January 2015 Newsletter - Stettler Regional Board of Trade and
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January 2015 Newsletter - Stettler Regional Board of Trade and
P a g e |1 STETTLER REGIONAL BOARD OF TRADE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Stettler Regional Board of Trade and Community Development . 6606 – 50 Avenue Stettler, AB 403-742-3181 Fax: 403-742-3123 January Newsletter Edition: 2015, Volume 1 Stettler Regional Board of Trade 35th Annual Trade Show Directly promote your business, products and services to over 2000 potential customers! The 2015 Stettler Trade Show will be held on April 10, 11, & 12, 2015 at the Stettler Recreation Centre. Booth layout has been modified allowing for more space and availability in both arenas! Booths are currently over 60% Sold Out! Send us your application today before time runs out. For more information, contact the Stettler Regional Board of Trade by calling 403-742-3181. IN THIS ISSUE: • 35th Annual Trade Show • 2014 Shop Stettler Cash Card Promotion • Town of Stettler 2014 Economic Indicators Report • Stettler Regional Board of Trade and Community Development Memberships • 2015 Stettler Board of Trade Picture Wall • Canadian Chamber of Commerce Updates • 2015 Contractor of the Year Awards • ATCO Electric Education Program • Heartland Beautifications Green Tip of the Month • Canadian Chamber of Commerce 5 Minutes for Business • Community Events • Business to Business Classifieds STETTLER REGIONAL BOARD OF TRADE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT P a g e |2 2014 Shop Stettler Christmas Cash Card Promotion Congratulations to the Grand Prize winner of our 2014 Shop Stettler Christmas Cash Card Promotion, Roger Nichols, who won $1000 Heart of Alberta Dollars! Additional prize winners for 2014 were: • Shane & Heather Craigie of Coronation who won the $250 Heart of Alberta Dollar Early Bird Prize Draw • Ken Gallagher of Endiang who won the Light Up the Night Cash Card Draw of $500 Heart of Alberta Dollars. Thanks once again to our Shop Stettler Christmas Cash Cards Participants for making this another successful Shop Stettler Christmas Cash Card promotion! Shop Local * Shop Stettler! Apple Drugs Attic Unisex Hair Design Autotrust Service Corp. Bond-O Communications Canadian Tire Canalta Stettler Caroline’s Homespun Seasons Central Alberta Co-op Ltd.- Stettler Gas Bar Central Alberta Co-op Ltd.- Stettler Liquor Store Gitzel Krejci Dand Peterson Chartered Accountants Guns n Games- Source for Sports John’s Jude’s Liquor Store Kal Tire Ltd. Lawlor Jewelry Panda Flowers Party Maxx Peavey Mart Pfeiffer’s House of Music Pharmasave Rushton Agencies Ltd. Savage Value Drug Mart Schwartz Home Building Centre Sean’s No Frills Sobey’s Stettler Home Hardware Stettler Independent Stettler Vet Clinic Suzanne’s and Jenny’s The Brick The Shoe Closet & Boutique Tom’s Boots WISH Kitchen & Gift Town of Stettler 2014 Economic Indicators Report Central Alberta Economic Partnership recently released the Town of Stettler Economic Indicators 2014 report. Information contained in the document includes Poulation, Family Status, Education, Industry, Occupational Groups, Household Expenditures, and more. Digital copies of the report are available from the Stettler Regional Board of Trade with hard copies available from the Town of Stettler office. STETTLER REGIONAL BOARD OF TRADE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT P a g e |3 Stettler Regional Board of Trade and Community Development and Chamber of Commerce Free Memberships Thanks to continued financial support from the Town of Stettler 2015 memberships to the Stettler Regional Board of Trade and Community Development are now available at no additional cost to you. Complete a Contact Update and Information sheet and we will send you a membership certificate to display. Member Benefits include: • Current information and statistics on Stettler • Assistance in locating and communicating with Government Departments • Meeting room rentals • Tourism information on a year round basis • Monthly newsletters • Weekly current events • Connecting with other local and regional entrepreneurs and industry professionals • Networking events, opportunities and introductions As a member of the Board of Trade and Community Development you will have access to Alberta Chambers of Commerce (ACC) and Canadian Chambers of Commerce. Ask us about any of the following value added programs: • Chambers of Commerce Group Insurance Plan • Financial Merchant Discount Rates • Purolator and Loomis Discount Programs • Energy Aggregation Program and Savings • Discounted Rates for Visa and/or MasterCard • Fuel Fleet Discounts • …And so much more! If you require more information, feel free to contact us at the Stettler Regional Board of Trade at 403-742-3181 or [email protected]. STETTLER REGIONAL BOARD OF TRADE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT P a g e |4 STETTLER REGIONAL BOARD OF TRADE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT P a g e |5 Advocacy at Work Skills and Immigration In another troubling development on the Temporary Foreign Worker Program file, the government has proposed a compliance framework for the program that ignores the values of fairness and transparency. In October, we submitted a strongly argued and legally reasoned response to the proposed framework. Of particular concern, we noted the government’s intention to remove the “good faith” provision and treat any error by employers as a deliberate attempt to mislead. The proposed rules specifically state there will be no mercy even for “good faith errors and unintentional accounting or administrative errors” when imposing fines or banning someone from the program. We believe it would be appropriate for the government to ensure more detailed consultation on the compliance framework and have urged the government to pre-consult on its draft regulations in advance of publishing them in the Canada Gazette. International Policy Expanding opportunities for Canadian energy trade The energy sector is a key driver of Canada’s prosperity. For the last few years, we have made expanding markets for Canadians a central part of our advocacy. Increasing oil and gas production in the United States is limiting exports to what is essentially our only energy trading partner. Canada needs new energy transportation infrastructure in order to make the most from our energy endowment. We are getting involved in the National Energy Board approval processes for both the Trans Mountain and Energy East Pipelines, arguing these proposals are in the interest of all Canadians. Asia is an enormous potential market for Canadian oil and gas, and my recent trip to Japan and China included discussions on energy. However, Europe also holds possibilities, and east coast energy export infrastructure is another route to service Asian markets, like India and Indonesia. We have been working to explore the potential for Canadian/European trade through connections with BUSINESSEUROPE and the European Forum for New Ideas. Our Director of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy, Katrina Marsh, attended a conference in Poland in the fall to continue our efforts to educate and inform Europeans on what Canada has to offer. High-level delegation to Japan and China In early November, I led a high-level business delegation to Tokyo, Hangzhou and Beijing. We launched a new partnership with the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, joined Canada’s state visit to China and held extensive side meetings with stakeholders. I moderated a panel with Prime Minister Harper and Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, and spoke at the APEC CEO Summit. Japan agreed to step up its efforts to complete bilateral trade negotiations with Canada, and Canada and China agreed to explore the potential for a bilateral trade agreement. While in China, Prime Minister Harper announced the establishment of the Renminbi hub in Canada, making ours the first jurisdiction in the Americas to have one. In October, we released Doing More Business with China: Why Canada Needs a Renminbi Hub. The report outlines the significant benefits of the hub: boosting Canada’s exports to China by as much as $32 billion over the next decade, as well as reducing Canadian importers’ costs by as much as $2.75 billion and enabling big savings on foreign exchange costs. Thought Leadership We will be releasing a number of reports in December. Our paper on manufacturing looks at ways to help manufacturers embrace the disruptive technologies that are the key to competitiveness in this challenging sector. Our paper on natural resources looks at the environmental challenges Canadian natural resource producers face and the ways both industry and governments are working to continually improve the sector’s performance. Our report from our Crystal Ball Symposium highlights the big economic, political and technological trends that will shape global business in 2015 and beyond. Lastly, we’ll be distributing our annual report at the end of the month. Perrin Beatty President and Chief Executive Officer STETTLER REGIONAL BOARD OF TRADE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT P a g e |6 STETTLER REGIONAL BOARD OF TRADE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT P a g e |7 ATCO Electric Education Program ATCO Electric is launching a new education program to help customers better understand their electricity bills. While electricity bills are sent to customers by their retailer, ATCO Electric’s delivery rates are included and customers often ask us to help them understand the bill. They tell us they don’t understand our role versus the retailer and they’re confused about what all the charges actually mean. In response, we’ve put together a short, simple video: Shedding Light On Your Electricity Bill that explains the various components of electricity bill. We know our customers have also turned to their Government leaders for assistance and lengthy explanations can result in further frustration. Our goal is to help residential, farm and commercial customers better understand how different electricity services come together on the bill, in a format that is both educational and entertaining. Here is a link to the video. The video has been launched on the website along with other consumer information. ATCO Electric is committed to working together with our Government and industry partners towards our common goal of providing useful, effective information to consumers. Heartland Beautification Committee`s Green Tip of the Month "Idling is like second- hand smoke" 1. Car idling is the second-hand smoke of the outdoors. It fills our air with pollutants. 2. Use the 10 second limit. Idling more than 10 seconds takes more fuel than restarting the engine. 3. Modern fuel-injected engines are not meant to idle: it can degrade the engine's performance and reduce mileage. 4. Not moving? Turn it off. www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/blogs/cars-transportation/warming-up-car No one can do everything. Everyone can do something. Sponsored by the Heartland Beautification Committee Hendrik Brakel, Senior Director, Economic, Financial and Tax Policy, explains why we are seeing lower oil prices and what it will mean for the Canadian economy. Oil prices have dropped by 40% since June, an astonishingly rapid decline. Why has this happened? Supply is soaring due to new production in U.S. shale, while demand has faltered because of the slow-down in emerging markets. In fact, we are likely to witness an oversupply in oil markets in the coming year that could temporarily push prices lower, possibly to $50 per barrel, before heading back to the $70 range as global growth picks up speed. The effects on Canada are mixed, likely subtracting a quarter of a percent from Canadian GDP growth, but there will be a nice boost for Canadian and U.S. consumers as less money spent on gas will leave more available to spend elsewhere. Read 5 Minutes for Business. For more information, please contact Hendrik Brakel. STETTLER REGIONAL BOARD OF TRADE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Page | 8 Community Events January 5 - Feb. 9, 2015 Learn to Curl Stettler Curling Rink January 6, 2015 Drop In for Moms and Dads 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CONNECTions Centre (McMan Offices) January 8 - 22, 2015 Craving Change- A How to Workshop for Changing Your Relationship with Food 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM Stettler Hospital Conference Room January 9, 2015 Big Valley Oil Kings Home Game 8:30 AM Big Valley Arena January 13, 2015 Respiratory Education Workshop 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Stettler Hospital Conference Room January 13, 2015 Stettler Lightning Home Game 8:15 PM Stettler Recreation Centre January 15 - 18, 2015 Farmer/ Farmerette Bonspiel Stettler Curling Rink January 16, 2015 Big Valley Oil Kings Home Game 8:30 PM Big Valley Arena Jan. 16 - 18, 2015 Bantam A Hockey Tournament Stettler Recreation Centre January 9, 2015 Stettler Lightning Home Game 7:30 PM Stettler Recreation Centre January 19 - March 11, 2015 Supervised Exercise Program Stettler Recreation Centre January 10 - 31, 2015 LEGO Club! 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Stettler Public Library January 19, 2015 Blood Donor Clinic 3:30 PM - 7:30 PM Stettler Community Hall January 10, 2015 P&H Elevator Preservation Society Christmas Party 5:30 PM The Hub January 19, 2015 Daddy Date Night 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CONNECTions Centre (McMan Offices) January 10, 2015 Stettler Lightning Home Game 7:30 PM Stettler Recreation Centre January 20, 2015 Diabetes the Basics 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Stettler Hospital Conference Room January 11, 2015 Stettler Variety Showcase 2014-2015 Concert Series Stettler Performing Arts Centre January 21, 2015 Heart Wise- Managing Cholesterol and Blood Pressure 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Stettler Hospital Conference Room January 23, 2015 Stettler Lightning Home Game 7:30 PM Stettler Recreation Centre January 24, 2015 Stettler Lightning Home Game 7:30 PM Stettler Recreation Centre January 24, 2015 Big Valley Oil Kings Home Game 8:30 PM Big Valley Arena January 25, 2015 Old Time Dance 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM Botha Community Hall January 25, 2015 Big Valley Oil Kings Home Game 2:00 PM Big Valley Arena January 25, 2015 Stettler Lightning Home Game 3:30 PM Stettler Recreation Centre January 27, 2015 Alphabet Soup and Bannock (Family Literacy Day) 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM CONNECTions Centre (McMan Offices) Jan. 30 – Feb. 1, 2015 Pee Wee A Division Tournament Stettler Recreation Centre January 31, 2015 Dual Dragons TKD Hammerfest Tournament Wm. E Hay Composite High School Gym (5411 - 50 Avenue) STETTLER REGIONAL BOARD OF TRADE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Page | 9 P a g e | 10 STETTLER REGIONAL BOARD OF TRADE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Business to Business Classifieds Business to Business Classifieds offer you a FREE opportunity to promote your business to other local businesses. You can offer a discount, promote a sale or simply just advertise your business. All business classifieds are FREE, and must be no more than 300 characters and fit in the space provided. If you require more information or have any questions, please contact Donna at the Stettler Board of Trade at 403-742-3181 or by email at [email protected]. Deadline for Submissions is the 25th of each month for the following month. Sutton Landmark RealtyStettler Buying or Selling? Call Karen Cannady at Century 21 Candor Realty to assist you. • • • • Farms & Acreages Residential Commercial Recreational Gwen Lee, Lynn Engel, Associates 403-742-4424 or 780-385-8795 5010 - 50th Street Stettler, AB Ph: 403-742-4080 Fax: 403-742-9195 [email protected] [email protected] Pet Wash Now Open! 6 Self-serve Bays Mon-Sat 7am-9pm, Sunday 1pm-6pm Touchless Wash Hrs: 6am -10pm DAILY The Perfect Shine for your Dime Everytime! 4812 – 62 Street * 403-742-1065 ~HAPPY NEW YEAR!~ Canadian Tire Stettler Check out Canadian Tire for all your storage needs. Great Prices and Great Quality. Canadian Tire Stettler th 6607 – 50 Ave Stettler Alberta 403-742-8313 rd 3 Annual Women’s Conference Friday April 24 8:30 – 3:30 Celebrate Admin Professionals Week! th Glenda J Buelow, CPCA Financial Advisor/Exempt market dealer rep RRSP/RIF/LIF/TFSA/CASH Exempt Market Products (Private Capital) can offer diversification, higher and in certain products, FIXED rates of return. 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