What the Chamber has been doing

Funding you can apply for now

• Canada Summer Jobs 2027 — wage subsidy for hiring someone aged 15 to 30 next summer; private employers with up to 50 staff. Closes 3 December.
• ADOPT — on-farm demonstration projects, for producer groups rather than single farms. Closes 23 November.
• Creative Saskatchewan Business Improvement — for craft and visual arts businesses. Closes 3 February 2027.
• Farm and Ranch Water Infrastructure — rebates on wells, dugouts and pipelines. Pre-approval by 30 April 2027.

Every program by sector

Working with Skills Bridge

An online training platform led by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce with Magnet, the Future Skills Centre and the Diversity Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University, funded through the Government of Canada’s Future Skills programme. Courses run from Excel, SEO and e-commerce to management, sales and hiring. It is open to small and medium businesses across Canada, not only Ontario, and training is free in exchange for taking part in the programme’s evaluation.

What Skills Bridge is ask the EDO about access

What 76 conversations actually buy

Three new businesses opened in Luseland this year with the Chamber behind them, and fourteen businesses joined in 2026 — the largest intake the Chamber has had. Neither happens from a desk. If you are weighing something up, the Economic Development Officer will come to you.

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Local roots and global reach

Pulses from Luseland land in kitchens around the world. The series covers what that takes: certification and trust when food ingredients travel, the team behind every shipment, and why a strong business makes a stronger town.

Business spotlight

A month-long spotlight in three parts, plus a closer look at the Mystery Scoop Boxes the studio is known for — and at everything it does that people had not realised: birthday parties, products, experiences.

Taekwondo comes to Luseland

Blaine Sherring on bringing classes to town, what taekwondo offers children beyond kicks and technique — activity, confidence, discipline, focus — and how it works as something a whole family does together.

Three generations over forty years

In 1986 Len and Dolores Schlosser bought the agency and spent forty years serving local families, farms and businesses. They are handing it to their son Brad and his wife Carrie — and Paxton and Kyler, the third generation, explain Luseland better than any adult manages to.

Opening the gym

Evan Volk on opening a gym on Grand Avenue. The most-watched film the Chamber has made — which says something about what the town wanted.

Behind the counter

Daleen, the motel's manager, on welcoming people to Luseland — here for work, visiting family, passing through for an event. For many visitors this is the first impression the town makes. In part two, what she hopes guests remember about their stay.

Meet the Manager of Credit

Tyler Anderson on what the credit union's lending side actually does, and what it means to borrow from somewhere that answers to its members rather than to shareholders somewhere else.

Ten years behind the camera

A decade of photographing this district — the weddings, the families, the Chamber's own events. Several of the photographs on this website are hers.

Start the day right

Eggs, bacon, sausage and a coffee before the drive, wherever you are headed. The stop that most mornings in this district begin at. And in summer, ice cream season.

Behind the counter

Brendon Obrigewitch on why it matters for the district to have skilled trades available locally.

Twenty-five years of service

A quarter century keeping agricultural and oilfield equipment running, with a mobile rig for the repairs that cannot come to town.