WesternOne Equity Fund, a Vancouver, B.C., Canada-based private equity group that owns about a half dozen rental companies in western Canada, has filed a preliminary short form prospectus with securities regulatory authorities with each Canadian province except Quebec, the company said last week.

The offering will be conducted through a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Capital Corp. and Dundee Securities Corp. A copy of the preliminary prospectus can be obtained from SEDAR at www.sedar.com.