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News Advertiser
february 17, 2021
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Vegreville & District Chamber of Commerce Hosts AGM Michelle Pinon News Advertiser The Vegreville & District Annual General Meeting, (AGM) online via Zoom on February 11. Around 60 people attended the virtual meeting that featured the swearing in of the new executive courtesy of Vegreville Mayor Tim MacPhee. Members of the new executive include: President Jamieson Brown, First Vice President Marc Bredo, Second Vice President Jerri Ziegler and Third Vice President Jim Nichol. President Jamieson Brown stated in his report that, Vegreville & District Chamber of Commerce had a challenging year in 2020. We recognize the impact that the pandemic has had on our community. Through this trying time, the community has come together to support one another. It has also enabled the Chamber to engage with businesses and to provide their feedback to the Alberta Chamber of Commerce. This information is then provided and relayed to the government of Alberta.” Two policies the organization were
approved by the Alberta Chamber of Commerce during its AGM. One of the policies was titled. ‘Access to Physicians Supports Rural Economic Development’. It stated the issue of business growth in rural communities is directly impacted by access to physician care. From this policy a meeting was arranged with Minister Shandro, our MLA, our Mayor and doctors from Vegreville and the MLA, Chamber and Doctors from Ponoka. At this meeting the unique concerns around recruiting and maintaining rural physicians was discussed. The second policy was in regards to road signage to promote communities. The policy requests that the steps required to obtain approvals of new signage on highways is decreased and that the signage applications process be referred to the Red Tape Reduction Committee. The policy has been referred to the red tape committee and shared with Minister McIver.” The Chamber memberships faced a decline overall, however had 9 new businesses join. The number of employees that we represent is approximately 1200. We continue to engage with new
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Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre discusses Canada’s debt crisis. (Michelle Pinon/Photo)
businesses to promote the many benefits of the chamber membership.” Even though a number of events had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Chamber bucks program remained strong. “This year, chamber bucks were purchased as a Christmas gift to staff, which enabled over $11,000 to remain being used locally.” Michelle Henderson, General Manager of the Chamber was given a strong vote of confidence, over 95 percent of members voting to have her continue on in her position. Henderson’s report gave an overview of the achievements and events, projects and committees that she was involved in or provided support for in the past year. • Worked with the Economic and Development manager to create an “Open in Vegreville” event. This enabled local businesses to advertise themselves and the changes to their hours of work and what they were doing to limit the spread of Covid. It also gave
Two Hills RCMP Execute Search Warrant and Seize Several Sea-cans
Vegreville TOWN OF
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
1st or 2nd Year Apprentice Mechanic (HET or AST)
Du t i e s i n c l u d e d eve l o p i n g and maintaining customer relations in person and by phone and filling out paperwork for customer orders.
The Municipal Services Department of the Town of Vegreville has an opening for a 1st or 2nd Year Apprentice Mechanic.
The successful applicant will have excellent people and organizational skills. Hours are flexible. Sales/Customer Service experience an asset, on going training provided.
This employee works under the supervision of the Head Mechanic. An employee in this classification will assist in and perform the maintenance and repair of all Town owned vehicles and equipment, as well as perform maintenance and repairs at the water pump houses and reservoirs, sewage pumping stations, storm lift stations, and on stationary engines as directed by the Municipal Services Manager. When directed, the employee will provide the technical supervision and support to employees when they are assisting with maintenance and repair work on Town vehicles and equipment. Compensation will be dependent on the candidate's skills and experience.
If you are interested in working in a fast paced environment with a great group of people, please apply with a resume and references to:
Vegreville News Advertiser P.O. Box 810 5110-50 Street Vegreville, Alberta T9C 1R9 E-Mail: hr@newsadvertiser.com Due to the volume of submissions, only those requested for an interview will be contacted. We appreciate everyone’s time.
them the opportunity to create a short video of the various products that their business sold • Provide additional information to businesses regarding additional Covid benefits and subsides • Worked on a campaign with the local restaurants called #VegrevilleEats – to encourage people to continue to support local restaurants • Worked with the Town and Community Futures to promote and assist businesses with creating an ecommerce website • Chamber bucks were purchased this year as part of a Christmas gifts which ensured that monies remained in our community Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre, who represents the riding of Carleton in Ontario, was the featured guest speaker at the AGM and an article based on portions of his presentation can be viewed online.
For more information and to apply, please visit:
www.vegreville.com/our-community/employmentcareers
Posting will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.
Two Hills RCMP Submitted Two Hills, Alta. – In Dec. 2020, RCMP began investigating a fraud complaint involving shipping containers. It was alleged that several sea-cans were purchased using stolen credit cards and then resold to a third party. As a result of the investigation on Feb. 2, 2021, Two Hills RCMP executed a search warrant on a property in Mundare, Alta. During the search warrant police seized six sea-cans that had been purchased by stolen credit cards and sold. In addition, police have located another three sea-cans that were purchased and sold fraudulently. Total value of the sea-cans was over $25,000. Charges are pending and the investigation is continuing.
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