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Provincial responses to many of the resolutions from the 2020 UBCM Convention are now available. UBCM will follow up with letters to local governments that sponsored resolutions in 2020 to provide the relevant provincial responses to each resolution.
The Province has indicated…
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Finance Minister Selina Robinson tabled the 2021 provincial Budget in the legislature today. The budget projects deficits of $9.7 billion this year, $5.5 million next year, and $4.3 million in the year following. Budget 2021 also included significant new funding commitments of…
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Finance Minister Christia Freeland tabled the 2021 federal budget in the House of Commons today. The budget funds a range of new measures of interest to local governments in housing, climate action, economic development, mental health and child care. After the budget measures…
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The final intake of the Housing Needs Report program is receiving applications. Local governments and Treaty First Nations in BC are eligible to apply and funding is scaled on the net population of the planning area. The application deadline is June 4, 2021.
Since April 2019,…
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UBCM President Brian Frenkel is one of 16 members appointed to the Province’s Mass Timber Advisory Council. Council members will provide advice and guidance towards establishing BC as a leader in the production and use of mass timber, as well as the creation of a mass timber…
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TANEx Engineering has been selected by the Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDIT) to study broadband Internet speeds experienced in remote and rural BC communities. The company will compare the Internet speeds experienced by customers, with the federal data that documents…
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UBCM, in partnership with CivicInfo BC and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, is pleased to support the 2020 Local Government Awareness Week, May 17-23. This annual initiative is aimed at building public awareness of local government roles and encouraging participation in local…
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Canadian comedian, political satirist and author Rick Mercer will highlight a feature session at UBCM’s 2021 Convention, to be held September 14th to 17th. This year’s annual meeting will build off of UBCM’s highly rated virtual platform that hosted over a thousand UBCM…
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The British Columbia Trucking Association (BCTA) is hosting a webinar on April 27th to provide an overview of GHG modelling for the trucking sector.
Heavy-duty commercial vehicles are responsible for approximately 31 percent of GHG emissions from BC’s road transportation…
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The minutes of the 2020 Annual Convention are now available. These minutes comprise the official record of the proceedings of the 2020 Annual Convention, held virtually from September 22-24.