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Mark Kolke interviews interesting Calgarians - to catch a glimpse of what drives them, how they see the world and what they see in Calgary's future:
 
This week's conversation with Kevin Gregor , Partner at Boyden Global Executive Search
 
Last week's conversation with Jennifer Hanna , Partner @ MNP LLP
 
 
 

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 SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

 

+ Sept. 17; Deep Well Oil & Gas Inc. , Shareholder Meeting, Edmonton
+ Sept. 17; PanTerra Resource Corp. , Special Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary
+ Sept. 24; Bengal Energy Inc. , Annual Meeting, Calgary
+ Sept. 30; Shoreline Energy Corp. , Annual Meeting, Calgary
+ Sept. 30; Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra , Annual General Meeting
 
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 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

 

+ Sept. 9; RealREIT Conference , Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto
+ Oct. 14 – 16; Oilsands Symposium, Metropolitan Centre, Calgary info/register
+ Oct. 15; Buildex Express, Vancouver Convention Centre; info/register
+ Oct. 23; Calgary Real Estate Forum , TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary
+ Oct. 27-29; The Oil & Gas Mobility Summit Calgary; info/registration
+ Nov. 5-6; BUILDEX Calgary , BMO Centre, Stampede Park, Calgary
+ Dec. 3-4; Real Estate Forum, Metro Toronto Convention Centre; info/registration
 
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SHAKERS AND MOVERS moving, retired, resigned, died or got the boot:

 

+ Benjamin Smith to Pres. Passenger Airlines @ Air Canada
+ Brian Hurely to Exec. Chairman @ Genworth MI Canada Inc. eff. Jan 1/15
+ Daniel Tsai to Corp. Secretary & General Counsel @ Imaging Dynamics Company Ltd.
+ Doug McNichol to Partner @ Sproule International Limited
+ Douglas Carsted to Exec. VP @ Sproule International Limited
+ Gail Vickery, retired Chief Judge @ Provincial Court of Alberta, died
+ Gary Benjaminson to CFO and Secretary @ Lanesborough REIT
+ Graham Duncan to Marketing Specialist @ Cenovus Energy Inc.
+ Ian Boyd to Pres. & CEO @ Bird Construction Inc.
+ Larry Ryder – businessman, community activist and downtown icon, died
+ Oluyemisi Jeje to Partner @ Sproule International Limited
+ Randall MacEwen to Pres. & CEO @ Ballard Power Systems
+ Rod Fradette to Partner @ Sproule International Limited
+ Stuart Levings to Pres. & CEO @ Genworth MI Canada Inc. eff. Jan 1/15
+ Tim Talbott, Pres. & CEO @ Bird Construction Inc., retiring
 
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BOARDROOM changes, purges, appointments etc.

 

+ Boipelo Lekubo to CFO @ Atlatsa Resources Corporation
+ David Sealock, Interim Pres. & CEO @ Sunshine Oilsands Ltd., resigned
+ Lowy Gunnewick to Chairman @ Sproule International Limited
+ Marianne Harris to Director  @ Agrium Inc.
+ Michael Kelly to Director @ Dixie Energy Trust
+ Nora Aufreiter to Director @ Scotiabank
+ Paul Smith, Director @ Via Rail Canada, stepped down
+ Songbo Cong to Sr. VP Engineering @ Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.



INTERESTING REAL ESTATE NEWS, other places


 

+ Slate Retail REIT closed its US$27,150,000 acquisition of Waterbury Plaza in Waterbury, Connecticut
 
+ Sunstone U.S. Opportunity (No.3) Realty Trust sold its 50% interest in The Preserve at Arbor Hills in Dallas; Us$20,500,000
 
+ Stantec Tower to be Edmonton’s tallest; 62-storey to be part of Katz/WAM Developments arena precinct development. A second 27-storey tower will be leased to the City of Edmonton; cost, inclusive of the new downtown arena, is pegged at $2.6 billion



 QUOTES

 

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” – Leonardo da Vinci
 
“I don’t have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there’s a lot of risk to it.” – Mario Andretti



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FINANCINGS - proposed & closed

 

+ AltaGas Ltd. closed $460 million equity financing
+ Border Petroleum Limited closed $1.5 million common share & warrants issue
+ Discovery 2014 Flow-Through Limited Partnership is on the market to raise $30 million
+ Glentel Inc. is on the market to raise $200 million in sr. unsecured debt
+ High North Resources Inc. secured $6 million revolving credit facility
+ North Blizzard closed $19 million overallotment of its recent equity financing
+ Northern Frontier Corp. secured $44.6 million senior credit facility
+ Northern Frontier Corp. closed $20 million common share & warrants financing
+ Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. closed $50 million equity financing
+ True North Commercial REIT closed $1.2582 million equity financing
+ Wilton Resources Inc. is on the market to raise $600,000 in equity



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 TODAY'S HEADLINES


 

Pembina Pipeline Corp. acquiring Vantage Pipeline | Stuart Olson off-loads Broda Construction | GOA projecting surplus |  North LRT route options announced | Talisman sale to Repsol stalled | Stantec tower for downtown Edmonton | conversation with Kevin Gregor + 11 new financings >>>>



NEWS SUMMARY 
  Aug.  26 - Sept. 2  


 

+ 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
+ ATB Financial – THE OWL … Daily Economic Comment
+ 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
+ current energy prices: live link to Bloomberg.com commodities data ; prices soft on Ukraine situation, China’s manufacturing data pointing to futher slowing of the economy
+ 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



 INFRASTRUCTURE / P3 / GREEN


 

+ Hydro One Inc. closed its $93 million acquisition of Norfolk Power Inc.
 
+ City of Calgary mapped out its plan for a north LRT route; line will run up Centre Street. Options being considered are above ground over the Centre Street bridge, via tunnel beneath the Bow River or over a new bridge …



 CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENTS 


 

+ Sept. 18-19; 25th Annual Peter Gzowski Invitational Golf Tournament for Literacy [gala on the 18th, golf day on the 19th), The Hamptons Golf Club, info/register
 
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