+ Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone. – G.B. Stern

+ Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all. – William Faulkner

+ Oct. 27; HealthLease Properties REIT, Special Unitholders Meeting to Approve Plan of Arrangement, Toronto

+ Oct. 30; HealthLease Properties REIT, Special Debenture Holders Meeting to Amend Terms

+ Ann Lewis-Lupino, CEO @ Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, retiring June 30

+ Chad Kalmakoff to VP Finance & CFO @ Contact Exploration Inc.

+ Clive Stoner to VP Commercial Insurance and Risk Management @ BFL Canada

+ David Smith to Pres. & CEO @ Keyera Corp. eff. Jan. 1/15

+ Dr. Wayne Monnery to Process Engineering Specialist @ Grey Owl Engineering

+ Emma May to Exec. Dir., Premier’s Southern Office @ Government of Alberta

+ Gayle Burnett to VP College Services @ Bow Valley College

+ Harold Kraft to Manager, Pipeline, Canada @ Wood Group Mustang

+ Heather Crawford to General Counsel @ Fengate Capital Management Ltd.

+ Jason James to VP Finance & CFRO @ MATRRIX Energy Technologies Inc.

+ Lynn Gregor to VP Joint Venture Relations @ Progress Energy Canada Ltd.

+ Mark Fitzgerald to Sr. VP Production and Facilities @ Progress Energy Canada Ltd.

+ Megan Greene to Chief Economist @ Manulife Asset Management

+ Michael McNamara to Sr. Managing Director and Global Head of Real Estate @ Manulife Asset Management

+ Monique Vialatou to Pres. & CEO @ BNP Paribas, Canada

+ Sean Martin to Managing Dir., Investment Banking & Sr. VP Corp. Dev. @ Raymond James Ltd.

+ Sheila Taylor, Trustee @ Calgary Board of Education, resigned to seek election as an MLA in Calgary-West by-election

+ Tamela Coates to Partner @ Lawson Lundell LLP

+ Tony Kinnon to VP Bus. Dev. @ International Frontier Resources Corporation

+ Victor Ojeda to Pres. @ Steelhead LNG Corp.

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+ Alain Cote to Vice-Chair @ Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada

+ Bob Strachan to Chair @ Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada

+ Dan Fortin to Director @ Economical Insurance

+ Fred Walsh to Director @ Rock Energy Inc.

+ Jim Bertram to Exec. Chairman @ Keyera Corp. eff. Jan. 1/15

+ Michael Wilson to Director @ Air Canada

+ Rob Riecken to Director @ Divergent Energy Services Corp.

+ Sherri Brillon, Director @ PrairieSky Royalty Ltd., resigned

+ Tom Buchanan, Director @ Pembina Pipeline Corporation, resigned

+ Tony Kinnon to Director @ International Frontier Resources Corporation

+ American Hotel Properties REIT LP agreed to acquire a portfolio of hotel properties (733 rooms) in Oklahoma and Texas (US$79.4 million)

+ the legendary Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York to be sold to a Chinese insurance company for US$1.95 billion who are signing a 100-yr. management contract with the Waldorf-Astoria group

+ The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company will be lead tenant and co-venturer with Ivanhoé Cambridge in a new building, 900 de Maisonneauve, in Montreal; Manulife will take 11 floors (260,00 sq. ft.) of the 486,500 sq. ft. building; LEED Gold building will commence construction in 1^st quarter/2015

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+ American Hotel Properties REIT LP is on the market to raise $45 million in equity

+ Blackdog Resources Ltd. closed $21 million financing

+ Mountainview Energy Ltd. is on the market to raise $25 million in equity

+ Northland Power Inc. is on the market to raise $232 million in project debt

+ NorthWest International Healthcare Properties REIT closed $3.75 million overallotment of its recent equity financing

+ ShawCor Ltd. closed $30 million over-allotment of its recent equity financing

+ Veresen Inc. closed $920 million equity financing

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+ Alberta Securities Commission sanctioned Platinum Equities, related entities and principals

+ Argent Energy Trust initiated a strategic review process to maximize unitholder value

+ ATB Financial – THE OWL … Daily Economic Comment

+ Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. formed a JV with Grafton Energy Co. I Ltd.; Grafton investing $250 million

+ Blacksteel Energy Inc. agreed to acquire Alcan Fluid Disposal Ltd., Peace Drilling and Research Ltd. and Integrated Resource Technologies Ltd.

+ Caldwell Partners International Inc. acquired Hawksmoor Search

+ CCC Investment Banking merged with Stirling Mercantile Corporation

+ Chevron Corp. agreed to sell 30% stake in its Durvernay shale properties to Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co. for $1.5 billion

+ Cominar REIT closed its $1.35 billion portfolio acquisition from Ivanhoé Cambridge

+ Crew Energy Inc. closed its $159 million Princess area asset disposition

+ current energy prices: live link to Bloomberg.com commodities data ; oil prices slumping due to over-supply

+ Government of Alberta generated $14.65 million in its Oct. 1 land sale

+ Hewlett-Packard splitting business; one company will be in the data business, the other will make machines … stay tuned

+ IBI Group Inc. sold its Quebect operations to Services Intégrés Lemay & Associés Inc. 

+ Ikkuma Resources Corp. announced its 2014 CapEx Budget is $65 million

+ Imperial Oil Limited completed is first maintenance turnaround at its Kearl facilities

+ Jupiter Resources Inc. completed its $2.0 billion acquisition of Encana Corporation’s Bighorn assets

+ Marquee Energy Ltd. closed its $14 million disposition on non-core assets

+ markets nervous over Euro-zone risk of going back into recession …

+ Montana Exploration Corp. agreed to US$4 million acquisition and JV for development of Montana properties

+ Petronas threatening to delay $11 billion LNG project if cannot reach a tax deal with B.C.

+ Petrowest Corporation closed its $10.4 million acquisition of CJM Trucking Ltd.

+ Pine Cliff Energy Ltd. closed its $100 million acquisition of natural gas assets in Alberta & southern Saskatchewan

+ Postmedia agreed to acquire Sun Media’s English language properties for $316 million (deal includes Calgary Sun)

+ Pure Technologies Ltd. closed its $8 million acquisition of Hunter McDonnell Pipeline Services Inc.

+ Reserve Royalty Income Trust completed $105 million in asset acquisitions

+ Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. closed its acquisition of VeriClaim and T&H Global Holdings LLC

+ Standard Life shareholders approved takeover by Manulife

+ Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. closed its $168.5 million acquisition of Wilson Creek area assets from Suncor Energy Inc.

+ TransCanada Corporation agreed to sell the remaining 30% interest in Bison Pipeline LLC to TC Pipelines LP for US$215 million

+ Whitecap Resources Inc. closed $266.7 million acquisition of Elnora assets

+ to ATCO, named 2014 Outstanding Corporation by Association of Fundraising Professionals for its philanthropic work

+ to David & Gail O’Brien – they made a $12 million gift to the University of Calgary to establish the O’Brien Institute for Public Health

+ American Hotel Properties REIT LP is on the market to raise $45 million in equity

+ American Hotel Properties REIT LP agreed to acquire a portfolio of hotel properties (733 rooms) in Oklahoma and Texas (US$79.4 million)

+ Cominar REIT closed its $1.35 billion portfolio acquisition from Ivanhoé Cambridge

+ NorthWest International Healthcare Properties REIT closed $3.75 million overallotment of its recent equity financing