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B.C. government urged to ensure local candidates get criminal record checks

Elected officials privy to highly sensitive information, UBCM resolution notes

Sep 23, 2020 4:28 PM Read more >

Surrey strikes COVID gold with home-grown PPE industry

Manufacturers ready to provide global supply of masks, wipes, sanitizer

Sep 23, 2020 4:09 PM Read more >

Record number of people being monitored for COVID-19 in B.C.

B.C. government started releasing the number of people being actively monitored for COVID-19 on a daily basis in August – it now sits at 3,368

Sep 23, 2020 3:54 PM Read more >

Strata insurance costs creating new crisis, UBCM told

Increasing rates adding to housing affordability pressures

Sep 23, 2020 3:44 PM Read more >

Ensure ride-sharing accessibility, UBCM tells B.C. government

14% of B.C. taxis allow wheelchair accessibility

Sep 23, 2020 3:26 PM Read more >

More addiction crisis resources needed, UBCM tells B.C. government

More mental health supports needed, delegates say

Sep 23, 2020 3:11 PM Read more >

Cooperation needed to recover, Wilkinson tells UBCM

Pandemic, housing availability, opioid crisis, land use top issues

Sep 23, 2020 2:23 PM Read more >

Develop recovery infrastructure framework: UBCM

Municipalities want flexibility on local projects

Sep 23, 2020 12:52 PM Read more >

Overdose deaths hit new record during dual public health emergencies

While many have been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, British Columbia has been dealing with a second public health emergency: overdose deaths. B.C. now has a record of six straight months with over 100 illicit drug toxicity deaths.

Sep 23, 2020 12:01 PM Read more >

Share cannabis tax revenue, UBCM tells the provincial government

The B.C. government should be sharing cannabis excise tax revenue with B.C.’s municipalities, Union of B.C. Municipalities voted Sept. 23.

Sep 23, 2020 11:00 AM Read more >