E ngaging Minds  is your one stop shop for any of your teaching supply needs. Looking for a gift? They also carry a huge selection of toys- including Melissa & Doug, games, magnetic putty, and sensory toys!

There never seems to be enough time in the day to achieve all the tasks needed to move a business idea forward. Aspiring entrepreneurs often struggle with managing the demands of building a new business with a limited amount of time and resources.  There are though, a few simple ways to make your time and achieving the goals of the business a priority without feeling stressed and overwhelmed. Here are four tactics to help better allocate your time and energy, and put a big focus on outcomes rather than simply getting work done. Read More

The $35-million Industrial Efficiency Challenge supports Alberta's energy-intensive and trade-exposed industries, offering large industrial emitters the opportunity to improve cost competitiveness and reduce emissions. Funding for the challenge is provided by the Alberta government through Emissions Reduction Alberta, an organization that accelerates the development of innovative, emissions-reducing technologies in the province. Projects will be selected through a competitive process based on direct achievements made toward greenhouse gas emission reductions in Alberta. Read More

Jasper Homes  is an a ward winning builder, they build homes that have a unique formation and long satisfaction for there clients.

Applications Now Being Accepted for Tourism Growth Innovation Fund

The Tourism Growth Innovation Fund (TGIF) will provide $1 million to support economic growth in the tourism industry with a focus on winter and shoulder-season tourism development, rural projects and Indigenous cultural experiences. The fund offers matching grants up to $75,000. Funding priority will go to projects that help grow tourism in communities beyond the province's two major cities and mountain parks. The grant program focuses on strengthening collaboration amount tourism stakeholders and will accept applications in two separate streams: destination development support and product development support.  Read More

The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) has opened the competition for the second and third rounds of the Renewable Electricity Program. Three successful bids from the first round of competition were announced Dec 13, 2017 which included a project by Capital Power to build a 201-megawatt wind farm 60km southwest of Medicine Hat.  Read More

The City of Medicine Hat Distribution Department would like to advise residents and business owners that work will be done to upgrade electrical systems in the downtown core from April to October 2018. Alleyways from 1st Street to 5th Street and South Railway to 4th Avenue SE will be affected. The City has indicated that customers will not experience any power outages through the project. The upgrade of this system is part of the City's Downtown Electrical upgrade project which began in June 2015.  Read More

The federal and provincial governments are partnering to support innovation, growth and sustainability in Alberta's agricultural sector. The Canadian Agricultural Partnership is a five-year federal-provincial-territorial agreement that focuses on increasing trade, expanding markets and supporting innovative and sustainable growth in the sector while creating jobs and strengthening the middle class.  Read More

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