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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Celebrating Business Excellence On May 27th, 2016, the Warman and Martensville Chambers of Commerce brought residents, employees and business own-

ers together to honour and celebrate business excellence at the inaugural Warman & Martensville Chambers of Commerce

Business Excellence Awards. It was an evening showcasing the many businesses that help make the Warman, Martensville

and surrounding area a memorable place to do business.

Congratulations to all the nominees, finalists and award recipients. The award recipients are:

Business of the Year Award

Passions Beauty Salon

Sponsored by: ICR Commercial

Thank you o all of our amazing sponsors and volunteers.

The success of the event was a direct reflection of your generosity and commitment to excellence. THANK YOU!!!

(additional posters at the end of newsletter)

Marketing Award

Marla Janzen Realty

Sponsored by: Trusted Saskatoon

Customer Service Award

Warman Small Animal Hospital

Sponsored by: Kessler Insurance

Community Involvement Award

Lakeview Insurance

Sponsored by: SaskTel

New Business Award

Warman Small Animal Hospital

Sponsored by: Go2Guys Inc.

Age-Friendly Workplaces 2

Wednesday Wake-Up 2

Chamber Noon Hour 2

Zoning Bylaw Survey 2

No Surprises in Provincial 3

ABEX Awards Nomina- 3

New & Renewing Mem- 3

P A G E 2

C H A M B E R C H A T

DATES TO REMEMBER

Please visit our website by clicking

HERE for more information or to register

for any of our upcoming events.

June 2016

11 Warman Rodeo Parade

14 Chamber Board Meeting

16 Chamber Happy Hour 5pm-7pm

Tosh’s Bar & Grill Guest Speaker: Gail

Genest, Saskatchewan Pension Plan

22 Wednesday Wake Up Business

Breakfast. Speaker: John Wiegel,

Work e rs C ompe nsa t ion Boa rd

“Understanding WCB, prevention and

Work Safe Saskatchewan”

July 2016

12 Chamber Board Meeting

27 Wednesday Wake Up Business

Breakfast. Speaker: Firebird Business

Consulting “Sales & Business Develop-

ment”

August 2016

9 Chamber Board Meeting

24 Wednesday Wake Up Business

Breakfast. Speaker TBD

Mathew Cey with Morris Interactive

was on our speaker at our business

breakfast on May 25th. Matthew

spoke on leadership and the funda-

mentals of a successful work group.

Attendees also received a compli-

mentary DiSC assessment.

John Wiegel, Saskatchewan Workers

Compensation Board will be our

speaker on June 22. Register HERE.

If you are interested in speaking at

one of our upcoming business break-

fasts, please contact Jaimie at the

chamber office.

Start your

week off

right, with a

little net-

working and

e x e r c i s e .

C h a m b e r

member Train For Life Fitness will be

offering a noon hour networking walking

group starting Monday, June 27, 2016.

Meeting Location: Outside City Hall

Mondays @ 12pm (30-45 minutes)

This free class is led by Andrea Doep-

ker-Gavidia with Train For Life Fitness.

Interested? Contact Andrea @ 306-717

-5657 or info.trainforlife@gmail.com.

Age-Friendly

Workplaces The Ministry of Health has developed

the Age-Friendly Workplace: Promot-

ing Older Worker Participation pack-

age to help promote active participa-

tion of seniors in the community

through employment. The booklet

outlines the benefits of hiring and

retaining older workers and mecha-

nisms to facilitate their participation in

At the end of April 2016, the Warman

Chamber of Commerce sent a survey

out to you, our members, requesting

feedback on the proposed home

based business zoning bylaw changes

that would affect our business commu-

nity. Thank you for your feedback.

60% of respondents did not support

the proposed changes with 40% of

respondents in favor. The Warman

Chamber of Commerce presented this

information to the City of Warman and

the city is in the process of reviewing

these proposed changes. We will

continue to keep you informed of any

future developments.

Zoning Bylaw

Survey Results

the workforce. The package also

includes a checklist to help employ-

ees assess how prepared they are for

an aging workforce.

The ministry has kindly provided the

Warman Chamber of Commerce with

a few hard copies of these packages.

If you are interested in receiving a

package, please contact our office at

306-292-7066 or printable versions of

all of the components of the package

can be accessed onl ine at

www.saskatchewan.ca/seniors (under

the Seniors Aging in Place link).

C H A M B E R C H A T

P A G E 3

New and Continuing Members We are delighted to welcome all of

our new Chamber members and

thank those businesses that show

their continued commitment by re-

newing their membership. We con-

tinually strive to connect you to one

another and to the community at

large. Please visit their website (by

clicking on business name) or stop

by to introduce yourself.

P.O. Box 2265

Warman, SK S0K 4S0

Phone: 306.292.7066

Email: contact@warmanchamber.com

www.warmanchamber.com

Stay up-to-date on all the latest Cham-

ber news and events. Click on above

logo to be directed to the appropriate

page.

NEW MEMBERS

Fully Flowing Health

Laura Balyski Realtor

RENEWING MEMBERS

DDD+ Construction

OK Tire and Auto

Elesha’s Hair

DeAmore Boutique

No Real Surprises in 2016 Provincial Budget The provincial budget was released

last Wednesday, June 1 and overall

the Saskatchewan Chamber feels

there were no radical surprises.

Over the last year the Saskatchewan

Chamber has asked the government

to continue their investments into

trade-enabling infrastructure and they

have fulfilled this request by an-

nouncing a high level of infrastructure

spending. Sask. Chamber also advo-

cated that the government ensure

any new infrastructure investments

are “shovel worthy” and not just

“shovel ready.” Over the next year the

Saskatchewan Chamber will continue

to advocate in support of a list of im-

portant considerations for investment

decisions.

Some of these include:

• Consider public sector projects that

will trigger incremental private sector

investment and which can be complet-

ed in the most advantageous

timeframe or season;

• Retain focus on the Plan for Growth

objectives when determining projects,

keeping the achievement of the plan

goals a priority;

• Make investments in the area of trade

to enable projects that improve produc-

tivity and enhance export capacity;

• Make sure clarity is achieved regard-

ing revenue and expense streams, and

the surrounding challenges and opportu-

nities each budget decision will create.

Transparency and the adherence to a

solid recovery plan are key elements for

managing the current deficit.

There is still time to submit your appli-

cations for the ABEX Awards. The

application deadline has been extend-

ed to June 20th. The ABEX Awards,

presented by Conexus Credit Union,

honour outstanding achievements in

business excellence. The awards have

gained prominence as the most highly

esteemed symbols of business excel-

lence in this province. The ABEX

awards highlight pivotal business ele-

ments of provincial prosperity and are

the only business award that honours

all private sector enterprises in Sas-

katchewan regardless of size and

economic activity. This year’s ABEX

Gala will be held on October 22, 2016

at TCU Place in Saskatoon. For more

information, please visit saskcham-

ber.com or click HERE.