COVID-19 News (June 22–29, 2020) / Revues de presse - COVID-19 (du 22 au 29 juin 2020) Article Source Date P/T Municipality Communications and Technology / Communication et technologie Amherst to have its first fully electronic municipal The Chronicle Herald 2020-06-25 NS Amherst election Municipality of Shelburne going ahead with fully Cape Breton Post 2020-06-24 NS Shelburne electronic municipal election Town of Hawkesbury planning to eliminate payment The Review 2020-06-23 ON Hawkesbury of taxes and other fees over the counter Economics, Trade and Economic Development / Économie, commerce et développement économique Alberta's Recovery Plan: Creating jobs, building, Alberta. Office of the Premier 2020-06-29 AB diversifying Airdrie launches Temporary Outdoor Patio Space Airdrie (Alberta : City) 2020-06-24 AB Airdrie Program Task Force launches local shop safe campaign Cochrane (Alberta : Town) 2020-06-23 AB Cochrane Temporary layoff provisions for workers, employers British Columbia. Ministry of Labour 2020-06-25 BC extended City of Burnaby's Active Sidewalks, Open Burnaby (British Columbia : City) 2020-06-25 BC Burnaby Businesses Program expands Coquitlam invests in business recovery Coquitlam (British Columbia : City) 2020-06-23 BC Coquitlam Council approves temporary patios and outdoor Pitt Meadows (British Columbia : 2020-06-25 BC Pitt Meadows retail space to support businesses City) City has issued over 120 temporary patio permits, Vancouver (British Columbia : City) 2020-06-26 BC Vancouver and launches online applications for private property Province introduces ban on commercial evictions Manitoba. Department of Finance 2020-06-26 MB during COVID-19 pandemic: Commitment to protect businesses and increase uptake in federal-provincial rent assist program drives temporary measure: Fielding Provincial / Territorial Officials Committee (PTOC) on Local Government 1 Comité des fonctionnaires des provinces et territoires (CFPT) pour les administrations locales COVID-19 News (June 22–29, 2020) / Revues de presse - COVID-19 (du 22 au 29 juin 2020) Article Source Date P/T Municipality Saint John hopes rotating pedestrian-only streets CBC News 2020-06-24 NB Saint John will aid recovery: Germain, Canterbury and Prince William streets to take turns closing to cars on weekends Summer in the city: CBRM clears the way for CBC News 2020-06-26 NS Cape Breton sidewalk patios: Permit fees waived to help restaurants with COVID-19, but there's hope patios will bring more people downtown Last year's economic, population growth could be Halifax Today 2020-06-28 NS Halifax Regional cancelled out by COVID-19: Leading up to March, Municipality Halifax's economy was hitting new highs and breaking records in several areas Ontario's regional labour markets during the Financial Accountability Office of 2020-06-23 ON COVID-19 pandemic Ontario Le marché du travail dans les régions de l'Ontario Bureau du directeur de la 2020-06-23 ON durant la pandémie de COVID-19 responsabilité financière de l'Ontario Yard sales now allowed in the City of Barrie Barrie (Ontario : City) 2020-06-26 ON Barrie City launches Patio Brampton program to support Brampton 2020-06-24 ON Brampton local restaurants Yard sales in Hamilton are permitted, but crowds CBC News 2020-06-29 ON Hamilton can't be bigger than 10: The annual Beach Strip Garage Sale has been cancelled Patios coming to downtown Meaford Meaford (Ontario : Municipality) 2020-06-23 ON Meaford Middlesex County turns over economic development The London Free Press 2020-06-25 ON Middlesex money to municipalities to help small businesses Niagara COVID-19 business impact survey part 2 Niagara (Ontario : Regional 2020-06-23 ON Niagara Municipality) City offers rent relief program for commercial Thunder Bay (Ontario : City) 2020-06-25 ON Thunder Bay tenants Provincial / Territorial Officials Committee (PTOC) on Local Government 2 Comité des fonctionnaires des provinces et territoires (CFPT) pour les administrations locales COVID-19 News (June 22–29, 2020) / Revues de presse - COVID-19 (du 22 au 29 juin 2020) Article Source Date P/T Municipality City of Toronto launches recovery advisory group to Toronto 2020-06-24 ON Toronto obtain expert advice for Toronto's rebuild and recovery from COVID-19 Supporting the safe reopening of Downtown Whitby Whitby (Ontario : Town) 2020-06-26 ON Whitby businesses Walkerville restaurants cleared for parking lot CBC News 2020-06-26 ON Windsor (City) patios, curbside cafes: Businesses in other areas of the city may see similar set up Proposed bylaw could make extra room for patios CBC News 2020-06-23 PE Charlottetown this summer in Charlottetown: If passed, the temporary bylaw would be in effect until the end of October Dans le cadre du projet « Déconfiner finement : Les Drummondville (Québec : Ville) 2020-06-22 QC Drummondville Terrasses publiques » : « Vente-trottoir » au centre-ville au cours des deux prochaines fins de semaine Utilisation permise de l'espace public pour Lévis (Québec : Ville) 2020-06-26 QC Lévis l'aménagement de terrasses Food trucks get OK to return to Montreal streets Montreal Gazette 2020-06-24 QC Montréal Finance, Taxation and Revenue / Finances, taxation et revenu City manager calls current system a "disaster": City RDNewsNow 2020-06-25 AB Red Deer seeks municipal funding overhaul Council approves temporary COVID-related RDNewsNow 2020-06-22 AB Red Deer County borrowing bylaw Public arts funding used to tackle $7-million COVID- St. Albert Today 2020-06-27 AB St. Albert 19 deficit: Two projects, arts event cancelled this year Financial advocacy & provincial relief framework Union of British Columbia 2020-06-24 BC Municipalities Provincial / Territorial Officials Committee (PTOC) on Local Government 3 Comité des fonctionnaires des provinces et territoires (CFPT) pour les administrations locales COVID-19 News (June 22–29, 2020) / Revues de presse - COVID-19 (du 22 au 29 juin 2020) Article Source Date P/T Municipality Pandemic is magnifying B.C.'s property assessment Business in Vancouver 2020-06-24 BC inequities: commentary Province tables economic stabilization act, confirms British Columbia. Ministry of 2020-06-24 BC COVID-19 supports Finance Supporting British Columbia's economic recovery Metro Vancouver Regional District 2020-06-24 BC Metro Vancouver through shared investments in infrastructure: Submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services in advance of the 2021 provincial budget Casino closures hurting city: City of Vernon Castanet 2020-06-23 BC Vernon expected to lose about $1.6 million from casinos Cape Breton Regional Municipality council okays Cape Breton Post 2020-06-23 NS Cape Breton revised budget Council passes unprecedented COVID-19 financial Burlington (Ontario : City) 2020-06-23 ON Burlington support package for taxpayers and businesses GTHA Mayors and Chairs committed to successful Hamilton (Ontario : City) 2020-06-22 ON Greater Toronto Area restart and reopening Hamilton 2020 final property tax bill due date set for Aug. 31 Kingston (Ontario : City) 2020-06-25 ON Kingston [London] Council approves measures to trim CBC News 2020-06-23 ON London services amid COVID-19 fallout: Some savings include River Road golf course staying closed and police given fewer hires McDougall noticing an increase of property tax ParrySound.com 2020-06-24 ON McDougall arrears during COVID-19: Municipality is being as flexible as it can be: Mayor Staff expect COVID-19 pandemic to cost Meaford The Meaford Independent 2020-06-24 ON Meaford more than $145,000 New application program launched to help Port Port Colborne (Ontario : City) 2020-06-25 ON Port Colborne Colborne residents with property bills Lévis prolonge la période de moratoire pour les Lévis (Québec : Ville) 2020-06-26 QC Lévis prêts versés aux entreprises Provincial / Territorial Officials Committee (PTOC) on Local Government 4 Comité des fonctionnaires des provinces et territoires (CFPT) pour les administrations locales COVID-19 News (June 22–29, 2020) / Revues de presse - COVID-19 (du 22 au 29 juin 2020) Article Source Date P/T Municipality Saskatoon councillors approve $35.5M spending CBC News 2020-06-23 SK Saskatoon plan for provincial COVID-19 funding: Money will free up $15 million to be used for budget shortfall Cities warn of infrastructure spending cuts and CNBC 2020-06-23 USA more layoffs as coronavirus leaves holes in budgets Housing / Habitation Housing market outlook - special edition - summer Canada Mortgage and Housing 2020-06-23 AB Calgary 2020 Corporation BC Vancouver ON Toronto QC Montréal Perspectives du marché de l'habitation : numéro Société canadienne d'hypothèques 2020-06-23 AB Calgary spécial - été 2020 et de logement BC Vancouver ON Toronto QC Montréal Pandemic poses new challenge in fight against rural CBC News 2020-06-29 AB Strathmore homelessness in Alberta Update on residential tenancy laws British Columbia. Ministry of 2020-06-24 BC Municipal Affairs and Housing Province purchases properties in Vancouver to British Columbia. Ministry of 2020-06-24 BC Vancouver provide more affordable housing Municipal Affairs and Housing Manitoba expands support for homeless shelters in Manitoba. Department of Families 2020-06-26 MB response to pandemic City revokes operating licenses for two Residential Hamilton (Ontario : City) 2020-06-25 ON Hamilton Care Facilities 'Everybody is healthy': Will the pandemic spur a Ottawa Citizen 2020-06-22 ON Ottawa new approach to homelessness? Provincial / Territorial Officials Committee (PTOC) on Local Government 5 Comité des fonctionnaires des provinces et territoires (CFPT) pour les administrations locales COVID-19 News (June 22–29, 2020) / Revues de presse - COVID-19 (du 22 au 29 juin 2020) Article Source Date P/T Municipality Infrastructure / Infrastructures Four more pop-up plazas installed to support Vancouver (British Columbia : City) 2020-06-23 BC Vancouver ongoing recovery efforts Rural insights series: COVID-19: 1.7: Rethinking Canadian Rural Revitalization 2020-06-29 Canada infrastructure investments: Supporting post- Foundation pandemic rural recovery and climate resilience through green infrastructure Winnipeg cycling, pedestrian routes extended to Global News 2020-06-27 MB Winnipeg September St.