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Weekly Update: November 13 – 19, 2020
Supports for Business Red Tape Reduction Highlights The Government of Alberta’s first annual report on red tape reduction highlights the red tape burden that Albertans have to deal with which is expressed by the baseline count. The Alberta government has a baseline count of almost 671,000 regulatory requirements with a goal to reduce these requirements…
Business Beat: Make it a Local First Holiday Season
You know the holidays are just around the corner because whether you’re watching television or on your phone, ads keep popping up to remind us that we need to get that perfect gift for someone special. The good news is that you can combine getting the perfect gift with helping out our local businesses. The…
Member Spotlight: Safety Buzz Campus
2020 Award of Excellence & Business Ethics winner: As John Maxwell says, “Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less.” Safety Buzz Campus and its team have all put in a lot of effort to be a leader in the training industry. In addition to this year’s awards, Safety Buzz Campus was awarded the Small Business…
Weekly Update: November 6-12, 2020
Supports for Business New measures to curb the rapid growth of COVID-19 Targeted health measures will take effect on Nov. 13 to curb the rapid growth of COVID-19 in Alberta and protect the health system. There are 8,305 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. Hospitalizations and intensive care unit admissions are at their highest…
Canada’s garden spot of the year
Across the Canadian prairies this pandemic year, farm families have reported record shattering yields of wheat, oats, barley, and other commodities — a much welcome change of fortune following a protracted period of drought. Nowhere is the bumper crop more bountiful than in Southern Alberta, according to Neil Townsend of Farmlink Marketing Solutions. He recently…
Weekly Update: October 30 – November 5, 2020
Supports for Business Government introduces legislation for new, targeted support to help businesses through pandemic The Federal government introduced Bill C-9, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act (Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy and Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy), which would implement new, targeted support to help businesses. As previously announced, the business supports include: The…
Business Beat: MHC expands rural nursing partnership
As a leader in the health field, I’ve learned that partnerships are an effective way to serve Albertans and increase the sustainability of education. The Medicine Hat College will be using this business model again in the near future to benefit the province as a whole, and our region. I’m happy to say that rural…
Weekly Update: October 23 – 29, 2020
Supports for Business Businesses Using A Personal Banking Account Can Now Apply For CEBA As first announced by Prime Minister Trudeau at our AGM & Convention on Monday, businesses that use personal bank accounts to operate may now apply for a CEBA loan. Contact your primary financial institution to apply. More information. $50 million in…
Business Beat: A New Attraction and Retention Tool for Business
How many of you listen to CBC Radio? True confession; I do, and today at lunch I listened to the executive director of Calgary Arts Development talk about the opportunities the economic climate and COVID are providing to mid-sized cities around the globe. He was, of course, touting Calgary as a mid-sized city which makes…
Advocacy in Action: Provincial Roundtable with Minister of Municipal Affairs, Tracy Allard and Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity, Dale Nally
On October 14 we participated in a roundtable with Minister of Municipal Affairs, Tracy Allard and Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity, Dale Nally. Minister Allard focused on the recovery plan and opportunities to work together, while Associate Minister Nally focused on the government’s response to the pandemic. There is a $24 billion hole…