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+ Alan Tannenbaum to CEO, BMO Capital Markets @ BMO Financial Corp.

+ Anthony Yazbeck, Pres. & COO @ WeWork, left the company

+ Arthur Irving, Chairman @ Irving Oil, stepped down, moved to Chairman Emeritus

+ Brett Anderson to Managing Director, Alberta Region @ McCarthy Tetrault

+ Craig Jelinek, Pres. & COO @ Costco Wholesale Corp., stepping down

+ Craig Mitchell to CEO @ Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT

+ Dan Barclay to Sr. Advisor to the CEO @ BMO Capital Markets

+ David Tolley to CEO @ WeWork

+ David Weyant, KC to Director @ The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company

+ Karen Martin to Interim CFO @ Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT

+ Manroop Jhooty to Sr. Managing Dir, Total Fund Management @ CPP Investments

+ Matthew McClenaghan to Pres. @ Edgar Development

+ Nicki Stevens to Director @ Peyto Exploration & Development Corp.

+ Patrick Bui, CFO @ Transat A.T., resigned

+ Patrick Bui to CFO @ Dollarama Inc.

+ Ron Vachris to CEO @ Costco Wholesale Corp.,

+ Sarah Irving, Executive VP @ Irving Oil, no longer with the company

+ Shahid Qureshi to Director @ Magnetic North Acquisition Corp.

+ Shelly De Caria to Interim Pres. & CEO @ Canadian North

+ Tony Smith to Bus. Development Specialist @ Nexus Exhibits

+ Zian Hindo, Chief Investment Officer @ Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, retiring

+ David Thom; Pres. @ IBI Group, 73

+ Mo Amery; former MLA for Calgary-East, 69

+ Thomas Bourne; former construction industry executive, 88

+ Oct. 25 – 26; Supply Change Conference and Expo, Calgary Westin Airport, agenda/program / register

+ Oct. 27; Classroom Champions, Concert for Classrooms – Barney Bentall & The Caribou Express, Bella Concert Hall, Calgary; BUY TICKETS

+ Oct. 28; Nov. 5; Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival – info/program/tickets

+ Oct. 31; CFA Society Calgary – 23^rd Annual Oil & Gas Forecast Breakfast (7:00 – 9:00 AM); Calgary Petroleum Club; info / tickets

Nov. 1; Calgary Economic Development’s 2024 Economic Outlook, TELUS Convention Centre; info / tickets

+ Nov. 1-2; Supply Change, Conference & Expo, Westin Airport, Calgary; info / register

+ Nov. 2; Sir Winston Churchill Society of Calgary – 57^th Memorial Banquet, Ranchmen’s Club, Calgary; tickets

+ Nov. 6 & 5; 2023 Decentralized Energy Forum, Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise; info / register

+ Nov. 7-8; Canadian Aerospace Summit, Shaw Centre, Ottawa; agenda / register

+ Nov. 14-15; Oilfield Electrification Technology Conference, Hyatt Houston West, Houston; register, submit abstracts

+ Nov. 15-16; Fenestration Canada’s WinDoor 2023, Toronto Congress Centre, Hall D; registration

+ Nov. 30 – Dec. 12; COP28 UAE, Expo City, Dubai; info

+ Dec. 6; Matco ‘Outlook 2024’: Crisis = Opportunity, Glencoe Club, Calgary; complementary/limited seating; reserve your seat

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2024

+ Jan. 18; CFA Society Calgary – 47^th Annual Forecast Dinner, TELUS Convention Centre – save the date

+ Apr. 16-17; Innovate West, Vancouver Convention Centre; info/book – save the date

+ June 18-19; Petrochem Canada Conference and Expo 2024, Sarnia, On; call for presentations

+ Sept. 23- 25; BOMEX 2024, hosted by BOMA Vancouver – save the date

+ Sept. 25-27; CREW Network (Commercial Real Estate Women), 2024 Annual Convention, Vancouver – save the date

+ 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 ]

+ Oct. 25; Clearview Resources Ltd., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ Oct. 25; XORTX Therapeutics. Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ Nov. 7; Essential Energy Services Ltd., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

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

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

+ I know … it’s early, but if you have a date and a course booking for your 2024 tournament, we’ll happily post it as a ‘save the date’

~ [please send your charity golf event notices to  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

+ Oct. 25 – 26; Supply Change Conference and Expo, Calgary Westin Airport, agenda/program / register

+ to Alberta Forest Service – all their firefighters, all the help from other jurisdictions how came to help keep Albertan’s safe this summer during the worst fire season we’ve had in a long time, and KUDOS too to the Canadian insurance industry – the companies, brokers, agencies and claims staff – you’ve done awesome work …

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+ Bel Media agreed to acquire OUTFRONT Media for $410.0 million

+ Canadian Energy Regulator approved the Trans Mountain pipeline route change

+ Chevron agreed to acquire Hess Corporation for US$53.0 billion in an all-stock transaction

+ current energy prices; live links to Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI @ US$86/bbl, Brent @ US$90/bbl; forecasts of US$100/bbl are credited with being part of the pricing run-up as supply tightens while demand rises and conflict in the middle-east are pushing prices in anticipation of growing demand

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+ Germain Hotels opened a new hotel in Calgary: Alt Hotel Calgary University District.

+ Intact Financial Corporation got shareholder and regulatory approval to acquire Direct Line Insurance Group plc for £520 million

+ Lycos Energy Inc. closed its $22.5 million acquisition of Durham Creek Exploration Ltd.

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+ Perpetual Energy Inc. agreed to sell a portfolio of Mannville assets to Pointbreak Resources Inc. for $35.8 million

+ Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. closed its US$468.0 million acquisition of Repsol Canada Energy Partnership

+ reader contributions: are always welcome. Please forward your comments, news items, and company appointment announcements; forward to: kolke@facilitycalgary.com

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+ rig activity in Canada, courtesy of BOE Report

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: up 2 to 624 this week; Canada: up 5 to 198  this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Rubellite Energy Inc. agreed to acquire a portfolio of southern Clearwater assets for $34.0 million

+ Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. agreed to sell a portfolio of non-core west central Alberta assets for $123.0 million

+ Aecon Utilities Group Inc. secured $150.0 million convertible preferred equity raise

+ Coelacanth Energy Inc. is on the market to raise $60.0 million in equity

+ Hydro-Québec closed a $600.0 million debt financing

+ IsoEnergy Ltd. closed a $36.6 million equity raise by private placement

+ LNG Energy Group secured a US$13.3 million credit facility

+ Metalla Royalty and Streaming Ltd. closed $15.0 million equity raise

+ Montreal Mini-Storage secured $185.0 million credit facility

+ Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. closed a $201.0 million equity raise

+ QYOU Media Inc. closed a $2.1 million equity raise by private placement

+ RESAAS Services Inc. closed $1.328 million equity raise by private placement

+ Rubellite Energy Inc. secured at $60.0 million credit facility

+ Sucro Limited is on the market to raise $15.0 million in equity

+ Surge Energy Inc closed a $48.3 million convertible debt financing

+ Uranium Royalty Corp. closed a US$30.0 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 …

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+ Alvopetro Energy Ltd. published it’s 2022 Sustainability Report

+ CPP Investments published its 2023 Sustainability Report