+ Ben Fryia to AVP, Automotive Finance @ Connect First Credit Union

+ Dale Hooper to Gen. Mgr., Canada @ FanDuel Group

+ Dr. David Klein to Trustee @ NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT

+ Heather Stephens to COO @ Emissions Reduction Alberta

+ James Kleckner Jr. to Director @ Vermilion Energy Inc.

+ John Soloninka to COO @ SpinaFX Medical Inc.

+ Ken Zinger to Pres., CEO & Director @ CES Energy Solutions Corp.

+ Lisa Hook to Director @ Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers

+ Mandy Abramsohn to Trustee @ NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT

+ Maria Bolovis to Sr. VP Sales and Marketing @ eStruxture

+ Mario DeAngelis to COO @ Cymat Technologies Ltd.

+ Matt Fox to Sr. Project Mgr. @ Bird Construction

+ Michael Halliwell to Director @ Calvert Home Mortgage Investment Corporation

+ Noreen Music to Director @ Professional Organizers of Canada

+ Norm Asuchak, CFO & COO @ McCrum’s Office Furnishings, left the company

+ Nuala McKee to Sr. Mgr., Communications at Canadian Cancer Society

+ Paul Rapp to COO @ Cordelia Power

+ Ross Roy to Principal @ NORR

+ Sandy Gerber to Chief Marketing Officer @ CubicFarm Systems Corp.

+ Scott Rasmussen to VP Leasing & Bus. Development @ MacMaster Innovation Park

+ Sindhu Ratnanesan to VP, Bus. Development @ Contemporary Office Interiors Ltd.

+ Stephen Poloz to Director @ Omni Conversion Technologies Inc.

~ 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 ]

+ Alberta vaccination passports coming

+ legal questions about hybrid workplaces

+ Oct. 19; Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No. 1) Core Fund, Meeting of Unitholders, virtual-only

+ Oct. 27; TIMIA Capital Corporation, Annual and Special Meeting, Vancouver

+ Nov. 12;  Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd., Annual General and Special Shareholder Meeting, virtual-only

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

+ Avata Innovations contest - $100M Carbon Removal XPRIZE – 10 companies in the running

+ proposed carbon capture project: Frog Lake First Nations #121 & #122 and Kehewin Cree Nation, as individual nations, and in the future other participating Treaty Six First Nations acting collectively through Tribal Chiefs Ventures, Inc. (a tribal council within Treaty Six territory) will form the Kanata Carbon Hub Limited Partnership by which participating Treaty Six First Nations will be the majority owners of the KANATA CarbonHub project (Kanata Clean Power & Climate Technologies Corp.)

+ Reconciliation Energy Transition Inc./Project Reconciliation executed an MOU with Shell Canada Products to collaborate on Shell's Polaris carbon capture and storage project

+ The secret to being productive is to work on the right thing – even if it’s at a slow pace. – James Clear

+ MBWA (Managing By Wandering Around) … is being in touch, with customers, suppliers, your people. It facilitates innovations and makes possible the teaching of values to every member of an organization. – Tom Peters

+ Levitee Labs Inc. agreed to acquire a 51% interest in an unnamed Calgary compounding pharmacy

*information in this section, relevant to Alberta/Calgary – for national and international news, go to our PROPERTYlines monthly publication

+ Allied Properties REIT published its newest ESG report

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+ Alberta to get 3 more seats in Ottawa; redrawing of ridings based on latest census data

+ BURNSWEST is running a food bank donation event in memory of Jeff Burns who passed away in March, 2021 - Jeff had been a long-time supporter of the Calgary Food Bank so please bring any non-perishable food items (or financial contribution made out to Calgary Food Bank) to 155 Glendeer Circle SE between noon and 6:00 pm on Tuesday, October 26

+ Calgary municipal election results – and results on provincial ballot matters to be posted here; congratulations to Mayor-Elect Jyoti Gondek and to all the candidates

+ Cervus Equipment Corporation got shareholder approval for the takeover by Brandt Tractor Ltd.

+ COVID-19 in Alberta full current stats – [ 12,302 active cases – 981 in hospital, 225 patients in intensive care, deaths to date from COVID – 2,976 ] – case counts are down as 4^th wave continues …

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI over US$82/bbl, Brent over US$84/bbl amid concerns economic growth may be faltering – Alberta crude production at record output levels

+ Enbridge Inc. closed its US$3.0 billion acquisition of Moda Midstream Operating from Encap Flatrock Midstream

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

+ H&R REIT closed its $1.47 billion office building sale (Bow tower in Calgary; Bell campus in Mississauga)

+ name changed: Altura Energy Inc. changed its name to Tenaz Energy Corp.

+ PROPERTYlines;  – monthly commercial real estate; archived Issues  

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: up 10 to 543 this week; Canada: up 1 to 168 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Sylogist Ltd. closed its $11.5 million acquisition of Pavliks

+ Whitecap Resources Inc. announced 2020CapEx Budget is $470.0 million

+ Bayline Technologies Inc. closed the final tranche of its $15.0 million equity raise by private placement

+ Boreal Carbon Corporation completed $4.0 million seed round financing

+ EarthRenew Inc. is on the market to raise $1.1 million in equity by private placement

+ Else Nutrition Holdings Inc. is on the market to raise $15.05 million in equity

+ Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation is on the market to raise $22.0 million in equity

+ Grasshopper Energy closed US$48.0 million financing

+ Merchant Growth secured $4.1 million equity raise

+ Network Media Group Inc. is on the market to raise $2.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Northern Genesis Climate Solutions Corporation is on the market to raise $200.0 million in equity by IPO

+ Power Corporation of Canada and Power Financial closed $200.0 million equity raise

+ Propel Holdings Inc. is on the market to raise $60.94 million in equity by IPO

+ Razor Energy Corp. is on the market to raise $2.2 million in equity by private placement

+ Silk Road Energy Inc. is on the market to raise $1.0 million in equity by private placement

+ South Star Battery Metals Corp. is on the market to raise $2.3 million in equity

+ Specta7 Microsystems Inc. is on the market to raise $12.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Tricon Residential Inc. closed US$570.0 million equity raise by IPO

+ Westcap Mgt. Ltd. is on the market to raise $265.0 million for its Westcap MBO III fund

+ W Investments completed a $100.0 million equity raise

+ XOTX Therapeutics Inc. closed US$12.0 million equity raise

*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 …

+ Oct. 20 -21; Calgary Real Estate Forum, virtual format; agenda/register

+ Oct. 20-21; BOMEX Virtual 2021, The New Normal?, annual conference; info/register

+ Oct. 27; Calgary Economic Development – 2022 Economic Outlook; virtual event – info/register

+ Nov. 5; 7^th Annual Peter Burgener Charity Concert for Classrooms with Barney Bentall and the Cariboo Express, Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal University; GET TICKETS

+ Nov. 9-10; ISA, Calgary Show – Expo & Conference, Telus Convention Centre, Calgary; save the date / submit a paper (deadline is June 7) / conference brochure/register

+ Nov. 22; Parliament of Canada – resumption of parliament, Ottawa

+ Dec. 1-2; 30^th Anniversary Real Estate Forum, in-person & virtual, Fairmont Royal York, Toronto; info/registration

+ Dec. 6-9; World Petroleum Congress, Houston; info/registration

2022

+ Feb. 17-18; Canadian Concrete Expo, International Centre, Mississauga, ON; save the date

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

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

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

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

+ H&R REIT closed its $1.47 billion office building sale (Bow tower in Calgary; Bell campus in Mississauga)

*information in this section, relevant to Alberta/Calgary – for national and international news, go to our PROPERTYlines monthly publication