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Maple Ridge Receives Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for Second Time
The Distinguished Budget Presentation Award has been awarded to the District of Maple Ridge by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for its latest budget. - Friday, September 03, 2010

Bus Lane Benefits West Vancouver Transit Users
An eastbound bus lane on Marine Drive in West Vancouver and transit priority features will significantly improve bus service out of West Vancouver thanks to a partnership between the Government of Canada, Province of British Columbia, TransLink, District of West Vancouver and Park Royal Shopping Centre. - Friday, September 03, 2010

Abbotsford Pursues a Different Kind of Pepsi Challenge
The City of Abbotsford has partnered with Abbotsford Connected Neighbourhoods to take a different type of Pepsi Challenge. - Thursday, September 02, 2010


New Job Postings Bids & Tenders
Water Services Liaison - Regional District of Central KootenayEngineering Services Clerk - District of West VancouverElectrical Inspector - City of North VancouverMusic / Music and Movement Instructor - City of SurreyFinance Supervisor - City of Campbell RiverCommunity Services Assistant 3 - City of SurreyEnergy Manager Contractor - City of Campbell River Gateway Landscape - Village of Cache CreekEsquimalt Parks and Recreation Supply of Vending Services - Township of EsquimaltDelivery of Benefits Performance Measure, Survey of Residents - Columbia Basin TrustReclaimed Water Facility - City of Dawson CreekAustin Avenue Pavement Rehabilitation, Mariner Way to Hillcrest Street - City of Coquitlam
  
Professional Development Registration Desk
Efficient and Effective HazOps - Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEGBC)Vancouver, Friday, September 10, 2010.BCRB Annual Fall Conference - BC Road Builders & Heavy Construction Association (BCRB&HCA)Kelowna, September 12 - 14, 2010.PWABC Annual Technical Conference & Trade Show - Public Works Association of BCMerritt, September 13 - 16, 2010.Conducting Effective Meetings using Board Governance and Robert's Rules of Order - Kamloops Chamber of CommerceKamloops, Monday, September 13, 2010. NCLGMA - 2010 Annual Fall Conference100 Mile House, September 14 - 16, 2010.GFOA of BC - Purchasing: Practices and Policies for Local Government (Webinar)Webinar, September 16 - October 21, 2010.Vadim Software - 2010 Conferences - Sponsors & ExhibitorsKelowna, September 22 - 23, 2010.UBCM - 2010 ConventionWhistler, September 27 - October 1, 2010.LGMA - 2010 Chief Administrative Officers Breakfast MeetingWhistler, Thursday, September 30, 2010.
  
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Climate Action BC Climate Action ToolkitDraft Guidance: Carbon Neutral Local Government (July 2009)BC Climate Action Plan 2008Climate Change Impacts and Solutions (David Suzuki Foundation)   Affordable Housing Canada: Affordable Housing Action NetworkCanada: An Affordable Housing Policy for Canada (2009 November)Canada: Affordability and Choice TodayCanada: Building the Future - Public Policy Considerations for Affordable Housing in Canada (2007)   Homelessness Canada: Homelessness Partnering Strategy (2010)Canada: Canadian Homelessness Research Network (2009)Canada: Defining and Enumerating Homelessness in Canada (Parliamentary Information and Research Service Report 2008)Canada: From the Ground Up - Community's Role in Addressing Street Level Social Issues (2008)   Agreements with First Nations Accord (Alert Bay and 'Namgis First Nation - 1999)Agreement (East Kootenay Regional District and Akis'qnuk First Nation - 2007 to 2012)Agreement (East Kootenay Regional District and Tobacco Plains Band - 2009 to 2013)
     

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