Media Releases

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.

The following items were discussed at the regular monthly meeting of the Stratford Town Council held on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Special Presentation Mayor Ogden, on behalf of Town of Stratford Council, staff and residents, presented a token of appreciation to the Honourable Diane Griffin, recently retired from the Senate of Canada, for her continuous years of support and advocacy for Stratford, and PEI.

The Town of Stratford is pleased to announce that we have been approved for $254,088 in funding through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program’s (ICIP) Green Infrastructure stream for restoration of the Kelly’s Pond-Moore’s Pond watershed system, with a total project value of $346,500.

At a special council meeting held today, Stratford Town Council passed resolutions to adopt the 2022/23 Town operating and capital budgets, and the 2022/23 Stratford Utility operating and capital budgets. The budget is balanced without tax increases or Stratford Utility rate increase for the upcoming year, and results in an operational budget surplus of $6,800.

The following items were discussed at the regular monthly meeting of the Stratford Town Council held on Wednesday, March 9, 2022.

At a virtual public meeting held on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, Councillor Gail MacDonald, Chair of Finance and Technology, presented residents with the draft 2022/23 Town of Stratford budget. Mayor and council will further discuss the budget before finalizing it in late March, with an opportunity for residents to provide feedback until Tuesday, March 15, 2022 through an online survey.

Speed humps are an accepted traffic calming device and are suitable for installation on residential streets in the Town of Stratford. The Town of Stratford has developed a policy to assist with the installation of, and selection of priority areas, to have speed humps placed in residential neighbourhoods in our community.

The following items were discussed at the regular monthly meeting of the Stratford Town Council held on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, and a Special Council Meeting held on Thursday, February 10, 2022.