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Business input wanted for 10-year Economic Development Strategy

Niagara businesses and community stakeholders have a chance to help inform the creation of Niagara’s new 10-year economic development strategy through a series of digital workshops funning Nov. 3 - 12.

Through five Future of the Economy virtual workshops, businesses and other community stakeholders will join minds to generate and prototype ideas for Niagara’s economic future, and talk through the details of how the best ideas could come to fruition.

• Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 6 p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 4 at...

City Hall News - November 2021 Edition

The November edition of City Hall News is now available on our website, or you can read it in today's Port Colborne Leader / Niagara This Week. 

This month's edition includes: COVID-19 updates; Remembrance Day ceremony information; Christmas in Port Colborne, including our Reverse Lighted Santa Claus Parade; What's in the Works with Public Works?; and how you can #PORTicipate with your Public Library and Historical & Marine Museum.

Read the November edition now! 

 

New online payment portal allows residents to pay with credit card

The City of Port Colborne has added credit card to the list of payment options for residents to pay their property taxes, water/wastewater bills, parking tickets, and/or invoices received by accounts receivable through a one-time payment portal.

The City accepts Visa, MasterCard, and Amex (American Express) payments through the one-time payment portal via Paymentus, a third-party automated payment service. Credit card payments can only be made online, providing residents with the convenience of...

Organics and recycling up one year after change to every-other-week curbside collection

Niagara Region held a media event today at Glenridge Naturalization Site to celebrate the one-year anniversary of every-other-week garbage collection and acknowledge Niagara residents for their amazing work in increasing the use of the Green Bin.

Niagara residents are doing their part as Green Bin tonnage is up 24 per cent and garbage tonnage is down almost 16 per cent. Recycling tonnages have also increased by almost 8 per cent since the new collection changes came into place.

Niagara Region partnered...

COVID-19 vaccine recommended for pregnant, breastfeeding or individuals trying to conceive

Niagara Region Public Health and Niagara’s Community Coordination Task Force for COVID-19 Vaccination are urging individuals who are pregnant, breastfeeding or trying to conceive to get vaccinated against COVID-19, as vaccine uptake among those groups in Niagara remains low.

As of Oct. 3, 2021, Niagara was well below the provincial average in vaccinating pregnant individuals. Niagara is currently seventh lowest out of 34 health units across Ontario, with only 57 per cent of pregnant individuals that...