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+ 22^nd annual Council of the Federation – literary awards for every province; the Alberta award this year goes to Pincher Creek Community Adult Learning

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

+ BioLargo Canada Inc. in new JV/strategic partnership with Fort McKay Oil Services to treat oil sands process water … 

+ BMO Financial Corp completed its sale of 138 branches of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company

+ crude / current energy prices: live links to Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com / BOE INTEL ~ WTI @US$96/bbl; Brent @US$101/bbl –

+ Enbridge Inc. agreed to acquire the crude transportation business of Tallgrass Energy LP

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

+ Government of Alberta & Government of Canada: funding from both governments for 21 affordable housing projects/,1460 units … with Build Canada Homes gets topped up with $220.0 million

+ Government of Canada: suspends the federal fuel excise tax on gasoline and diesel; streamlining project assessment process;

+ 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

+ rig activity in Canada, courtesy of BOE Report

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – U.S.: steady at 588 this week; Canada: down 7 at 204 this week

+ Rubellite Energy Corp. sold a 50% interest in East Edson natural gas assets for $67.0 million

+ Tamarack Valley Energy and Headwater Exploration agreed to a $10.0 billion strategic combination

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

+ Aloysius (Lowy) H. Gunnewiek to Director @ Questor Technology Inc.

+ Audrey Mascarenhas to Director @ Questor Technology Inc.

+ Dave Jones to Exec VP & Head of Payer Solutions @ GreenSheild

+ Greg Ebel, CEO @ Enbridge Inc., retiring

+ Hugh O’Reilly to Director @ AIMCo

+ James Lawrence to COO @ CAP REIT

+ Josée Turcotte to Deputy Superintendent, Integrity, National Security @ Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions

+ Malcolm Robert Cox to Director @ Questor Technology Inc.

+ Marc Giroux to Pres & CEO @ METRO Inc.

+ Michele Harradence to CEO @ Enbridge Inc.

+ Nadin Virani to Interim CFO @ AON plc

+ Ron Helmhold to Director @ AIMCo

+ Sanjay Voleti to CEO @  Incentia

+ Shahid Qureshi to Director @ Questor Technology Inc.

+ Steffan Smith to EVP, COO @ GWL Realty Advisors

+ Stephen Pavlic to VP, M&A @ Sequeira Partners

+ Stephen Stanley to Chair, Water Utility Oversight Board @ City of Calgary

+ Tauseef Salma to Director @ Questor Technology Inc.

+ Vivian Abdelmessih to Pres. & CEO @ Global Risk Institute

~ If you know of other people moves in Calgary-impact organizations and/or would like us to consider your announcement, send your appointment notices to kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

+ Glen Richardson; auto industry veteran, co-founder of Charlesglen Toyota; 87

+ Harry Sanders; historian, freelance journalist; 59

+ Ritu Khullar; Chief Justice of Alberta, the Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Court of Appeal; 62

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+ Fast Company published its ‘Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2026’

+ Neo Financial laid off 102 staff/10% of its workforce

+ Avanti Helium Corp. secured US$5.0 million financing

+ Bank of Montreal is on the market to raise US$1.0 billion in debt

+ CGI Inc. is on the market to raise $500.0 million in sr. unsecured debt

+ Enbridge Inc. is on the market to raise $2.6 billion in equity

+ Fairstone Bank of Canada closed a $500.0 million debt raise

+ Innocan Pharma Corporation is on the market to raise $1.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Rogers Communications Inc. is on the market to raise US$1.0 billion in sub debt

+ Rogers Communications Inc. is on the market  to raise $600.0 million in sub debt by private placement

+ Apple Inc. unveiled it’s new ‘folding phone’

+ RBC is launching a $1.4 billion fund for investing in Canadian technology companies

+ An Alien Mind, article by Jakum Pachocki … Chief Scientist at OpenAI

+ Alberta fire risk ... 2 active Alberta fires is under control;  none are being held, none are out of control; Alberta totals for 2026 to date: 736 fires extinguished / 17,744 hectares of forest burned

+ Care-First auto insurance system effective Jan 1/27; expected to save Alberta drivers $300/15% on premiums

+ Enhance Energy’s Origins Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) Hub near Clive, AB – broke ground on Canada’s largest carbon capture and storage project; the project is supported by governments of Alberta and Canada

+ Shaping Data Centres … Blakes article looks at Saskatchewan’s approach and Canada’s Responsible Data Centre Development Principles

~  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.

+ GoC providing $895,000.00 to SmartGRO Bioengineering Inc. to test new clean technology applications for indoor agriculture

+ Noble Premium Bison and National Circle for Indigenous Agriculture and Food (NCIAF) signed an MOU establishing a multi-year arrangement to increase Indigenous participation in Canada’s bison value chain

~  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.

+ GoC funding $405.0 million to Mackenzie Valley Highway project

~  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

+ City of Calgary – Green Line LRT – Phase 1 – route has been selected

+ GoC published it’s Building an Investment-Ready Canada: Six Questions Governments Should Be Able to Answer 

+ GoC announced it will fund $4.7 billion for 300 ‘built in Canada’ Via Rail passenger rail cars – Alstom Canada to supply and assemble 313 cars for Via Rail Canada – PM Carney remarks

+ Leyad acquired a portfolio of single tenant retail properties from Loblaw Companies Limited for $300.0 million; across ten provinces, the properties remain under lease to Loblaw brand tenants

+ 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 and improved REITrag – we’ll be re-launching soon/Sept/Oct; watch for announcements about signing up, for sponsor/advertising opportunities - a free version for anyone, an upgraded ‘paid viewers only’ version for investors, brokers and media’ … this has been a long time in development but we feel the end results will deliver significant value or investors, industry players/suppliers/agents/brokers and provide a clear and current picture of the ‘state of the industry’ based on facts, filings, closed transactions and movement of key personnel and officers. Coverage will involve ALL Canada based REITS, and a smaller but growing roster of American, European and Asian REITS 

+ Sept. 9; Questor Technology Inc., Annual General Meeting, Calgary

+ Sept. 10; Empire Company Limited, Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, New Glasgow

+ Sept. 15; NurExone Biologic Inc, Annual General and Special Meeting, Toronto

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

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

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+ Sept. 10; CEA Golf Tournament, The Ranch Golf and Country Club, Acheson

+ 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. 14-16; Barclays 24^th Annual Global Financial Services Conference, New York

+ Sept. 15; BOMA Edmonton event – four former mayors – Marriott ICE District, Edmonton

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

+ Sept. 22-24; BOMEX 2026, Ottawa

+ 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. 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

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+ 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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