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2025 IceDogs Community Suite Applications Now Open

Local non-profits given opportunity to watch IceDogs play from community suite

The City of St. Catharines is offering some suite seats at the Meridian Centre to local charities, non-profits, and youth sports groups for no charge for the 2025-26 Niagara IceDogs season. 

Through the City’s Meridian Centre Community Use Program, organizations can use the City’s community suite in one of two ways: provide the seats to youth to attend an IceDogs game, or they can sell or auction the seats for...

City celebrates new Fire Station 2 built to Zero Carbon Building Standard with public open house

City’s first net-zero facility constructed with about $440,000 federal government Green Municipal Fund grant

Mayor Mat Siscoe and St. Catharines Fire Chief Dave Upper were joined on July 8 by MPP Sylvia Gualtieri, Parliamentary Assistant to Ontario Solicitor General Michael Kerzner, who gave remarks on his behalf, St. Catharines MP Chris Bittle, St. Catharines MPP Jennie Stevens and Fire Services firefighters and staff to celebrate the official opening of the new, state-of-the-art, net-zero Fire...

Cool off and stay fire safe with Hot Summer Nights

St. Catharines Fire Services community event Hot Summer Nights returns next week for its fourth year of sizzling summer sprinkler fun and fire safety training.

Throughout the summer, St. Catharines Fire Services’ ladder trucks and dedicated fire prevention team will be visiting a different city park every Wednesday night from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., transforming their vehicles into giant sprinklers.

Those who attend can tour the fire trucks and learn crucial fire safety practices, including hands-on fire...

City pools set to open June 27 for summer season

Summer is here, and the City’s pools are set to open to help everyone beat the heat.

The City’s outdoor pools open for the summer season on June 27: Lincoln Park’s small, free pool will open at 11 a.m., and Lion Dunc Schooley Pool’s small, free pool and large pool, and Port Dalhousie Pool’s small, free pool and large pool will open at 1 p.m.

St. Catharines Kiwanis Aquatic Centre’s Leisure Pool and Lane Pool will also reopen on June 27 at 5:30 a.m. after being closed since June 9 for annual...

City opens third intake for Neighbourhood Micro Grants

Following a successful second intake earlier this year, the City of St. Catharines is now accepting applications for the third round of its Neighbourhood Micro Grants program.

Residents can apply for up to $1,500 in funding to support neighbourhood projects and events during the upcoming intake period, which runs from July 1, 2025, to Sept. 30, 2025. This round will fund projects taking place between Dec. 1, 2025, and May 31, 2026.

The Neighbourhood Micro Grants program offers funding for...