Strategic Partnerships Initiative – Funding Update: Until 2027, this initiative has an additional $12 million annually to ...

WHEREAS the Community Charter under section 2581 presently allows municipalities to recover special fees as property taxes when the fees are related to work done or services provided to land or ...

The Outdoor Recreation Council of BC (ORCBC), in collaboration with Selkirk Innovates, is seeking rural BC communities for ...

Other agencies, including various primary and secondary answering points, are undertaking NG911 activations or will do so ...

The outgoing UBCM Executive met on September 13 to address decisions required before Convention. The newly elected Executive met on September 18 where UBCM’s new President, Councillor Jenna Stoner, ...

Applications are now being accepted for the 2027 intake of the FireSmart Community Funding and Supports program. Eligible local governments and First Nations in B.C. may submit one application by ...

The 2027 UBCM Convention will take place September 20 - 24 in Whistler. The UBCM room blocks for the 2027 Convention in ...

The BC government was granted an exemption by Health Canada from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to decriminalize the possession of certain illegal drugs from January 31, 2023 to January 31, ...

As local governments are preparing annual budgets, they should be aware that the Local Government Climate Action Program (LGCAP) has not been renewed in the Ministry of Energy and Climate Solutions ...

George Abbott, Chief Commissioner of the BC Treaty Commission, discusses how treaties have evolved since the landmark Nisga’a agreement and explains how living treaties can adapt over time to meet ...

The provincial government has released its summary of the 2023 provincial wildfire season, confirming the record-setting level of destruction. This season saw more than 2.84 million hectares burned ...