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Member Bulletins
Member bulletins are important and timely updates published by RMA to inform its members of issues, ideas and events in rural Alberta. RMA is poised to react swiftly and on short notice to any emerging issues that may impact Alberta’s rural communities.
The Honourable Shaye Anderson, Minister of Municipal Affairs, is calling on all Alberta municipalities to submit practices or initiatives for the 2018 Minister’s Awards for Municipal Excellence.
Read moreAs part of the AAMDC’s resolution process, municipalities are encouraged to submit resolutions to their districts for discussion and endorsement prior to forwarding them to the AAMDC for inclusion on the resolution agenda at each convention.
Read moreAs part of its advocacy efforts, the AAMDC assigns statuses to all endorsed resolutions based on initial government responses, and updates statuses throughout the three years that a resolution is active based on changes to government policy, funding, etc. that impact that resolution.
Read moreThe University of Alberta’s Medically At-Risk Driver Centre (MARD) is seeking proposals from rural municipalities and/or rural-based community organizations to work with MARD to develop a regional alternate transportation for seniors (ATS) service in a remote area in Alberta.
Read moreThe municipal election in fall 2017 resulted in over 40% of new elected officials in Alberta’s rural municipalities.
Read moreIn December 2016, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ruled that access to broadband internet is a basic telecommunications service.
Read moreIn November 2014, Transport Canada published new Grade Crossings Regulations for safety management of federally-regulated grade crossings.
Read moreAlberta municipalities with populations under 3,500 who are working to complete a municipal development plan (MDP) for the first time are invited to submit a grant application under the new, limited-term Alberta Community Partnership (ACP) Local Land Use Planning (LLUP) component from Municipal Affairs.
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