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BUSINESS UPDATE / OPPORTUNITIES 

    

Fort Nelson & District 

Chamber of Commerce

Annual General Meeting

April 16th, 2013

11:45 am     VIC Meeting Room 

 

Speaker:  Kim Eglinski for Mayor Streeper

discussing the Provincial funding agreement and upcoming referendum.

 

Name

Company 

# attending

 

Please RSVP by noon Monday, April  15th.

  

 

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All Candidates Forum - April 23, 2013

 

Fort Nelson Chamber of Commerce presents an All Candidates Forum on 

April 23rd at 7:00 pm at the Phoenix Theatre.  

 

General Voting Day for the next scheduled general election is Tuesday, May 14, 2013.


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NRRM signs Infrastructure Agreement with Province.  

 

Pat Pimm and Mayor Streeper announced the NRRM has signed a landmark agreement with the province which will provide up to $10 million per year for 20 years starting in 2015. 

 See press release here.  

Funds must be spent on infrastructure projects and must go to referendum. 

 

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CN Rail Cuts Service to Fort Nelson

 

On February 16 CN Rail cut service to Fort Nelson without notice and has now announced further planned cut backs.    See letter to CN Rail from the Chamber of Commerce. 


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April 8th, 2013 Council Meeting Update 

  

 

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New PST Publication 

  

Small Business Guide to the PST

 

More information on the return to PST and links to related publications can be found at www.PSTinBC.ca
 

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Fort Nelson 2013 Trade Show

May 4 - 5, 2013

 

The trade show is filling fast - Book your booth now and show Fort Nelson your products & services!  

 

Trade show and registration forms here.  

See our Exhibitor Map showing who is attending and the location of their booth.

 

Thank you to our Sponsors: 

 

Central Mountain Air

Northern Mat & Bridge

NorthwesTel

Spectra 

 

Promote your business through a Sponsorship  - Sponsors Package

 

For more information

250-774-2956

info@fortnelsonchamber.com

 

 

April 12, 2013
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The British Columbia Chamber of Commerce in partnership with VersaPay is pleased to announce some exciting changes to our current VersaPay program.  

 

This program offers new highly competitive Credit Card processing rates along with a new feature for our Chamber members called the VersaPay Platform.

  • Visa: 1.59%
  • Mastercard: 1.59%
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