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Alberta Agriculture, Food & Rural Development
Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development supplies a wide range of technical, financial, planning and market development support for farms, agribusiness and food processors.
Alberta Economic Development
Alberta Economic Development provides services and programs that are designed to enhance regional business activity. Core services include export readiness and trade, value-added industry development, supplier development and access to capital and market intelligence. Other information available includes statistics, demographics and financial performance indicators for specific business opportunities as well as a wide range of business resources.
Alberta Human Resources & Employment
Alberta Human Resources and Employment's mission is to ensure that all Albertans have the skills they need to actively participate in the labour market. Services offered include:
- Counselling and information on labour market and job trends
- Information for employers on human resource issues
- Publications specifically designed for employers
- Labour Standards information
- Workplace Health and Safety information
- Advice, counselling and training programs for Albertans who need to change their career or employment due to changes in their employer's or their personal circumstances
- Referral to other service or training providers in the community
AlbertaFirst.com is a provincial, municipal and industry partnership dedicated to the promotion of business and community development across the Province of Alberta.
Agriculture Financial Services
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) is a provincial crown corporation with a private sector Board of Directors that provides farmers, agribusinesses and other small businesses loans, crop insurance and farm income disaster assistance.
Alberta Learning Information Service
Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS) is the provincial gateway for career, learning and employment information and services in Alberta, Canada. The ALIS website provides information to help Albertans with career planning, post-secondary education and training, educational funding, job search, labour market trends, and workplace issues.
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
BDC offers a full range of services, including specialized financing and business consulting, management training and mentoring to support small and medium-sized businesses. BDC is able to provide entrepreneurs with complete solutions to their business needs.
Canada Business is a government information service for businesses and start-up entrepreneurs in Canada.
Canada Business reduces the complexity and burden of dealing with various levels of government by serving as a single point of access for federal and provincial/territorial government services, programs and regulatory requirements for business.
The City of Lloydminster exists for the purpose of maintaining and enhancing the quality of the physical, social and economic environments valued by our community for the benefit of the citizens, through effective service by all our employees.
Economic Developers Association of Alberta
The Economic Developers Association of Alberta (EDA) is an organization formed to enhance the economic development profession in the province of Alberta, providing an active network of communication, information and education.
Human Resources and Social Development of Canada
The Department of Human Resources and Skills Development (HRSD) is responsible for providing all Canadians with the tools they need to thrive and prosper in the workplace and community. We support human capital development, labour market development and are dedicated to establishing a culture of lifelong learning for Canadians.
Lloydminster Chamber of Commerce
The Lloydminster Chamber of Commerce mission is to nurture a vibrant, dynamic and diverse business environment and community through promotion of and advocacy for the membership. This will be accomplished through a partnership of members, community and board.
Lloydminster Economic Development Aurhority
LEDA is a proactive advisory board, which promotes and fosters economic development activity in both the private and public sectors. LEDA’s goal for Lloydminster is to foster prosperity and economic growth for all its businesses and residents. One of LEDA’s core objectives is to market Lloydminster to the world.
Maintained by the Lloydminster Chamber of Commerce, this job board posts jobs that are submitted by the local employers and makes them available to the general public. There is a cost for members and non-members.
Lloydminster Tourism & Convention Authority
The Lloydminster Tourism and Convention Authority (LTCA) established in 1989, is a dynamic advisory board representing all facets of the community’s tourism industry.
Lloydminster Region Community Futures
Community Futures is a federal government program that provides resources to develop and diversify the local economy. The Lloydminster region was approved for assistance under the Community Futures program in 1987 with the Business Development Centre starting operations in April of 1988. The two offices amalgamated in April of 1995 to form the Lloydminster Region Community Futures Development Corp.
Saskatchewan Neighborhood Development Organizations
The Neighbourhood Development Organization (NDO) program was launched in August 1998. The program provides organizational development assistance and funding to support the development and operation of multi-purpose NDOs, by the residents of low-income neighbourhoods, to undertake community economic development activities. The program is jointly co-ordinated by Saskatchewan Industry and Resources and Saskatchewan Community Resources and Employment.
Saskatchewan Agricutlure & Food
This site provides the most comprehensive listing of information on communities and regions in Saskatchewan, one of Canada’s prairie provinces located in western Canada. Information on communities throughout Saskatchewan is available at the click of a mouse. Each community profile provides detailed information on:
- Local Geography
- Community History
- Economic Information
- Local Attractions, and
- Other Community Information
The SaskNetWork web site is about helping the people of Saskatchewan connect to the resources they need in the areas of jobs, work, education and training, career planning, self-employment, labour market information, financial help and the workplace.
Sasktachewan Economic Developers Association (SEDA)
The Saskatchewan Economic Developers' Association (SEDA) has operated successfully since 1983 as the provincial association for those who practice and support community economic development. As an independent, non-governmental organization, SEDA contributes to the province of Saskatchewan through development and delivery of a number of successful, well-established programs and services.
- REDAs established between 1993 and 1999 in Saskatchewan.
- REDAs are voluntary, non-government, legal entities whose membership is principally local governments, Aboriginal groups and businesses.
- REDAs are a "grass roots" approach to economic development.
- REDAs bring people and communities together to collaborate and co-operate on plans for economic development based on natural trading areas.
- REDAs link the resources, talents and strengths of their regions to support the creation of wealth and jobs, and to attract new investment.
- There are 28 REDAs in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Small Business Loans Association (SBLA) Program
The Small Business Loans Association Program encourages diversification of the Saskatchewan economy and supports community economic development by making funding available, through community-run organizations, to non-traditional entrepreneurs. Thousands of small businesses have been assisted, and hundreds of Small Business Loans Associations (SBLA) have been formed, since the program was introduced in 1989.
Service Canada
Service Canada is the federal government department responsible for providing all Canadians with the tools they need to thrive and prosper in the workplace and community. Service Canada administers numerous programs related to employment insurance, youth employment and homelessness issues.
Streetscapes Co., the Lloydminster Downtown Business Improvement District (BID), is an organization formed by the downtown business community in cooperation with the City of Lloydminster. It provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and engages in community programs and activities that work to secure a solid future for the downtown area, which in effect, enhances the overall appeal of the city.
Regional Enterprise Centres & CSBSC Regional Access Sites
The department provides ongoing support to the development of regional business enterprise centres, including co-location in centres where there are regional offices of the department. These "single window" centres are being developed as a means to co-ordinate services to assist entrepreneurship and small business development in communities or regions to help their economies grow and create jobs.
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