News and Public Notices

This Fire Prevention Week, make sure your smoke alarms are working for you

Smoke alarms save lives—but only if they’re working and installed correctly. During Fire Prevention Week from October 6 to 12, 2024, Clarington Emergency and fire Services encourages all residents to follow our safety guidelines to ensure their smoke alarms work for them.

Smoke Alarm Guidelines

• Every home in Ontario must have a working smoke alarm on every storey and outside all sleeping areas. For added protection, we recommend installing smoke alarms in every bedroom. Larger homes may require...

Construction Notice: Upcoming pavement rehabilitation work in Bowmanville and Newcastle

Please be advised that beginning the week of October 7, 2024, GIP Paving Limited will begin work on road improvements in Bowmanville and Newcastle.

Roadwork will include the removal and replacement of applicable surface and base asphalt and concrete sidewalks and curbs, as well as asphalt paving, traffic line painting, driveway and roadway shoulder re-instatement (where applicable), ditching and associated restoration works.

These roadwork improvements will take place in the following locations:

Be aware of unpaid parking ticket scam

We have been made aware of a recent scam in the area where residents are receiving text messages and emails from the Municipality about outstanding parking tickets, requesting they pay the outstanding fees online.

The Municipality of Clarington does not provide communications about outstanding parking tickets via text or email. If you receive one, do not click on the link and do not provide any personal or financial information. If you’re unsure about whether your parking ticket is legitimate,...

Notice of Intent to pass by-law amendment to remove holding provision on 51 & 55 Clarington Blvd

The Municipality of Clarington has received a request from Fifty Five Clarington Ltd. to amend Zoning By-Law 84-63 to remove a Hold (H)* symbol from the Urban Residential Exception (R4-44) Zone on a site located at 51 and 55 Clarington Boulevard, Bowmanville.

Council has given the Deputy CAO of Planning & Infrastructure Services delegated authority to approve the removal of holding symbols and related by-laws, as established by By-Law 2001-072 and amended by By-Law 2023-014. Since the conditions...

Statement from Mayor Adrian Foster on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Clarington, Ontario – As we mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster has issued the following statement.

“Each year on September 30, we reflect on and acknowledge the painful legacy of the residential school system in Canada. Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a day to honour the resilience and strength of survivors and remember the children who never came home.

Today is an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the...