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 THIS WEEK at FACILITYCalgary 

  February 26 ~ March 3, 2026 


 
                                                                                        

                                                                                        

 
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  NEWS THIS WEEK  


+ another Bearspaw feeder main disruption – water use restrictions to resume next week; costs appear to be $609.0 million and counting ...

+ BioSyent Inc. closed its acquisition of Oral Science Inc.

+ crude / current energy prices: live links to Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com / BOE INTEL ~ WTI @US$74/bbl; Brent @US$81/bbl ~  Iran war uncertainty and Strait of Hormuz disruption has spiked  trading prices and raised concerns about sing prices without certainty about ‘how high or for how long’

+ Englobe Corporation agreed to acquire Applied Aquatic Research Ltd.

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+ fifth day of the Trump/Iran War ... is disrupting middle-east countries as Iran retailiates against U.S. presence in many countries and oil tanker shipping is being disrupted, influencing trading rates for oil worldwide – markets are digesting the news, Iran is reported to be making back-channel moves toward ceasefire talks ..

+ GDI Integrated Facility Services Inc. completed its arrangement with Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc. and Gestion Claude Bigras Inc.

+ Government of Alberta: Budget 2026 – projected to be $13.8 billion when passed – while shifting  an increased levy on property taxes to fund education costs to the chagrin of mayors

+ Government of Canada: commitment of first $1.5 billion for the First and Last Mile Fund and related funding, announced 30 new critical mineral partnerships and $12.1 billion in mining project capital; proposal calls for $5.0 billion Trade Diversification Corridors Fund and $1.0 billion Arctic Infrastructure Fund

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+ Pembina Pipeline Corp. going ahead with two pipeline expansioin projects - $425.0 million in capital costs – in 2026

+ rig activity in Canada, courtesy of BOE Report

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: down 1 to 560 this week; Canada: down 10 to 214 this week

+ South Bow proposing to revive Keystone XL pipeline to the Unites States in partnership with Bridger Pipeline to build the U.S. portion of the development ...

+ The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) launched an online portal to expedite filings

+ Vosker acquired Reconeyez




 U.S. Trump / TARIFF WAR WATCH ...

+ Nov. 5/25; U.S. Supreme court heard arguments on the Trump tariffs – are they constitutional?  - no decision released yet … but expected soon according to media reports

+ Feb. 12; the House of Representatives voted (219-211) to end tariffs on Canada; tik tok ...

+ Feb. 20 – Supreme Court Order finally handed down its ruling; 6-3 decision, 170 page decision; found most of Trump’s tariffs to have exceeded his authority and must be withdrawn ... no ruling on how/when illegally collected tariff’s will be refunded

+ Feb. 21 – Trump announced new tariff’s of 10% on every country, then increased it to 15% (replacement tariffs are limited to 150 days and cannot exceed 15%)  and the wave of actions on lawsuits for refunds of illegally collected tariffs has just begun

+ Feb. 26; summary of U.S. tariffs affecting Canada now




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SHAKERS AND MOVERS 
appointments and disappointments 

+ Adam Rogers to CEO @ NervGen Pharma Corp.

+ Carly Moore to Principal @ Next architecture Inc.

+ Chris Carlsen to Director @ Birchliff Energy Ltd.

+ Cristie Sutherland to COO @ McLeod Law LLP

+ Damon Murchison to Pres. & CEO @ IGM Financial Inc.

+ Emily Black to VP Corporate Strategy & Power @ Enbridge

+ Emily Still to Mgr. Commercial Credit, Financial Restructuring Group @ TD

+ George Reznik to COO @ Corinex

+ James O’Sullivan to Pres. & CEO @ Power Corporation

+ Jean Trudel to Pres. & CEO @ Innergex Renewable Energy Inc.

+ Jeffrey Orr to Vice-Chair @ Power Corporation

+ Jill Croteau to Director of Communications and Content @ United Way of Calgary and Area

+ Joshua Heagy to Director @ Alvarex & Marsal

+ Leah Goodman to Director @ Providence Therapeutics Holdings Inc.

+ Markus Kritzler to CEO @ Carbon Upcycling

+ Michael Brooks, CEO @ REALPAC, announced his retirement

+ Seamus O’Regan to Strategic Counsel @ Global Public Affairs

+ Tae Kim to Sr. Director, Corporate Finance & Financial Planning @ GWL Realty Advisors

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 REMEMBRANCE 


+ Bill Mustard; long standing Edmonton lawyer, judge and active community supporter; 97

+ Harry Bridges; Edmonton lawyer, judge, and singer; 83

+ Paul Duteau; former Sec-Treasurer, Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, and extraordinary influencer; 84 


 
                                                                

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 HR Resource + Workplace Trends + HSE 

+ does pay for performance work? - McLean & Co report

+ Evoteck and Veriforce partner to enhance contractor safety




 THIS WEEK IN FINANCINGS 
 proposed & closed 

+ AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. is on the market to raise $425.0 million in equity by private placement

+ ARC Resources Ltd. closed a $950.0 million in sr. unsecured debt raise

+ Callaway Capital Management LLC closed a US$10.0 million tranche of an equity raise

+ DRI Healthcare Trust is on the market to raise $108.7 million in convertible unsecured sub debt

+ Hydro-Quebec is on the market to raise $500.0 million in secured debt

+ Logan Energy Corp. is on the market to raise $50.0 million in equity

+ Vosker closed a US$200.0 million sr. debt financing




 RISK 

+ Alberta fire risk ... all fires are under control: 2 current year active fires, 15 active fires from 2025; the graphics on the site and stats are deceiving – so, there 17 active fires … all reported ‘under control

+ fraud is knocking ... report from HomeEquity Bank




 TECHNOLOGY / AI Trends 

+ OpenAI and Amazon announced a multiyear strategic partnership; OpenAI committed to consume approximately 2 gigawatts of Trainium capacity through AWS infrastructure, which will support demand for Stateful Runtime, Frontier, and other advanced workloads. Amazon will also in




 DATA CENTER issues + news 

+ BlackRock consortium agreed to acquire AES Corp. for US$33.4 million

+ CPPIB is acquiring a 60% controlling interest in a portfolio of data centres in nordic countries – atNorth for US$1.6 billion while 40% was acquired by Equinix

+ TransAlta signed an Alberta data centre deal at Keephills site in Parkland County, west of Edmonton with CPP Investments and Brookfield - plans to power a new data centre west of Edmonton in partnership with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Brookfield; includes an initial long-term power purchase agreement for about 230 megawatts of power

~  capacity, power, and continuity matter ‘huge’ to users and therefore must matter to data center operators and their suppliers of power. This is an-across-jurisdictions issue for companies, countries and providers of massive amounts of power that cannot quit. As this is growing issue we’ll try to capture the most relevant points each week on this subject. We appreciate everyone who provides us with news and perspective on this growing issue of importance to users of data centers and owners/developers of facilities.




 CLIMATE CHANGE + LEED + RENEWABLE ENERGY 

+ starting next week, this section will be broken into two sections, and renamed ... 




 CONSTRUCTION + BUILDING SERVICES + ENTITLEMENTS / ZONING 

+ Evoteck and Veriforce partner to enhance contractor safety

+ GDI Integrated Facility Services Inc. completed its arrangement with Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc. and Gestion Claude Bigras Inc.




 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY + ESG REPORTS 

+ CN published its Indigenous Reconciliation Action Plan Annual Report




 INFRASTRUCTURE + P3 


+ 14 new schools projects approved/budgeted to by GoA

+ Bird Construction led consortium awarded 6 DBFM/P3 school projects




 RETAIL 


+ 2026 Retail Secure Legends Awards winners announced

+ Roots hired advisors to explore a possible sale




 MULTI-RES + HOTEL 


+ Canada’s defense department tp build 7,500 new units across the country

+ Morguard Corporation and Morguard North American Residential REIT entered into an agreement with TD Asset Management for a mulit-res portfolio; Morguard investing $1.0 billion for a stake in a $5.0 billion portfolio/106 properties/15,500 doors; Morguard will handle property management and asset management roles – DBRS comments on the transaction ...




 REITs + TRUST NEWS 

+ Avenue Living is conducting a strategic review of its private trusts

+ European Residential REIT – going private in transaction with CAP REIT worth $441.0 million

+ Minto Apartment REIT got unitholders approved a going private transaction with Crestpoint Real Estate (Pine) Limited Partnership

+ Morguard Corporation and Morguard North American Residential REIT entered into an agreement with TD Asset Management for a mulit-res portfolio; Morguard investing $1.0 billion for a stake in a $5.0 billion portfolio/106 properties/15,500 doors; Morguard will handle property management and asset management roles - DBRS comments on the transaction ...

+ Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT announced a name change to Vital Infrastructure Property Trust

+ REITrag covers activity and announcements on the activity of real estate investment trusts - REITs: - sign up at: https://markkolke.substack.com/s/reit-rag -  new REITRag format coming in March ...




  SHAREHOLDER / INVESTOR MEETINGS 

+ Mar. 4; Dye & Dunham, Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Mar. 4; Minto Apartment REIT, Special Meeting of Unitholders, Ottawa/virtual only

+ Mar. 10; Transat A.T. Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Montreal

+ Mar. 10; ShaMaran Petroleum Corporation, Special Meeting of Shareholders, Vancouver

+ Mar 25; Kensington Private Equity Fund, Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Mar. 31; A2Z CUST2Mate, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Mar. 31; Aptose Biosciences Inc., Postponed Special Meeting Of Shareholders, Toronto

~ some guidance on conducting virtual shareholder meetings, provided by BD&P

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 CHARITY + INDUSTRY GOLF EVENTS 

+ June 11; IFMA Calgary Open, Lynx Ridge Golf Club, Calgary

+ Aug. 17-23; Rogers Charity Classic ~ save the date ... registration link n/a yet ...

+ Aug. 19-23; 2026 CPKC Women’s Open, Royal Mayfair, Edmonton

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 UPCOMING EVENTS / SAVE THE DATE 

[ please send us information on your upcoming events; send to: kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

+ Mar. 2-5; Mobile World Congress, Barcelona

+ Mar. 8-10; Consulting Engineers of Alberta, Transportation Connects Alberta, Edmonton Convention Centre

+ Mar. 10-11; Aerospace Industries Association of Canada, 2026 Aerospace On The Hill, Ottawa

+ Mar. 15 – 17; National Summit on Artificial Intelligence and Culture, Banff Centre, Banff

+ Mar. 23-27; CERAWeek 2026, Houston

+ Mar. 25-26; 25th Arctic Energy & Resource Symposium, Hotlel Arts, Calgary

+ Mar. 26; St. Mary’s University Annual President’s Gala, Calgary - tickets

+ Apr. 9; Calgary Stampede. Canvas Auction, The Big Four Roadhouse, Stampede Park

+ Apr. 15; ALL IN Talks West, Vancouver

+ Apr. 21; Business Transitions Forum Alberta, Hyatt Regency, Calgary; register

+ Apr. 22; Earth Day 2026

+ Apr. 27-29; Canadian Collaborative Contracts Conference, Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Whistler

+ May 6-8; Canadian Cleantech Awards, Kelowna

+ May 27; Champion Chats 2026 , The Fairmont Palliser, Calgary

+ May 28; ALL IN Talks Toronto, Toronto

+ May 28; Calgary Energy Roundtable Conference, Hyatt Regency, Calgary

+ May 28; Canadian Business Hall of Fame Gala, Toronto info/register/donate/sponsor

+ June 7-10; NeoCon 2026, THE Mart, Chicago – get on 5th Annual Modular Construction & Prefabrication Symposium

+ June 16-19; Canadian Trail Summit, Winnipeg

+ June 17-20/2026; VivaTech 2026, Paris – save the date ... registration link n/a yet ...

+ Sept. 16-17; ALL IN 2026 AI conference, Montreal

+ Sept. 16-17; Oil Sands Expo, Fort McMurray

+ Sept. 22-24; BOMEX 2026, Ottawa – save the date ...  registration link n/a yet ...

+ Sept. 28-30; Indigenous Women in Industry Summit Canada, Hyatt Regency, Vancouver

+ Oct. 21-22; BUILDEX Alberta, BMO Centre, Stampede Park, Calgary

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