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Stratford Sports Wall of Fame 2025 Inductees Announced

Stratford’s Sports Wall of Fame Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the inductees for 2025.

In the Athlete category, this year’s inductees are Robert White (hockey) and Ben Gerber (dragon boating).

In the Team category, the inductees are the 1988 Stratford Memorials Boys Squirt Softball team, and the 1990 Stratford Memorials Boys Peewee Softball team.

In the Builder category, the inductee is Ken Gene (dragon boating).

The City of Stratford will be honouring these Sports Wall of Fame inductees at...

Registration Opens March 1 for City Summer Day Camps and Swimming Lessons

Registration opens at midnight Saturday, March 1 for the City of Stratford’s summer day camps, swim day camps and swimming lessons.

Camps and lessons will begin in July and run until the end of August.

For more details about summer camps, and to register starting March 1, please visit www.stratford.ca/daycamps For more details about swimming lessons, and to register starting March 1, please visit www.stratford.ca/swim

Scam Alert - Parking Ticket Text

The City of Stratford has recently been made aware of another possible scam attempt involving text messages about unpaid parking tickets. Similar scams have been circulating in communities across Canada.

Please note that the City of Stratford would never send a text message about an outstanding parking ticket, and parking tickets cannot be paid through texts.

If you have received such a message, do not click on the link or provide payment details.

Suspected fraud can be reported to the Canadian...

Community Recognition Award Recipients 2024

Stratford City Council presented its Community Recognition Awards on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at the Stratford Rotary Complex Community Hall.

The annual awards night is an opportunity for City Council to recognize and congratulate local individuals and teams on their outstanding accomplishments over the past year.

Here are the award recipients for 2024:

Girl Guides, Canada Cord Award
Audrey Riehl, Lily Milliken

Beavers, North Star Award
Gus Belford, James Chartrand, Ethan Trussler, Logan Trussler

City of Stratford Launches New Property Tax Calculator Online

So where exactly do your tax dollars go?

The City of Stratford has just launched a new easy-to-use online tool that will tell you.

Just select your property classification (residential, commercial, industrial, etc.) and type in the assessed value of your property from your assessment notice or recent property tax bill.

The tool will then calculate how much of your property taxes go toward the various programs and services the City provides. It’s broken down into the day-to-day expenses to run the...