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Monday, November 14, 2022
Downtown Safety Education & Information Session: DOWNTOWN INIATIVES & GRANTS
Join us for another Downtown Safety Information and Education Session on Tuesday, December 6 from 12 - 1PM, at CASA! This session theme is Downtown Initiatives and Grants. Learn about aspects of the City of Lethbridge’s commitment to the long-term process of revitalizing the urban core including a number of programs and incentives that are available to provide financial assistance that will stimulate growth, development, and business in the core. Admission is free and no registration required. Light
Wednesday, November 09, 2022October 2022 Labour Force Survey: An impressive and unexpected rebound for Canada’s labour market
"Today’s data demonstrated significant resilience in Canada’s labour market After four months of poor labour market performance, we had a very impressive headline gain of 108,000 net new jobs. This gain was broad-based across sectors and regions, and importantly, was led by full-time, private-sector positions for core-aged workers. Hours worked rebounded. Wage growth picked up to 5.6% year-over-year and will have the Bank of Canada watching closely to see if there will be further increases
Wednesday, October 12, 2022POLICY WIN! Supporting early childhood educators in Alberta
New measures to recruit, retain and certify early childhood educators (ECEs) will support Alberta’s economic recovery by improving access to quality and affordable child care for families. Alberta’s government has expanded the paid hours that are eligible for existing wage top-ups for front-line certified ECEs. As of Oct. 1, all paid hours are now eligible for the existing wage top-ups, including indirect time and employer-paid vacation time. Learn more This is a WIN for the policy Increasing
Friday, October 07, 2022POLICY WIN! Providing Albertans with job-ready skills
Advanced Education will invest $8 million over the next two years to fund new micro-credential programs. These short-term programs will create new opportunities for unemployed and underemployed Albertans to quickly re-skill or upskill in our changing economy. The funding comes from the Alberta at Work initiative introduced in Budget 2022 and builds on the $5.6 million used to launch a micro-credential pilot program in 2021. The new funding will support the development of 69 micro-credential programs at
Friday, October 07, 2022POLICY WIN! More dual credit opportunities for students
Alberta's government is providing $4 million to school authorities across the province to create new dual credit opportunities or enhance existing dual credit courses for the 2022-23 school year. Dual credit courses are career-based courses in grades 10, 11 and 12 where students can earn both high school credits and credits that count toward a post-secondary certificate, diploma or degree, including a journeyperson certificate. In June, school authorities were able to apply for one dual credit start-up
Wednesday, January 26, 2022Brighter Together Survey shows businesses optimistic about future
The results of the latest Brighter Together survey, which wrapped up earlier this month, show that businesses are generally more optimistic than they were at the same time last year. Of the 160 businesses who participated in the survey, 74% felt positive about the overall health of their business up from 63% in 2020. The Brighter Together survey conducted by the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Lethbridge (EDL) is completed annually to gather data from the business community in
