Board ＆ Information

Metro Vancouver Receives Canada's 2018 Clean50 and Clean16 Awards	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/510/Metro Vancouver Receives Canada's 2018 Clean50 and Clean16 Awards	510	Metro Vancouver Receives Canada's 2018 Clean50 and Clean16 Awards	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClass7F86F1CE90D9418DBED53C6D3138623B"><p>Metro Vancouver has received Canada’s 2018 Clean50 and Clean16 awards for demonstrated leadership in sustainability excellence through its development and support of Canada’s National Zero Waste Council.</p></div>	2017-09-22T07:00:00Z	string;#2017
Metro Vancouver Awards 2017 Cultural Grants	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/501/Metro Vancouver Awards 2017 Cultural Grants	501	Metro Vancouver Awards 2017 Cultural Grants	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClass1BDD857EE14E4CD28FAEF414B3CFB8D9"><p>Metro Vancouver is pleased to announce the award of $110,000 in Regional Project Grants this year to over thirty arts and culture organizations across the region.</p></div>	2017-08-17T07:00:00Z	string;#2017
Cultural Grants - Application Deadline May 24	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/467/Cultural Grants - Application Deadline May 24	467	Cultural Grants - Application Deadline May 24	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClass5602DA58370A448EAE12BA05842B80FD"><p>The Regional Project Grants will support research creation, production, dissemination, audience development, project staff and/or administrative capacity building and the per-project grant awarded to a maximum of $10,000. Completed applications must be submitted by 4 pm, Wednesday, May 24, 2017.</p></div>	2017-04-07T07:00:00Z	string;#2017
Local Government Matters in this Year's Provincial Election	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/462/Local Government Matters in this Year's Provincial Election	462	Local Government Matters in this Year's Provincial Election	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClassEF3E98D9F4E64C739D4A531157E7D657"><p>Metro Vancouver is calling on British Columbia’s four largest political parties to publicly clarify their platforms on critical issues facing the region, including affordable housing, transit and protecting the environment, as well as how they intend to work with the regional government on funding major capital projects.</p></div>	2017-03-01T08:00:00Z	string;#2017
Metro Vancouver's Regional Homelessness Task Force Releases Homelessness Action Plan	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/461/Metro Vancouver's Regional Homelessness Task Force Releases Homelessness Action Plan	461	Metro Vancouver's Regional Homelessness Task Force Releases Homelessness Action Plan	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClass9A34AD61AC624D6DA05C2B4AF8490D51"><p>Metro Vancouver’s Regional Homelessness Task Force today released its position paper: <a href="/services/regional-planning/homelessness/homelessness-taskforce/plan/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank"> <em>Addressing Homelessness in the Metro Vancouver Region</em></a> with new research findings and recommendations aimed at reversing the unprecedented rise in the number of homeless people living on the streets, in makeshift camps and temporary shelters across the region.</p></div>	2017-02-27T08:00:00Z	string;#2017
Metro Vancouver Receives Provincial Approval for Official Name Change	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/459/Metro Vancouver Receives Provincial Approval for Official Name Change	459	Metro Vancouver Receives Provincial Approval for Official Name Change	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClass4E0A4FAEE9CA4851B337EA6E181676F2"><p>On January 30, 2017 the Lieutenant Governor in Council amended the Letters Patent to rename the Greater Vancouver Regional District, the Metro Vancouver Regional District.</p></div>	2017-02-07T08:00:00Z	string;#2017
Metro Vancouver Committees Announced for 2017	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/458/Metro Vancouver Committees Announced for 2017	458	Metro Vancouver Committees Announced for 2017	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClass9A916CE1E8BC4838B5F7EA05939435F4"><p>Metro Vancouver Board Chair Greg Moore has announced the committee structure for 2017.</p></div>	2016-12-16T08:00:00Z	string;#2016
Metro Vancouver Seeks Changes to Provincial Property Taxes and Home Owner Grant Allocation	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/456/Metro Vancouver Seeks Changes to Provincial Property Taxes and Home Owner Grant Allocation	456	Metro Vancouver Seeks Changes to Provincial Property Taxes and Home Owner Grant Allocation	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClass27311EC644F040EF98A6320BE8C64CF2"><p>Metro Vancouver will encourage the provincial parties in the spring of 2017 to make changes to the Home Owner Grant and tax allocation program in order to provide a more fair and equitable system of property taxation in B.C.</p></div>	2016-12-07T08:00:00Z	string;#2016
Vancouver Chair and Vice Chair Acclaimed	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/454/Vancouver Chair and Vice Chair Acclaimed	454	Vancouver Chair and Vice Chair Acclaimed	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClassE55A3F4EC72F422C84C57F230CB31F8A">Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore and City of Vancouver Councillor Raymond Louie have been acclaimed as Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively, of the Metro Vancouver Board of Directors operating as the Greater Vancouver Regional District, for their sixth term in a row. They have held these positions since 2012.</div>	2016-11-25T08:00:00Z	string;#2016
Cultural Grants - Application Deadline June 6	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/438/Cultural Grants - Application Deadline June 6	438	Cultural Grants - Application Deadline June 6	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClassC14483E720BD4AE992D2A1F43B26294F"><p>The Regional Project Grants will support research, creation, production, dissemination, audience development, project staff and/or administrative capacity building and the per-project grant awarded to a maximum of $10,000. Completed applications must be submitted by 4 pm, Monday, June 6, 2016.</p></div>	2016-04-28T07:00:00Z	string;#2016
Metro Vancouver Providing Leadership on Regional Prosperity	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/431/Metro Vancouver Providing Leadership on Regional Prosperity	431	Metro Vancouver Providing Leadership on Regional Prosperity	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClass37723A6629A442D5905D7D97B9976CF3">Metro Vancouver is home to diverse, innovative, and creative industries, public authorities, universities, and local government agencies. What is missing, however, is a mechanism to coordinate the efforts of these sectors, and help them develop a collaborative, strategic approach to the region’s prosperity, according to a green paper produced by Metro Vancouver’s Regional Economy Task Force and endorsed by the Board.</div>	2015-12-16T08:00:00Z	string;#2015
Metro Vancouver Board Recommends Mayors’ Council Be Responsible For Regional Transportation Policy	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/430/Metro Vancouver Board Recommends Mayors’ Council Be Responsible For Regional Transportation Policy	430	Metro Vancouver Board Recommends Mayors’ Council Be Responsible For Regional Transportation Policy	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClass7679AE0DAD5A478681853C84EDED4F3A"><p>The Metro Vancouver Board believes that legislative change is essential to fully address the concerns that exist as a result of TransLink’s current governance structure, and is requesting changes to the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Act be pursued beginning in the first quarter of 2016. </p></div>	2015-12-15T08:00:00Z	string;#2015
Metro Vancouver Board of Directors Chair and Vice Chair Acclaimed	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/428/Metro Vancouver Board of Directors Chair and Vice Chair Acclaimed	428	Metro Vancouver Board of Directors Chair and Vice Chair Acclaimed	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClass9011223012924378857C31603A7CFC08"><p>Today, for the fifth time, Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore was acclaimed as Chair of the Metro Vancouver Board of Directors, and City of Vancouver Councillor Raymond Louie was acclaimed as Vice Chair. </p></div>	2015-12-11T08:00:00Z	string;#2015
Metro Vancouver and UBC Formalize Collaboration	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/425/Metro Vancouver and UBC Formalize Collaboration	425	Metro Vancouver and UBC Formalize Collaboration	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClassD64E0527ED604917A0F1114D7A713BC7"><p>Metro Vancouver and the University of British Columbia have signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that strengthens their ongoing collaboration to address regional economic, social and environmental sustainability challenges.</p></div>	2015-12-10T08:00:00Z	string;#2015
Metro Vancouver Representative Appointed to YVR Board	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/390/Metro Vancouver Representative Appointed to YVR Board	390	Metro Vancouver Representative Appointed to YVR Board	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClass833481555BFD49B29D35B62955B77900"><p>Metro Vancouver’s Board of Directors has appointed former New Westminster mayor Wayne Wright to the Board of the Vancouver International Airport Authority, for a period lasting May 2015 to May 2018.</p></div>	2015-03-16T07:00:00Z	string;#2015
2015 Committees Announced for Metro Vancouver Boards First Four-year Mandate	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/384/2015 Committees Announced for Metro Vancouver Boards First Four-year Mandate	384	2015 Committees Announced for Metro Vancouver Boards First Four-year Mandate	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClassB043CEDAF14B41D38644CF742EACB5BD"><p>As Metro Vancouver’s Board of Directors begins its first four-year mandate, Board Chair Greg Moore has restructured the Board committees to meet the needs and aspirations of our growing and increasingly diverse region.</p></div>	2015-01-13T08:00:00Z	string;#2015
Metro Vancouver Board of Directors Chair and Vice Chair Acclaimed	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/378/Metro Vancouver Board of Directors Chair and Vice Chair Acclaimed	378	Metro Vancouver Board of Directors Chair and Vice Chair Acclaimed	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClass7E3396123D8242F5943A1E3C4D388F28"><p>Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore and City of Vancouver Councillor Raymond Louie today were acclaimed as Chair and Vice Chair of the Metro Vancouver Board of Directors for 2015, positions they respectively held in 2014.</p></div>	2014-12-12T08:00:00Z	string;#2014
Create Memories, Not Garbage	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/382/Create Memories, Not Garbage	382	Create Memories, Not Garbage	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClassFDEE9B59F1FC413AAD382CB2C0DB6FAE"><p>Instead of just buying gifts this holiday season, invest in creating memories too! Gifts like child minding or dog walking, experiences like family baking or bungee jumping are great ways to show how much you care.</p></div>	2014-12-04T08:00:00Z	string;#2014
Metro Vancouver 2015 Budget Increase Smallest in Over a Decade	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/381/Metro Vancouver 2015 Budget Increase Smallest in Over a Decade	381	Metro Vancouver 2015 Budget Increase Smallest in Over a Decade	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClass08BFD044BEFC49699A7046DF4F7729B8"><p>Metro Vancouver’s operating budget will increase by 0.5% for 2015 for a total of $657.1 million. Utility fees and property taxes paid by the average household will increase by $5 to $427 in 2015.</p></div>	2014-11-03T08:00:00Z	string;#2014
Story Tellers Create Memories No Garbage	http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-releases/board-information/375/Story Tellers Create Memories No Garbage	375	Story Tellers Create Memories No Garbage	GP0\|#8b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd;L0\|#08b686698-007d-454e-9ee6-18f1f673b7fd\|Board ＆ Information;GTSet\|#64da97b8-3db1-484c-a198-6cf0e7460889	<div class="ExternalClassB4282936F92747B28674633B9820AE5A"><p>Local performers will tell their holiday season stories during a public performance which celebrates memories of time spent with family and friends. A live television taping at the Cottage Bistro 4470 Main Street at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 5, 2014.</p></div>	2014-10-31T07:00:00Z	string;#2014