+ Alanna Boyd to Sr. VP & Chief Sustainability Officer @ Sun Life

+ Andrew Morris to CEO @ SQI Diagnostics

+ Ashley Roberts to Sr. Director, Bus. Development @ essensy

+ Aymie Rondeau to Mgr., Reporting and Data Governance @ Shaw Communications

+ Brydon Cruise to Chair, Advisory Committee @ CMLS Financial Ltd.

+ Cheryl Gray to Chief Strategy Officer @ Premises HQ

+ Craig Strachan to Area Mgr. – Alberta @ Driving Force

+ Daniel Diemers to Director @ TAAL Distributed Informational Technologies Inc.

+ Dave Taylor to GIS Technologist @ ABO Wind

+ David Daniels to VP Environmental Monitoring as a Service @ Carl Data Solutions Inc.

+ David Keam to General Manager @ The Dorion Hotel

+ Dion Hatcher to Pres. @ Vermilion Energy Inc.

+ Duncan Davies to Director and Non-Exec. Chairman @ Resolute Forest Products Inc.

+ Frances Edwards to COO @ DeFi Technologies Inc.

+ Harry Bloomfield to Director and Chairman @ Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc.

+ Hubba Khatoon to Business Officer, Innovation Ecosystems @ Prairies Economic Development Canada

+ Jerald (Jay) Palmer to Corporate Secretary & Sr. Legal Counsel @ Alberta Securities Commission

+ Jeremy Daveau to Operating Partner @ District Ventures Capital

+ Jessica Howe to Mgr., Operations Transformation @ Deloitte Consulting

+ Jim Kessler to President @ Ritchie Bros.

+ Joe Nally to Non-Exec. Chairman @ Falcon Oil & Gas

+ Juliana Lam to Director @ Gibson Energy Inc.

+ Kelly Smith-Fraser to Chair @ Agricultural Financial Services Corp.

+ Laura Baker to VP Marketing @ Home Hardware

+ Lisa Seib to Regional Sales Mg.r @ Holloway Lodging Corporation

+ Mark Gallant to VP Supply Chain @ Wolseley Canada

+ Michael Heck to CEO @ Backwoods Energy Services

+ Michael Peters to CEO @ Carebook Technologies Inc.

+ Mitch Goldhar to CEO @ SmarCentres REIT

+ Natalie Bisset to Sr. VP, Corporate Development @ RF Capital Group Inc.

+ Nelson Leite to COO & Director @ FuelPositive Corp.

+ Peter Lacey to Director @ Progressive Planet Solutions

+ Philippe Sarfati to Exec. VP & Chief Risk Officer @ iA Financial Group

+ Rob Kumar to Pres. & Chief Investment Officers @ KingSett Capital Inc.

+ Rob Roberti to CFO @ Solar Alliance Energy Inc.

+ Rod Hume to Interim VP Engineering & COO @ Clearview Resources Ltd.

+ Ross Roy to Principal @ NORR AEP

+ Shane Anderson to Director, Global Talent and Organizational Development @ Stantec

+ Vito Cerone to Sr. VP International @ Cargojet 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 ]

+ Marshall Williams, former CEO & Chairman @ TransAlta Corporation, 97

+ Peter Bentley, legendary executive, corporate director, Chairman & CEO @ Canfor, philantropist, sportsman; 91

+ Peter Forde, former Pres. & CEO @ SmartCentres REIT

+ Ray Kinasewich, Edmonton athetic legend, and co-founder of K Bro Linen Systems; 87

+ avoiding wrongful termination lawsuits

+ 10 ways to build psychological safety at work

+ Sept. 20; Clarke Inc., Debentureholder Meeting, Halifax

+ Sept. 20; Federal Election across Canada; https://www.elections.ca

+ Sept. 21; Mountain Valley MD Holdings Inc., Annual Shareholder Meeting, virtual-only

+ Sept. 21; TIMIA Capital Corporation, Annual General and Special Meeting, Vancouver

+ Sept. 23; Calgary Council of Voluntary Organizations, virtual-only

+ Sept. 27; Theatre Calgary Society and Theatre Calgary Endowment Foundation, Annual General Meeting of Members, virtual-only

+ Sept. 28; Calgary Philharmonic Society, Annual General Meeting, Jack Singer Hall, Calgary

+ Sept. 28; PSP Investments, Annual Public Meeting 2021, virtual-only

+ Sept. 30; Friends of Confederation Creek, Annual General Meeting; zoom-only link

+ Oct. 5;  Equitable Group Inc., Special Meeting of Unitholders, virtual-only

+ Oct. 7; WPT Industrial REIT, Special Meeting of Unitholders, virtual-only

+ Oct. 12; Cervus Equipment Corporation, Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ 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 ]

+ Sept. 15; MNP Charity Golf Classic in support of Kids Cancer Care, Bearspaw Golf Club, Calgary; info/sponsor/register

+ Sept. 22; CAOEC Golf Tournament, Elbow Springs Golf Club, Calgary; info/sponsor - register

+ September 27; Calgary Academy 40^th Celebration Golf Tournament, Bearspaw Golf Club; info/register

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

+ ATCO acquired 39MW solar project near Empress

+ Parkland Corporation launched a design competition to create the ‘Electronic Fuelling Station of the Future’ – information – competition closes Nov. 15/21

+ Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you. – Walt Whitman

+ It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price. – Warren Buffett

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+ AIMCo and New Forests acquiring Australia’s Lawson Grains Pty Limited from Macquarie Asset Management

+ Canadian Pacific Railway appears to have won the day; their $31.0 billion bid for Kansas City Southern has found favour with major shareholders …

+ Calgary Council races; City of Calgary 2021 elections; now there are 29  candidates running for mayor, and 104 candidates have filed nomination papers for the council’s 14 Ward seats  

+ Cathedral Energy Services Ltd. acquired Valiant Energy Services for $1.5 million

+ Cenovus Energy Inc. restructuring plan for its Atlantic region assets

+ COVID-19 in Alberta current stats – variant case spiking, hospitalizations up [18,395 active cases – 803 in hospital, 196 in intensive care] ~ the 4^th wave is on the rise and most hospitalizations are unvaccinated patients; ICI load is highest yet during the pandemic and feared to get worse in coming weeks

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI back over US$70/bbl, Brent scratching US$74/bbl on tight supplies and slow hurricane Ida recovery in GOM

+ Freehold Royalties Ltd. agreed to acquire a portfolio of U.S. Eagle Ford royalty assets for US$180.0 million

+ HOUSING TRUTH – monthly residential newsletter: HOUSING TRUTH – CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP for our mailing list  –  July issue, archived issues … our August report will be published later this week

+ PROPERTYlines;  – monthly commercial real estate newsletter  CLICK HERE to CHECK OUT THE August issue;  archived PROPERTYlines Issues  

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: up 5 to 503 this week; Canada: down 9 to 143 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Suncor Energy Inc. completed is negotiation to restructure its Terra Nova Field asset

+ THIRD ACTion Film Festival is running, in conjunction with RaffleBox – a 50/50 fundraiser – click here to participate – help us raise funds!

+ TIMIA Capital Corp. agreed to acquire Pivot Capital for $6.0 million

+ West Lake Energy Corp. closed its acquistion of Boulder Energy Ltd.

+ CGI Inc. is on the market to raise US$1.0 billion in sr. unsecured debt

+ CGI Inc. is on the market to raise $600.0 million in sr. secured debt by private placement

+ CIBC is on the market to raise $750.0 million sub. debt

+ Cogeco Communications Inc. is on the market to raise $500.0 million in sr. secured debt

+ Desjardins Group closed $500.0 millioin debt financing

+ Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation completed a $46.0 million debt financing

+ Freehold Royalties Ltd. is on the market to raise $150.0 million in equity

+ RF Capital Group secured $200.0 million revolving credit facility

+ Stack Capital Group Inc. closed US$5.0 million equity raise

+ Think Research Corporation secured $22.0 million credit facility

+ Waste Connections Inc. is on the market to raise $1.5 biliion in sr. debt

*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 …

+ Sept. 15-16; Oil Sands Conference & Trade Show, Fort McMurray; program -  info/register

+ Sept. 21 - 23; Global Energy Show, Stampede Park, Calgary; awards nomination, info/registration

+ Sept. 22-23; Canadian Apartment Investment Conference, online/virtual – info/registration

+ Sept. 28-29; RealREIT 2021 – REIT Conference, online/virtual – info/registration

+ Sept. 30-Oct. 3; Calgary Fall Home Show, Stampede Park, Calgary, info/book a booth

+ Oct. 4-6 [REVISED DATE]; NeoCon, the Mart, Chicago; info/register

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

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

+ 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

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

+ Graham Group acquired Milender White Inc.

+ North American Steel Erectors Inc. was declared bankrupt

+ Parkland Corporation launched a design competition to create the ‘Electronic Fuelling Station of the Future’ – information – competition closes Nov. 15/21

+ Odd Burger Corporation will open its first western location in Calgary

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

+ ATCO acquired 39MW solar project near Empress

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

+ exiting members of Calgary City Council attended their last meeting – thank you for your service to our city