The Voice
Dive in for weekly in-depth analysis and expert perspectives on local business trends in Southeast Alberta.
The Voice: April 25th, 2022
2022 Home & Leisure Tradeshow, Win Free Shipping, 2M in Alberta Funding, and so much more in this edition of the Voice! Your Weekly Tune Up Cypress County Strategic Plan Forged through a series of meetings early in 2022, Cypress County’s strategic plan endeavours to achieve council’s vision of what the county aims to do…
Read MoreThe Voice: April 18th, 2022
Do you want to be able to speak with government about barriers that your business is facing? We can do it for you. Your Weekly Tune Up Plan Ahead for the Construction Season To help inform residents of upcoming, in-progress and completed construction projects, city staff have relaunched the interactive project map ahead of the…
Read MoreThe Voice: April 11th, 2022
2022 Federal Budget, Lunch & Learn, Multiple Funding opportunities, and so much more in this edition of the Voice! Your Weekly Tune Up Federal budget 2022 The federal government presented its 2022 budget on April 7. Some highlights identified by the Canadian Chamber include: The gradual phase out of the small business tax rate when…
Read MoreThe Voice: April 4th, 2022
Drivers save the 13-cent provincial fuel tax, Funding for HALO, Network Before 9 is back, and so much more in this edition of the Voice! Your Weekly Tune Up Drivers save the 13-cent provincial fuel tax Alberta’s government is no longer collecting the provincial fuel tax while oil prices are high. With the corresponding reduction…
Read MoreThe Voice: March 28th, 2022
Luncheon with Honourable Guests: Kenney, Horner, Copping, Frey; New Funding; Brown Bag & Business and so much more in this edition of The Voice! Your Weekly Tune Up Changes to Immigration Streams The Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP), formerly the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program, has two new immigration streams: 1. The Rural Entrepreneur Stream allows…
Read MoreThe Voice: March 21st, 2022
Changes for fully vaccinated travelers, the war’s affect on our economy, improving addiction treatment in Medicine Hat and so much more! Your Weekly Tune Up Government of Canada will remove pre-entry test requirement for fully vaccinated travellers on April 1 The Government of Canada announced that effective April 1, 2022 at 12:01 AM EDT, fully…
Read MoreThe Voice: March 14th, 2022
High gas prices mitigated by Alberta Government, Alberta Heritage Awards, Funding, and so much more! Your Weekly Tune Up Fuel and utility relief Alberta’s government will stop the collection of the provincial fuel tax to offer Albertans relief from current high fuel prices. Currently, Albertans pay 13 cents per litre in fuel tax. This change…
Read MoreThe Voice: March 7th, 2022
Launch of the Local Business Tool Kit, Supporting Ukraine, Tech Alberta FIRST Job Program, and so much more! Your Weekly Tune Up Supporting Ukraine We wanted to take a minute to acknowledge the devastating events in Ukraine. Canada is home to more than 1 million Ukrainians and the third largest population of Ukrainians outside of…
Read MoreThe Voice: February 28th, 2022
Declare Your COVID-19 Subsidies, Request for Proposals, Get up to $100K all online, and so much more in this edition of the Voice! Your Weekly Tune Up Alberta to lift almost all remaining health restrictions Step two of the province’s easing of public health measures will begin on March 1. This includes the end of…
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