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A new federal financial support program to help businesses struggling amid the COVID-19 pandemic hire new staff, increase wages or add more hours is being welcomed by the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce.
While speaking at the Edmonton and Calgary’s chamber of commerce virtual event last week, Canada’s Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Minister Mary Ng provided a breakdown of some of the subsidies and other supports the federal government is providing businesses in the 2021 budget.
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Alberta is moving K-12 students to at-home learning, closing patios and salons, and increasing fines for rulebreakers in an effort to stem a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
The measures, announced by Premier Jason Kenney Tuesday night, are the strongest put in place since last spring and apply to any region or community except for those with fewer than 50 cases per 100,000 people and fewer than 30 active cases.
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Alberta is moving K-12 students to at-home learning, closing patios and salons, and increasing fines for rulebreakers in an effort to stem a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
The measures, announced by Premier Jason Kenney Tuesday night, are the strongest put in place since last spring and apply to any region or community except for those with fewer than 50 cases per 100,000 people and fewer than 30 active cases.
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Standing alone on the stage of an empty conference centre ballroom, Mayor Don Iveson praised the drive of Edmontonians to work together toward building a better city.
In his final State of the City address presented virtually Wednesday afternoon, Iveson said it is the people of Edmonton who have pushed the city forward through innovation and collaboration since he was elected mayor in 2013. Decisions made at city hall, such as LRT expansion and green energy initiatives, have helped lay the foundation for these ideas to thrive, he said.
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