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+ Andrea Hunt to Chief Commercial Officer @ Carebook Technologies Inc.

+ Donna Dewar to CEO @ Appraisal Institute of Canada

+ Glen Clark to Director @ Tersa Earth Innovations Inc.

+ Greg Carmichael to Executive Chair, City National Bank board @ RBC

+ Jennifer Haskey to Director @ Kelt Exploration Ltd.

+ Lisa Durocher to Director @ The WestJet Group

+ Niall Haggart to Pres. GTA Urban Division @ Mattamy Homes

+ Nicolas Brunet to Pres. @ The Lion Electric Company

+ Manroop Jhooty to Senior Managing Director & Head of Total Fund Management @ CPP Investments

+ Maryscott Greenwood to Global Head, Government Relations @ Manulife

+ Peter Busby to Director @ SHARC International Systems Inc.

+ Richard Coulombe to CFO @ The Lion Electric Company

+ Steve McLennan to Acting Chief Investment Officer @ The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board

+ Vivian Leung to Director @ Enghouse Systems Limited

~ 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 ]

+ Donald Sobey; former CEO and Chairman @ Empire Company/Sobeys, 92

+ Centennial College opened Canada’s first LEED Gold, zero carbon mass timber building; kudos to DIALOG, EllisDon and Smoked Architecture - $112 million expansion/renovation project

+ Gibson Energy Inc. entered into a 15-year renewable power purchase agreement with Capstone Infrastructure Corporation and Sawridge First Nation's Buffalo Atlee 2 and 4 wind farms

+ you might be wondering what is happening – and what is behind the Government of Alberta PAUSE on renewable energy projects that caught the industry by surprise; the folks at Osler have done a great summary

+ Sept. 26; Sustainable Democracies in the Age of Fragmentation, U of C, School of Public Policy, register

+ Sept. 26-28; BOMEX Edmonton 2023; JW Marriott/Ice District, Edmonton; details/registration open

+ Sept. 26-29; International Energy Agency – Technical Collaboration Program, EOR 2023 Conference – Preliminary Program, Hotel Arts, Calgary; sponsor opportunities

+ Sept. 27-28; 11^th Annual Power Symposium, DoubleTree/Hilton Calgary North, Calgary; info/agenda/register

+ Sept. 27-29; IFMA World Workplace Conference & Expo, Denver, Colorado; agenda / register

+ Sept. 26-29; IFMA World Workplace Conference, Colorado Conventional Centre, Denver; register

+ Sept. 28; Canadian Energy Person of the Year – Award Gala Dinner, honouring ATCO Chair & CEO, Nancy Southern, Calgary Petroleum Club; info/tickets

+ Sept. 29 – Oct. 1; Calgary Fall Home Show, BMO Centre, Stampede Park, order tickets

+ Oct. 2-4; ICSC@Canada – Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto; info/register

+ Oct. 11; Calgary Real Estate Forum, Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary; info/agenda/register

+ Oct. 16-17; The 2023 National Building Decarbonization Forum, National Arts Center, Ottawa – save the date

+ Oct. 18-19; BUILDEX Alberta, 20-24; Calgary – save the date

+ Oct. 21; Calgary Public Foundation - #LitGala2023 , Central Library; info/tickets

+ Oct. 27; Classroom Champions, Concert for Classrooms – Barney Bentall & The Caribou Express, Bella Concert Hall, Calgary; info/tickets (link to highlights of 2022 Toronto concert) ; save the dates – Calgary, Oct. 27 / Toronto, Nov. 2 – tickets on sale now – click here to order

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

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

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

+ Nov. 7-8; Canadian Aerospace Summit, Ottawa - save the date

+ 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

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2024

+ 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

+ 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 ]

+ Alithya Group  Inc. published its ESG report

+ Pan Global Resources Inc. published its inaugural ESG report

+ Sept. 26; TransAlta Renewables Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ Sept. 27; Pipestone Energy Corp., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ Sept. 28; WesCan Energy Corp., Annual General and Special Meeting, Vancouver

+ Oct. 17; Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Annual Public Meeting, virtual only

+ Oct. 25; Clearview Resources 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 ]

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+ 24^th World Petroleum Congress last week had 5,000 delegates/10,000 visitors from 111 countries

+ Alberta wildfire status: 83 wildfires still burning in Alberta, 2 still out of control

+ Cenovus Energy secured $7.0 million in funding from the Government of Alberta to study how small modular reactors could be used in oilsands operations – GoA release

+ current energy prices; live links to Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI @ US$89/bbl, Brent @ US$92/bbl; forecasts of US$100/bbl are credited with being part of the pricing run-up as supply tightens while demand rises …

+ E.coli outbreak in Calgary update: GoA have gone silent again – latest update was Sept. 19 … with no news on investigation into the cause, the worst outbreak of E.coli in Canada since Walkterton!

+ FACILITYCalgary, a sponsor-supported FREE weekly newsletter; ‘send time’ is early every Tuesday; Calgary news focused on oil & gas, finance and the real estate industry; click here to sign up

+ Genesis Land Development Corp. acquired 460 acres for residential development for $25.8 million

+ Gibson Energy Inc. entered into a 15-year renewable power purchase agreement with Capstone Infrastructure Corporation and Sawridge First Nation's Buffalo Atlee 2 and 4 wind farms

+ Government of Alberta – a government task force led by Jim Dinning as the background for the announcement of plans for Alberta to exit the Canada Pension Plan; the numbers [Alberta would take 53% of the CPP assets, $334.0 billion] are widely criticized for being untenable, and criticism will get lot of ink; watchers are seeing this as a chess-move in a wider broadside against Ottawa on environmental/jurisdictional issues – it could be just politics, but it seems to have more momentum than that notwithstanding outrageously proposed amounts that Alberta would ‘take away’, while critics will get lots of airtime too – Braid labels it a stick-up, …tic toc …

+ Government of Canada – recent announcements on GST elimination on rental housing construction have been widely reported poorly, because most people don’t understand how GST on input costs for construction of rental housing is paid/recovered; press has been widespread that this will contribute strongly to increased rental project development, which it might, but the impact is most likely to impact merchant developers to build and sell vs. build and hold; a great piece of understanding of the ‘not yet legislated’ policy was published by Blakes – clarity and facts, it’s a superb analysis; and, Osler published a similar analysis – both of which are great lay-person explanations of what the proposed legislative change would mean …

+ Government of Canada – parliament rocked by revelation a guest applauded/recognized in Parliament when Ukraine President Zelenskyy visited is a former Nazi; widespread coverage of the embarrassment over the blunder is focused on calls for Speaker Rota to resign the speakership. Someone made the suggestion, and someone approved it – so, who should be punished?

+ Grassy Mountain coal mining is in the news again; Northback Holdings have applied again to develop the controversial mine project notwithstanding a Ministerial Order of previous Minister Savage; such projects cannot go ahead with both provincial and federal government reviews – so those who thought they’d succeeded in stopping this controversial project are perplexed, and proponents appear to have found support from the Danielle Smith government; … tic toc …

+ Lucy Scientific Discovery Inc. acquired BlueSky Wellness Inc.; all stock transaction

+ MONDAY MORNING MINUTE - a weekly inspiration message and a selected quote in your inbox weekly; check out the new format; click here to sign up ;  click here for this week’s posting

+ Questor Technology Inc. board shakeup, former CEO returns …

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

+ REITrag – is a curated news publication real estate investment trusts; all Canadian REITs and adding American and European listings; available by subscription; June/2023 – Issue #4 , July/2023 – Issue #5 & archived previous issues; sign-up form ; get on our mailing list to receive REITrag and MONDAY MORNING MINUTE

+ rig activity in Canada, courtesy of BOE Report

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: down 11 to 630 this week; Canada: steady at 190this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Trans Mountain pipeline route issues/construction delays redux; regulators rule in favour of altered route, reasons for decision to be published later …

+ Dollarama Inc. is on the market to raise $500.0 million in unsecured debt

+ DRI Healthcare Trust closed $104.0 million equity raise

+ The Good Flour Corp. is on the market to raise $1.2 million in equity by private placement

+ Luge Capital closed $71.0 million equity raise

+ Morguard Corporation closed $175.0 million sr. unsecured debt financing

+ Netramark Holdings Inc. closes a $2.0 million equity raise by private placement

+ NexGen Energy Ltd. closed US$110.0 million convertible debt raise by private placement

+ Northland Power Inc. secured $5.2 billion project financing

+ Northland Power Inc. signed $5.0 billion financing for Asian offshore wind project

+ Optiva Canada Inc. is on the market to raise US$13.5 million in debt

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

+ Pollin Fertility closed a $20.0 million funding round

+ Stampede Drilling Inc. secured $50.0 million credit facility

+ TAG Oil Ltd. closed $12.3 million equity raise

+ West Side Square Development Fund is on the market to raise US$50.0 million in equity by IPO

+ Willow Biosciences Inc. is on the market to raise $1.2 million in convertible debt

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 …

+ REITrag covers activity and announcements on the activity of real estate investment trusts - REITs: March/2023 ~ Issue #1; April/2023 ~ Issue #2 ; May/2023 – Issue #3; June/2023 – Issue #4; –July/2023 Issue #5 – August/2023 Issue #6 to be posted soon

+ Sept. 28; Accessible Housing Annual Fundraising Gala, Dinner for Doors; Silver Springs Golf Cub, Calgary - tickets

+ send us your 2023 tournament information – we are happy to post it here

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

p.s. – we know it’s early, but if you have a date and a course booked for your 2024 tournament, we’ll happily post it as a ‘save the date’