+ Nov. 21-27; Innovation Week in Calgary – sign up for notifications

+ Nov. 24; IFMA’s November networking event/building tour, focus on our November theme - Performance & Quality;  sign up to attend; we’ll be touring and having a chat with CEO Mogens Smed at the FALKBUILT factory

+ Nov. 24; Top 10 Launch Party celebration sponsored by Platform, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary; tickets

+ Nov. 29; Fourth Session of the Thirtieth Legislature, Government of Alberta, Edmonton; Throne Speech

+ Nov. 29; Day 1 - Global Property Market & Chairman’s Reception Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto; info/register

+ Nov. 30 – Dec. 1; Day 2 & Day 3; Real Estate Forum, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto; info/register

+ Nov. 30 – Dec. 3; The Buildings Show, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto; info/register

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2023

+ Jan. 16-20; Davos 2023 - World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting, Davos/Klosters, Switzerland; details/sign-up for notifications

+ Feb, 15-26; BUILDEX Vancouver, Vancouver Convention Centre West; info/register

+ Mar. 13; 2023 Juno Awards – Rogers Place, Edmonton; tickets

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

+ 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

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

+ 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

+ Sept. 17-21; 24th World Petroleum Congress – Energy Transition – the path to Net Zero, info/sponsorship/registration

+ Sept. 28; Accessible Housing Annual Fundraising Gala, Silver Springs Golf Cub, Calgary – save the date

+ Oct. 18-19; BUILDEX Alberta, 20-24; Calgary – save the date

+ Nov. 7-8; Canadian Aerospace Summit, Ottawa - save the date

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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 ]




  INFRASTRUCTURE + P3 

+ GoA announced plans to improve Deerfoot Trail access and capacity; plans to put the work out to tender this winter were announced, but no details, capital budget estimates – causing some watchers to believe it’s a political move by the Premier without adequate preparation as she tries to garner more Calgary support …




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