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Business Beat: Entrepreneurship Lessons from a High School Classroom
Large sheets of white paper labeled “Business Model Canvas” flew about in parking lots and bounced around in the back seat of my SUV as I made my way into rural high school classrooms over the past year. Thinking back to last fall when I began weekly visits to Grade 10-12 students in Bow Island,…
BREWD Workforce Strategy Launches Worker Survey
Invest South East Alberta’s BREWD (Business Retention & Expansion and Workforce Development) project has initiated action on the development of a workforce strategy. The strategy is one of the key deliverables of the BREWD project as a result of an estimated 1,000 jobs being proposed by investments in the renewable energy, cannabis and tech industries.…
City Merges Economic Development Efforts into “Invest Medicine Hat”
The City of Medicine Hat will proceed with a restructuring that will see the City’s land and business support and investment attraction activities come together as the Economic Development and Land Department operating under the Invest Medicine Hat brand. The change was approved at the August 19 meeting of City Council. For the past four years…
Does Your Business Export? CanExport Announces Increased Funding
More funding will soon be available for Canadian companies through CanExport. As of August 22, 2019, the CanExport for small or medium-sized project funding limit will increase up to $75,000 to cover up to 75% of eligible expenses. The program will also be expanded to include supporting companies from Canada’s agriculture, agri-food and agri-products industry, including fish and…
New Member: Advised Air Monitoring Inc.
Advised Air Monitoring is a specialist asbestos consulting company servicing Medicine Hat and surrounding area with asbestos testing and air monitoring services. We carry out bulk sampling of potential asbestos containing materials to enable you to protect you and your loved ones from the hazards associated with asbestos exposure such as lung cancer. A large part…
Immigration Matters Initiative Features Economic Profile of Medicine Hat
In November 2018, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) launched the Immigration Matters initiative. Most recently, economic profiles of communities across Canada were added to this website. These profiles use labour market information to show the role that immigration has played, or could play, in local economies. The economic profiles were created using publicly available Statistics Canada…
Chamber Focus on Reconciliation Begins with a Mindset of Opportunity
This past week the federal government announced up to $6 million in funding to help communities in British Columbia and Alberta increase participation in energy projects. While this is a positive step in encouraging participation in the greater economy the chamber network is pushing for bold action when it comes to Lessons in Reconciliation. The…
Infrastructure Upgrades Could Impact Your Travel Downtown
The City of Medicine Hat will be commencing with a sanitary sewer repair on 6th Avenue SE starting on August 19th near the downtown Transit Parkade. In order to allow for these necessary repairs there will be a full road closure of 6th Avenue from 3rd Street SE to 4th Street SE with detours at…
New Member: Treetop Designs
Located in sunny Medicine Hat, Treetop Designs specializes in custom crochet items for everyone from newborns to adults!
Business Beat: Who’s Ready for Electric Cars
There is an Electric Vehicle (EV) revolution coming! Hyperbole? Maybe not. The number of EVs in Canada is still small but a historically flat growth curve has started a dramatic upward trajectory over the last couple of years. In 2017, 392 new EVs were registered in Alberta, which was about 70% more than in 2016.…