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The AMM wants some areas to be exempt from new restrictions on cosmetic pesticides
Details will be needed, but a youth job strategy could benefit the rural economy
Regulations still allow ditches, boulevards and sidewalks to be sprayed for weeds
Federal government changes DFAA, increases amount provinces must pay to trigger for federal disaster relief payouts
MCDA fears losing RM support too
AMM tasked itself with trying to encourage more women to run after 2009 report
Rural municipality politicians are concerned about unrealistic expectations
The newly appointed minister of municipal government says the province will help with the amalgamation process
The room was pin-drop quiet as Stan Struthers, Manitoba’s new minister of municipal government, addressed the Association of Manitoba Municipalities convention here last week. His speech largely focused on fence mending after a year of tension between the province and municipalities over forced amalgamation. Most of his 40-minute talk was spent defending the province’s decisionThe Association of Manitoba Municipalities is urging members to submit amalgamation plans — even if their plan is to do nothing
Municipal leaders are vowing to keep resisting mandatory amalgamations, supporting five resolutions at last week’s district meetings calling on the province to stop forcing the issue. But the Association of Manitoba Municipalities is urging those affected to be ready with some sort of plan — even if it’s a plan to maintain the status quo
