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+ Angela Korch to CFO @ Vail Resorts

+ Darren Yaworsky, Sr. VP & CFO @ Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd., resigned

+ David Dunlop to Director @ Criterion Energy Ltd.

+ Dr. Healy Hamilton to Chief Scientist @ Sustainable Forestry Initiative

+ Jasmit Bhandal to Interim Pres. & CEO @ Horizons ETFS Management (Canada) Inc.

+ Jason Robertson to Head, Canadian Diversified Industrials Investment Banking @ Raymond James Ltd.

+ Jennifer Barker to Account Exec., Business Dev. @ Creative Group Inc.

+ Kathryn Oviatt to Chief of the Commission and Tribunals @ Alberta Human Rights Commission

+ Loren McGinnis to Host, Calgary Eyeopener @ CBC Calgary

+ Mal Cullen to CEO @ CIBC Mellon

+ Pramod Bhatia to Interim CFO @ Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd.,

+ Ritu Khullar to Chief Justice of Alberta, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal of the Northwest Territories, and Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal of Nunavut

+ Rob Colcleugh to Interim CEO @ Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd. and Tidewater Renewables Ltd.

+ Sam Ghosn to Regional Director @ DIPRA

+ Theo Argitis to Managing Director @ Compass Rose

~ 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 ]

+ Dunc McNeill; retired founder of Stream-Flo Industries, philanthropist, 91

+ Steelcase has some ‘back to the office’ design ideas to inspire a return to the office

Gather with your facility management community on December 14th at 4:00 - 5:30 pm at Tailgunner Brewing Company. Gather and spread some holiday cheer as we get ready for the season.

The first round is on us as well as some appetizers, the rest is up to you! We’re expecting a good time networking with our favourite members. This is a special free, networking event for our facility management community to say thank you for supporting us through the first half of this year.

+ ESG is on the mind of most companies these days, but claiming to be ESG conscious or active can be a tricky mix of what you say, what you do, and what you say you do; case in point, the SEC assessed a US$4.0 million penalty against Goldman Sachs Asset Management … and this is not a one-off event; reporting on similar ‘stretching reality’ offences are attracting regulator concerns  …

+  West Lake Energy Corp. published its inaugural 2021 ESG Report

+ ESG is on the mind of most companies these days, but claiming to be ESG conscious or active can be a tricky mix of what you say, what you do, and what you say you do; case in point, the SEC assessed a US$4.0 million penalty against Goldman Sachs Asset Management … and this is not a one-off event; reporting on similar ‘stretching reality’ offences are attracting regulator concerns  …

+ 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. 16; Summit Industrial Income REIT, Special Meeting of Unitholders, Toronto

+ Dec. 19; TAAL Distributed Information Technologies Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ 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

+ Jan. 20; Liminal BioSciences Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

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

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

+ Consistency before intensity. Start small and become the kind of person who shows up every day. uild a new identity. Then increase the intensity. – James Clear

+ to Tennis Canada, winners of the 2022 Davis Cup … 1^st time for Canada in 109 years of trying – waytogo!

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+ ACE Casinos opened its ACE Airport Casino

+ Alberta Legislature sitting: Fourth Session of the 30^th Legislature begins today; links to live watching, schedule links for legislation and committee meetings – click here

+ CAOEC published it’s 2023 drilling activity forecast

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI @ US$78/bbl, Brent @ US$85/bbl; crude prices steady as supply worries ease …

+ Good Earth Coffeehouse is setting up locations in Indigo stores; they opened their first of these inside the Indigo store at Chinook

+ Government of Alberta projecting a $12.3 billion surplus for 2022/23

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

+ IFMA’s December networking event will be a season celebration gathering (details tbd) – save the date Dec. 15^th.

+ MEG Energy Corp. announced its 2023CapEx Budget is $450.0 million

+ Nature Energy to be acquired by Shell plc for US$2.0 billion

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

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: up 2 to 784 this week; Canada: down 7 to 194 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Smith Financial agreed to acquire Home Capital for $1.7 billion

+ Source Rock Royalties Ltd. closed it’s $3.5 million acquisition of oil royalties in AB & SK

+ welcome and thanks to our newest sponsor at FACILTYCalgary – Rocky View County Economic Development

+ Bonterra Energy Corp. secured a new $110.0 million credit facility

+ Bonterra Energy Corp. closed $95.0 million debt raise

+ Bright Minds Biosciences Inc. is on market to raise $1.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Defense Metals Corp. is on the market to raise $6.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Emerge Commerce Ltd. closed $2.781 million debt raise

+ LITE Access Technologies Inc. closed $1.052 million equity raise by private placement

+ Royal Helium Ltd. is on the market to secure US$20.0 million credit facility

+ SQI Diagnostics Inc. is on the market to raise $1.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Surge Energy Inc. closed $70.0 million equity raise and a $10.5 million overallotment

*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 …

+ 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

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

+ 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; 24^th World Petroleum Congress; Energy Transitions – the path to Net Zero – save the date

+ 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 ]

+ CCPPP – announced this year’s P3 winners

+ ACE Casinos opened its ACE Airport Casino

+ Good Earth Coffeehouse is setting up locations in Indigo stores; they opened their first of these inside the Indigo store at Chinook

+ Henry Singer to open new 10,00- sq. ft. flagship store in Stantec Tower in Edmonton’s Ice District

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