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Arts Awards nominations open
Nominations for the 2018 St. Catharines Arts Awards are open.
Help us celebrate arts in the community by nominating a local artist or arts champion in one of five award categories:
- The Arts in Education Award
- The Emerging Artist Award (recognizing two recipients)
- The Established Artist Award
- The Making a Difference Award
- The Patron of the Arts Award
Nominees must be a St. Catharines resident or been consistently active in the arts in the Garden City over an extended period of time.
Nominations are due at midnight on Sunday, Feb. 11.
The St. Catharines Arts Awards take place Monday, June 4 at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.
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Nominate a St. Catharines volunteer
There are many people in St. Catharines who unselfishly volunteer their time and efforts to help make the community a better place. Help us give them their due: share their stories by nominating them for our volunteer awards.
The City celebrates volunteers from across St. Catharines Tuesday, April 10 during Volunteer Recognition Night, a special event where the recipients of the Mayor's Volunteer of the Year Award and the Margaret MacLennan Youth Volunteer of the Year Award will be announced.
Nominations are due by Friday, March 16.
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Purchase your pet's dog license online
Go online to purchase tags for the family dog.
Visit stcatharines.docupet.com to set up an account, complete online dog profiles and upload photos of their pet.
DocuPet allows residents to manage and update contact information and details about their dogs and access to DocuPet's lost pet network should their dogs go missing.
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Protect your home from frozen water lines
Water lines are at risk for freezing when extremely cold weather leads to deeper than normal frost levels. Most water lines are safely buried below the frost line of a typical winter. However, periods of extremely cold temperature can move the frost line deeper underground, putting water lines at risk for freezing.
Reduce the risk for frozen water lines with the following tips:
- Use caulk or insulation to seal air leaks throughout your home, garage and especially in the area near the water line. Look for air leaks around electrical wiring, dryer vents and pipes.
- Insulate water lines inside the home with pipe sleeves, especially in unheated areas like crawl spaces, basements, attics and storage rooms.
- Disconnect, drain and shut off all outdoor hoses and faucets.
- Insulate all exposed outside water pipes with foam pipe covers.
- If water lines are in cupboards or closets, open cupboard or closet doors to allow warmer air to circulate around the water line.
- Set the thermostat to at least 12C (55F) and leave the furnace on, even at night and when not at home.
Frozen water lines can leave a home without running water for days. Residents should ensure their emergency preparedness kits have enough bottled water and supplies for everyone in the home for at least 72 hours.
Residents who experience frozen water lines are asked to email Citizens First or call 905.688.5600.
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Grants available for community projects at Centennial Gardens
Do you have a project that will enhance Centennial Gardens? It may be eligible for funding from the City of St. Catharines.
Service clubs, community groups, park users and the business community are invited to
apply for matching grants through the City's Centennial Gardens Partnership Fund for new projects that will enhance the park.
Applications are due by Friday, Jan. 26. The City will announce grant recipients in the spring of 2018.
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Student Canada 150 artwork award recipients
The City of St. Catharines and the Rotary Club of St. Catharines congratulates all the schools and students that participated in the
Experiential Learning Project
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To celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary, elementary school students from across St. Catharines were asked to explore what they've learned about the nation's past and present through artistic expressions. The City received 23 submissions in a variety of formats and a booklet featuring all the submissions can be viewed at the St. Catharines Public Library and the St. Catharines Museum.
Assumption Catholic Elementary School received the school participation award. Congratulations to the following individual award recipients:
- Angel Flores Vizcaino, Katia Perez Mendez - Art and Design Group, St. Alfred Catholic Elementary School
- Yul Flores Vizcaino, Katia Perez Mendez - Art and Design Group, St. Alfred Catholic Elementary School
- Melina DiPietro, Katia Perez Mendez - Art and Design Group/Wheatley School
- Joshua Turgeon Perez, Katia Perez Mendez - Art and Design Group/Jeanne Sauve French Immersion Public School
- Emily Sauriol, Assumption Catholic Elementary School
- Sofia Gandola, Assumption Catholic Elementary School
- Mariana Restrepo, Katia Perez Mendez - Art and Design Group/Mother Theresa Catholic Elemenray School
- Andrew Teutenburg, Assumption Catholic Elementary School
Congratulations to the following group award recipients:
- Lockview Public School, Grade 2 class
- Assumption Catholic Elementary School, Grade 6 class
- Assumption Catholic Elementary School, Grade 7 class
- Assumption Catholic Elementary School, Grade 8 class
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Coming up at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
The Tale of a Town - Canada
Jan. 25-27 | Robertson Theatre
Share in the culmination of this epic tale about our nation's collective downtowns. The Tale of a Town - Canada is a celebration of Canadian main streets and gathering places with a Niagara touch including a local choir, live band, actors and cameos from some familiar St. Catharines' faces.
Steer
Jan. 19-20 | Robertson Theatre
In this singular dance performance William Yong explores the intersection of the human and the digital. Movements are processed through frameworks of technology: real time motion capture, infrared light and camera, accelerometer motion sensors and piezoelectric sensors.
A Night at the Opera
Thursday, Jan. 25 | Partridge Hall
Julie Nesrallah, popular host of CBC Radio 2's Tempo joins three of Canada's finest singers in an evening of arias and ensembles from the world's most popular operas.
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A report from Mayor Walter Sendzik
Happy New Year and welcome to 2018! I'd like to wish all of our residents peace, health and prosperity. It's an exciting time for St. Catharines and I'm looking forward to a productive year ahead.
We are making progress on the top priorities for our city: improving transit, adding more affordable housing, attracting investment and jobs and building a compassionate city where everyone belongs. I'd like to thank everyone who has reached out on social media, at holiday events and public meetings to be a part of this progress. As always, you can reach me at [email protected], on social media or at City Hall.
I'd also like to invite you to the annual Mayor's State of the City address on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre. The event is hosted by the Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce and it is open to the entire community. You do not have to be a member of the chamber or a business person - everyone is welcome. Tickets are available from the GNCC.
The event will also be livestreamed and broadcast on YourTV Niagara. I hope to see you then.
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Port Dalhousie planning policies on the table
City Council will consider draft planning policies guiding land use and development in Port Dalhousie at its meeting on Monday, March 5.
During a public meeting earlier this week, City Council heard feedback from the community and received a report from staff regarding the draft secondary plan and draft heritage conservation district plan for the Port Dalhousie commercial core and harbour area.
The City is proposing a collection of policies addressing heritage conservation, how buildings look, how public and private land is used as well as transportation and parking management for the commercial core and harbour area in Port Dalhousie.
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Other business
Master Fire Plan
City Council adopted and approved a new Master Fire Plan for the City.
The following councillors were also appointed to the Master Fire Plan Implementation and Review Working Group:
- Sandie Bellows
- Mike Britton
- Jennie Stevens
Meridian Centre
City Council declared the Meridian Centre a municipal capital facility operating as a sports, recreational and entertainment complex for public use and exempted the lands and venue from property taxes, except for the part of the building that's used as the retail store.
Council also directed staff to negotiate agreements with SMG Canada (and other third-parties as necessary) to confirm the venue is being operated as a municipal facility for cultural, recreational and tourist purposes according to the requirements of the Municipal Act.
Contracts
City Council awarded the following contracts:
- Hartzel Road Storm Sewer Replacement, Gedco Excavating Ltd, $615,908 plus HST
- Consulting/ engineering services for underground improvements on Cecil Street, WSP Canada Inc., $123,213 plus HST
- Consulting
/engineering services for Lake Street, Old Coach Road and Cindy Drive culvert replacements, Ellis Engineering Inc., $122,305 plus HST.
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More council online
Council Highlights offers informal summaries of some of the recent decisions and business discussed during
St. Catharines City Council meetings. The Office of the City Clerk provides a full recap of decisions and motions in its official minutes, available on the Friday after every
St. Catharines City Council meeting.
City Council meeting agendas and minutes are available online.
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City Council
6:30 p.m., City Hall
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Click here to learn about construction projects happening in the City.
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