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Jason Kita: Richmond energy system leads municipal climate change fight

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The City of Richmond’s award-winning district energy project, at least as Jason Kita sees it, strongly positions the British Columbia municipality as a North American ...

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Rob Adams: Creating the culture for innovative municipal solutions

Rob Adams already believed in creating safe spaces for failure within the municipal sector when he traveled to Calgary for the 2018 Municipal Innovators Community ...

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Dawn Chaplin: Strong connections building a vibrant Torbay community

Dawn Chaplin has been CEO of the Town of Torbay for the past 13 years and in that time has seen the community become the ...

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Sheila Bassi-Kellett: Yellowknife’s culture shines under the Northern Lights

Sheila Bassi-Kellett may have grown up in Toronto, but her passion for local government was forged during 33 years of living in northern Canada, including ...

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Matthew Kelley named 2019 OMAA Bursary Award recipient

It is the desire of the Ontario Municipal Administrators' Association (OMAA) Board of Directors to promote good governance at the municipal government level. One such ...

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Brock Carlton: Looking into the future of Canadian municipalities

The future of Canadian municipalities will be filled with challenges over the next two decades, but according to Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) CEO Brock ...

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The dysfunctional council

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When one councillor seems determined to make life miserable for the “team,” the absence of effective rules becomes glaringly evident. But that doesn’t mean dissent ...

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Good Leadership: A vaccine for the organizational flu

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Little did the taxpayers know they were paying an extra five percent for the multiplex site servicing work in their small town. Why? Because bidding ...

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Constructing resilient communities at the local level

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The motto of the 2019 Local Government Alumni Conference was “Caution! Change Ahead: Constructing Resilient Communities.” This was reflected in the presentations and conversations taking ...

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7 tips for making the most of social media

More and more, people are beginning to expect a high level of service, transparency, and responsiveness from their municipal governments. Today, it’s now common to ...

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I have to write that down

A collection of amusing, silly, and confusing things, as overheard in council meetings People say a lot of things at municipal council meetings. Councillors, for ...

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