+ Alberta Government issued a release of first quarter reports and revised predictions; on track to run a $612 million surplus for 2014-15 on $9.82 billion in non renewable resource revenue, reducing infrastructure borrowing by $3 billion
+ Alberta minimum wage was raised to $10.20 on Sept. 1st
+ Athabasca Oil Corporation closed sale of 40% interest in Dover oil sands project to Phoenix Energy Holdings Limited for $1.184 billion
+ Bank of Canada announced it will do an interest rate announcement Sept. 3rd
+ Bouygues Energies & Services agreed to acquire Plan Group
+ Burger King and Tim Horton’s concluded negotiations; Burger King to acquire Tim Horton’s and Wendy’s chains for US$11.4 billion
+ Caledonian Royalty Corporation and CRC Royalty Corporation agreed to a re-organization
+ Canadian Energy Services & Technology Corp. agreed to acquire Southwest Treading Products LLC
+ CERF Incorporated and Winalta Inc. completed terms for their plan of arrangement; will operated as CERF Incorporated
+ Cominar REIT agreed to acquire a portfolio of Ontario and Quebec shopping centre and office building properties from Ivanhoé Cambridge div of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec for $1.527 billion
+ Crew Energy Inc. agreed to sell its Princess, Alberta area assets for $150 million
+ Crew Energy Inc. increased its 214 CapEx Budget to $305 million
+ CWC Energy Services Cop. Increased its 2014 CapEx Budget to $45.6 million
+ European Central Bank reviewing stimulus measures to aid slumping economies like France and others in euro-zone
+ First Capital Realty closed its acquisition of retail and mixed use assets in Griffintown section of Montreal for $102 million from Devimco
+ Gale Force Petroleum Inc. closed US$5,850,000 sale of its Texax reef assets
+ Hawk Exploration Ltd. closed its acquisition of assets from TriHawk Energy Ltd.
+ Liquefied Natural Gas Limited closed its US$11 million acquisition of Bear Head LNG Corporation from Andarko Petroleum Corporation
+ Nordstrom’s will open Sept. 19th in the former Sears store at Chinook Centre
+ Northern Frontier Corp. closed its acquisition of Central Water & Equipment Services Ltd.
+ Pembina Pipeline Corporation has chosen Portland, Oregon as location for its propane export terminal
+ Pembina Pipeline Corporation agreed to acquire Vantage Pipeline for US$650 million
+ Pine Cliff Energy Ltd. agreed to acquire a portfolio of Alberta and Saskatchewan shallow natural gas assets from Nexen Energy ULC for $100 million
+ Stuart Olson Inc. sold Broda Construction Inc. to TriWest Partners for $39 million
+ Talisman Energy’s takeover talks with Repsol have been reported as ‘stalled’ … tic toc
+ Yoho Resources Inc. announced it reduced its 2014 CapEx Budget to $30 million