SHAKERS AND MOVERS
appointments and disappointments
+ Amber Johnson , CFO @ Cordy Oilfield Services Inc., resigned
+ Barry Morishita to Leader @ Alberta Party
+ Bianca Kratt to President, Alberta Branch @ The Canadian Bar Association
+ Brian Cameron to CFO @ AREV Nano Tec Brands Inc.
+ Brian Temins to Managing Partner @ Minden Gross LLP
+ Charlie Fehr to Team Lead, H&S – Capital Operations @ ARC Resources Ltd.
+ Colby Fackler , COO @ Vitality Products Inc., resigned
+ Colin Gruending to Exec. VP & President, Liquids Pipelines @ Enbridge Inc.
+ Liam Cummings to Managing Director @ Banbury Crossroads School
+ Michael Denham to Vice-Chairman, Commercial Banking and Financial Markets @ National Bank
+ Norman Steinberg to Director @ ATCO Ltd.
+ Paul Dowdall to CFO @ XTIM Inc.
+ Robert Hanf to Director @ Canadian Utilities Limited
+ Scott Patterson to Centre Manager, Carma House @ Wellspring Calgary
+ Terry Meek to Pres. & CEO @ Sleeping Giant Capital
+ Vern Yu to Exec. VP & CFOR @ Enbridge 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 ]
HUMAN RESOURCES + WORKPLACE TRENDS
+ Sept. 9; Empire Company Limited, Annual General Meeting, virtual-only
+ Sept. 9; Firm Capital Property Trust, Annual and Special Meeting of Unitholders, Toronto and virtual
+ Sept. 20; Clarke Inc., Debentureholder Meeting, Halifax
+ Sept. 20; Federal Election across Canada; https://www.elections.ca
+ 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; 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 Shareholders , virtual-only
[ please send your event notices and AGM notices to kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]
GLOSSARY + ABBREVIATIONS + ACRONYMS
SAVE THE DATE - CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENTS
+ Sept. 8; Little Warriors Charity Golf Tournament, The Quarry course, Edmonton; info/details/donate ; register
+ Sept. 8; Hol ‘n Fun Charity Golf Tournament in support of Calgary Police Youth Foundation; information/register
+ Sept. 9; Kerby Centre Charity Classic, Carmoney Golf Club, Calgary; info/registration
+ Sept. 13; 65 Roses Ladies Golf Classic, Earl Grey Golf Club, Calgary; info ; registration golfers/teams
+ 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 40th Celebration Golf Tournament, Bearspaw Golf Club; info/register
~ [please send your charity golf event notices to kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]
CLIMATE CHANGE + LEED + RENEWABLE ENERGY
+ Canada’s approach – NRC is proposing two new carbon capture hubs ; CCUS will be built, they hope, by private sector players incentivized by government tax credits that will in turn be funded by Canadians paying their carbon-taxes; serious approach or election campaign tactic? … tic toc
+ Your personal experiences make up 0.000000001% of what happened in the world but maybe 80% of how you think the world works. We’re all biased to our own personal history. – Morgan House
+ People first – concern for long-term organizational and community health and producing products and services that matter – is far and away the most effective bottom-line business practice there is. – Tom Peters
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NEWS SUMMARY Aug, 31 ~ Sept. 7 / 2021
+ Accenture acquired Gevity ; terms not disclosed
+ Brookfield Infrastucture’s acquisition of Inter Pipeline Ltd. seems assured
+ Calgary Council races; City of Calgary 2021 elections; now there are 27 candidates running for mayor: Ian Chaing , Jan Damery , Jeromy Farkas , Brad Field , Emile Gabriel , Jyoti Gondek , Larry Heather , Dean Hopkins , Kevin Johnston , Zane Novak , Teddy Ogbonna , Sunny Singh , Shaoli Wang , Grace Yan , Zac Hartley , Grant Prior , Jeff Davidson , David oZone Clark ., Paul Michael Hallelujah , Mizanur Rahman , Zaheed Khan , Will Visor , Corey Lanterman , Geoff Rainey , Virginia Stone , James Desautels , Stan the Man Waciak and 100 candidates have filed nomination papers for the council’s 14 Ward seats - and now Kent Hehr has announced he’ll run for Mayor too – which takes the total to 28
+ Canada Life Assurance Company completed its acquisition of ClaimSecure Inc.
+ Canadian Pacific Railway is smiling again ; the Kansas City Southern re-starting of talks after regulators rejection of the CN’s bid/voting trust structure ; CP has not indicated it will raise its US$27.0 billion offer … tic toc
+ COVID-19 in Alberta current stats [ 13,495 active cases – 10,574 are variant cases]– new cases ticking up, 4th wave concerns are growing …. ; 3rd shots/boosters for elderly and vulnerable are coming, Premier Kenney returned from his mystery-vacation to re-order mask-wearing in public spaces and offering $100/person bribe to the unvaccinated …
+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com ; crude prices recovering as OPEC+ solidarity returns notwithstanding wavering demand and uncertain re-start recovery of GOM production after hurricane Ida bodes well for price buoyancy in September
+ Enbridge Inc. confirmed an Oct. 3rd target for increasing capacity to 620,000 bpd for its Line 3
+ Enbridge Inc. agreed to acquire Moda Midstream Operating LLC for US$3.0 billion
+ GOA now projecting a lower deficit than planned ; $7.8 billion vs. a projected $20.0 billion deficit sounds like a good thing, or is it really?
+ 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: down 11 to 497 this week; Canada: up 5 to 152 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts
+ Spartan Delta Corp. closed its acquisition of Velvet Energy Ltd.
+ THIRD ACTion Film Festival is running, in conjunction with RaffleBox – a 50/50 fundraiser – click here to participate – help us raise funds!
+ Wishpond Technologies Ltd. acquired Brax.io
THIS WEEK IN FINANCINGS
- proposed & closed
SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events
+ Sept. 12-15; Digital Construction World, Dubai World Trade Centre, info/register
+ 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; 7th 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 ]
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