News from the City of St. Catharines

Sept. 22, 2017 – Jump in – pools at the St. Catharines Kiwanis Aquatics Centre will re-open on Tuesday, Sept. 26 with regular drop-in aquatics programs, including leisure swimming, aquafit and lane swimming. A full schedule of drop-in aquatic programs will be available shortly at www.stcatharines.ca/AquaticsCentre.
To mark the re-opening of the pools, the City is hosting a day of free swimming and recreation activities Saturday, Sept. 30 at the St. Catharines Kiwanis... Read More...

Sept. 22, 2017 – With a new splash pad, accessible playground and a collection of outdoor fitness equipment, the community has even more reason to enjoy West Park.
Vance Badawey, Member of Parliament for Niagara Centre, joined St. Catharines Mayor Walter Sendzik in turning on the water at the new splash pad and unveiling more than $1.1 million in enhancements at West Park. Other new features at West Park include new accessible washrooms and a sun shelter. The Government... Read More...

Sept. 20, 2017 – Residents aren’t seeing things – that really is smoke coming out of the sewers.
Smoke testing to check for issues with sanitary sewer lines began Sept. 19 and should wrap up by mid-October. Crews are currently in the area of Glendale Avenue to St. David’s Road, between Glenridge Avenue and Highway 406. Work should take a few weeks to complete, after which crews will then move west to check Twelve Mile Creek to Glenridge Avenue, between... Read More...

Get ready to get creative: Culture Days is set for Sept. 29 to Oct. 1.
Local artists and cultural organizations are ready to bring downtown, Port Dalhousie and other areas of St. Catharines to life with a weekend full of workshops, live painting and drawing, poetry and other free hands-on activities.
“We have a vibrant and diverse arts and culture scene in St. Catharines and Culture Days is a great way for residents to meet our artists, see how the magic happens,... Read More...

The Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre will soon have a full roster of ice rinks to serve the community.
All four rinks at the Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre will be available this fall. Repairs to the rinks’ underground heating and cooling systems are complete and new concrete pads were poured in late July. Ice installation began the first week of September.
Rink #3 is scheduled to reopen by Friday, Sept. 15, in time for a local youth... Read More...