r/stcatharinesON

Hi all,

I'm a Brock University Student looking for a room to rent in St. Catharines ideally starting this November/Decmber.

My budget is around $700 a month for an all-inclusive property, and I'm hoping for a clean place where the bathroom is shared with at most two other people. Pet friendly would be a plus since I'm planning on getting a cat, but it's not a must.

If you have a room or know of one, feel free to comment or DM me. Thanks!

Want to make sure I won't vote for them

I am referring to Flock style, Privacy invading cameras. Look at Geneva and Welland, it has like million cameras just at this one intersection.

Would be lovely if anyone has list of councillors who voted no as well. Thanks!

Edit: Looks like a lot of people here are "I don't have anything to hide, let the government or some private organization invade my privacy, I don't care" type. You want to keep a very close eye on your own privacy. Visit r/deflock or some other similar subreddit to keep yourselves educated. I don't have anymore hopes I'd get the list I was asking from these folks. Peace out!

Vehicle was impounded by Niagara regional police for 14 days due to stunt driving. The officer on the roadside said 500 for the tow and 90 a day for storage. The tow company wants to charge 1500 for the tow and 125 a day for storage.  It is within their maximum rates. What recourse do I have before picking up the vehicle?

Has anyone gone to the day spa at White Oaks? Would you recommend it for a couple of friends to do a spa day? If not, is there a different day spa you would recommend in the region? Thanks!

Edit: great info everyone. Thanks!

Anyone know what’s going on on Louth? the one house by Vansickle has had cops all day on Thanksgiving Sunday

Does anyone know if/when Harvest Barn will return?

Recently had Alex over at Ottr plumr come in and assessed our sewer and weeping tile, we got the work done and I’m very impressed the way they handled the job and made the process smooth. They were pretty fair with the price too. Just posting this so if anyone is looking to have theirs done still I’d recommend them and use them again

I am asking this in good faith: what is the best possible chain of events leading to the redevelopment of the GM site?

The current OLT court case will see the property owner forced to demolish the remaining buildings on site, on their own dime, as soon as safely possible (good). It could also give them until June 30, 2027 to do so, or worst case, not force them to do anything at all (very bad).

Even if this court case goes favourably, there is still the issue of the actual remediation of the site. Knocking down buildings does not a clean GM site make. The current owners, or rather mortgage holder Celernus, seem to have absolutely no interest in pursuing this. It won't be their hands that cleans up the site.

I've heard some theories. Among them: get the City to contract out the work of demolition, put a lien on the property and make the City an effective part-owner, force a tax sale at a temptingly low price, and a developer will scoop it up with plans to remediate in build in no time, at no expense to taxpayers.

But like, do I even have this right? And is there a reality in which all this falls seamlessly into place like a Rube Goldberg machine? I just feel like there's so much speculation and very little clarity involved.

As far as solutions go, Siscoe has given his pitch, and it sucks: reimburse developers the full cost of remediation with the property taxes from future development. It effectively puts the cost on the people of St. Catharines. Not good.

On the other end of the spectrum, the Coalition for a Better St. Catharines has been very vocal about what they want - the demolition and remediation of the site with zero cost to taxpayers. That's great and I agree. But apart from the above mentioned loose theory about forcing a tax sale and an angel developer waiting in the wings to move on the property, which I’ve heard Ed Smith allude to in some City Council delegations, I am not clear on what the finer details of their long-term vision are.

Everybody (with notable exceptions) seems to agree that residents should not be paying in any capacity for this cleanup, but that it needs to happen ASAP. So, how exactly do we get there from where we stand, in detail?

I am moving to St. Catharines before the end of the year but want to try and line up a spot in a community garden, as I love to grow veggies. Also want to find a pickel ball club. Was a big tennis player years ago, but my right knee doesn't allow that anymore. And would love to find book clubs. A place I lived in a few years ago had a women's group that met for drinks and chat on Friday evenings. Anything like that? Or dinner groups?

I read on the city voter info site that our voter cards should have arrived by the end of September. Neither my wife nor I have received ours. We've voted in the past in regional, provincial, and federal elections, and have always received our voter cards in time for the advanced polls. We have not moved in over 15 years. Has anyone else received their cards yet? Do we need to re-register?

Which pumpkin patch would be better for a 6 year old & a 6 month old? Thinking of going to either bryanne farms or Warners because I've been told Howells is suuperrrr expensive! Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me :)

I’ve done parging most of my house but one side doesn’t take probably need mesh reinforcement