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Advocacy
2 Feb 2018
The AAMDC has recently released a report that highlights the contribution of rural Alberta to the Alberta economy.
Advocacy
2 Feb 2018
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.
Advocacy
2 Feb 2018
As 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
Advocacy
2 Feb 2018
As 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
Advocacy
25 Jan 2018
The 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
Advocacy
24 Jan 2018
The municipal election in fall 2017 resulted in over 40% of new elected officials in Alberta’s rural municipalities.
Advocacy
24 Jan 2018
In December 2016, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ruled that access to broadband internet is a basic telecommunications service.
Advocacy
24 Jan 2018
In November 2014, Transport Canada published new Grade Crossings Regulations for safety management of federally-regulated grade crossings.
Advocacy
18 Jan 2018
Alberta 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)
Advocacy
18 Jan 2018
To ensure that all members have adequate time to complete the required application process, the AAMDC has extended the application deadline for the Charitable Gaming Model Committee to 4:00pm on Tuesday, February 13, 2018.
Advocacy
17 Jan 2018
As 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
Advocacy
17 Jan 2018
Infrastructure and Asset Management Alberta (IAMA) is hosting a workshop in Red Deer on February 7, 2018 focused on advancing your asset management program, including an interactive session on challenges and innovations in municipal asset
Advocacy
11 Jan 2018
The AAMDC is surveying its members on unpaid property taxes related to linear, machinery and equipment, and non-residential assessments.
Advocacy
11 Jan 2018
The Alberta Community Justice Awards are awarded every year to people in communities who go the extra mile to prevent and address crime in Alberta.
Advocacy
4 Jan 2018
The Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act was passed December 10, 2015 and came into effect January 1, 2016.
Advocacy
4 Jan 2018
The Government of Alberta’s Seniors Property Tax Deferral program was launched in April 2013.