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Last week, the City of St. Catharines was pleased to join Friends of Malcolmson Eco-Park for a blessing ceremony of a newly established Indigenous Healing Garden in Honour of Reconciliation in Malcolmson Eco-Park.

Legendary Canadian rock band RUSH and their fans have secured the $1-million goal of the Neil Peart Memorial in Lakeside Park fundraising campaign.

The City of St. Catharines is set to celebrate the unveiling of its 17^th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Current. The 11 artworks by 10 Niagara-based artists in the exhibition explore the many meanings of “current” through diverse approaches to image-making, materiality, memory, landscape, and lived experience. 

Eight new pickleball courts, a new, accessible playground, and other improvements are now open at Burgoyne Woods.

City of St. Catharines Mayor Mat Siscoe and U.S. Consul General Baxter Hunt take a moment to stop at a memorial tree and read the plaque in honour of a Canadian who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks during the City's 9/11 25th anniversary commemoration event and tree planting on Sept. 10, 2026.

Mayor Mat Siscoe has ended the State of Emergency declared in response to the significant flooding that impacted St. Catharines following extraordinary rainfall in late July and early August. Ending the State of Emergency does not mean flood recovery is over. The decision to terminate the State of Emergency under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act was made as immediate emergency conditions have stabilized and the City continues its transition from emergency response to ongoing recovery.

The St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre is excited to invite residents to join and celebrate its 15th annual Guided Spirit Walks at Victoria Lawn Cemetery this month marking the 150th anniversary of the incorporation of the City of St. Catharines.

The city is peppered with neighbourhood parks – playgrounds designed around providing leisure spaces for local families to play, participate in sports, and enjoy some green space. One such park is Fitzgerald Street Park, originally known as Queensway Park a dedicated softball park in the city.