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Your Weekly Tune Up
Stage 2 of the Open for Summer Plan Began June 10
Changes Include:
  • Restaurants may seat tables with up to six people, indoors or outdoors.
  • Dining parties are no longer restricted to households only.
  • Retail capacity increases to one-third of fire code occupancy.
  • Gyms and other indoor fitness facilities open for solo and drop-in activities
  • Indoor settings may open with up to one-third of fire code occupancy, including indoor recreation centres. This includes arenas, cinemas, theatres, museums, art galleries and libraries.
  • Personal and wellness services can resume walk-in services.
  • The work-from-home order is lifted but still recommended.
Read more or find the full plan online.
Ramping up vaccine second doses in Alberta
Every Albertan who received their first dose in April or earlier can book a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Book your COVID-19 vaccine appointmentRead more.
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Quick Check Up
June 15, 2021 deadline for self-employed individuals to file their 2020 income tax and benefit return
If you are a self-employed individual, or if your spouse or common-law partner is self-employed, you have until June 15, 2021, to file your 2020 income tax and benefit return. Find out more and to see if you are considered self-employed.
Fill Up on Funding
Apply for the UFA Rural Communities Foundation Community Grant Program
Groups who are eligible to apply include registered charities under the Canada Revenue Agency, registered non-profit organizations who are registered with either their provincial or municipal government and community service co-operatives. The application deadline is August 31, 2021. Find out more and apply.
Fuelling Our Business Community
Special Offer on Business Assessment and Consulting Session With Sandler Training
Are you a Medicine Hat & District Chamber member with sales people reporting to you, perhaps a business that is doing well, but you want more consistency in your revenue, or you wish your sales people could close higher dollar deals? Click here to find out more and register.
Power of Community
Medicine Hat Jazz Fest 2021
JazzFest has an exciting line-up of musicians from around the globe, including Cuba, Holland, the USA and Canada, to present online! If provincial regulations allow for in person performances by the end of June, JazzFest will be working to add live events to the week. Get your free festival pass
City of Medicine Hat Chief Financial Officer Report
Next Level Events
Business Awards Sponsorship Spotlight:
Brightan Financial
We are very proud to feature our very first sponsor of the 2021 Celebrating the Hero Within Business Awards: Brightan Financial! JoAnne Letkeman is the owner of Brightan Financial Strategies Inc. and is our exclusive advisor for the Chambers of Commerce Group Insurance Benefit plan. We are proud to have her offering services to the Medicine Hat and surrounding area Chambers of Commerce members as she truly demonstrates the superhero power of generosity!
Interested helping us celebrate the everyday heroes within our business community? Become a sponsor.
Enriching Your Business
Find the way forward.
It’s not always easy to balance the needs of the family with what’s right for the business. To make informed decisions you need the right information. Whether it’s identifying financial opportunities, optimizing efficiencies or protecting your wealth for future generations, getting the right advice from an advisor who is in your corner can make all the difference. Learn more. 




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Advocacy in Action
Consultation on the Investment Tax Credit for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
Alberta Business Priorities Survey

Helpful Webinars

Succession and Financing

Family Business Succession Planning: Tips to transition your family legacy
Getting to Net-Zero: Opportunities for SME Business Sector Leadership
Sparking Conversation
  • Last Week's Results: Will you be attending the Social Media Conference? Yes - 20%, No - 70%, Maybe - 10%
Have you visited a local gym since they reopened?
Yes
No - but I'm planning on it soon
No - I am going to wait
No - I'm happy with my COVID 15 :)
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