Last night (Monday, October 16) at council - we agreed to remove the Watson Statue from City Hall front lawn. The removal of the statue is a long time coming. I want to thank Mayor Siscoe for bringing the motion to council and for his leadership that...
There is regular call by some of my colleagues to "find significant savings" in our city budget. This sounds great and honestly most of us are constantly looking for ways to save money and decrease our budgets. It is something we all must do. My issue...
Last night at Council (August 14), we hopefully had our final motions about the 2023 property taxes and now we'll be able to focus on the new multi-year budget for 2024 to 2026. I've already talked about the budget and the decisions made - you can...
I'm sure many of you have read in the St. Catharines Standard or listened to 610 CKTB, that on Monday, July 24, there is a motion being brought forward to reconsider the 2023 City of St. Catharines budget...
Who doesn't love to talk budgets? It's exciting stuff. I'll admit when I sit down to look at budgeting and plans for my own company and my personal life - I don't look forward to it, I don't know too many that do look forward to...
Last week I got the chance to talk with Steph Vivier and Ruth Unrau on the Power Hour on 610 CKTB, about the importance of making our parks and public spaces for girls. As a city or community, when we talk about updating playgrounds or sports...
Today was my third City of St. Catharines adventure day. I had the opportunity to do a walk along with the team at the the Dr. Huq Public Library branch. Thank you to the entire team at the Dr. Huq Branch for welcoming me and allowing...
Last week I attended Gil Penalosa's Cities for Everyone webinar Arrested Mobility with Charles T. Brown. Charles took us through how over-policing (i.e., policy, planning, policing, and polity) has had a direct impact on the physical mobility of the Black community in the US (and in Canada...
When we talk about parks, transit, sidewalks and roads, buildings - we use the words equity and equality. I've often heard them used as if they mean the same think. In fact, I was once one of those people. They are not. It's hard sometimes to understand...
Thank you #TEAMSTC for arranging my day of shadowing the team at Guest Services at the Kiwanis Aquatics Centre. I had an amazing day! I had the opportunity to tour the entire building (wow, you could never tell that the building is 10 years old), check...
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