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David St. Louis, the City of Stratford’s Director of Community Services, has announced that he will be retiring effective December 31, 2022.

Mr. St. Louis has been an important member of the City’s Corporate Leadership Team since joining the City in December 2007, and has been responsible for the administration and direction of parks, recreation, cemetery and transit operations.

He contributed to a number of significant projects during his time here, including the construction of the new Stratford...

The City of Stratford and investStratford have launched the next phase of the Stratford Attainable Housing Project, which aims to develop programs designed to create more attainable market housing in Stratford.

To address challenges in the availability and attainability of suitable and adequate housing, the City of Stratford is researching and developing an Attainable Market Housing Community Incentives Toolkit (CIT), and Attainable Market Housing Pilot Project to encourage the generation of more...

On May 16, 2022, Stratford City Council agreed to a two-year collective agreement with The Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1385, representing Stratford inside employees.

The agreement is effective from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022, and has been ratified by members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees – Local 1385.

“We are pleased to have reached a fair and reasonable agreement with the City of Stratford’s inside employees, who continue to provide an important and valued service...

Stratford – On January 3, 2022, the Province of Ontario announced the provision of emergency child care for eligible essential workers for their school-aged children.

In Stratford, Perth County and St. Marys, these spaces will be allocated in chronological order from application date and will only be available to those who are listed by the Province of Ontario as workers eligible for emergency child care. Eligible families will also be required to have exhausted all other possibilities for child...

On July 26, 2021, Stratford City Council agreed to a four-year collective agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 636, representing Stratford Water Division employees.

The agreement is effective from May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2025, and has been ratified by members of IBEW Local 636 – Water Division.

“We are very pleased to have reached a four-year agreement that is fair to our valued Water Division team, and to the City of Stratford,” said Chief Administrative...