VANCOUVER SUN: Housing, wildfires, opioids: The hot topics B.C. leaders will tackle at this week's convention

 

UBCM president Jen Ford said in an interview that it’s a very challenging time to be in local government.

The triple threats of wildfires, opioids and housing needs facing B.C. are the focus of a weeklong gathering of elected municipal and provincial leaders in Vancouver at the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention.

A record attendance of more than 2,000 delegates is expected at the convention, which starts Monday and concludes Friday with a speech by Premier David Eby ...

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