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Municipal Wetlands Data Workshop in the Bow River Basin The Miistakis Institute is hosting a free workshop for municipalities located in the Bow River Basin. The workshop will help municipal staff better understand wetland data challenges and create a strategy for moving forward to secure wetlands data relevant to municipal planning and wetland conservation.

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Member bulletins are posted to RMAlberta.com regularly each week.

Below is a list of all the member bulletins compiled from the past week.

Registration Now Open for Subdivision @RuralMA and Development Appeal Board Training

New SDAB clerks and members are required to undergo training, and for existing clerks and members to undergo refresher training every three years. The Municipal Moisture Situation Update Government Board has released the dates of their spring as of January 20, 2020 training in and .

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Big Lakes County Food Regulation Update Regarding Assistant Agricultural Cannabis Production Facilities Fieldman - Temporary

Minister Shandro issued a Ministerial Order in December 2019, which exempts cannabis production facilities in IT Infrastructure from Alberta Health’s Food Regulation, to help Coordinator avoid unnecessary overlap with existing pieces of federal and provincial legislation. City of Application Support Analyst

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Leduc County Receptionist / Administratrive Assistant - Register today for our 2020 Spring Finance Convention & Tradeshow Lacombe County Human Resources The RMA 2020 Spring Convention & Tradeshow will be Coordinator held March 16 - 18, 2020. Registration is available on the RMA website. Early-bird registration for delegates ends February 14 and Tradeshow registration closes February Seasonal Public Works and Road Construction 21.

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Infrastructure Asset Management Alberta Workshop on February 12

Infrastructure Asset Management Alberta (IAMA) is hosting a workshop in Red Deer on Wednesday, February View our Contact newsletter 12, featuring presentations on several topics, including an archive or our member update on IAMA’s role in delivering asset management bulletin archive. training under the FCM’s Municipal Asset Management Program.

Learn more Learn more... about the key issues facing rural EOEP Courses at RMA 2020 Spring Alberta by reading Convention & Tradeshow our position statements. The Elected Officials Education Program (EOEP) will be offering two courses at the RMA 2020 Spring Convention & Tradeshow. These courses are designed for municipal elected officials to build skills and provide peer learning opportunities. Registration closes February 28.

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MCCAC: Thank you Rural Municipalities of Alberta for continuing to support the Forward to friend Action Centre Share on Twitter MCCAC thanks the RMA and AUMA for supporting the 101 municipalities that are preparing for a Share on changing world. The Action Centre has enabled Facebook municipalities to invest a total of $38 million dollars in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects over the past decade. Learn more.

Keep up to date with the latest news, tips, case studies, and resources. Register for the Current Climate, the Action Centre’s seasonal newsletter here.

ACCPA 2020 Conference

Registration is open for the ACCPA 2020 Conference, from May 4-7 at the Delta Marriott Edmonton South & Conference Centre. The theme this year is Local & International Perspectives in Community Saftey and Well- Being. There are pre-conference educational training workshops, informative speakers, and networking opportunities.

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Alberta Land Institute: Land Use 2020 Conference

Land Use 2020 marks the Alberta Land Institute’s fourth land-use conference. This conference program is specifically designed to bring together policy makers, stakeholders, and academics to engage with expert researchers and practitioners from around the world on the use of market-based instruments to conserve biodiversity and ecosystems. Registration is now open!

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2020 ASCHA Convention & Tradeshow

The ASCHA Convention & Tradeshow is the largest seniors housing industry event in Western and is held annually in Alberta. The event brings together over 300 delegates representing seniors housing operators / providers as well as over 80 vendors and exhibitors offering products and services that enhance the industry. Register today.

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RhPAP: Rhapsody Awards 2020

The RhPAP Rhapsody Awards continue a long tradition of celebrating rural Alberta’s healthcare heroes and rural communities. They honour the work of entire communities, health providers or entire healthcare teams, and physicians. The deadline for nominations is February 28, 2020. To fill out a nomination form or for more information, visit the RhPAP website.

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Alberta to overhaul 'flawed' scheme that regulates old oil and gas infrastructure Unpaid bills: Are rural Albertans growing tired of carrying the freight for delinquents in the oilpatch? Reducing red tape for wood-building construction Tow operators renew calls for blue emergency lights following fatal crash QUEST to Work with Four Communities to Help Improve Energy Resilience in Alberta Keith Gerein: Municipal election shakeup could risk the civility of civic government Varcoe: Province must act on unpaid property taxes by energy firms AUMA wants Alberta to make tax changes to address failing oil and gas properties

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