With municipal elections approaching, candidates are knocking on doors and asking for your vote. But when someone stands on your doorstep, what should you ask them? It’s easy to talk about taxes, potholes, development, or the issues making headlines. But how do you find out whether a candidate really understands the job of governing a community? Our guest today has some answers. Christina Benty is the former Mayor of Golden, B.C., and she’s created a practical guide to help r

In September, more than 1,400 municipal leaders from across Alberta gathered in Edmonton for the annual Alberta Municipalities Fall Convention. For many of those leaders, the convention was an opportunity to focus on some of the biggest issues facing communities across the province — from collaboration and growth to infrastructure funding and the unique challenges facing individual municipalities. We caught up with Mayors and Reeves from across Alberta to ask them a few quest

Good morning, and welcome back to Municipal Affairs. We’re continuing our special seven-week series looking ahead to the 2026 Manitoba Municipal Election — a series where we’re taking you inside municipal government and exploring the people, the positions, and the responsibilities that keep communities across Manitoba moving forward. This special series on the 2026 Manitoba Municipal Election is brought to you in partnership with the Association of Manitoba Municipalities. Ov

A pipeline. A province. And a project that could reshape communities across Alberta. In Fort McMurray last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced the proposed Pacific Link pipeline — a major West Coast oil pipeline designated as a Project of National Interest under the Building Canada Act. For Alberta’s rural municipalities, a project of this scale is about more than moving oil from one place to another. It is about roads, housing, water

Welcome to Municipal Affairs, Live for this Monday, October 5th. With just 12 days to go until British Columbia’s municipal elections on October 17th, we’re entering the final stretch of what has been an unusually busy election season across the province, with municipal and provincial campaigns taking place at the same time. Today, we want to step away from the campaign rhetoric and hear directly from the people on the ground about what they’re seeing and hearing in their com

Good Morning and welcome to Municipal Affairs Live. Vancouver is a city with enormous potential—and enormous challenges. Housing affordability, homelessness, public safety, infrastructure, climate resilience, and the rising cost of living are affecting residents across the city. The question isn't simply whether we understand these problems. The question is: what are we actually going to do about them? And today, we're having a one-on-one conversation with Dr. Rebecca Hasde

In September, more than 1,400 municipal leaders from across Alberta gathered in Edmonton for the annual Alberta Municipalities Fall Convention. For many of those leaders, the convention was an opportunity to focus on some of the biggest issues facing communities across the province — from collaboration and growth to infrastructure funding, and the unique challenges facing individual municipalities. We caught up with municipal leaders from across Alberta to ask them a few ques

Good morning, and welcome back to Municipal Affairs. We’re continuing our special seven-week series looking ahead to the 2026 Manitoba Municipal Election — a series taking you inside municipal government and exploring the people, the positions, and the responsibilities that keep communities across Manitoba moving forward. This special series on the 2026 Manitoba Municipal Election is brought to you in partnership with the Association of Manitoba Municipalities. With candidate

From the largest metropolitan area in British Columbia to the province’s smallest communities and rural electoral areas, mayors, councillors and regional district directors from across B.C. descended on Vancouver this past week to discuss the municipal issues affecting their communities. For many rural and regional municipal leaders, the annual UBCM convention provided an important opportunity to sit down directly with provincial ministers and advocate for the priorities of t