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Easing of COVID-19 restrictions and additional support programs for businesses

Posted on Monday, January 24, 2022 04:21 PM

A Message from the Economic Development Department 

To Port Colborne residents and businesses, 

With key public health and health care indicators starting to show signs of improvement, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, released details of steps to cautiously and gradually ease public health measures, starting on January 31, 2022.

 In the absence of concerning trends in public health and health care indicators, Ontario will follow a cautious...

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Public Notice: Watermain breaks and Weather Advisory

Posted on Monday, January 24, 2022 08:51 AM

January 24, 2022

Updated Jan. 24 at 11:45 a.m.; 2:52 p.m.; and 7:48 p.m.

Watermain Breaks

City Public Works staff and contractors are attending to four watermain breaks at the following locations:

-       Borden Avenue, between Steele Street and Elm Street - Completed

-        Steele Street, between Main Street W and Wallace Avenue - Completed

-        Steele Street at Shamrock Avenue - Ongoing

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Paying off parking tickets with restaurant receipts

Posted on Friday, January 21, 2022 09:24 AM

After seeing almost 50 cm of snow fall across the city earlier this week, staff were busy not only plowing snow, but battling vehicles parked on city streets. More than 25 tickets were issued to vehicle owners parked on roadways during snowplow operations, with a fine attached of $75. However, those vehicle owners have an opportunity to pay their parking ticket in an unconventional way: with a receipt from a Port Colborne restaurant.

To support local restaurants during current restrictions on dining-in,...

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Ontario Outlines Steps to Cautiously and Gradually Ease Public Health Measures

Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2022 01:19 PM

News Release - Ontario Outlines Steps to Cautiously and Gradually Ease Public Health Measures

TORONTO — With key public health and health care indicators starting to show signs of improvement, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, today released details of steps to cautiously and gradually ease public health measures, starting on January 31, 2022.

“The evidence tells us that the measures we put in place to blunt transmission of Omicron are working,”...

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Fire code violation conviction – 778 Steele Street

Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2022 01:12 PM

On Jan. 11, 2022, the former owner of the rental property at 778 Steele Street, was convicted in Provincial Offences Court for failing to comply with the Ontario Fire Code and was fined a total of $6,250.00, $5,000.00 plus $1,250.00 in victim surcharges (25% of the fine), in accordance with the provisions of the Fire Protection and Prevention Act.

On Mar. 3, 2021, Port Colborne Fire & Emergency Services responded to a fire on the second floor of 778 Steele Street. During the fire investigation...