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Town of La Ronge launches economic study on corridor HWY102

Sask community uses murals to help reinvent itself

Nikihk Midtown Centre storefront presents unique marketplace

Welcome New Member Town of Wynyard

2021 Conference Speaker Profile -Meredith Maywood

Growing up on a 50 acre hobby farm on Prince Edward Island gave Meredith a passion for the environment and tourism. This passion became a career with Meredith working for the County of Oxford as a Tourism Specialist since 2013. In this role Meredith has launched the Oxford County Cheese Trail, the Oxford Fresh buy local program, tourism cycling routes, Experience Oxford and supported the County of Oxford’s efforts in sustainability. Learn about the collaborative approach taken in Oxford County and how they harnessed what the community had available to offer visitors.

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Opportunity: Demand Boom for Organics

Demand for organic food and beverages is booming in Canada, according to a newly released study.

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Congratulations to SREDA for receiving international award

This award recognizes Saskatoon's economic development agency for the development of the "Saskatoon Economic Recovery Tracker " (SERT). The tool won an IEDC Digital Media award, which celebrates the innovative use of digital media technologies in economic development.

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Libraries Diversify: Borrowing a person instead of a book

In Denmark, there are libraries where you can borrow a person instead of a book to listen to their life story for 30 minutes. The aim is to fight against prejudices. Each person has a title - "unemployed", "refugee", "bipolar", etc. - but by listening to their story, you realize how much you shouldn't "judge a book by its cover". This innovative and brilliant project is active in more than 50 countries. It's called "The Human Library".

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Boosting Resilience in Meat Supply Chains

A new study revisits the findings of the 2020 feasibility study on small scale meat processing plants as a means of mitigating risks to meat supplies in Canada in light of Covid-19 disruptions. The study found that simply building more, smaller/regional meat processing plants; engineering mandatory excess capacity into meat plants to provide additional space for  workers; and increased use of automation in processing plants- would not independently secure meat supply chain resilience. 

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Upcoming Network Events

October 15, 2021 Early Registration Deadline SEDA Economic Development & Leadership Conference

October 19, 2021 SPRA Annual General Meeting

October 20, 2021 Co-operatives First Investment, funding and financing

October 21, 2021 STEP 25th Annual General Meeting

November 17, 2021 Co-operatives First The when, where, and why of partnerships

November 24-25, 2021 Saskatchewan Economic Development & Leadership Forum (Virtual)

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