It is not often something truly historic happens, but when City of Winnipeg Councillor Devi Sharma became Speaker last November she became the first woman in the City’s history to do so. She’s not the only municipal official profiled this issue, however – her colleague, Councillor Jeff Browaty and City of Thompson Councillor Luke Robinson are the most recent additions to the AMM Board of Directors. We have all their stories.

This issue also spotlights the Municipal Officials Seminar and MTCML Tradeshow, highlights the federal and provincial budgets, and includes plenty of other interesting stories from contributors.