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The 15th annual Mayor’s Community Breakfast will be held Thursday, October 6, from 7-8:45 a.m. at the Best Western Plus – The Arden Park Hotel.

Effective midnight, Friday July 15, 2022, all open air fires that require a burn permit, as defined in By-law 5-2006, will be prohibited anywhere in the City of Stratford. This does not include backyard recreational fire pits.

This fire ban is being imposed due to the extreme dryness of all vegetation in the City of Stratford. Provincial forest and wild-land fire indicators are all at extreme levels. This ban shall remain in effect until further notice.

Farmers operating within the city limits are...

As a result of the highly contagious Avian Influenza (H5N1) affecting wild and domestic birds across Canada and around the world, the City of Stratford is urging residents and visitors not to feed local waterfowl, including geese, ducks and swans.

Hand feeding encourages birds to congregate around food sources, and can increase the probability of transmission of the Avian Influenza virus, also known as the “bird flu.”

Sadly, the City lost one of its young swans earlier this month, and testing has...

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...

Work has begun on the first phase of the City of Stratford’s Huron Street Reconstruction project.