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St. Catharines Fire Services kicks off 12 Days of Holiday Fire Safety campaign

St. Catharines Fire Services is reminding residents and property owners to take proper precautions to stay fire and carbon monoxide safe as the holiday season and celebrations approach.

The fire department began promotion today of the Ontario Office of the Fire Marshal’s annual 12 Days of Holiday Fire Safety campaign, with a different fire safety theme each day and tips on what you can do to keep the holidays fire safe. The 12 Days of Holiday Fire Safety campaign runs from Dec. 12 through Dec. 23...

City Issues Call to Black Artists for Black History Month Exhibition

The City of St. Catharines, in partnership with Future Black Female and Black Owned 905, is inviting Black artists from across the Niagara region to participate in a special Black History Month exhibition titled Black Histories, Black Futures.

Black Histories, Black Futures invites artists to create works that reflect the depth of Black histories in St. Catharines and beyond. Stories shaped by community-building, migration, Emancipation Day gatherings, resistance movements, and the city’s...

City of St. Catharines seeks Poet Laureate in celebration of the city’s 150th anniversary

The City of St. Catharines is inviting applications from local poets for a one-year appointment as Poet Laureate, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the City's incorporation.

The Poet Laureate, to be selected through a call to artists that opened today (Dec. 8) at www.stcatharines.ca/calltoartists, will serve as an artistic ambassador for the City, and will use poetry to engage residents, celebrate civic pride, and enrich public life through readings, special initiatives, and cultural...

Hang some winter warmth on the Museum’s Mitten Tree

Join the tradition and warm some hearts and hands this holiday season with a donation to the St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre’s Mitten Tree.

The museum’s annual Mitten Tree campaign begins this Saturday, Dec. 6, and runs through Jan. 4, 2026, with donated new and very gently used winter clothing items being accepted in support of Community Care of St. Catharines and Thorold and Start Me Up Niagara.

These organizations are greatly in need of new men’s and women’s socks, and children’s...