Municipal gov’t is growing up – Opinion

Bell is president of the Association of Manitoba Municipalities. Municipal government is playing an increasingly important role in the everyday lives of Canadians. There was a time when your municipality was in charge of not much more than gravelling the roads and replacing culverts. Municipalities still maintain your roads and culverts, but they are providing […] Read more

Finding rural Canada’s voice – Opinion

Johnson is president of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties. Marit is president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities. Bell is president of the Association of Manitoba Municipalities. The definition of rural can be complicated. For some, rural is still viewed as the hinterland, the wide open spaces where population is low […] Read more