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In the News (Sun 3 Jun 12)

  
  1. The Greater Vancouver Regional District
The Greater Vancouver region is internationally known for its spectacular setting on the southwest coast of Canada at the edge of the Georgia Strait, bounded to the north by the Coastal Mountain range, to the south by the United States and to the east by the Fraser Valley Regional District.
Greater Vancouver is part of the Fraser Basin whose headwaters lie deep in the north east of central British Columbia.
The Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink) was formed in 1998 as an associated body to the GVRD and as the central agency for coordinating and carrying out the transportation plans and services for the movement of people and goods in the region.
www.wd.gc.ca /ced/wuf/livable/1a_e.asp   (1097 words)

  
 Greater Vancouver Regional District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It comprises the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Vancouver, and is essentially synonymous with Greater Vancouver or the Vancouver Metropolitan Area.
The Greater Vancouver Regional District occupies the southwest corner of mainland British Columbia.
The population of Electoral District A is 8,813 (2005).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greater_Vancouver_Regional_District   (786 words)

  
 GVRD - Air
Under provincial legislation the GVRD is responsible for managing the quality of air in the region.
GVRD staff use this air quality information to calculate a standardized measurement called the Air Quality Index which is available to the public.
The GVRD is also developing approaches to address air pollution from many smaller sources such as drycleaners and paper product manufacturers and is providing resources to help businesses improve the energy efficiency of new and existing buildings.
www.gvrd.bc.ca /air/index.htm   (542 words)

  
 The Greater Vancouver Regional District
Campbell and Brown could be considered the fathers of regional government in B.C. The regional district concept was established by the provincial government in 1965; the first meeting of the GVRD's board of directors was July 12, 1967.
The District is developing a system for the control of nitrogen oxides emissions from the incinerator, and the intent is to have a functioning treatment system--well within standards mandated by the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks--installed by July 1996 at an estimated cost of $750,000.
Regional Parks Regional parks were created to provide outdoor recreational and educational opportunities across the region that weren't available in municipalities, and to ensure that significant natural landscape features of the region were protected.
www.discovervancouver.com /GVB/gvrd.asp   (5650 words)

  
 GVRD - Services - Parks
Greater Vancouver Regional District and Transport Canada, in consultation with the Wreck Beach Preservation Society — are exploring the possibility of establishing a Boating Restriction Regulation for the swimming area of Wreck Beach in Pacific Spirit Regional Park.
GVRD Regional Parks provides residents with more than 12,850 hectares (31,750 acres) of greenspace attracting over 7.4 million visits each year.
GVRD staff are well versed in the needs of production companies and are available to make the booking process as convenient as possible.
www.gvrd.bc.ca /parks   (440 words)

  
 Case Study: Greater Vancouver Regional District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Under the umbrella of the GVRD, there are four separate legal entities: the Greater Vancouver Water District (GVWD); the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District (GVSandDD); the Greater Vancouver Housing Corporation (GVHC), and the Greater Vancouver Regional District.
As, a result of aging infrastructure, the GVRD was faced with downtime due to the amount of time that it took to execute batch processes for their PeopleSoft implementation.
Working with consultants from TELUS, the GVRD was able to complete the migration on schedule within a four-month period – with one month spent on the planning process and the other three on the actual migration to the new technology.
www.microsoft.com /canada/casestudies/GVRD.mspx   (1910 words)

  
 Greater Vancouver Regional District
The fact that the GVRD retained the draft at the end of the meeting did not alter the fact that, consistent with its author's intent, contents of the draft settlement offer were communicated to the applicant.
That privilege protects from disclosure any communication between a client, or his or her lawyer, and a third party where the dominant purpose for which the communication came into existence was to prepare for, advise upon or conduct litigation that was under way or in reasonable prospect at the time the communication was created.
The evidence establishes that the GVRD intended from the outset to disclose the record's contents to the applicant.
www.oipcbc.org /orders/2001/Order01-06.html   (3181 words)

  
 INQUIRY REGARDING GREATER VANCOUVER REGIONAL DISTRICT RECORDS
According to the GVRD's argument, if it gathers copies of collective agreements (all of which are public documents) and subjectively interprets and analyzes factual information from those agreements "for the sole purpose of use by negotiators in the collective agreement process and the administration of personnel", the resulting compilations are about labour negotiations under s.
The 'Survey of 1996, 1997 and 1998 Trade and Labour Rates in the Greater Vancouver Region', which was "published" by the GVRD's Labour Relations Department in April of 1999, is silent on the question of confidentiality.
The GVRD has not identified any third party whose interests could reasonably be expected to be harmed within the meaning of that section and has not provided evidence to support such a contention.
www.oipcbc.org /orders/2000/Order00-39.html   (5785 words)

  
 Greater Vancouver Regional District Boardroom
The newly renovated GVRD boardroom design was developed by Omicron Consulting of Vancouver, and we developed the A/V system design.
The support of computer based and AV presentation and the increase in seating count were the primary purposes for the renoavtion.
This was combined with a local monitor switch at each position to select the overall presentation display or individual network computer stations so that the directors can each follow an electronic version of the agenda or view the presentation.
www.mcsquared.com /gvrd.htm   (671 words)

  
 Urban Travel Issues...motor vehicle, transit, politic, rapid, fund, automobile, car, train, bus, ferry, walk, bicycle, ...
GVRD...is the Vancouver Regional District of British Columbia Canada and is composed of the areas shown in the map of Fig 4.
Mayors of cities in the low density regions of the GVRD were threatening to pull out of the GVRD organization because such fees would have been unfair to those people in the suburbs that had little transit and that did not drive into the city.
But the GVRD does not have one city center but rather is composed of the major downtown Vancouver with roughly 16 smaller city centers throughout the region.
www.benwiens.com /transportation2.html   (10267 words)

  
 Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The 22ndt municipality, Abbotsford, is actually part of the Fraser Valley Regional District, but participates with the GVRD's Regional Parks board.
In 2004, the GVRD felt it needed a flag to represent it, and 3 designs were considered.
Above a cityscape are The Lions, a two-peaked mountain visible in the mountains north of Vancouver.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ca-bc-gv.html   (227 words)

  
 Greater Vancouver - Fort Vancouver Regional Library District
But while Greater Vancouver's population has quadrupled since the main library was built in 1963, the building is still the same size as 40 years ago.
The Greater Vancouver LCFA now being proposed would encompass all residents within the Vancouver urban growth boundary except those in Fire District 6.
That is, Vancouver residents who will be the beneficiaries of close access to two new libraries would pay for remodeling and construction of their Vancouver libraries.
www.fvrl.org /aboutus/future_libraries.htm?listexpand=nav2383   (850 words)

  
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This directive stems both from a dubious revision of the Greater Vancouver watersheds policy in 1967, known as the Amending Indenture, which the GVRD has still not addressed, and from provincial policy guidelines that mandate the multiple use of community water supplies, which you yourself once had a direct role in formulating.
When forest ecology consultants for the Water District found that many of the 1992 candidate areas for logging did not reflect a revised rationale for logging, the contractor sued the Water District, a matter which was finally resolved in 1995, costing the taxpayers somewhere between one to two million dollars.
It is time that managers of the GVRD become fully accountable to the public about their policies and proposals for the Greater Vancouver watersheds.
www.alternatives.com /bctwa/goodbyemarr.htm   (2198 words)

  
 GVC -- Greater Vancouver College
Greater Vancouver College offers high-quality, personalized English courses; it can not only satisfy the different needs of learning English, but also help many new immigrants overcome the language barrier, thus helping them to adjust to the new living environment quickly.
In this area, the Metrotown skytrain and bus station are the hub of the Greater Vancouver Regional District's (GVRD) public transportation system.
Greater Vancouver College (GVC) is a registered Private College.
www.gvcollege.com   (741 words)

  
 Case Study: Greater Vancouver Regional District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
GVRD needed a middleware application that would allow all of the disparate applications to communicate, cut redundant data entry, and improve access to critical data.
GVRD initiated a 12-month process to identify essential internal systems and areas where automation could reduce human intervention, improve data accuracy, and speed data analysis.
As a result, GVRD is excited about the potential cost savings and efficiency benefits of integrating all of its disparate applications in the near future.
www.microsoft.com /canada/casestudies/GVRD2.mspx   (1640 words)

  
 Keeping The Taps Flowing In Vancouver - National Research Council Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Water authorities shut down the Capilano Reservoir-the source of 40 per cent of the region's water supplies-an average of 55 days per year, when heavy rains cause landslides that carry sediments into the reservoir, via swollen rivers and creeks.
The higher the turbidity, the greater the health risk, so water authorities have no choice but to turn off the taps until levels decrease.
The NRC-CHC contribution involves modeling the movement of water and sediment in the Capilano and two other reservoirs, while Environment Canada focuses on modeling the hydrology of the surrounding watersheds, and the supply of water, sediment and nutrients into the reservoirs.
www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca /highlights/0304vancouver_e.html   (483 words)

  
 Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD)
Regional government established to coordinate and provide essential services and facilities on a common cooperative basis for the 22 areas of Greater Vancouver.
Directors are appointed by the councils of their respective municipalities, except for the director representing Electoral District A, who is elected directly to the Board.
The GVRD services listed below are organized in the following categories: community planning, education services, environmental resource/waste management, housing services, and park facilities.
www2.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca /DBs/RedBook/orgPgs/6/680.html   (102 words)

  
 GVRD map - Greater Vancouver Regional District outline map shows Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Burnaby, ...
Map of GVRD Greater Vancouver Regional District - member cities and municipalities including: Vancouver, West and North Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, New Westminster, Surrey, Whiterock, Delta, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Langley, Maple Ridge, Port Moody etc.
The GVRD is dedicated to maintaining the quality of life in the Greater Vancouver area, and to the delivery of region-wide essential services.
And, the delivery of various activities relating to environmental stewardship and the livability of the region such as: air quality, regional parks and housing.
www.metrotown.info /canada-vancouver/GVRD/index.html   (416 words)

  
 Greater Vancouver Regional District Map- showing municipalities of lower mainland BC fr. Weller cartographic Maps
Greater Vancouver Regional District Map- showing municipalities of lower mainland BC fr.
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With a population where more than 50% of the residents were not born in Canada, Vancouver has developed some special anti-racism and diversity program development and evaluation consulting services.
www.canadalegal.info /img--site/BC/greater-vancouver-map/GVRD-map.html   (390 words)

  
 Media Release: Charge laid against BC and Greater Vancouver Regional District
VANCOUVER, BC – Environmental groups and commercial fishermen today launched a private prosecution against both the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) and the Province of British Columbia over toxic pollution from the Lions Gate sewage treatment plant in West Vancouver.
“The GVRD and the Province are permitting toxic sewage from the Lions Gate treatment plant to be pumped into Burrard Inlet, which appears to be a clear violation of the federal Fisheries Act,” said Sierra Legal Staff Lawyer Lara Tessaro.
The GVRD and the Province are aware of this, and have received serious warnings from the federal government, yet continue to permit this pollution.”
sierralegal.org /m_archive/pr06_08_02.html   (498 words)

  
 Local Government Act -- GREATER VANCOUVER REGIONAL DISTRICT REGULATION
3 (1) Subject to this section, the Greater Vancouver Regional District may finance undertakings of the Greater Vancouver Water District and the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District on the request and at the sole cost of the applicable district.
(b) in the case of the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, it must be an undertaking for which the Board of that district has adopted a resolution or bylaw under the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District Act.
(ii) if requested by the Greater Vancouver Regional District, deliver to the Greater Vancouver Regional District security in the form of debentures, securities or other form of indebtedness sufficient for the Greater Vancouver Regional District to meet and discharge all obligations of the Greater Vancouver Regional District associated with the borrowing.
www.qp.gov.bc.ca /statreg/reg/L/LocalGovernment/173_90.htm   (665 words)

  
 Vancouver Community-Services/City/Government : BuyItCanada.com
Volunteer Vancouver's mission is to be a leader in promoting volunteerism and strengthening the voluntary sector.
Funded by the City of Vancouver, Vancouver Public Library is the third largest public library system in Canada, with over 395,000 cardholders and more than 8 million items borrowed annually.
Fostering greater understanding between children and seniors by enriching and enhancing their lives through community projects such as the Zajac Ranch, Zajac Norgate House and intergenerational programs that offer seniors mentoring opportunities and children the gift of mature companionship through mutually supportive activities and environments.
www.buyitcanada.com /Vancouver/Community-Services   (708 words)

  
 Errors - Earthquake Hazard GIS Modelling in the Greater Vancouver Regional District
Note that the orginal LITHOLOGY data were from the GVRD department that were available in the SIS Lab as IDRISI soil.mdb and soil.rdc, so the reclassification might be inaccurate and add errors to the final result.
The activity of the GVRD fault lines are not known and there is no way that one can determined where an earthquake will locate before the earthquake occurs.
Missing soil data in the Northern parts of GVRD (including some Northern parts of North Vancouver, West Vancouver, and Maple Ridge) and in Vancouver Area.
www.sfu.ca /geog355fall02/ccheuka/errors.html   (550 words)

  
 Montenay Inc. - Waste-to-Energy Facility
The Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) is a federation, or partnership of all municipalities and electoral areas in Greater Vancouver, working together to provide essential services that are regional in nature.
They include air quality control, recycling and solid waste, sewage treatment and disposal, water supply and distribution, regional parks, labour relations, housing, hospital plan and capital financing.
The GVRD has installed a treatment technology that immobilizes lead and other metals from fly ash so that it is not a special waste.
www.montenay.com /burnaby.htm   (517 words)

  
 Parks Partnership Initiative Program | Park Associations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Each regional park may have distinct issues that park associations want to address such as building a new trail or restoring a marsh.
However, there are also issues that affect all regional parks such as the need for policies regarding dogs, liability insurance for volunteers and public safety.
It has allowed GVRD Parks to greatly increase community participation and volunteerism in parks with the same base of public funding.
www.vcn.bc.ca /parkptnr/forum.html   (514 words)

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