Altona Chamber Updated September Newsletter

September 2022 Update

Upcoming Events

Sept 23/30 - Altona Elks Chase the Ace - Altona Hotel at 6 pm

Sept 24 Farmers' Market

Sept 28 - YFC Barbeque Lunch

Oct 4 - Chamber Board Meeting

Oct 4 - Gardens on Tenth Soup 'n Pie Fundraiser - 5 to 7 pm

Oct 7 - A Conversation About Mental Health with Big Daddy Tazz sponsored by Altona Elks Lodge #447 & 204 Comics

Oct 8 - Furever Friends Fall Bake Sale - 9am - 4 pm Altona Mall

Oct 13 - Senior Centre Waffle Breakfast - 8:30 am

Oct 13 - All Candidate's Forum

Oct 15 - Kiddies Sunshine Centre Capes & Crowns Fundraiser

Oct 18-24 Small Business Week

Oct 19 - Chamber of Commerce Day

Nov 1 - Chamber Board Meeting

Welcome Newest Chamber Member

The Altona & District Chamber of Commerce welcomes:

CORRECTION: GoldenWest Family Chiropractic - Richard Jorgensen

All Candidates' Forum

SAVE THE DATE: Thursday, October 13th, 6:30 to 9:30 pm at the Rhineland Pioneer Centre.

The Altona & District Chamber of Commerce will host an All Candidates Forum for those running in the upcoming Municipal and School Board election (Oct 26).

Candidates will receive an invitation with their election packages.

All are welcome to attend.

RRTVA Hosts Consultations

Lane Curry from the Red River Technical Vocational Area (RRTVA) is working with various high schools, students, and school divisions in Southern Manitoba with vocational programming. High school students are able to obtain some technical training certification towards their particular trade through Apprentice-ship Manitoba.

Knowing that many stakeholders in the region also value the skilled trades and development, Apprenticeship Manitoba invites interested businesses to attend a consultation in the morning of Thursday, September 28^th in Winkler. Apprentice-ship Manitoba performs planning consultations every 5 years and would like to hear from the stakeholders. The invitation deadline has been extended so please contact Apprenticeship if you would like to register for this event.

There will be an RRTVA tour of the local high school vocational programs in Winkler and Morden from 2- 4pm for those people that may be interested seeing our accredited RRTVA programs.

Please text Lane Curry at 204-332-2391 or email at curryl@blsd.ca if you would like to participate in the RRTVA tour.

Thank You Again to Our Member Appreciation Golf Tournament Sponsors

Despite the cloudy, damp weather on Thursday, we had a fantastic turnout of golfers, a great meal and lots of fun. Thank you to our Event Sponsor Valley Fiber, our Hole Sponsors Golden West Broadcasting, Elmer's Manufacturing, Foremost Appliances, DOMO, Parkland Living Development, Rhineland Car Co, Sun Valley Co-op, Choice Realty, Access Credit Union, Friesens Corp, Prairie Insurance, West Park Chevrolet Buick GMC and Altona Hotel and many, many Cart, Swag and Prize donors that made our Tournament so successful. Also thank you to our many Volunteers, Oakview Golf & Country Club Food Service and Grounds Maintenance staff for their help this day. We couldn't have done it without you!

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Minimum Wage to Increase

Following consultations with the Labour and Business communities, the provincial Minimum Wage will increase to $13.50 per hour on October 1, 2022, with subsequent increases to $14.15 and $15 to occur on April 1, and October 1, 2023, respectively.