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Explore city’s past with St. Catharines Museum’s spring series of community walks

Join the St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre’s staff-guided walks this spring and learn more about the history hidden around the city’s historic neighbourhoods, parks, trails, and Victoria Lawn Cemetery.

During the Museum Walking Tours – Spring Session, museum staff provide participants with historic knowledge and insights about a different site in the city’s urban landscape each Saturday for approximately 90 minutes from April 26 through May 31. Note: no walk is scheduled on Saturday,...

City’s Flowerpot Program Helps Businesses Bloom this Spring

Businesses in St. Catharines can add a pop of colour to their storefronts this spring with the return of the City’s annual Flowerpot Program.

The program provides businesses with the opportunity to rent professionally designed 24-inch flowerpots filled with seasonal blooms. Placed outside storefronts, offices, and other businesses, these planters help enhance streetscapes and create a welcoming environment for customers and visitors.

“The Flowerpot Program is a simple and effective way for...

Remembering retired Building Custodian Dave Watt

Flags at City facilities are at half-mast in memory of retired City of St. Catharines Building Custodian Dave Watt.

Learn how to explore your family history at St. Catharines Museum workshop

Interested in exploring your family history and preserving your stories for generations to come? Learn how to unlock your family history this spring at the St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre.

The Family History Workshop, presented in partnership with the Mayholme Foundation Genealogical and Historical Research Centre, offers an engaging hands-on tutorial on specific resources, tools, and knowledge participants can use to organize, preserve, and share their personal family histories.

Park at City beaches this season for just $15 with a residential beach parking permit

Enjoy stress-free beach days all season long! St. Catharines residents can park at Lakeside Park Beach and Sunset Beach for just $15 with a 2025 Residential Beach Parking Permit.

For $15 per vehicle, permit holders can park without paying hourly or daily parking rates. Each household can purchase up to two permits (one per vehicle) but only one permit can be used at a beach lot at a time. Residents are encouraged to apply early.

Parking rates are in effect May 1 to Sept. 30, daily from 9 a.m. to...