Media Releases

For Immediate Release: January 12, 2023 The following items were discussed at the regular monthly meeting of the Stratford Town Council held on Wednesday, January 11, 2023.

The Town of Stratford launched three new social engagement programs, including a mobile application, all to increase social connectivity for seniors in the community. Stratford Connects consists of three programs: Senior Match and Exchange, Newcomer Match and Stratford Grandparents.

The following items were discussed at the regular monthly meeting of the Stratford Town Council held on Wednesday, December 14, 2022.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 15, 2022 The Town of Stratford, with funding through the Museum Development Grant from the Community Museums Association of PEI, unveiled a third interpretive panel. The latest interpretive panel tells the wartime story of an 80-year-old accident which claimed the lives of seven individuals in Stratford on January 12, 1942.

The Town of Stratford is pleased to be once again planning an in-person Remembrance Day ceremony for Stratford residents, family, friends, and visitors. The Town’s ceremony to honour veterans at the Annual Stratford Remembrance Day Service will take place Friday, November 11th beginning at 10:45 a.m. at Stratford Town Centre, 234 Shakespeare Drive.

For Immediate Release: October 14, 2022 The following items were discussed at the regular monthly meeting of the Stratford Town Council held on Wednesday, October 12, 2022.

The following bylaw had first reading held at the regular monthly Council meeting on October 12, 2022. Second Reading and Adoption is proposed for the regular monthly council meeting on November 9, 2022. This bylaw was reviewed and recommended by both the Finance and Technology Committee and the Sustainability Committee.

The following items were discussed at the regular monthly meeting of the Stratford Town Council held on Wednesday, September 14, 2022.

The Stratford Youth Centre is honored to announce the creation of a new annual event in the Town of Stratford being held in memory of an amazing person who was heavily involved in the creation of the Stratford Youth Centre Program.

For Immediate Release: August 11, 2022 The following items were discussed at the regular monthly meeting of the Stratford Town Council held on Wednesday, August 10, 2022.

For Immediate Release: July 22, 2022 The Town of Stratford is pleased to announce that today the park located on Saints Crescent, in Kinlock Creek Subdivision, has officially been renamed to honour the late Evelyn Meader. Evelyn Meader Park includes play equipment and forested area which has natural trails throughout.

The following items were discussed at the regular monthly meeting of the Stratford Town Council held on Wednesday, July 13, 2022.

For Immediate Release: June 28, 2022 Today the Town of Stratford released the results of its 11th Annual Resident Survey. Once again this year residents were asked their opinion on topics such as health and safety, energy savings activities, environmental stewardship, satisfaction with the Town, and their knowledge of the Town’s initiatives and programs. Like previous years, a series of questions were asked on specific topics of special interest to the Town of Stratford as one-time questions.

For Immediate Release: June 21, 2022 The Town of Stratford is pleased to be ready to begin work in the Kelly’s Pond-Moore’s Pond watershed system. As announced earlier this year, the project will work to restore the integrity of the Kelly’s Pond-Moore’s Pond watershed which is currently compromised by undersized water control structures, sediment infilling, degraded wetlands, and inadequate buffer zones. Restoring this system will mitigate the effects of extreme weather events and climate change, including increased rainfall intensity, flooding, and erosion, in addition to providing a healthy habitat for local wildlife.

The Town of Stratford is pleased to be a torch relay event community in the lead up to the 2023 Canada Winter Games on PEI. Nominations are now open thru until 5pm on Friday, July 15, 2022 for torchbearers in our community.

At the June Stratford Town Council Meeting 12 grade five students were recognized from their artwork which was submitted for the Town’s annual water school calendar art contest. The Town of Stratford and Stratford Area Watershed Improvement Group are proud to have recently completed the 13th year of water school, also known as “Water’s Cool”, which is an annual water conservation/watershed education program for grade five students.

For Immediate Release: June 9, 2022 The following items were discussed at the regular monthly meeting of the Stratford Town Council held on Wednesday, June 8, 2022.

For Immediate Release: May 27, 2022 In July 2021, less than a year ago, the Town of Stratford launched a new residential energy efficiency and renewable program called ‘Switch Stratford’, along with Charlottetown and Wolfville, NS.

The Town of Stratford has received a written decision from the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission (IRAC) on the appeal by Landfest Company Ltd. for a proposed rezoning development for Reddin Meadows from Low Density Residential Zone (R1) to Planned Unit Residential Development Zone (parcel numbers 1061175, 1061167 and 329011).

The City of Charlottetown, in partnership with the Town of Stratford and the School of Climate Change and Adaptation at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), have launched Climate Trackers – a new citizen-science based sustainability initiative. Community members are being invited to note their observations related to seasonal changes, weather, plants and wildlife, drainage, flooding and more around their home or local neighbourhood.