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Comprehensive Guide for Municipal Sustainability Planning

The Alberta Urban Municipalities Association published the Comprehensive Guide for Municipal Sustainability Planning which could be used by any community undertaking their Integrated Community Sustainability Plan. The guidebook provides information…

Community Energy Association announces release of “Funding Your Community Energy and Climate Change Initiatives”- a guide for local governments

The Community Energy Association’s latest funding guide for climate change initiatives provides a comprehensive list of programs and grants that offer financial incentives for climate change initiatives. The guide also…

What’s the big deal about CETA?

Written by Robert Duffy. Read this article on The Tyee The proposed Canada-Europe Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is generating serious questions and concerns from local governments across…

Resources from Food for Thought

…in healthy child and community development, and key intersections that comprehensive social policy seeks to address. The challenge is to look beyond food banks and other emergency services, to build…

Opinion: Municipalities concerned over new recycling plan

…both for environmental reasons and because their communities demanded it. The program has been highly successful. In Metro Vancouver, more than half of the garbage generated is recycled and local…

#LostVotesYVR: Give permanent residents a voice

…from voting in local elections in Vancouver. What makes a system a democracy? An essential part of a democratic system is that any given member of the community has a…

Public-private Partnerships: Understanding the Challenge

This resource guide sheds light on the complex P3 world and contains tools and information for community leaders. On balance, our research shows that the Design-Build-Finance-Operate relationship termed P3 has…

Community considers zoning legislation to allow commercial medical marijuana grow-ops

Sechelt BC has agreed to consider draft legislation that allows rezoning for commercial medical marijuana grow-op industries. The first step will be a series of public hearings on the matter….

Catalyzing Youth & Intergenerational Conversations

…people in small and large communities and will showcase examples of communities like Hampton, Virginia, San Francisco and Eston, Saskatchewan which are leading the change in youth engagement. Featuring a…

Jack Layton’s letter to Canadians

…for change can actually bring about change. In the months and years to come, New Democrats will put a compelling new alternative to you. My colleagues in our party are…

Local government leaders have a powerful new tool to tackle carbon

Written by Elizabeth Sheehan, President of Climate Smart Businesses Inc. Image courtesy of Tom Clohosy Cole (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) via Creative Commons. A small women-led Vancouver company is helping resource-challenged…

Global Action Plan: Community Lifestyles Campaign

The Community Lifestyles Campagin targets the household and community level, and aims at establishing “EcoTeams” to work through the “EcoTeam Workbook”. EcoTeams are give the opportunity to become informed on…