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Finance Minister Katrine Conroy tabled the provincial budget earlier today. Budget 2023 projects a series of deficits over its three-year fiscal plan: $4.2 billion in 2023-24; $3.8 billion in 2024-25; and $3.0 billion in 2025-26. The budget also provides $5.7 billion in…
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The Province of B.C. has committed $180 million in new funding to the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund administered by UBCM. The CEPF program supports projects that help local governments and First Nations prepare for the risks posed by natural hazards such as extreme…
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On February 6 & 7 UBCM attended the Multi-Sectoral Old Growth Forum to learn about work underway by the Province of B.C., in partnership with First Nations, to implement the 14 recommendations identified in the Old Growth Strategic Review (OGSR), which will include the co-…
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Pat Wallace, an 11-term Councillor with the City of Kamloops and a past president of UBCM, passed away at her home on February 11. In addition to her 31 years in service to the City, Wallace was the first woman to chair the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and was the vice-…
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The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), on behalf of the Government of Canada and in collaboration with Indigenous partners, is launching an engagement for the co-development of an Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy. Input is being sought from…
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The Province of B.C. and RCMP E Division have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the initiation of a new RCMP Auxiliary Program at the most comprehensive (Tier 3) level, applicable province-wide where the RCMP is the police service of jurisdiction. A start date for the new…
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Premier David Eby and Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon are among the speakers who will be featured at UBCM’s housing summit, Housing BC Together. The event, which runs April 4-5 at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, will bring together innovators from local government, industry,…
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Applications are now being accepted for UBCM’s 2023 Community Excellence Awards. The awards recognize and celebrate UBCM members that have implemented projects or programs that demonstrate excellence in meeting the purposes of local government in B.C. The application deadline is…
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Funding is available to support eligible Indigenous organizations and local governments to work together to create opportunities for in-person dialogue and relationship building which can help advance collaborative reconciliation plans, protocols, agreements or future projects…
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The province-wide 2023 Elected Official Seminar (EOS) series will begin next week in Richmond, February 8-10, followed by events in Nanaimo (February 15-17), Kelowna (March 1-3), Kimberley (March 8-10), and Prince George (March 15-17).
The EOS series is held every four years…