[Opinion] Summerland council meets with government ministers at UBCM (Opinion)

Summerland council meets with government ministers at UBCM (Opinion)

The Union of B.C. Municipalities annual convention is an important forum for dialogue between local and provincial governments through inter-governmental workshops, resolution debates and one-on-one meetings with provincial ministers and ministry staff. This year's forum was held Sept 22 to 26 in Vi...

Street disorder, crime and homelessness key topics at UBCM

Mayors and councillors from across the province, including those from the City of Cranbrook, joined together to meet with the B.C. government at last week’s Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) convention in Victoria. A major theme was requesting the government take more action on the overlapping crises of worsening street disorder in their communities under provincial jurisdiction, saying that homeless encampments, drug addictions, increasing crim…