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Oakwood Public School’s snowplow design ready to make a difference this winter

At the start of the school year city staff asked local elementary schools to help them with a SnowPORTant mission: to cheer up our snowplows as they prepare for a long, cold, and snowy winter ahead by painting them.

Eight elementary schools and one high school accepted the mission: St. Therese Catholic Elementary School, Oakwood Public School, St. Patrick Catholic Elementary School, DeWitt Carter Public School, St. John Bosco Catholic Elementary School, Saint-Joseph Catholic Elementary School, McKay...

Port Colborne’s annual lighted Santa Claus parade is back

Since 2001, Port Colborne’s annual lighted Santa Claus parade has marked the beginning of the holiday season as an opportunity for families to watch Old Saint Nicholas rolling through the city among the seemingly endless number of colourful floats lit with Christmas lights.

After a one-year hiatus in 2020 and a reverse parade in 2021, the city’s annual lighted parade is back in full form for 2022, happening Saturday, Dec. 3, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

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Brookfield Road Closure October 17 to 19

Brookfield Road, between Forkes Road and Third Concession Road will be closed from Monday, October 17, 2022, to Wednesday, October 19, 2022.

The closure is for a replacement of a cross culvert on the Henry Municipal Drain.

A detour route will be placed for local traffic and emergency vehicles. Please see the map above for more information.

Questions? Please call Public Works at 905-835-2900 x291.

 

 

Staffing shortage leads to 16-hour overnight temporary closure of Port Colborne Urgent Care Centre

Due to a staffing shortage, the Port Colborne Urgent Care Centre (UCC) is required to temporarily close on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 4 p.m., and will reopen on Sunday, Oct. 9, at 8 a.m.

As with other hospitals across the province, this temporary closure is the result of physician shortages and is a measure of last resort. Despite exhaustive efforts, including seeking assistance from our partners outside of Niagara, we have been unable to safely staff the Port Colborne UCC during this time period.

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