May 10, 2026
7:00am
The 2026 Theme for this week is Financial Resiliency which is recognition around ensuring the financial sustainability of Local Government Services/Infrastructure that respects local ratepayers ability to pay, despite the impact of decisions of both the Provincial/Federal Governments as well as external costs to local government (BC Hydro, supply chain issues, RCMP Salaries, etc) that BC Local Governments' have no direct control or say over
More on this at https://www.ubcm.ca/resources/local-government-awareness-week
Within British Columbia -- there are 3 forms of local government:
* Municipal Council (Mayor + Councillors)
* Regional District Board of Directors' (Electoral Area Directors + Municipal Directors)
* Improvement District Board of Trustees
There are 161 Municipal Councils', 27 Regional District Boards' and 189 Improvement Districts within the Province of British Columbia
There are 5 Area Associations, the Union of BC Municipalities and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to which they advocate for their local government members (Municipal Councils' or Regional District Boards') on a regional, provincial and federal basis. I am a former President (2022-2023) of the North Central Local Government Association whose area covers from 100 Mile House to Fort Nelson and from Daajing Giids (previously Queen Charlotte Island) to Valemount or roughly 70% of the provincial land mass across Northern and Central British Columbia
This coming week -- I will cover the role of a Municipal Council, Regional District Board and Improvement District. Stay tuned for those posts on this blog...
Later today (May 10, 2026) -- please watch my social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn) where I will go into further detail on BC Local Government Awareness Week....
But thank you to BC Local Elected Officials + Local Government Staff who work hard together to ensure the needs of local communities are delivered on (water, sewer, parks, recreation, etc) throughout the year.... as well as the public who serve on Local Government Advisory Committees (Accessibility, Local Planning, etc.) and provide local elected officials with feedback to serve the public better...
Finally: there are local elections in British Columbia including all 5 seats (Mayor + 4 Councillors) on the Districts of Wells and 100 Mile House Councils, all 7 seats (Mayor + 6 Councillors) on both Cities of Williams Lake/Quesnel Councils and the 12 Electoral Area Director seats on the Cariboo Regional District Board of Directors'. There will be opportunities in mid June in North Cariboo (Quesnel), Central Cariboo (Williams Lake) and South Cariboo (100 Mile House) to understand the local election process, what you, as a candidate, should know if you plan to run in October's local elections... stay tuned for the details in the next number of weeks....
Steve Forseth
Director, Electoral Area "D"
Cariboo Regional District
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