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Revelstoke wins support on key issues while hosting local government conference
Council unanimously backed five provincial asks, including brain-injury funding, housing policy, food-recovery rebates, old-growth protection and public-land access.
- The City of Revelstoke hosted the Southern Interior Local Government Association Convention from April 29 to May 2, where Revelstoke City Council successfully passed five resolutions advocating for provincial policy changes.
- Advocating for provincial action, the resolutions included increased provincial funding for brain injury supports, a permanent housing policy roundtable, food recovery rebates, old-growth forest protection, and continued backcountry access amid logging road deactivation.
- Coun. Matt Cherry explained that the old-growth resolution targeting the regional Rainbow-Jordan Wilderness will not proceed to the Union of BC Municipalities Convention because it addresses a regional rather than provincial matter.
- Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship Randene Neill met with Cherry on Friday to discuss the Illecillewaet River log jam, connecting him with her office to address the potential for a "catastrophic failure."
- The remaining four resolutions will advance to the Union of BC Municipalities Convention in September to seek provincewide support for legislative changes, while Health Minister Josie Osborne promoted a "Team BC" approach for rural health-care access.
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Revelstoke wins support on key issues while hosting local government conference
Revelstoke City Council found unanimous support for several issues of provincial importance last week, as it hosted the annual local government conference for the Thompson-Okanagan. The 2026 Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA) Convention brought 250 participants from 37 municipalities to the Revelstoke Community and Aquatic Centre from Wednesday, April 29, to Saturday, May 2. It was the City of Revelstoke’s first time hosting …
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