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A non-partisan voice for Alberta's summer villages, villages, town, cities, & special municipalities. We represent munis where over 85% of Albertans live.
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Joined August 2009
Alberta Municipal Affairs is engaging Albertans on potential changes to the Municipal Government Act that require municipalities & Metis Settlements to establish a level of service for their fire services. We encourage ABmunis members to complete the Level of Service Survey
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Seniors built Alberta's communities. Alberta Municipalities has seven active resolutions that relate to seniors. Among them, we have resolutions on emergency shelters, home care support in lodges, protection for vulnerable tenants, and access to mental health supports ABmunis is
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Bill 50, the Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 has been passed. Bill 50 contains several changes, including that all code of conduct bylaw provisions are no longer legally enforceable. While ABmunis continues to work with GoA on this topic, learn more about the
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ABmunis congratulates Dan Williams on his appointment to Minister of Municipal Affairs! Our association looks forward to working collaboratively with Min. Williams & his ministry to tackle the numerous challenges municipalities face in building strong communities.
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ABmunis supports @AB_Enviro's efforts to to prevent invasive species from entering our waterways. We encourage everyone to do the right thing to protect our precious environment.
May is National Invasive Species Action Month and Alberta’s government will continue working hard to prevent the growing threat of zebra mussels, quagga mussels and other invasive species.
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Alberta Municipalities collaborated with the Rural Municipalities of Alberta and Alberta Association of Community Peace Officers (@_aacpo) to advocate for presumed PTSD coverage for Community Peace Officers (CPOs) in Alberta. CPOs face risks and psychological trauma in their
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ABmunis congratulates Speaker @RicMcIver on his new role in the Legislature. And we wish to congratulate interim Minister for Municipal Affairs, Joseph Schow. We encourage Minister Schow to draw on ABmunis' expertise, knowledge & enthusiasm to help shape provincial legislation &
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ABmunis member-municipalities adopted a resolution in 2023 to advocate for @YourAlberta to give Community Peace Officers (CPOs) suffering PTSD the same @WCBAlberta coverage as other police officers. Why? Because 50% of public safety officers have some form of mental health
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It takes time to make a good cappuccino! ABmunis has diligently performed a comprehensive deep dive on the province's Bill 50 and found some good things and some concerns. You can read our detailed analysis right here and see why ABmunis will be voicing to the government our
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It takes time to make a good cappuccino! ABmunis has diligently performed a comprehensive deep dive on the province's Bill 50 and found some good things and some concerns. You can read our detailed analysis right here and see why ABmunis will be voicing to the government our
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Our President @CptGandam had a productive meeting with Minister @RicMcIver this week to discuss ABmunis Grant Advisory Services report and our recommendations to improve government grant processes to better serve our members. Check out the report here: https://t.co/53m1IjTIz0
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ABmunis was pleased to welcome Premier @ABDanielleSmith to the second day of our Spring Municipal Leaders Caucus. Alberta’s municipal leaders, our members, are currently sharing with the Premier their views on how Alberta communities can endure these challenging times and
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The Ministers Dialogue sessions are always one of the highlights on our agenda. We appreciate that eight cabinet ministers joined us yesterday to answer questions from our members.
Always great to take part in the government ‘Bear Pit’ session at @ABmunis Budget 2025 has $3.4B in transportation and water investments and by partnering with local municipalities, we will deliver projects on-time and on-budget.
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We were delighted to create the opportunity for 350 municipal leaders and ABmunis members to connect with Alberta's cabinet ministers so they could discuss the issues closest to their communities. Thank you @MikeEllisUCP, @mickeyamery, @DanWilliamsAB, @demetriosnAB,
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The Government of Alberta introduced its Budget 2025 on Thursday, the 27th of February 2025, in the provincial legislature. ABmunis' President Tyler Gandam spoke to our members and the media today about ABmunis's reaction and our main concerns. Our Advocacy team reviewed the
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The Government of Alberta introduced its Budget 2025 on Thursday, the 27th of February 2025, in the provincial legislature. ABmunis' President Tyler Gandam spoke to our members and the media today about ABmunis's reaction and our main concerns. Our Advocacy team reviewed the
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NEWS RELEASE: Alberta Municipalities’ initial reaction to Budget 2025 is that it is something of a mixed bag. We appreciate the increased funding for Grants in Place of Taxes (GIPOT) in this year’s budget and the provincial government’s commitment to make municipalities whole
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ABmunis' President @CptGandam joined Ministers @MikeEllisUCP, @RicMcIver, @MayorGenung and Mayor @AmarjeetSohiYEG to announce the unified command for community peace officers with local police services. We acknowledge that the crime and social disorder caused by drugs, including
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We are pleased @YourAlberta increased funding for the Fire Services Training Program by $500K to $1 million for training grants in the 2024-25 fiscal year. Our members passed a resolution (B8) in 2024 calling for additional support from the provincial & federal governments for
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Alberta Municipalities appoints Dana Mackie as new CEO Alberta Municipalities’ Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Dana Mackie as the association’s new Chief Executive Officer. His appointment takes effect on January 2, 2025, when CEO Dan
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