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Pride Month

June is Pride Month and we're celebrating at the City of Port Colborne. Today, Mayor Bill Steele and members of Pride Niagara raised the Pride Flag at City Hall in celebration of Pride Month, to show our dedication as a city to inclusivity and equality of the LGBTQ+ community in Port Colborne and beyond.

Pride Niagara has asked each municipality to raise the Pride Flag then immediately bring it to half-mast to acknowledge and honour our indigenous brothers and sisters. Our community stands together...

June is Seniors Month

Each June the Government of Ontario proclaims June as Seniors Month. During this month, we celebrate our seniors and recognize the contribution they continue to make in the communities across Ontario including the City of Port Colborne. 

This year’s theme is stay safe, active and connected, which focuses on programs and services that enable seniors to remain safe, healthy, engaged and live life to the fullest during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

To celebrate Seniors Month, the City...

Port Colborne welcomes non-residents to beaches starting Wednesday

Beach season is here, and the City looks forward to welcoming non-Port Colborne residents to Nickel Beach and Centennial-Cedar Bay Beach starting Wednesday, June 2.

As the City of Port Colborne begins to safely reopen outdoor recreational facilities, per provincial guidelines, both Nickel Beach and Centennial-Cedar Bay Beach will welcome visitors from outside Port Colborne starting this week. With the health and safety of residents and staff a top priority, City staff worked diligently to ensure...

Niagara’s municipal flags lowered to honour residential school victims

Regional Chair Jim Bradley and Niagara’s 12 mayors offered the following joint statement:

On behalf of the people of Niagara, we have asked that flags be lowered at municipal facilities across the region in honour of the 215 children who were recently found in a mass grave at a former residential school in Kamloops. The flags will remain at half-mast for one hour for each of the lives that were taken. 

Starting Monday, May 31, flags will be flown at half-mast until June 8.

The...

Bridge Closure - June 1 - 2

Bridge 21, the Clarence Street Bridge, will be closed to all traffic on Tuesday, June 1 & Wednesday, June 2, 2021 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. The community bus traveling across the canal will be free to riders during this time.

Please visit the Bridge Status page for more information.

Port Colborne bridge closure updates from the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System site.