+ Andrew Lloyd to Counsel @ Lawson Lundell

+ Annamie Paul, Leader @ Green Party of Canada, resigned

+ Colin Norris to VP Asset Management @ Brookfield Property Partners

+ Dan Hall to Gen. Mgr. @ Pacific Stone Foundation

+ David Kitchen to Mediator @ David Kitchen Mediation

+ Eric Hoffman to Sr. VP, Bus. Dev. @ Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc.

+ Fionna Chisholm to Team Lead, Operations Techs @ Spartan Delta Corp.

+ Francesca Shaw to Director @ Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.

+ Francis Trudeau to CFO @ BrainBox Ai

+ Gleb Chuvpilo to Director @ Minerva Intelligence Inc.

+ Jane Renwick to Pres. @ Freed Developments

+ Jason Copping to Minister of Health @ Government of Alberta

+ Kim Anderson to Director @ Pipestone Energy Corp.

+ Michael Lee to VP Operations, Edmonton @ Challenger Geomatics Ltd.

+ Mohit Talwar to Partner @ Maverix Private Equity

+ Navdeep Bains to Vice-Chair, Global Investment Banking @ CIBC

+ Peter Brues to Pres. & CEO @ Transcontinental Inc.

+ Simon Cairns to Pres. @ FoodX Technologies Inc,

+ Tatiana Kresling to Interim CFO @ AcuityAds Holdings Inc.

+ Tyler Shandro to Minister of Labour & Immigration @ Government of Alberta

+ Vincent Duhamel to Director @ Richardson Wealth

~ 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 ]

+ Bob Wylie; Calgary golf legend, Canadian Golf Hall of Fame Inductee,  91

+ George Dixon; retired banker, former Pres. @ Alberta Chamber of Commerce, 94

+ Larry Day, long time Calgary broadcaster, founder of Pyramid Productions, 69

+ one in five Canadians looking to quit if they don’t get a pay raise

+ how to craft a land acknowledgement

+ mandatory vaccinations in the non-union workplace

+ what benefits employees really want

+ 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; Altura Energy Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

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

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

+ Oct. 12; Inter Pipeline Ltd., 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 ]

+ send us your 2022 tournament information – we are happy to post them here

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+ GOA issued an RFP for expressions of interest in carbon sequestration – Osler’s did a great piece explaining

+ Be careful of reading health books. You may die of a misprint. – Mark Twain

+ As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. – Seneca

+ Artis REIT is selling it’s Calgary office portfolio

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

+ Summit Industrial Income REIT acquired 725,000 sq. ft. logistics distribution centre for $126.0 million

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

+ Artis REIT is selling it’s Calgary office portfolio

+ Summit Industrial Income REIT acquired 725,000 sq. ft. logistics distribution centre for $126.0 million

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

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+ Alberta government State of Emergency remains in effect; new measures and a ‘restricted exemption program’

+ Artis REIT is selling it’s Calgary office portfolio

+ Brookfield Infrastructure’s takeover of Inter Pipeline process outlined, new management team etc.

+ Calgary Council races; City of Calgary 2021 elections; nominations have closed;  now of 30 candidates, 3 have withdrawn leaving 27 in the race  running for mayor, and of 111 candidates have filed nomination papers for the council’s 14 Ward seats, 100 remain – also, 37 candidates for Public Schools trustee, and  18 candidates for Separate School Board trustee

+ Calgary Mayoral Candidates Forum, YOUR VOTE MATTERS! – this Friday, October 1^st – streaming at noon; 20 of the candidates speaking on issues affecting older Calgarians –streaming event, noon-1:30 PM – 20 Calgary Mayor Candidates Forum presented by THIRD ACTion Film Festival and Kerby Centre; book your FREE TICKET to stream

+ COVID-19 in Alberta current stats – variant/4^th wave surge continues, hospitalizations up [ 21,307 active cases – 1,063 in hospital, 265 patients in intensive care]; Alberta now offering downloadable vaccination record (a passport by another name) – cases are spiking, Premier Kenney rejects calls for aggressive firebreak measures

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; crude up again/still … US$75/bbl for WTI, US$79/bbl for Brent on inventory drawdowns and an uptick in demand; Goldman now predicting US$90/bbl for WTI by end of 2021 on tightening supply

+ Freehold Royalties Ltd. closed US$180.0 million acquisition of U.S. royalty portfolio

+ Global Energy Show postponed – new dates for June 7-9/2022

+ HOUSING TRUTH – monthly residential newsletter: HOUSING TRUTH – CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP for our mailing list  –  August issue, archived issues …

+ Kiwetinohk Resources Corp. and Distinction Energy Crop. completed their combination; now operating as Kiwetinohk Energy Corp.

+ Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board agreed to acquire HomeQ Corporation and HomeEquity Bank from Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc.

+ Platform Calgary and Innovate Edmonton are joining forces under the auspices of Alberta Innovates

+ PROPERTYlines;  – monthly commercial real estate newsletter  CLICK HERE to see the August issue;  archived PROPERTYlines Issues  

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: up 9 to 521 this week; Canada: up 8 to 162 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers agreed to acquire SmartEquip for US$175.0 million

+ Summit Industrial Income REIT acquired 725,000 sq. ft. logistics distribution centre for $126.0 million

+ TIMIA Capital Corp. closed its acquisition of Pivot Financial

+ Tourmaline Oil Corp. announced its 2022 CapExBudget is $1.125 billion

+ Alpha Cognition Inc. is on the market to raise $12.5 million in equity

+ Altura Energy Inc. closed $29.5 million equity raise

+ Azincourt Energy Corp. closed $7.6 million equity raise by private placement

+ Delic Holdings Corp. is on the market to raise $7.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Eat Beyond Global Holdings Inc. closed US$97.0 million equity financing

+ Empire Life is on the market to raise $200.0 million in sub. debt

+ Freehold Royalties Ltd. closed $173.0 million equity raise

+ GFL Environmental Inc. is on the market to raise US$500.0 million in sr. debt

+ Minerva Intelligence Inc. closed $4.5 million equity raise by private placement

+ Petro Viking Energy Inc. closed $2.5 million equity raise by private placement

+ Petrus Resources Ltd. closed $10.0 million equity raise

+ PharmaTher Holdings Ltd. is on the market to raise $10.0 million in equity

+ PRO REIT is on the market to raise $60.0 million in equity

+ PRO REIT is on the market to raise $14.0 million in equity by private placement

+ RDARS Inc. is on the market to raise $3.5 million in equity by private placement

+ SECURE Energy Services Inc. is on the market to raise $140.0 million in sr. unsecured debt

+ SMPL Oats raised $1.0 million in initial funding

+ SQI Diagnostics Inc. is on the market to raise $4.0 million in equity by private placements

+ Summit Industrial Income REIT closed $126.7 million equity raise

+ Summit Industrial Income REIT closed $75.0 million unsecured development credit facility

+ VersaBank closed US$55.0 million equity raise by IPO

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

+ Sept. 30; National Day for Truth and Reconciliation; information/background

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

+ Oct. 1; YOUR VOTE MATTER! – streaming event, noon-1:30 PM – 20 Calgary Mayor Candidates Forum presented by THIRD ACTion Film Festival and Kerby Centre; book your FREE TICKET to stream

+ 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

+ June 7-9; Global Energy Show, Stampede Park, Calgary; awards nomination, info/registration

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

+ CCA spells out its vaccine policy

+ G3 Canada Limited to build 2-42,000 tonnes grain elevators (Rycroft and Melfort) on CN Rail lines; to open in 2023