Municipal Government

A new report laments the under-representation of women and people of gender minorities on municipal councils in B.C. and Alberta and includes several recommendations. (Tanmay Ahluwalia/Langley Advance Times)

Women, gender minorities under-represented on B.C. councils: report

Report calls for better childcare, better pay and other measures to improve representation

 

Trail City Hall, Aug. 29. The city has three weeks to respond to a civil claim filed by Michelle McIsaac, a former corporate administrator. Photo: Sheri Regnier

Former top administrator files lawsuit against City of Trail

Lawsuit claims city’s actions were harsh, vindictive, reprehensible and malicious

 

Mayor Colleen Jones. Photo: Trail.ca

Council releases motion of censure and sanction against Trail mayor

Investigation finds Colleen Jones violated the city’s Council Code of Conduct on three occasions

 

Spallumcheen Mayor Christine Fraser (left) accepts the Southern Interior Local Government Association’s 2023 Economic Development Award from Community Excellence Awards sponsor representative Jamie Kozak of Urban Systems at the Prestige Vernon Lodge Friday, April 28. The township won a second award at SILGA for Environmental Sustainability. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

Vernon hosts record-breaking SILGA

Annual Southern Interior Local Government Association puts wrap to four-day event in North Okanagan

Spallumcheen Mayor Christine Fraser (left) accepts the Southern Interior Local Government Association’s 2023 Economic Development Award from Community Excellence Awards sponsor representative Jamie Kozak of Urban Systems at the Prestige Vernon Lodge Friday, April 28. The township won a second award at SILGA for Environmental Sustainability. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
Delegates at the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities convention at Nanaimo’s Vancouver Island Conference Centre on Saturday, April 15. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

Vancouver Island leaders vote against resolution to protect B.C.’s old-growth forests

AVICC delegates vote instead to support old-growth panel’s recommendations

Delegates at the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities convention at Nanaimo’s Vancouver Island Conference Centre on Saturday, April 15. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
People carry umbrellas while crossing Robson Street as rain falls in Vancouver, on Thursday, January 6, 2022. Canada’s intelligence service warns that technological innovations adopted by municipalities could be exploited by adversaries such as the Chinese government to harvest sensitive data, target diaspora communities and interfere in elections. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

CSIS warns ‘smart city’ technology can open door to attacks, foreign interference

AI platforms for things like traffic lights, energy use, transportation create security risk

People carry umbrellas while crossing Robson Street as rain falls in Vancouver, on Thursday, January 6, 2022. Canada’s intelligence service warns that technological innovations adopted by municipalities could be exploited by adversaries such as the Chinese government to harvest sensitive data, target diaspora communities and interfere in elections. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Bonnie Forsythe with her family at the Coachman Apartments complex in Terrace. (Michael Bramadat-Willcock/Terrace Standard)

‘Feeling like we’re drowning’: Tenants of rundown B.C. building fear for future

Tenants living in “shocking” conditions fear losing what little they have left

Bonnie Forsythe with her family at the Coachman Apartments complex in Terrace. (Michael Bramadat-Willcock/Terrace Standard)
Terrace Mayor Sean Bujtas (right) gaining entry to the managers’ office at Coachman Apartments. (Submitted photo)

Northwest B.C. mayor steps in to help apartment residents after burst water pipes

Provincial emergency support services assisting displaced Terrace, B.C. tenants with hotel rooms

Terrace Mayor Sean Bujtas (right) gaining entry to the managers’ office at Coachman Apartments. (Submitted photo)
The Knights of Columbus annual nativity scene atop Terrace City Hall on Dec. 14, 2021. (Ben Bogstie/Terrace Standard)

Northern B.C. officials ban nativity scene from Terrace city hall roof

The move reflects a 2015 Supreme Court of Canada decision

The Knights of Columbus annual nativity scene atop Terrace City Hall on Dec. 14, 2021. (Ben Bogstie/Terrace Standard)
David and Amanda Horvath look over the looming cliff of a landslide behind their home at 5412 McConnell Crescent in Terrace, B.C. (Michael Bramadat-Willcock/Terrace Standard)

Couple’s ‘dream home’ at risk of sliding into northwest B.C. river

Families look on helplessly as property erodes into river behind them

David and Amanda Horvath look over the looming cliff of a landslide behind their home at 5412 McConnell Crescent in Terrace, B.C. (Michael Bramadat-Willcock/Terrace Standard)
District of Sparwood flags out front of Sparwood municipal offices. (Scott Tibballs / The Free Press)

Sparwood mayor says he and council should be paid ‘what we’re worth’

Councillors would be paid $20K, and the mayor $45K if they support their own recommendation

District of Sparwood flags out front of Sparwood municipal offices. (Scott Tibballs / The Free Press)
Nanaimo city council, at a meeting this week, voted to repeal a bylaw relating to public morals which prevented people from making use of any “profane, obscene, blasphemous or grossly insulting language.” (City of Nanaimo image)

B.C. city repeals 130-year-old bylaw banning drunken singing

City of Nanaimo retains bylaw banning nuclear weapons, but takes several other bylaws off the books

Nanaimo city council, at a meeting this week, voted to repeal a bylaw relating to public morals which prevented people from making use of any “profane, obscene, blasphemous or grossly insulting language.” (City of Nanaimo image)
Tiny Town was the creation of the late Jim Allen and modelled after his hometown of Youghal, County Cork, Ireland. (File photo)
Tiny Town was the creation of the late Jim Allen and modelled after his hometown of Youghal, County Cork, Ireland. (File photo)
B.C. Parliamentary Secretary for Emergency Preparedness Jennifer Rice. (Norman Galimski/Black Press)

B.C. rolls out emergency preparedness funds for First Nations and municipalities

Funding will go toward capacity building for emergency support in those communities

B.C. Parliamentary Secretary for Emergency Preparedness Jennifer Rice. (Norman Galimski/Black Press)
Cara with one of her four hens. (Image courtesy of Cara Dawn)

Chicken takeover slow, but hens a hit for one Sparwood resident

Backyard hens have been allowed in Sparwood since November 2021

Cara with one of her four hens. (Image courtesy of Cara Dawn)
The District of Tofino is celebrating the successful hiring of three new staffers for its Community Children’s Centre. (file photo)

Staff-strapped B.C. town scores childcare workers with free tuition, housing

District of Tofino takes unique approach to address childcare resource crunch

The District of Tofino is celebrating the successful hiring of three new staffers for its Community Children’s Centre. (file photo)
The Boundary Museum, pictured atop the Fructova Heritage Site on the western outskirts of Grand Forks, is a repository of the Kettle Valley’s history. Photo: Chris Hammett

Boundary Museum Society to ask council for money withheld from previous board

Council has restored the society’s funding, but kept back $23,000 from 2021

The Boundary Museum, pictured atop the Fructova Heritage Site on the western outskirts of Grand Forks, is a repository of the Kettle Valley’s history. Photo: Chris Hammett
Photo: Screen shot: midwaybc.ca

Midway council stays mum after village doc leaves practice

Last statement by Mayor Fromme says Rural Locum Program will fill in if needed

Photo: Screen shot: midwaybc.ca
Sparwood mayor David Wilks. (File photo)

‘We don’t have the capacity’: East Kootenay Mayor takes aim at COVID health orders

With limited resources, local governments and private businesses are under too much strain from public health orders according to Sparwood Mayor David Wilks

Sparwood mayor David Wilks. (File photo)
An artist’s rendition of Grand Forks’ proposed community centre (Drawing: Community Futures Boundary report)

Grand Forks community centre unlikely after staff report

City council to vote on issue in December

An artist’s rendition of Grand Forks’ proposed community centre (Drawing: Community Futures Boundary report)