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Canadian smart city technology company LocoMobi World Inc. has released a low-cost web-based vehicle access and parking management software system that requires no additional hardware, cameras or control equipment.

LocoMobi World’s vision for its new CondoPark-Lite product was to develop an affordable, safe and easy parking access control system for tenants and visitors of commercial and residential buildings, as well as gated communities, without the requirement of hefty capital equipment expenditures. CondoPark-Lite’s ‘Call When Here’ feature allows tenants and visitors to access the property by simply speed-dialling the gate/door call number from within their vehicle. Access will only be granted if the driver or visitor’s phone number is registered and active at the time they call.

A woman from Ladysmith, Susan McAdam, sees telehealth as a viable solution to get necessary treatment for her 85-yearold mother, and I do not doubt that it may well be a success.

My concern is that the Vancouver Island Health Authority will not only be happy to provide the service as a way of cutting costs - possibly putting yet another barrier in front of obtaining publicly funded health care - but using the precedent in this case of only providing it if users can pay for it themselves.

Specifically in section 8, from page 42 through 49, they describe the comprehensive standards, audit and certification frameworks that will be required to protect this next major phase of Cloud adoption.

CHI point to the number one risk issue cited by CIOs – Fears of inadequate data privacy protections, and they describe the various component parts what is required to address these risks including due diligence procedures and state of the art privacy controls.

As documented on our new GovCloud.info wiki, 3S0 is also an implementation of a Shared Services Organization, indeed they’re specifically chartered that way.

The service, accessed by dialing 811, is already operational and taking calls.

"Islanders can talk to a registered nurse for health advice, when and where they need it, 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Health Minister Doug Currie in a news release.

The 24-hour telephone service that connects Islanders with free health-care information will continue.

Health Minister Doug Currie announced Tuesday that the 811 Telehealth service, which started in September 2013, would continue to be offered in the province after the signing of a new contract with McKesson Canada.

The Edmonton International Airport (EIA) is building its business in a way that positions it at the heart of supporting and developing innovation in the region, says the woman in charge of making those big ideas happen.

“We’re really a small city. We have real estate, commercial developments, waterways, (and) we create our own energy. We also have our big aviation and cargo sectors, the core purpose of our airport,” Tara Mulrooney, vice-president of technology and innovation, told Taproot Edmonton’s innovation podcast, Bloom.

City council approved the E-Government Strategic Plan, May 16.

“Our goal is to provide focused customer service and meet customers’ needs,” said Corey Halford, information technologist for the City.

In the fall of 2010, a website audit was conducted for the purposes of identifying current issues, gaps and future requirements of the website.

In December, Airdrie resident Ken Thompson brought the issue to aldermen, asking them to consider webcasting or video streaming council meetings online so residents can watch at home.

“I believe the community needs to know what goes on during council meetings and there needs to be more transparency,” said Thompson.

Those eligible for its Fair Entry subsidy programme can access low-cost access to internet, wireless and TV services through the Rogers Connected programme.

The City of Calgary is introducing a low-cost internet, wireless and TV service programme for those living with low income, contributing to the Canadian city’s social equity objectives.

Bringing the Smart City to Life in Calgary

The adoption of smart city technology is helping the City of Calgary become more sustainable, connected, and efficient. The process started over 20 years ago as Calgary steadily built its municipal communication infrastructure. More recently, the City partnered with Semtech to deploy its LoRa® devices and wireless radio frequency technology (LoRa Technology) for connectivity combined with LoRa-enabled devices, sensors and gateways as the tools to provide data communication. Its open standards, ease of deployment, quality, software compatibility and security were all factors that led Calgary to its LoRa implementation.

Building digital equity in Calgary

In summer 2025, The City expanded its Affordable Hardware Access (AHA) Program. The City worked with Technology Helps Foundation and United Way of Calgary and Area to help more people get access to computers. The goal is to make digital access fair and reduce the gap between people who have technology and those who don't.

Log on to the City of Calgary’s new website and you won’t see the usual text-heavy, drill-down-the-tree-to-the-roots site favored by most governments.

The new $3.2 million website launched Monday is built around a Google search application and utilizes keywords that allow users to quickly access city information and programs, said David Watson, general manager, planning, development and assessment, and project sponsor.

Today, the City of Calgary announced a no-cost data-sharing partnership with the GPS navigation software app and Google subsidiary Waze as part of the Waze for Cities Data program.

Designed in 2014 as a free, two-way data share program of publicly available traffic information, Waze for Cities Data, formerly known as the Connected Citizens Program, is meant to help create deeper traffic insights and safer roads.

Edmonton's open data plans and policies can set an example for other cities looking to bring more citizens into the "civic rink."

Edmonton, Alberta, is proudly referred to by its residents and admirers as the “City of Champions,” likely due to the Oilers’ hockey dominance between 1984 and 1990, when that storied team raised the Stanley Cup five times.

Smaller communities might argue they already have 15-minute communities, where shopping entertainment, health, and educational services are a walkable distance away, but there is at least one aspect that makes the 15-minute community concept more difficult for smaller communities to fully implement.

Sandeep Agrawal, a professor and director at the School of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Alberta, said smaller cities that have lower densities like Red Deer, Airdrie or St. Albert might have issues in creating employment for their citizens within that 15-minute frame.

Town of Olds officials attempt to dispel 'disinformation' about surveillance, land use bylaw and a 2018 application to the federal government's Smart Cities Challenge

The Town of Olds is the latest municipality in the area to have been contacted by people concerned it might be or become a “smart city” or “15-minute city.”

It is not – and has no plans to be – either, according to a town news release issued today, Feb. 9, intended to dispel disinformation.

City to begin consultations for Smart City 4.0 plan in 2020 that will incorporate "newly emergent technologies"

St. Albert will begin work on the next major revision to its Smart City master plan in 2020, which will put emphasis on “next-generation” technology.

During a budget meeting in November, St. Albert chief administrative officer Kevin Scoble compared the upcoming revision to upgrading your phone.

When a family physician identifies a patient with questionable heart noises, they can refer them to various cardiac-specialists across the province, but they are only counted as a potential market for the new Telehealth program if they are referred to one specific program — the Cardiac EASE program.

"In Edmonton there's multiple different groups of cardiologists," said Josephine Amelio, provincial manager for Clinical Telehealth.

The new website marks a movement towards eGovernment and a shift to providing more services and information online. “Our citizens have said this is how they want to interact with their municipal government,” said David Watson, Calgary’s General Manager of Planning, Development and Assessment and Project Sponsor. Watson adds, “The upgrades we’ve made to calgary.ca have built the foundation for The City to support future advances in technology and will allow us to better serve and communicate with Calgarians for years to come.”