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UBCM’s Executive Board met with provincial leaders in Victoria to talk about common challenges local governments are dealing with across the province, with a focus on housing and homelessness, community safety, and infrastructure. Meetings with Premier Eby, Ministers Kahlon,…
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The BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy is seeking input from local governments about reducing non-residential paper waste in BC. A new discussion paper, Preventing Waste in British Columbia: Non-Residential Packaging and Paper Products, includes possible…
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Transport Canada is conducting a legislative review of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act (CNWA) and is inviting input from local governments.
The Act employs a regulatory framework to address potential interferences in navigable waters, including works, human-made obstructions,…
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With Community Excellence Awards coming up (deadline to submit a nomination is May 17, 2024), we checked in with one of last year’s winners to find out how their asset management project is going, and what winning meant for their team.
“Nothing symbolizes inefficiency in local…
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Homelessness is a serious and growing issue in BC, and local governments are seeing firsthand the need for more shelter spaces, affiliated social services, and bolstered first responder capacity. The UBCM Executive is meeting with the Premier, Ministers, and opposition MLAs to…
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The federal government and the National Police Federation, the union representing RCMP Members below the rank of Inspector and Reservists, are getting closer to finalizing a second Collective Agreement. This comes after an independent arbitrator has awarded RCMP Members a 4%…
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The Province has disbursed nearly $72 million in Local Government Climate Action Program (LGCAP) funding as an upfront payment to support community climate action over the next three years. The final year of LGCAP’s current 2022-25 funding allotment has been disbursed, alongside…
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The RCMP and the Government of Canada have moved one step closer to the national deployment of body-worn cameras (BWC). This comes after a BWC vendor completed an eight-week field test at multiple locations across Canada. Despite ongoing procurement and implementation delays,…
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New provincial short-term rental (STR) rules including the principal residence requirement come into effect on May 1, 2024. In addition, the Province has created an STR Data Portal to support local governments with monitoring and enforcement.
The new rules coming into effect…
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Community Excellence Awards nominations close on May 17, 2024. We spoke with one of last year’s winners to learn what winning has meant – and to check in on the winning project, a management practice designed to align the Council’s aspirations with the operational realities of…