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Funding is available to help identify physical routes to safely and successfully evacuate communities in the event of emergencies. A new intake for the Evacuation Route Planning grant stream is now open with an application deadline of November 19, 2021. BC local governments and…
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The Province recently declared September 30th as Truth and Reconciliation Day to commemorate the history and ongoing trauma caused by residential schools. This article presents some considerations and resources for local governments working towards marking the day and supporting…
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Delegates who complete the Convention Evaluation Survey by 4:00 pm on Friday, September 24 will be entered into a draw for a Premium Emergency Survival Kit. Feedback helps improve future UBCM Conventions and other virtual events. Tell us what sessions you liked, what…
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Leadership in structural and architectural wood use by local governments was recognized at the UBCM Convention in Vancouver last week. Five local governments were presented with 2021 Community Recognition Awards for use of wood in their community projects by Wood WORKS! BC.
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Thursday’s workshop on Modernizing Forest Policy in BC provided an extensive update on current Ministry of Forests activities retooling the framework for forestry as it is practiced in the province to align with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act and other…
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A provincial approach to support regional growth planning is focused on expanding affordable housing and green transportation while renewing and expanding health care buildings and educational facilities. A panel of Ministers described the essential role of local government in…
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Premier John Horgan has committed the provincial government to work with UBCM to establish an MOU to review the local government finance system in British Columbia. Horgan indicated that he has asked Josie Osborne, the Minister of Municipal Affairs, and Selina Robinson, Minister…
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Speaking to the overlapping crises and emergencies of the past 18 months, leader of the BC Green Party, Sonia Furstenau thanked local government leaders for their work amidst extraordinary uncertainty. “We need new maps to navigate this world,” said Furstenau.
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In a fireside chat with journalist Jody Vance, Canadian satirist, and author Rick Mercer expostulated on the state of the national psyche and the dynamics in the federal election.
Mercer reflected on the ways in which the tone of political discussion has taken a turn over the…
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A workshop at the 2021 UBCM Convention yesterday featured a well-known panel of experts in health matters, climate and governance discussing what could be learned from the June heat dome. The unprecedented temperatures of that event led to more than 570 heat-related fatalities.…