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Mayor Siscoe releases 2024-26 Multi-Year Budget; 1.49% increase to City portion of the tax levy
Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2024 03:53 PM
January 4, 2024 – Mayor Mat Siscoe has released his 2024-26 Multi-Year Budget, which includes a 1.49% City tax levy increase for 2024, starting the 30-day amendment period for Council under the new Strong Mayor legislation. The amendment period allows City Council the opportunity to make changes to the budget and propose service level changes that could further impact the City portion of the levy.
Mayor Siscoe pointed out that, while the new system for the Budget is different from the process...
Read All About It: Mayor Siscoe Launching an Annual Reading Challenge
Posted on Sunday, December 31, 2023 11:59 PM
St. Catharines Mayor Mat Siscoe and the St. Catharines Public Library (SCPL) are teaming up for an annual, year-round reading challenge, to help people of all ages fall in love with reading, beginning January 1st, 2024.
“I am a lifelong reader and I firmly believe that readers are leaders. The importance of reading cannot go unnoticed. It gets your mind working across different areas, boosts communication skills, diversifies our knowledge set, enhances creativity, and most importantly –...
Statement from Mayor Mat Siscoe regarding 25 YMCA Drive Property
Posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2023 02:45 PM
December 5, 2023 -
With the ongoing budget deliberations, questions have been asked about the status of the former YMCA building located at 25 YMCA Drive, and the City’s possible involvement in running programming through the facility.
City staff, on the direction of Council, engaged with property owner Atria Development about the possible use of the YMCA building to allow for City recreational programming, specifically with respect to the pool space.
After several months of back-and-forth, Atria...
2360 First Street Louth - Notice of Public Meeting
Posted on Friday, June 05, 2026 11:39 AM
Proposal
The Planning and Building Services Department received applications for a Zoning By-law Amendment and Official Plan Amendment for lands located at 2360 First Street Louth. The Applications were declared complete as of March 27, 2026, pursuant to sections 22 (6.1) and 34 (10.4) of the Planning Act.
The Applicant is seeking permission for the site to be serviced by a private waterline connection from the property to the municipal watermain for fire suppression purposes. A copy of the...
STC150: Banking
Posted on Thursday, June 04, 2026 02:29 PM
In the early settlement period of the province, the availability of currency and access to credit was important in land and business growth and development. As early as 1831, William Hamilton Merritt was pushing forward a project to establish a bank in St. Catharines to support the growth of business in the area.
In 1835, a Farmer’s Bank was established. In 1850, the Province of Canada passed the Free Banking Act of 1850 with the intent of allowing smaller joint stock local banks to be...
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