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Parkland Fuel says it will use a $4 million grant from a city investment fund to double its head count in downtown Calgary, bringing approximately 200 jobs to the city by early next year.

The company, an independent supplier and marketer of fuel and petroleum products that also operates more than 1,800 retail service stations — under well-known brands including Ultramar, Esso, Fast Gas Plus, Chevron, Pioneer and Race Trac — is the latest recipient of a grant from the Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund. The grant wasestablished by city council in 2018 for the purpose of investing in private, public and not-for-profit initiatives that promise to create jobs and stimulate the economy.

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Parkland, which was founded in Red Deer but now calls Calgary its home base, has operations in Canada, the United States and the Caribbean, and has been in aggressive acquisition mode in recent years. In an emailed statement, company spokesman Leroy McKinnon said Parkland expects to have 400 people working from its new headquarters in downtown Calgary by January 2020, “nearly doubling our Calgary-based team.”