Before today's conversation, it's worth reflecting on what leadership looks like when a community faces a crisis. When an emergency unfolds, there is rarely a perfect plan. Events move minute by minute. New information arrives constantly. Decisions often have to be made in seconds, sometimes with only part of the picture available. In those moments, leaders are tasked with balancing uncertainty, risk, and responsibility. Sometimes things go wrong. Sometimes things go right. B

Thousands of local elected officials from across Canada gathered in Edmonton, Alberta, this week for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' 2026 Annual Conference and Trade Show, marking 125 years of municipal leadership, collaboration, and advocacy. Over the course of the four-day convention, representatives from across Manitoba connected not only with delegates from their own provinces but with municipal leaders from coast to coast to coast. The event provided an opport

Thousands of local elected officials from across Canada gathered in Edmonton, Alberta, this week for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' 2026 Annual Conference and Trade Show, marking 125 years of municipal leadership, collaboration, and advocacy. Over the course of the four-day convention, representatives from across Saskatchewan connected not only with delegates from their own provinces but with municipal leaders from coast to coast to coast. The event provided an op

Welcome to Cross Border Interviews. Our goal is to create meaningful municipal conversations that inform, connect, educate and strengthen communities from coast to coast to coast in Canada. For this edition of Cross Border Interviews, we spoke with District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Director Hans Cunningham at the 2026 FCM Convention. Nestled among the Monashee, Selkirk and Purcell mountain glaciers spill into the Kootenay and Arrow Lakes in the Central Kootena

Thousands of local elected officials from across Canada gathered in Edmonton, Alberta this week for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' 2026 Annual Conference and Trade Show, marking 125 years of municipal leadership, collaboration, and advocacy. Over the course of the four-day convention, representatives from across Alberta connected not only with delegates from their own provinces but with municipal leaders from coast to coast to coast. The event provided an opportun

Welcome to Cross Border Interviews. Our goal is to create meaningful municipal conversations that inform, connect, educate and strengthen communities from coast to coast to coast in Canada. For this edition of Cross Border Interviews, we spoke with Hamlet of Tulita, Northwest Territories, Mayor Douglas Yallee at the 2026 FCM Convention. Tulı́tʼa, which in Dene language means “where the two rivers meet” is a Hamlet in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It