Calgary Herald by Deborah Yedlin.

There is no mistaking the sense of weariness pervading this year’s Stampede Week. Even the weather isn’t co-operating. But things are different compared to a year ago — when there were no deals being done, neither in the equity markets nor on the merger and acquisition front.

In addition to the $15 billion that has been raised in the oilpatch since the beginning of the year — with most if not all deals being oversubscribed — there have been some interesting transactions that have taken place: TransCanada’s blockbuster purchase of Columbia Pipelines; Enbridge paying $282 million to bulk up in the renewable energy space by acquiring 50 per cent of Eolien Maritime France SAS; Birchcliff buying oil and gas assets from Encana last month for $625 million and the Seven Generations purchase of $1.9 billion in assets from Paramount Resources just before Stampede Week kicked off.

On Thursday, Wolf Infrastructure, which is backed by the Canadian Pension Plan and Investment Board, announced it was buying …  Read more in the Herald!