Tag: municipalities
2023 Good Roads Conference
Ontario's Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, Monte McNaughton announced a $1.8 million investment through the Skills Development Fund to support 625...
Connecting Links program to support municipal road and bridge repairs
The Government of Ontario announced it is providing $30 million to support municipal road and bridge repairs in 21 municipalities across the province. The...
Big City Mayors’ Caucus group meets with Prime Minister in Ottawa
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended a roundtable discussion with the Big City Mayors’ Caucus, a group of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) representing...
New guide to help municipalities improve flood-resiliency
Climate change is causing a steady increase in the frequency, intensity and duration of weather-related natural disasters. Damages caused by floods and rainstorms comprise...
New active transportation approaches are needed
By Ankush Karwal
When Statistics Canada began unveiling the results of the 2021 Census earlier this year, one of the areas that anyone in city...
Program to support rural highway improvements in Saskatchewan
A successful partnership between the Government of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) continues to improve roads through its Rural Integrated Roads...
Ontario to help industrial sites become investment ready
Ontario has launched a new pilot project designed to help municipalities and landowners prepare industrial sites in order to be more attractive to investors.
The Site Readiness...
New federal fund boosts funding for Ontario municipalities
Infrastructure Canada announced that Ontario has received over $850 million through the new federal Canada Community-Building Fund (CCBF) for the 2021–22 fiscal year, along with a top-up of...
Prepare For the Worst, Hope For the Best
By Glenn Miller
Cyber security is finally emerging as a priority for municipalities.
Since the onset of the pandemic, thousands of Canadians have been forced to...
Government of Canada to double community-building fund payments
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland recently announced that annual gas tax fund payments to municipalities and First Nations communities will double...
