Municipal Affairs

Welcome to Alberta Municipal Votes 2025 With October 20th fast approaching, the race for municipal office across Alberta is heating up. From every corner of the province, candidates for mayor, reeve, and council are stepping forward with ideas for stronger communities, smarter growth, and brighter futures. Today, we turn our attention to the City of Calgary. We are honoured to welcome back to the...

Welcome to Alberta Municipal Votes 2025 With October 20th fast approaching, the race for municipal office across Alberta is heating up. From every corner of the province, candidates for mayor, reeve, and council are stepping forward with ideas for stronger communities, smarter growth, and brighter futures. Today, we turn our attention to the City of Calgary. Today, we are honoured to welcome to th...

Welcome to Municipal Affairs .  For this edition of the show we’re heading north — way north — to Yellowknife, where earlier this month, leaders from across the Arctic gathered to take part in something remarkable. From Alaska to all three territories, and even across the Nordic states, mayors and community leaders came together in the Northwest Territories. Among them was the Mayor of Fairbanks,...

Welcome to Municipal Affairs. After more than three decades of public service, Parkland County Councillor Phyllis Kobasiuk is closing the book on a remarkable career in local government.  Since 1989, she’s been a fixture at the council table — logging over 1,400 meetings, championing sustainable policies, and leading with a focus on delivering services under controlled taxation. Kobasiuk made hist...

Welcome to Alberta Municipal Votes 2025, here on Municipal Affairs.  With October 20th fast approaching, the race for municipal office across Alberta is heating up. From every corner of the province, candidates for mayor, reeve, and council are stepping forward with ideas for stronger communities, smarter growth, and brighter futures. Today, we turn our attention to the Regional Municipality of Wo...

Welcome to Alberta Municipal Votes 2025, here on Municipal Affairs. With October 20th fast approaching, the race for municipal office across Alberta is heating up. From every corner of the province, candidates for mayor, reeve, and council are stepping forward with ideas for stronger communities, smarter growth, and brighter futures. Today, we turn our attention to the City of Cold Lake, Alberta....

Welcome to Alberta Municipal Votes 2025, here on Municipal Affairs.  With October 20th fast approaching, the race for municipal office across Alberta is heating up. From every corner of the province, candidates for mayor, reeve, and council are stepping forward with ideas for stronger communities, smarter growth, and brighter futures. Today, we turn our attention to the City of Leduc, Alberta. We...

With October 20th fast approaching, the race for municipal office across Alberta is heating up. From every corner of the province, candidates for mayor, reeve, and council are stepping forward with ideas for stronger communities, smarter growth, and brighter futures. Today, we turn our attention to the provincial Capital, Edmonton, Alberta. We are chatting with Paul Bakhmut, a Mayoral Candidate in...

With October 20th fast approaching, the race for municipal office across Alberta is heating up. From every corner of the province, candidates for mayor, reeve, and council are stepping forward with ideas for stronger communities, smarter growth, and brighter futures. Today, we turn our attention to the Town of Coalhurst, Alberta. We are chatting with Deborah Florence, a current councillor, seeking...

Welcome to Municipal Affairs  Last we we spoke with municipal association presidents from across Western Canada, about the most recent gathering of the Western Canadian Municipal Association, in Beautiful Victoria British Columbia. In attendance were representatives from every corner of the region: the Association of Manitoba Municipalities, the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, th...

Welcome to Municipal Affairs  After more than twenty years at the council table, last November marked the end of an era in the Rural Municipality of Meota No. 468.  Longtime Reeve, Sherry Jimmy, decided it was time to hang up her political hat. As the first woman to hold the position in her community, she helped guide Meota through seasons of change, challenges, and growth. Now, with new leadershi...

With October 20th fast approaching, the race for municipal office across Alberta is heating up. From every corner of the province, candidates for mayor, reeve, and council are stepping forward with ideas for stronger communities, smarter growth, and brighter futures. Today, we turn our attention to the City of Brooks. Today, we are chatting with Marissa Wardrop, who is seeking re-election as Counc...

With October 20th fast approaching, the race for municipal office across Alberta is heating up. From every corner of the province, candidates for mayor, reeve, and council are stepping forward with ideas for stronger communities, smarter growth, and brighter futures. Today, we turn our attention to the Town of Nanton Today, we are chatting with Roger Miller, who is running for re-election as Counc...

With October 20th fast approaching, the race for municipal office across Alberta is heating up. From every corner of the province, candidates for mayor, reeve, and council are stepping forward with ideas for stronger communities, smarter growth, and brighter futures. Today, we turn our attention to the Ward 6 of the Municipal District of Bonnyville.  Where we are chatting with Ben Fadeyiw, who is...

With October 20th fast approaching, the race for municipal office across Alberta is heating up. From every corner of the province, candidates for mayor, reeve, and council are stepping forward with ideas for stronger communities, smarter growth, and brighter futures. Today, we turn our attention to Ward 2 in Strathcona County, where we’ll be speaking with Tracey Grioux ****************************...

Nanton - Mayor  With October 20th fast approaching, the race for municipal office across Alberta is heating up. From every corner of the province, candidates for mayor, reeve, and council are stepping forward with ideas for stronger communities, smarter growth, and brighter futures. Today, we turn our attention to the Town of Nanton Today, we are chatting with Jennifer Handley, who is running for...

Welcome to Municipal Affairs Leaders from across the West gathered in Victoria for the Western Canadian Municipal Association’s two-day meeting. At the top of the agenda—funding for water and wastewater systems, the future of RCMP contract policing, and the push for meaningful bail reform. In attendance were representatives from every corner of the region: the Association of Manitoba Municipalitie...

Welcome to another episode of Municipal Affairs.  In late May of this year—on May 28, 2025—the City of Flin Flon faced one of its most serious emergencies in recent memory. A rapidly spreading wildfire, fueled by extreme conditions and dry forests, prompted a mandatory evacuation of the entire community—some 5,100 residents—fearing the flames could engulf the town’s borders. The situation was dire...

With Alberta’s municipal election just around the corner, candidates are out in full force—pounding in signs, knocking on doors, and filling up social media feeds in hopes of winning voter support.  But once the ballots are counted, the results declared, and the new council is sworn in, the real work begins. For many freshly elected officials, those first few months can feel like drinking from a f...

Good evening, and welcome to a live edition of Municipal Affairs. I’m Christopher Brown, and tonight we’re diving into a conversation that stretches far beyond potholes, zoning bylaws, and property taxes — straight into the heart of Canada’s unity debate. At the center of it all is the Forever Canada campaign, a movement launched by former Alberta Deputy Premier Thomas Lukaszuk. Its goal: to rally...

Local governments are the heart and soul of our communities.  Every day, councils and staff across this province work to make sure that residents and businesses have the services, programs, and infrastructure they need to thrive.  Our local leaders don’t step forward for fame or recognition—they run because they care. They want to make life better for the people who call our towns, cities, and rur...

On this episode of Municipal Affairs , we sit down with women leaders who are preparing to close a chapter in their political journeys.  After years of service in local government, they’re stepping away from elected office—and with that comes a chance to reflect. They share candid insights into the realities of municipal life: the late-night council meetings, the tough policy debates, and the mome...

Welcome to Municipal Affairs. In local government, some of the hardest decisions are the ones residents notice most—in their tax bill. And while it’s tempting to keep those numbers low year after year, the reality is that doing so can quietly drain a community’s financial health. Eventually, reserves shrink, critical projects are delayed, and the future gets harder to fund. In Merritt, British Col...

Welcome to Alberta Municipal Votes 2025, on Municipal Affairs We are now entering the final two months of the 2025 Alberta Municipal elections.  Across the province, candidates are stepping forward with visions for stronger communities, smarter growth, and more responsive local government. Today, we are joined by Ward 6 Council Candidate Jeff Watson ************************************************...

Welcome to Alberta Municipal Votes 2025, on Municipal Affairs We are now entering the final two months of the 2025 Alberta Municipal elections.  Across the province, candidates are stepping forward with visions for stronger communities, smarter growth, and more responsive local government. Today, we are joined by Ward 12 Council Candidate Shane Bycuik.  ********************************************...