Fuelling Our Business Community |
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Job Opportunity!
Finance and Operations Administrator
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Are you interested in serving our business community? Are you detail-oriented, organized and love office administration? Do you have an interest and experience in bookkeeping or financial management? Would you like to be a part of the Chamber’s internal support team, supporting not only our internal team, but also our business community through a post-Covid recovery? If you answered yes to all of these questions, we want you to apply for an opportunity on our team.
Interested candidates are asked to review the full job description and send a cover letter and resume in PDF format to info@medicinehatchamber.com
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Virtually All COVID Restrictions Lifted as of July 1 |
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As of July 1, Albertans are now free to gather indoors and outdoors, places of worship and businesses can operate at full capacity, the provincial mask mandate is repealed, and people can safely get back to doing all of the activities they enjoy. Limited measures will remain in effect to protect continuing care and acute care settings, and to offer additional safeguards until all Albertans have had the opportunity to receive their second dose of vaccine. Read more
Federal Budget Receives Royal Assent
Last night, Bill C-30, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 19, 2021 and other measures received Royal Assent.
Key measures to support Canadians that will be enacted starting today:
- The extension of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy, and Lockdown Support until September 25, 2021
- The extension of important income support for Canadians through the Canada Recovery Benefit and the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit.
- The new Canada Recovery Hiring Program, which will be available retroactive to June 6, 2021 to help businesses hire workers and increase workers’ hours or wages.
- The enhanced Canada Workers Benefit which will support about 1 million more low-income working Canadians and help lift nearly 100,000 people out of poverty.
- The enhanced Employment Insurance sickness benefits which will increase from 15 to 26 weeks.
- A new $15 federal minimum wage. That will come into effect December 29, 2021.
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Want to know what else happened that you need to know?
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Applications open for the Canada Recovery Hiring Program July 7, 2021
With the recently announced Canada Recovery Hiring Program (CRHP), hard-hit businesses will be able to hire the workers they need to recover and grow as local economies reopen. The CRHP supports payroll as businesses grow, whether as a result of hiring staff, increasing shifts, or increasing overall pay. Eligible employers will be able to apply for the CRHP as of July 7, 2021, when the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will open applications through My Business Account and Represent a Client. The CRA will begin to issue CRHP payments to eligible employers during the week of July 12, 2021.
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Applications Now Open for the Capital Investment Program
This new program is designed to assist Alberta businesses and municipalities with launching or completing new shovel-ready tourism infrastructure initiatives and enable the diversification or expansion of the guest experience through new product assets. Applications for the Capital Investment Program are open until July 30, 2021.
There are two funding streams:
- Tourism Infrastructure – Projects up to $500,000. Matching financial investments are required.
- Tourism Assets – Projects up to $100,000. There is no requirement to provide matching funds.
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Business Awards Sponsorship Spotlight:
Grant Thornton
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We are very proud to feature our Community Involvement award sponsor of the 2021 Celebrating the Hero Within Business Awards: Grant Thornton. Grant Thornton is dedicated to helping clients, colleagues and communities thrive making them a perfect fit for the Community Involvement Award.
“We believe it’s our social responsibility to not only give back but to connect with the people that make our communities.” – Dennis Leung, Chair of Grant Thornton Foundation
Their superpower of dedication is demonstrated every day when they help both businesses and the community as a whole grow.
Interested helping us celebrate the everyday heroes within our business community? Become a sponsor.
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Join the Medicine Hat & District Chamber of Commerce and Michael Bach for this insightful and engaging discussion about diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and discuss the steps businesses can take to reach their goals. |
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Tourism Alberta: Bootstrap Business Plan
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How Solar Can Participate in Alberta's Carbon Market |
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Diversity and Inclusion is Good for Business
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Last Week's Results: Will you be participating in Canada Day activities? Yes - 50%, No - 31.8%, Don't know - 9.1%, I'll be celebrating from home - 9.1%
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Have you registered for the 'Diversity and Inclusion is Good for Business' event?
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I am going to use the link above to register! ;)
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