2015 Metro Vancouver Board of Directors | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-5/66/2015 Metro Vancouver Board of Directors | 2015 Metro Vancouver Board of Directors | <div class="ExternalClass75449A4DF6DF4A018B0703169EBECDDA"><p>As the Metro Vancouver Board begins it first four-year mandate, Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore and Vancouver City Councillor Raymond Louie were again respectively acclaimed as Board Chair and Vice Chair in mid-December. And in January, the 2015 Metro Vancouver Board <a href="/boards/membership/committee-members/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">committees</a> were <a href="/media-room/media-releases/board-information/384/2015-committees-announced-for-metro-vancouver-boards-first-four-year-mandate" target="_blank">announced</a>.</p></div> | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/Issue5-a1.jpg | Read more... | Metro Vancouver Board | Full | |
New Metro Vancouver Website | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-5/67/New Metro Vancouver Website | New Metro Vancouver Website | <div class="ExternalClassD0BEB264315F4929829C5297DC2642C5"><p>We know that increasingly people are accessing information on mobile devices so Metro
Vancouver’s <a href="/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">new website</a> features responsive design for all mobile platforms, and enhanced search capabilities so that people can quickly get the information they need wherever they are.</p></div> | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/Issue5-a2.jpg | Read more... | Metro Vancouver Board | Full | |
Seymour River Slide - Emergency Response | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-5/68/Seymour River Slide - Emergency Response | Seymour River Slide - Emergency Response | <div class="ExternalClass3B30854EE9714FE9B83392DEF46FBC2B"><p>During an emergency, collaboration is vital and Metro Vancouver partners successfully collaborated on December 7 when a large rock slide partially blocked the Seymour River in the <a href="/services/parks/parks-greenways-reserves/lower-seymour-conservation-reserve" target="_blank">Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve</a>. </p>
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Boundary Bay Regional Park Is Awesome! | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-5/69/Boundary Bay Regional Park Is Awesome! | Boundary Bay Regional Park Is Awesome! | <div class="ExternalClass943E1D12367043748DD8AE18B98DAF92"><p>We know that our Regional Parks and green spaces are awesome, and now the <a href="http://vancouverisawesome.com/" target="_blank">Vancouver is Awesome</a> blog has confirmed that by naming <a href="/services/parks_lscr/regionalparks/Pages/BoundaryBay.aspx" target="_blank">Boundary Bay Regional Park</a> the most awesome place in the region to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, and the best place to take kids for a day trip!</p>
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Food Waste Banned From Garbage in 2015 | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-5/70/Food Waste Banned From Garbage in 2015 | Food Waste Banned From Garbage in 2015 | <div class="ExternalClassC3F1E0674F1A4B75B3C89A51E32FCAC1"><p>As of January 1,
<a href="/services/solid-waste/recycling-programs/disposal-ban/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">new rules</a> are in place to encourage residents and businesses in Metro Vancouver to separate food waste from regular garbage. The first six months will be an education period when no penalties will be charged in order to give residents and businesses additional time to implement effective plans for separating food waste from the garbage. </p></div> | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/Issue5-a5.jpg | Read more... | Solid Waste | Full | |
Upgrades to Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-5/71/Upgrades to Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant | Upgrades to Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant | <div class="ExternalClassD9A003332AD146EAA37A6AD8FCCFE31C"><p>The 50-year-old <a href="/services/liquid-waste/treatment/treatment-plants-processes/iona-island/Pages/default.aspx">Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant</a> provides primary liquid waste treatment to most of Vancouver, UBC, the University Endowment Lands, and small areas in Burnaby and Richmond where the plant is located. To comply with new federal regulations, it is scheduled to undergo a major upgrade to secondary treatment by 2030. </p></div> | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/Issue5-a6.jpg | Read more... | Liquid Waste | Full | |
Air Management Facility and Public Amenity | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-5/72/Air Management Facility and Public Amenity | Air Management Facility and Public Amenity | <div class="ExternalClassA9FDA4ADF9D645098036B4E1CF0C5D76"><p>When residents living near a Metro Vancouver sewage facility reported odour issues, our Liquid Waste Services staff found a solution with construction of an air management facility that will also provide a valuable public amenity.</p></div> | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/Issue5-a7.jpg | Read more... | Air Quality | Full | |
Wintertime Air Stagnation | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-5/73/Wintertime Air Stagnation | Wintertime Air Stagnation | <div class="ExternalClass3154F7B5013F4289A6DDD76B6393ED3B"><p>Metro Vancouver generally enjoys good air quality. It occasionally deteriorates, however, even during the winter. A phenomenon called air stagnation happens during <a href="http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_is_a_temperature_inversion.htm" target="_blank">temperature inversions</a><strong> </strong>when pollutants can be trapped below the inversion, allowing them to build up. Air stagnation can cause elevated levels of <a href="/services/Permits-regulations-enforcement/air-quality/factors/contaminants/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">fine particulate matter</a> to build up.</p>
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