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Advocacy
15 Feb 2018
Alberta Environment and Parks is leading a watercourse crossing initiative to address fish habitat needs through the implementation of the Roadway Watercourse Crossing Remediation Directive.
Advocacy
15 Feb 2018
The AAMDC understands that municipalities are facing uncertainty about the municipal impacts of the legalization of cannabis and may be looking for information on how to amend land-use bylaws to accommodate production and retail facilities,
Advocacy
8 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
8 Feb 2018
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
8 Feb 2018
AAMDC and AUMA, with support from Infrastructure and Asset Management Alberta (IAMA), are excited to bring you one-day and half-day asset management workshops for elected officials and senior administration!
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.