New rule delays ward-count determination for Niagara Region and Simcoe County until after nomination day for 2026 elections

A new regulation modifies the timing of a specific electoral determination for the Regional Municipality of Niagara and the County of Simcoe. Normally, a determination about council composition under section 275 of th…

New regulation sets council size and ward boundaries for three Niagara-region municipalities for the 2026–2030 term

A new regulation establishes the composition of councils for the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, the City of Thorold, and the City of Port Colborne for the council term beginning in 2026. Each council will have seven mem…

Housekeeping consolidation removes superseded provisions from the 2013 budget implementation act

Two previously repealed provisions of the Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 2 have now been formally removed from the consolidated text. Specifically, a coming-into-force subsection (s. 364(1)) that was already repea…

Deadline for MPPs to choose pension option extended by six weeks

The cut-off date by which Members of Provincial Parliament must make a pension option election under the MPPs Pension Act has been pushed back. The deadline was previously set at June 5, 2026 and has now been moved to…

B.C. sets new emergency planning rules for local authorities, including mandatory plan reviews and publication duties

This regulation fills in operational details under British Columbia's Emergency and Disaster Management Act. Local authorities must now prepare emergency management plans meeting specified content requirements, includ…

TransLink police and security bodies renamed in BC privacy law's list of public bodies subject to FIPPA

Schedule 2 of BC's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, which lists public bodies covered by the Act, has been updated to reflect a restructuring of TransLink's policing entities. Five separate entrie…

New special election rules for Port Colborne and certain upper-tier municipalities for the 2026 regular election

A new regulation sets out transitional rules for the 2026 regular municipal election in the City of Port Colborne following changes made by the Better Regional Governance Act, 2026. Anyone who had already filed a nomi…

Public Sector Equitable Compensation provisions formally removed from the 2009 Budget Implementation Act

Several sections of the 2009 Budget Implementation Act that were originally intended to enact the Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act — along with related transitional provisions, consequential amendments to the…

Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act repealed before it ever took effect

The Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act has been formally marked as repealed before it ever came into force. The entire substantive text of the Act — covering equitable compensation assessments, employer and barg…

Northlander Corridor rideshare pilot regulation loses its title block and sunset-notice header text

A housekeeping amendment removed the regulation's formal title line and the displayed note about the May 2027 revocation date from the top of the consolidated text. The underlying rules governing the rideshare pilot a…

New regulation consolidates governance rules for Metro Vancouver Transit Police, replacing two 2004 regulations

A new regulation replaces two older instruments governing the South Coast BC Transportation Authority Police Service (Metro Vancouver Transit Police). It formally establishes a single Transit Police Board to oversee b…

LNG marine fuel carbon-intensity table updated with new load-range and methane-slip values

The regulation's Table 4, which sets the Additional Carbon Intensity Attributable to Use (UCI) values for LNG fuel, has been replaced with a revised version covering marine end uses. The new table introduces different…

New land parcels added to BC mineral claim registration exclusion lists

The Chief Gold Commissioner has added 14 new sites to the list of lands where no new mineral claims can be registered, and one additional site where neither mineral nor placer claims can be registered. The newly restr…

Several B.C. health-sector public bodies renamed or replaced under privacy law's oversight schedules

This regulation updates the lists of public bodies and associations subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Eight health-related bodies — including BC Clinical and Support Services Society…