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Municipal leaders from B.C. and across Canada are meeting in Ontario later this week to talk finances. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities convention kicks off Thursday in Toronto and high on the agenda is money. Cities say they’re facing massive challenges made even more urgent by pandemic recovery. Cities are …
Read More »Nova Scotia town joins others in removing the name Cornwallis from municipal property – Halifax
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 25, 2023 11:47 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Another community in Nova Scotia has removed the name Cornwallis from municipal property — and the town of Lunenburg is now looking for new names from the public. Lunenburg council announced …
Read More »Surrey, B.C. Council is one step closer to scrapping municipal police force – BC
Surrey, B.C., city council is one step closure to reversing its police transition and keeping the Municipal RCMP. Council members heard from the head of the municipal RCMP detachment as it votes on directing staff to craft a final plan to keep the Mounties and scrap the transition in progress …
Read More »More problems with the Calgary Municipal Building trusses
The City of Calgary is going to spend $8 million on repairs to a truss located between the fourth and fifth floors of the Municipal Building. Located roughly above council chambers, details of the project were included in this week’s new civic budget. “It’s important to note that the truss is …
Read More »Ford government was warned it has ‘limited options’ to enforce municipal housing targets
Just days before it announced sweeping housing legislation, Ontario civil servants warned Premier Doug Ford’s government it has “limited options” to force municipalities to comply with a key part of its new plan. Provincial bureaucrats provided the advice last month in a draft document, which was obtained by CBC Toronto. They took issue with …
Read More »Metro Vancouver could get its first person of colour elected mayor in this fall’s municipal elections
Two of the most diverse cities in Metro Vancouver have never had a person of colour for mayor. That could change this time around with candidates like Jinny Sims, Sukh Dhaliwal, and Ken Sim. While it could be a historic moment for Surrey or Vancouver, two of the most diverse cities …
Read More »Surrey sign saga continues as municipal election draws near, with some residents reporting missing signs
Several Surrey residents say election signs they had displayed on their front lawns were recently removed by city bylaw officers. Robert Winston says he put up two signs in front of his home in Crescent Beach in early September: one supporting a campaign for councillor and another for a potential mayor. When he …
Read More »Months to go in efforts to repair damage at Municipal Building
The fallout from a security incident at city hall in August will reverberate for months to come. Hoarding, fenced off areas and construction workers remain common sights at the Municipal Building. In early August, a man who was experiencing a mental health crisis broke into the building in the middle …
Read More »Municipal leaders in B.C. urge province to move faster on police reform
Local politicians across British Columbia urged the provincial government on Monday to start moving on reforms to policing after consultations that began more than two years ago but have yet to yield any concrete action. “I believe the provincial government has failed us,” said Kamloops Coun. Mike O’Reilly at an event …
Read More »Simmering rift between RCMP, municipal police, boils over in N.S. inquiry
The mass shooting in April 2020 that scarred Nova Scotians has also strained the fraught relationship between the RCMP and municipal forces in the province, with leaders bringing their feud into the inquiry examining the massacre. The inquiry has heard that tensions have escalated over the past two years due …
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