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Residents reminded to take steps to prevent frozen water pipes

Port Colborne residents are reminded to take steps to prevent frozen pipes as temperatures drop below zero. The City has already received phone calls from residents who are experiencing frozen plumbing and expect that many more properties could be affected over the next few days.

To avoid frozen water pipes in your home, consider the following:

• Open kitchen, bathroom, and laundry cabinet doors to allow warm air to circulate around plumbing
• Outdoor faucets are the first to freeze. Disconnect, drain...

Friends of Roselawn Art Auction

Looking for unique Valentine's Day gifts? The Friends of Roselawn Centre is hosting a virtual online Art Auction fundraising event. The auction closes February 13, 2021 at noon. More information, including all  the beautiful art pieces can be found on their Facebook page. 

About the Roselawn Centre

The Friends of Roselawn Centre (FORC) is a non-for-profit and charitable status volunteer advisory board whose mission is to resurrect the Roselawn Centre, a civic centre in a magnificent...

Niagara Assertive Street Outreach Program

With temperatures dropping in Port Colborne to well below zero, residents are reminded they can call 2-1-1 to access the Region's Niagara Assertive Street Outreach program, if they see someone experiencing homelessness. 

How the Program Helps

Assertive Street Outreach is an evidence-based, housing-focused program which:

• Engages with people sleeping rough to create pathways into housing 
• Provides standardized intake, triage and assessment to measure a person's vulnerability and help to identify...

SnowPORTant Information

Weather update; Friday, February 5, 2021 at 7 p.m. 

Weather in Port Colborne is still windy & a bit snowy. Just a reminder, if snow continues this evening residents are asked to refrain from parking on the streets as snow clearing operations are underway. The City asks that you move your vehicle to an alternate location until the streets have been cleared. Parked cars make plowing difficult and sometimes impossible. If vehicles are not removed from City streets during plowing and are...

Special weather statement; Lake Erie flood watch

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is currently predicting water levels to increase above current levels on Lake Erie by 1m (3.3ft), to an elevation of 2.13m (175.63m) due to strong winds.  Significant wave heights of 1.7m (5.6ft) are also forecast to occur along the Lake Erie shoreline. Peak water levels will occur Friday, February 5, 2021, late morning to early afternoon and will start to decline early evening Friday.

Residents living along Lake Erie should pay close attention...