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+ to Spruce Meadows – 2026 Nation’s Cup – won by Team Germany .. congrats

+ to IKEA CANADA, celebrating 50 years in Canada

+ No matter how isolated you are and how lonely you feel, if you do your work truly and conscientiously, unknown friends will come and seek you. – Carl Jung

+ Winning isn’t what makes you feel good. Growth makes you feel good. – James Clear

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+ Advantage Energy Ltd. closed its $316.0 million sale of Wembley area assets

+ Alfar Capital and partners sold MSP Operational Corp. to Niobrara Capital; terms not disclosed

+ an URGENT CALL for BLOOD continues – please consider making a donation: Canadian Blood Services urge you to give the gift of life!

+ A Parent Media Co. Inc. and Kidoodle Inc. are in receivership; AlixPartners is the receiver

+ Aspire Amex Lounge opened at YYC Calgary Airport today - Aspire Pre-Flight Hospitality and American Express JV …

+ Avenrock Energy Inc. agreed to acquire Parallax Energy Operating Inc. from Carnelian Energy Capital

+ BMO announced a commitment to invest up to $70.0 billion in Canada’s critical economic sectors

+ CIBC commits to $2.0 billion to support defence-related companies

+ countdown time … it’s 100 days till Christmas 2026

+ crude / current energy prices: live links to Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com / BOE INTEL ~ WTI @US$101/bbl; Brent @US$104/bbl – prices are up and supplies tight, retail diesel prices is hammering the trucking industry

+ EnGlobe Group acquired Reinbold Engineering Group

+ FACILITYCalgary, sponsor-supported weekly newsletter; est. June,1999 – now in our 28^th year; sign-up is free

+ Forthlane Partners Ltd. acquired June Inc.

+ Government of Alberta: Energy agreement with Sask and NWT to strengthen grid; partnership to expand rural broadband; Premier Smith led Team Alberta at the 2026 Canada Investment Summit

+ Government of Canada: Prime Minister Carney at European Parliament – to be ‘first’ Associate Member or European Union – and his address to the European Parliament (opens in French, mostly in English); media and industry reports indicate that Mark Carney’s Investment Summit in Toronto was a success - hear his 23 minute speech – reaction to changes in tax treatment of development costs: BD&P piece, Globe and Mail, Restaurants Canada, and discussed privatizing major airports (including Calgary) in P-3/leasing arrangements; feedback from: Canadian Airports Council, CLC,

+ Jazz Aviation LP averted strikes;have a tentative agreement with it’s crew-scheduler’s union, and tentative agreement with flight attendants too

+ Kalos LLP expanding to the U.S. – opening offices in Los Angelas and New York

+ MONDAY MORNING MINUTE - a weekly inspiration message and a selected quote in your inbox weekly; check out the new format; check out this week’s issue – sign up is free

+ Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan set an objective to invest an additional $10.0 billion in Canada by the end of 2027

+ PTX Metals Inc. closed the acquisition of Green Canada Uranium Corp.

+ Resolve Renewable Power agreed to merge with Whitfield Power Solutions LLC

+ rig activity in Canada, courtesy of BOE Report

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – U.S.: up 3 to 591 this week; Canada: up 3 this week to 207 this week

+ Sanofi secured $925.0 million investment

+ Scotiabank launched Scotia Growth Institute and commits over $100.0 billion in financing to support Canada’s growth agenda

+ Sun Lire Financial Inc. committed to $5.0 billion investment to Canadian Infrastructure initiative over the next 5 years

+ TD Bank Group announced a $150.0 billion commitment to support key sectors in the Canadian economy

+ U.S. Federal Reserve announced its rate review decision today: the FED approve a 1/4 % increase in U.S. interest rates – post-meeting statement

+ Wolf Midstream is expanding it’s NGL North System; $500.0 million project

Aug. 18 – prior to the Aug. 19 deadline Trump imposed, he ‘paused’ his questionable tariffs for 3 days based on a ‘deal pending’ but Carney was less enthusiastic saying ‘much work yet to do’; meanwhile, there is reporting that the ‘first ever use of a 1930 law Trump is relying on’ would likely fail to pass the test if challenged in the courts, but then the damage will have been done … to, too soon to tell, but tensions seem to have eased … a bit; great article by Jack Mintz, seems it’s high-stakes poker where everybody loses

Aug. 19, 20, 21 - …. “close to a deal” in official announcements without details

Aug. 21 – as midnight deadline arrived, Canada said ‘no deal’ and walked away from the table; statement by the Prime Minister

Aug. 22 - Trump announced 50% tariffs to be imposed on Canadian goods effective August 22nd

Aug. 25 – Canadian retaliatory tariffs on $27.6 billion of U.S. products effective Sept. 8^th announced ...

Aug. 26 – Canadian Press article: Trump’s tariff’s likely to face a successful court challenge …

Aug. 29 – Prairie Economic Development Canada – announced support for prairies businesses facing trade challenges

Sept 7 – Canadian counter-tariffs to go into force at 12:01 AM Sept 8; no talks scheduled

Sept. 7; Trump threatens to block Bombardier planes unless they move production to the U.S.

Sept. 8; Trump adjusts products/industries targeted by his new tariffs; signs 5 executive orders

Sept. 8; Trump threatens to block certain Canadian products – full stop, from being imported to the U.S.

Sept. 9; GoC extending suspension of federal fuel excise tax (gas, diesel, aviation fuesl) for Canadians to Jan 31/27
Sept. 9; Canadian impacts expected: CTV News piece - across sectors; light on certainty, but balanced/thorough

Sept. 16; Trump issued an order to prevent U.S. government procurement from buying Canadian products

+ Adam Steingart to Global Gen. Mgr. @ APPLY

+ Alain Ménard to Pres. & CEO @ RONA Inc.

+ Aly Sumar, CFO & Corp. Sec. @ Questor Technology Inc., resigned

+ Craig Bran to Exec VP & Chief Information Officer @ Co-operators Group Limited

+ Darrin Jamieson to CEO @ First Nations Procurement Authority

+ Harry Anderson to Board Chair @ Cielo Waste Solutions Corp.

+ Hassan Pirna to CEO @ First National Corporation

+ John Knowles to Interim CFO @ ZYUS Life Sciences Corporation

+ June Ntazinda to Vice-Chair @ Forthlane Partners Inc.

+ Karen Stintz to Managing Dir. @ TRACCS Transit and Rail

+ Kirsten Hillman to Lead Strategic Advisor @ Scotia Growth Institute

+ Laura Ingram to CFO @ Northview Residential REIT

+ Marie Ginette Lepage to Director @ Geekco Technologies Corporation

+ Nicole Rusaw to CFO @ PowerBank Corporation

+ Prasanna Gopalakrishnan to Director @ CIBC

+ Ryan Spinner to Pres, Hub Customer Central  @ Hub International Holdings Inc.

+ Sarah Walker to COO @ Northview Residential REIT

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+ Cal Nichols; Edmonton businessman, philanthropist, co-owner of Edmonton Oilers, Order of Canada recipient; 84

+ George Chuvalo; Canadian boxing legend/hero; 89

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+ Alberta Safeway employees voted to authorize a strike

+ Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026 – Fast Company list

+ Apotex Health Corp. affiliate SK Capital Partners is on the market to raise $850.0 million by a secondary offering

+ Cardiol Therapeutics Inc. raised US$7.0 million by a warrant exercise

+ Cosciens Biopharma Inc. closed a US$4.375 million 2^nd tranche of a convertible debt raise

+ Dream Summit Industrial LP is on the market to raise $300.0 million in sr. unsecured debt by private placement

+ Enbridge Inc. closed a $3.0 billion equity raise

+ Expertise AI closed a $3.2 million financing

+ Fredonia Mining Inc. is on the market to raise $10.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Grey Matters Health Inc. is on the market to raise $1.1 million in convertible debt by private placement

+ Kanin Energy closed a US$100.0 million financing

+ Morguard ReNew Fund closed a $100.0 million financing

+ National Bank of Canada is on the market to rais $750.0 million in equity

+ Portage Ventures IV closed a US$600.0 million equity raise

+ Primaris REIT is on the market to raise $200.0 million in equity

+ Radical Breakouts Funds secured US$1.0 billion in equity

+ Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. closed a $21.9 million in equity

+ Quarterhill Inc. closed a $51.7 million equity raise by private placement

+ Sagen MI Canada is on the market to raise $300.0 million in unsecured debt

+ Sanofi secured $925.0 million investment

+ Thomson Reuters is on the market to raise US$1.3 billion in debt

+ Thomson Reuters is on the market to raise $1.0 billion in debt

+ West Fraser Timber Co. secured a $500.0 million debt financing

+ Canada’s potential in genomics space

+ ALL IN 2026 – AI everything conference

+ Cohere Inc. and Aleph Alpha in JV for transatlantic AI solutions

+ CRTC program to prevent internet service outages

+ air quality in Calgary – SE Calgary landfill facility fire still burning; ECCO Recycling and Energy Corp. continues to burn; the cause seems to be ‘undetermined and under investigation’ – recent update provides pollutant risks; and the City of Calgary lays new charges … - and the GoA chimed in …

+ Alberta fire risk ... 2 active Alberta fires are under control; none are being held, none are out of control; Alberta totals for 2026 to date: 744 fires extinguished / 17,746 hectares of forest burned

+ GoC completed its $34.6 million restoration of Parks Canada fire equipment cache …

+ Emissions Reduction Alberta is investing $3.2 million via the Clean Energy Transition Partnership’s Joint  Call 2026

+ Next Hydrogen Corporation secured $2.0 million to advance commercial electrolyzer technology

+ Bell/BCE Inc. is planning to quadruple it’s data centre capacity in Saskatchewan; 1.2 gigawatts with a full built-out investment of $50.0 billion – and Bell AI Fabric will develop the additional 900MW additional capacity

+ FORTINET opened its $30.0 million cybersecurity hub in downtown Calgary hub …. congrats

+ Wonder Valley/Greenview data centre planning got a special industrial zoning designation

~  capacity, power, and continuity matter in a ‘huge’ way to users and therefore must matter to data center operators and their suppliers of power. Growing NIMBY reactions and government/regulators conscious of pressure on energy costs combine to make this burgeoning industry of significant concern for everyone.

+ CN - reporting that August, 1^st month of the 2026-27 crop year shipments was a record

+ CPKC – reporting that August, 1^st month of the 2026-27 crop year shipments was a record

+ Farm Credit Canada announced it’s new $1.0 billion Agri-food Project Finance Fund

+ Hypocotyl Inc. measuring carbon intensity in Canadian grain

+ Lucent BioSciences secured $1.98 million for development of sustainable fertilizer technology to reduce emissions and microplastics

+ Velocity Agri-Capital Partners ‘will receive’ $150.0 million from FCC … unclear what the terms are – the press release identifies those funds going to Arlene Dickenson’s company --- but doesn’t describe ‘for what’ …

~  the importance of agriculture is fundamental to Calgary and the history of Alberta’s pioneering spirit; we’re now covering news items that fit this category, impacting Albertans – not just Calgary; we will also include news items from other parts of Canada for this section.

+ Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation secured funding to accelerate micro-nuclear tech for Canada’s arctic

+ RRC Polytech-led project to strengthen defence industrial base in Man, Sask and Alberta gets legs – part of 3-year/$379.3 million funding

~  the growth of defence, aviation and space related business in Calgary is on-the-grow so we’ve begun covering news items that fit this category and Alberta – not just Calgary and we will include news items from other parts of Canada that connect to this sector

+ Morguard ReNew Fund closed a $100.0 million financing – to retrofit 30 properties in Canada across it’s $24.2 billion portfolio

+ On-site Canada published its 2026 – Top 40 under 40/Canadian Construction Professionals

+ Trudell Medical International published its 2026 Sustainability Report

+ CPP Investments and Brookfield launched a $50.0 billion equity ‘Maple Fund’ JV for large scale investments in infrastructure and strategic industries across Canada

+ La Caisse and Australia’s GO.FARM JV will deploy UUD 300 million on ag in Australia

+ La Caisse and Brookfield investing $1.76 billion to acquire 24% of Altius Telecom Infrastructure Trust

+ CMHC published its August 2026 stats

+ Fairstone Bank of Canada got approval for CMHC for its $1.5 billion covered bond program

+ ProCura’s WSP Place and other Edmonton properties in receivership/sale process …

+ Alberta Newsprint Company is doing a $50.0 million expansion or its Whitecourt Newsprint Company Ltd. – supported by a $1.5 million contribution from Alberta’s Investment and Growth Fund

+ EAIGLE and Loblaw – supply chain JV .. AI powered gate automation

+ Sept. 16; VersaBank, Special Meeting of Shareholders, London, ON

+ Sept. 30; Jamieson Wellness Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Oct. 7; Alto, Annual General Meeting, Montreal

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+ Sept. 22; BOMEX Ottawa 2026 Golf Day;  Loch March Golf Club, Kanata

+ Sept. 24; EDA 2026 Invitational, Broadmoor, Sherwood Park

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

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

+ Sept. 18; 3^rd Annual Sustainable Blue Economy Summit 2026, Westin Nova Scotian, Halifax

+ Sept. 21-25; International Pipeline Conference,  BMO Centre at Stampede Park 

+ Sept 22-24; International Pipeline Expo. BMO Centre at Stampede Park 

+ Sept. 22-24; BOMEX 2026, Ottawa

+ Sept. 25-27; Calgary Fall Home Show, BMO Centre, Stampede Park, Calgary

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

+ Sept. 28-29; Energy Disruptors UNITE 2026 conference, BMO Centre, Stampede Park, Calgary

+ Oct. 1; TechExit.io, BMO Centre, Stampede Park, Calgary

+ Oct. 20-21; Global Data Centre & Cloud Expo 2026, International Centre, Mississauga

+ Oct. 21-22; BUILDEX Alberta, BMO Centre, Stampede Park, Calgary – co-located events

+ Oct. 21-22; Calgary Real Estate Forum, BMO Centre, Stampede Park, Calgary – co-located events

+ Oct. 27-28; Aerospace Summit, Chateau Laurier, Ottawa

+ Oct. 29-30; 2026 CBA Insolvency Law Conference, Chateau Laurier, Ottawa

+ Nov. 2-5; ADIPEC 2026 Conferance & Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, UAE

+ Nov. 5; Infrastructure Partners Conference, Marriott Edmonton ICE District, Edmonton

+ Nov. 11-15; 2026 Grey Cup Festival, Paint The Town Red, Calgary

+ Nov. 13; 12^th Annual Calgary Concert for Classrooms, Bella Concert Hall, Calgary

+ Nov. 18; 3^rd Annual Sustainable Blue Economy Summit, Westin Nova Scotian, Halifax

+ Nov. 19-20; DEF2026 conference -  Energy Sovereignty for Global Security, Rimrock, Banff

+ Dec. 2-4; The Buildings Show, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto

2027

+ Jan. 6-9; CES 2027 – Program and Registration, Las Vegas

+ Jan, 12-14; WorldFutureEnergySummit 2027, ADNEC Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

+ Feb. 21-23; Transportation Connects Alberta, call for presenters is open , Edmonton Convention Centre

+ April 26-29; World Energy Congress, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

+ June 13-16; NeoCon 2027, The Mart, Chicago – save the date … https://neocon.com/

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