At last night's meeting, Council received a staff report regarding some of the challenges of regulating cannabis in Canadian municipalities. Council voted to direct staff to research and prepare an appropriate bylaw to regulate, prohibit or impose requirements on controlled substances, and lobby upper levels of government to address the issue of regulation further through amendments to the Cannabis Act.

The City of Prince Rupert’s new solid waste pick up program is now fully live, following the delivery of over-sized garbage bins to those residents who have ordered them. In total, approximately $700,000 of the project was funded by Canada Community-Building Fund, which provided a portion of the cost of both the original deliveries of waste and recycling bins, as well as the new oversized bins.

At Monday's Meeting, City Council voted to give first and second readings to an Omnibus Zoning Amendment Bylaw that proposes a number of changes to streamline regulatory processes and work towards implementing goals around the City's Official Community Plan - including those for housing.