Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2022 06:47 PM
Joint statement from St. Catharines Mayor Walter Sendzik and CAO David Oakes regarding the OHL announcement of its findings in the investigation into Niagara IceDogs:
“The City of St. Catharines embraces the importance of diversity and equity. Within our organization we are working hard to celebrate and build inclusion into all of our operations and as a Council we are working with our community and committees to ensure these values are imbedded in all of our actions.
While we are not able to...
Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2022 02:42 PM
The outer reaches of the Port Dalhousie Piers will be intermittently closed to the public in the days ahead as work commences to replace benches removed during rehabilitation of the local landmark.
Work is scheduled to start as early as Friday, April 1, 2022 on the west pier to install concrete benches, replacing memorial benches that were relocated to other City spaces during the rehabilitation of both the west and east piers. The work is estimated to take two days, during which portions of the...
Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 02:43 PM
Whether they are running a bath or filling a glass at the tap to quench their thirst, St. Catharines residents can rest assured the water delivered to them by the City is clean and safe to drink.
On Monday, City Council received a report on the City’s drinking water system outlining the analysis results for over 7,200 water samples collected by staff over the course of 2021. The samples were tested by accredited laboratories for microbiological parameters, chlorine residual and/or chemicals and scored...
Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2022 01:04 PM
A large rural fire at Hernder Estate Wines has been brought under control by St. Catharines Fire Services with support from several neighbouring municipalities.
Fire crews were called to the fire at 1607 Eighth Ave. Louth at 10:02 p.m. on March 26, 2022. Crews arrived to find the original barn portion of the winery facility on fire. In response to the fire, St. Catharines Fire Services deployed its full complement of 27 firefighters and 12 pieces of equipment including ladder trucks, pump trucks...
Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2022 03:29 PM
Building on ongoing work to ensure the sale of a City property drives affordable housing, City Council has approved a staff recommendation to allow the buyer to partner with Habitat for Humanity Niagara.
In November 2021, Council approved the sale of roughly 3.8 acres at 320 Geneva St., previously occupied by the City’s Community, Recreation and Culture Services administration building. The sale was approved provided it is used in part for affordable and social housing. Specifically, the City...