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Advocacy
16 Aug 2016
Alberta is home to a number of wildfires every year, and provincial and municipal resources are the first line of defense in controlling and minimizing their impacts.
Advocacy
16 Aug 2016
The Elected Officials Education Program (EOEP), a joint venture of the AAMDC and AUMA, is Alberta’s only professional education program designed for municipally elected officials.
Advocacy
16 Aug 2016
Please join the Energy Efficiency Advisory Panel on September 14 and 15, 2016 to share your perspectives and expertise on addressing energy efficiency in municipalities across Alberta.
Advocacy
10 Aug 2016
In the 2016 federal budget, the Government of Canada introduced a plan to invest $120 billion into infrastructure over the next ten years.
Advocacy
3 Aug 2016
Public Sector Digest is holding a cross-Canada webinar series on asset management and Gas Tax requirements across Canada.
Advocacy
27 Jul 2016
The AAMDC extends an invitation to member municipalities to nominate outstanding rural administrators for the R.W. Hay Award for Rural Administrative Excellence.
Advocacy
26 Jul 2016
This spring, for the first time, Alberta Infrastructure has included a prompt payment clause in its contracts with construction contractors.
Advocacy
26 Jul 2016
The AAMDC is hosting an MGA Webinar to provide members the opportunity to learn more about Bill 21: Modernized Municipal Government Act.
Advocacy
21 Jul 2016
The Alberta Agricultural Operation Practices Act(AOPA) establishes a framework for resolving conflicts between agricultural producers and the public relating to nuisance and disturbance caused by agricultural operations and addresses manure handling and management storage standards
Advocacy
21 Jul 2016
As a reminder to AAMDC members, any feedback on Bill 21: Modernized Municipal Government Act is required by July 29, 2016.
Advocacy
21 Jul 2016

Municipal leaders regularly face complex and controversial issues. Whether it is tension with a fellow councillor or difficulty balancing the demands of the position, sometimes talking with an impartial party who may have been in

Advocacy
21 Jul 2016
The AAMDC is hosting an MGA Webinar to provide members the opportunity to learn more about Bill 21: Modernized Municipal Government Act.
Advocacy
13 Jul 2016
As part of federal requirements related to the Gas Tax Fund, each province and territory has completed an agreement with the Government of Canada that establishes a provincial/territorial approach to promoting and implementing municipal asset
Advocacy
13 Jul 2016
The University of Alberta’s Medically At-Risk Driver Centre (MARD) is delivering a pilot project to evaluate the value of ride-scheduling software in increasing the efficiency of service delivery and decreasing the costs of alternate transportation
Advocacy
13 Jul 2016
As of July 4, 2016, the Alberta Wetland Policy is in effect province-wide, and includes Alberta’s Green Area (boreal forest and eastern slopes).
Advocacy
6 Jul 2016
The AAMDC is hosting an MGA Webinar to provide members the opportunity to learn more about Bill 21: Modernized Municipal Government Act.