Metro Vancouver launches consultation on regulating open-air burning of vegetative debris | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-59/807/Metro Vancouver launches consultation on regulating open-air burning of vegetative debris | Metro Vancouver launches consultation on regulating open-air burning of vegetative debris | <div class="ExternalClass055CB0ED71F649C58AFDED47570BB027"><p>Metro Vancouver is seeking feedback on a
proposed alternative approach to regulating emissions from open-air burning of
vegetative debris, as part of initial consultation from November 2019 to
February 2020.</p></div> | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue59-burning.jpg | Read more... | | Full | |
Pacific Parklands Foundation (PPF) Bus Grant Program offers access to regional parks | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-59/808/Pacific Parklands Foundation (PPF) Bus Grant Program offers access to regional parks | Pacific Parklands Foundation (PPF) Bus Grant Program offers access to regional parks | <div class="ExternalClass2D58FA1F3D9849F1918F274020819A2F"><p>Thousands of students, seniors and people with financial barriers have been able to visit Metro Vancouver’s regional parks, thanks to the Pacific Parklands Foundation’s (PPF)
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Bus Grant Program</em>.</p></div> | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue59-ppf.jpg | Read more... | | Full | |
Residents continue to divert and recycle waste | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-59/814/Residents continue to divert and recycle waste | Residents continue to divert and recycle waste | <div class="ExternalClassC00CD78122484849AF7EDA7CB7095496"><p>Metro Vancouver continued to reduce the amount of waste sent for disposal in 2018, with about 64 per cent of all municipal waste diverted and recycled – resulting in a per capita disposal rate of 0.48 tonnes per capita per year.</p></div> | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue59-recycle.jpg | Read more... | | Full | |
Watershed Education Program 2019 update | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-59/809/Watershed Education Program 2019 update | Watershed Education Program 2019 update | <div class="ExternalClass8E4B9068A65E45B5B48E749D0763E54F"><p>Metro Vancouver welcomed nearly 6,000 individuals – from students to special interest groups and the general public – to its Watershed Education Program in 2019.</p></div> | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue59-watershed.jpg | Read more... | | Full | |
Cariboo Dam gates replaced | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-59/815/Cariboo Dam gates replaced | Cariboo Dam gates replaced | <div class="ExternalClassD48D1323F4174C1191E0ECD1AF8B799F"><p>Metro Vancouver has completed important work on the Cariboo Dam, a regional storm water facility near the east end of Burnaby Lake that controls the lake’s water levels and regulates inflows into the Brunette River.</p></div> | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue59-cariboodam.jpg | Read more... | | Full | |
Metro Vancouver tightens rules for older non-road diesel engines | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-59/810/Metro Vancouver tightens rules for older non-road diesel engines | Metro Vancouver tightens rules for older non-road diesel engines | <div class="ExternalClass7C864EE971C74802AC75C4B81D4A76FD"><p>Metro Vancouver is tightening the rules for older non-road diesel engines, requiring owners of older forklifts, excavators and other engines to register their equipment by January 31, 2020.</p></div> | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue59-nrde.jpg | Read more... | | Full | |
Metro Vancouver's 2020 Standing Committees announced | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-59/816/Metro Vancouver's 2020 Standing Committees announced | Metro Vancouver's 2020 Standing Committees announced | <div class="ExternalClass812952C149734355ADC78AAF2C19144D"><p>Metro Vancouver has announced the committee structure and appointments for 2020 to meet the needs of our growing and diverse region. The 2020 Metro Vancouver Board has 14 standing committees, which represent the 21 member municipalities, one electoral area, and one treaty First Nation that comprise Metro Vancouver.</p></div> | http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue59-committees.jpg | Read more... | | Full | |