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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

Quesnel Volunteer Fire Department Ready to Celebrate 100 Years of Community Service
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Quesnel Volunteer Fire Department, and its members invite the public to celebrate with them. - Thursday, September 02, 2010

Victoria to Focus on Walkable Neighbourhoods in Updated Official Community Plan
Victoria City Council has voted in favour of a new land use model for the updated Official Community Plan that would see the development of walkable, complete neighbourhoods for Victoria over the next 30 years. - Wednesday, September 01, 2010


New Job Postings Bids & Tenders
Finance Controller - Brazeau County, ABDeputy Fire Chief - Town of Hinton, ABMicrocomputer Support Specialist 1 - City of BurnabyCommunity Development Supervisor - City of AbbotsfordAirport Operations Clerk - City of KelownaTaxation Manager - Corporation of DeltaDeputy Fire Chief - City of North Vancouver Austin Avenue Pavement Rehabilitation, Mariner Way to Hillcrest Street - City of CoquitlamSpencer Creek Pump Station Upgrade - District of Maple RidgeNew Land Development Joint Venture - Penticton Indian Band Development CorporationHealth Services Lease Space - Regional District of Central KootenayTown Park Bandshell - District of Barriere
  
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.Thompson-Okanagan Chapter of the LGMA - 2010 Annual Chapter Conference (Delegate)Summerland, September 15 - 17, 2010.Thompson - Okanagan Chapter of the LGMA - 2010 Annual Chapter Conference (Partner)Summerland, September 15 - 17, 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.
  
Featured Resources
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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