Minister of Finance Brenda Bailey introduced a budget earlier today that increases government spending by $3.9 billion and projects deficits of $13.3 billion, $12.2 billion, and $11.4 billion over the next three fiscal years.
The budget revealed the Province’s plan to slow the…
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UBCM’s board members extend their deepest condolences to the residents of Tumbler Ridge in the wake of the shootings at its high school yesterday. We join all British Columbians today in sorrow for those who lost their lives, those who were injured, and for the trauma…
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Last week UBCM announced changes to the FireSmart Community Funding and Supports program as funding runs low. UBCM is calling on the Province for sustained funding for the essential program. UBCM President Cori Ramsay spoke to CBC about how this funding program has …
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Each month, we provide an update on funding programs administered by UBCM along with and information on other programs, events, and resources of interest to local governments and First Nations. Most of the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund 2025-26 intakes are now open.
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A letter from RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald to mayors and CAOs is once again reminding local governments to plan and forecast for financial impacts, including retroactive costs, associated with RCMP collective bargaining. This letter comes following discussion by the…
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BC’s decriminalization pilot will come to an end on January 31, 2026. The aim of this initiative was to address the overdose crisis by removing stigma that prevents individuals from seeking life-saving support and treatment.
The pilot, the first of its kind in Canada…
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The FireSmart Community Funding and Supports (FCFS) program will be closing its current intake for applications on January 30 due to a lack of funding. To ensure a fair process for administering the remaining funds available, the program will reopen on Monday February 2 with a…
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The Province is considering recommendations for its climate policy framework based on an independent review of CleanBC. Key recommendations of relevance to local governments are to extend LGCAP, introduce greater flexibility in the building code, strengthen transit funding…
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As members begin drafting resolutions for the 2026 Area Association conventions, please keep in mind the extraordinary resolution that passed in 2025 which will apply a new framework to ensure resolutions considered by the membership at Convention are: focused on new issues,…
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The provincial government has announced postponement of proposed amendments to the Heritage Conservation Act (HCA) that had originally been anticipated for spring 2026. In a November 2025 report submitted to the Ministry of Forests on proposed changes to the HCA, UBCM conveyed…