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Advocacy
8 Feb 2018
The application deadline for the AAMDC’s Charitable Gaming Model Committee is 4:00pm on Tuesday, February 13, 2018.
Advocacy
8 Feb 2018
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), in partnership with Cando, developed a toolkit that shares the stories and lessons learned from 16 communities across Canada that are part of the joint First Nations-municipal Community Economic
Advocacy
8 Feb 2018
The University of Alberta, with the support of AAMDC and AUMA, is undertaking a survey to assist in development tools that will assist municipalities.
Advocacy
8 Feb 2018
The University of Calgary, in partnership with the AAMDC, is hosting the opportunity to discuss renewable energy transitions with one of Germany’s foremost experts in the area.
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