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+ ENMAX Corporation, in reaction to recent criticism in the media and at City Council, published its TONE AT THE TOP document

+ Alberta climate-change projects get $27.2 million; Six corporations in Alberta will be splitting $27.2 million in provincial funding to reduce industrial emissions through energy efficiencies: companies include energy ConocoPhillips Canada, Encana Corp., Cenovus Energy Inc., and Weyerhaeuser Canada Limited

+ Calgary Airport runway expansion and City of Calgary plans for a tunnel planning is moving ahead, amid concerns tunnel construction may delay completion of the runway

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+ Bank of Canada will make an interest rate announcement tomorrow, March 1^st

⁺  Blackstone Group LP acquired 588 U.S. shopping mall assets from Australia's Centro Properties for $9.4 billion

+ energy prices live link to Bloomberg.com commodities data continue high in middle east unrest

+ Manulife Financial announced the launch of Manulife Canadian Real Estate Funds with 11 income producing properties valued at approximately C$190 million

+ Montana Exploration Corp. is the new name for AltaCanada Energy Corp.

+ U.S. government budget shutdown risk remains as budget impasse remains unresolved

+ WestJet Airlines Ltd. & American Airlines Inc. entered agreement to issues tickets on each other’s behalf

+ Canadian Pacific and Canadian Auto Workers Union strike-averting agreement ratified by union

+ Encana Corp formed a joint-venture with Northwest Natural Gas Co. to develop its Jonah field in Wyoming

+ Holly Corp. agreed to acquire Frontier Oil Corp. for $2.9 billion

+ Horizon North Logistics Ltd. to build 500 bed camp near Fort McMurray

+ Imperial Oil stymied in efforts to transport Korean manufactured modules for its Kearl Mine by road from Idaho to Fort McMurray; will dis-assemble into smaller elements for conventional road transport

+ major firms halt drilling operations in Libya; Italian firm Eni SpA likely worst hit

+ Orleans Energy Ltd. closed $10.7 million disposition of its Kaybob deep mineral rights disposition

+ Terasen Group and Fortis BC renaming business ‘FortisBC’ effective March 1

+ TransForce Inc. closed its $248 million acquisition of Dynamex Inc.

+ TransCanada Corp. re-organizing its plan for the Keystone pipeline project due to U.S. environmental resistance

+ weekly economic update from ATB Financial

+ AltaCanada Energy Corp. closed $13,230,500 equity and debt conversion issue

+ Antrim Energy Inc. is on the market to raise $44,940,000 in a new equity issue

+ Homburg Invest Inc. and Homburg Canadian REIT will take up $28.5 million of the proposed REIT issue of $81,510,000 in new equity financing

+ United Refining Company is on the market to raise $350 million in senior debt