JANUARY 25TH DEADLINE - CANADA SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM
The Canada Summer Jobs program is now open for applications. Deadline is January 25th. Click HERE for details and to apply.
 
CSJ is a program under the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy, which aims to provide flexible and holistic services to help all young Canadians develop the skills and gain paid work experience to successfully transition into the labour market.

The program provides wage subsidies to employers from not-for-profit organizations, the public sector, and private sector organizations with 50 or fewer full-time employees, to create quality summer work experiences for young people aged 15 to 30 years.

Canada Summer Jobs 2022 – What’s new?
The Government has committed to create 100,000 CSJ jobs for youth in 2022 to help ensure that the program remains responsive to the employment needs of youth and employers. For 2022, CSJ is returning to its regular parameters and will offer quality jobs over the summer months. The jobs will need to end by September 3, 2022. Jobs will need to be full time with a minimum of 30 hours a week and a duration of at least 6 weeks.

In the context of COVID-19, employers are responsible for ensuring health and safety measures are in place and are in accordance with municipal, provincial and federal public health guidance.
JANUARY 15th DEADLINE – HAVE YOUR SAY ABOUT
BUDGET 2022
Alberta’s government is asking Albertans to help set the direction of the upcoming budget.

Albertans can share their views and ideas for the next budget by filling out an online survey and joining telephone town halls with Finance Minister Travis Toews. 

Businesses, municipalities, industry associations and other groups can also send budget submissions on behalf of their organizations.

The government is now accepting budget submissions, and the online survey is live until Jan. 15. Telephone town halls will also take place in January. More information is available at alberta.ca/BudgetConsultation. Alberta’s government is interested in Albertans’ spending priorities as well as their ideas about where to look for savings and how to strengthen the economy.
LOCAL PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES
In order to assist local business in gaining information on business opportunities with local municipalities, Wainwright Garrison etc., the Wainwright Economic Development Office will periodically send out business opportunities featured on   merx.com  and  buyandsell.gc.ca  that pertain particularly to Wainwright and area.

These are systems used by the Government for procurement of goods and services over $25,000.

Click here for the list of   WAINWRIGHT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
INTERESTED IN BEING SELF-EMPLOYED AS A CONTRACTOR?

If you’re ready to take the leap on your own, Business Link is here to guide you.
In this free live and virtual 90 minute presentation, they’ll show you how to start your own independent contracting business:
  • Learn about the difference between being an employee and a contractor,
  • How to manage your bookkeeping,
  • Other startup considerations,
  • And, the big one, how to find work!

Register here to book your spot for the Zoom session on the 13th of January at 10 am. It's a live session, so bring your questions!
GO EAST OF EDMONTON ROADTRIP SAVING PASSPORT
New Go East Savings Passport Launches to Support Local Businesses.

The Goal… is to support tourism related businesses, including retail businesses, across the regions of Northeast, East and Southeast of Edmonton for fall and winter. It is an effort to build up the Christmas shopping and shoulder season to increase revenues. This will be an integral part of our marketing campaigns from now till March 2022.
 
It is 100% Free for qualified businesses to sign up and participate till March 2022. A business just needs to provide a discount offer. The setup and marketing are at no cost to the local businesses- all coordinated by the team at Go East of Edmonton.

It's 100% free for consumers to sign up and use to redeem discounts. It takes a minute to sign up and you are ready to get your savings today. Once you sign up a link is sent to your mobile phone, which opens the passport and directs the user to add the button icon to their home screen, where they can access it any time. When a consumer redeems an offer, all they do is show their phone at the till to the staff and press redeem. There are prizes and incentives for people to visit businesses and make purchases.

All the Revenue goes to the local businesses. So far over 75 qualified Businesses have signed up to promote deals and discounts ranging from 10% to 50% off. Unlike other apps like Skip the Dishes or Doordash that are cutting into profits of businesses… there is No commission fees to Go East of Edmonton. Many businesses have yet to confirm so we are still continuing with onboarding.

All the details and savings offers are on the Go East of Edmonton website. It’s a web based and mobile promotion that works great with our current website. Much better than a separate app and we are able to track the Check ins and Purchases at local businesses to calculate the ROI.

Be sure to Sign up! You can link from the homepage at www.goeastofedmonton.com or https://goeastofedmonton.com/drink-eat-shop/roadtrip-savings-passport/

For any questions contact Kevin Kisilevich at Go East of Edmonton Regional Tourism at 780-632-6191 or kevin.goeast@gmail.com
PROVINCE PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ALBERTA'S TOURISM INDUSTRY
To ensure money stays in the pockets of Alberta’s job creators, the government is introducing a revenue-tested tourism levy abatement. Eligible accommodation providers with a 40 per cent decline in room revenue compared with 2019 will be able to keep tourism levy amounts collected between Oct. 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022. The 40 per cent revenue drop strikes a balance between the revenue thresholds of the Small and Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant (30 per cent decline), British Columbia’s Small and Medium-Sized Recovery Grant (30 per cent) and Ontario’s Tourism Recovery Program (50 per cent).

This six-month abatement period will free up additional cash flow for eligible operators to employ staff, continue operations and provide valuable services through the winter season.

More information can be found here.
AGRIRECOVERY LIVESTOCK FEED ASSISTANCE
AgriRecovery is a federal-provincial-territorial disaster relief framework to help agricultural producers with the extraordinary costs associated with recovering from natural disasters. Eligible costs will be supported on the 60-40 cost-shared federal-provincial basis outlined under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.

Applications for phase two of the Livestock Feed Assistance initiative are open!
HAVE A GREAT BUSINESS IDEA?
UPCOMING BUSINESS EDUCATION
ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROGRAMS
BUSINESSES RESOURCES
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BUSINESS HIGHLIGHT
What is the business highlight?

This is YOUR article about YOUR business. Here are guidelines of what to include in your article:
  • A little about your business's history
  • The products/services you offer
  • What makes your business stand out from others like it
  • The bottom of the article needs to contain contact information to help new customers reach you

Please write a minimum of 6 sentences and include a photo of your business.
If you want to be featured, please email us at cherbert@wainwright.ca

We look forward to hearing from you!
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