The race for the Alberta Municipalities Board of Directors is officially set, with the 2026 election slate now confirmed ahead of the Alberta Municipalities Convention in Edmonton. Lethbridge City Councillor Jenn Schmidt-Rempel has been acclaimed as Director for Cities up to 500,000. High River Councillor Jenny Jones has also been acclaimed as Director for Towns South. Both Schmidt-Rempel and Jones won board by-elections in November 2025 during the Alberta Municipalities Convention in Calgary...

There is a great deal we still do not know about the regulations Alberta will eventually put around its new provincewide framework for municipal councillor accountability. What we do know is that the Alberta government has moved well beyond simply talking about changing the rules. Bill 28, the Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 2026, received Royal Assent on May 14, creating the legislative foundation for a provincewide councillor accountability framework. The government...

This year Ontario's municipal election is shaping up to be remembered less for debates over taxes, roads, or even housing than for two forces that, at first glance, seem unrelated but are increasingly intertwined: data centres and artificial intelligence. One represents the physical infrastructure of the digital economy, with sprawling campuses consuming vast amounts of electricity and water while promising jobs, tax revenue, and economic development. The other represents the software layer...