10th Annual Food Drive [2025]
UPDATE: A huge thanks to all volunteers and generous donors for our 10th Annual Food Drive for The Compass Food Bank and Outreach Centre! Together, we collected nearly 4,000 lbs of donations for those in need in our community. Your support truly makes a difference!
This year will mark our…
Ice Rink Closed for the Season [2025]
🌟🏒 ❄️ Our neighbourhood ice rink is closed for the season due to rising temperatures. We hope you had an opportunity to enjoy using it this winter. Thank you to all our amazing volunteers who helped manage the ice rink! We couldn’t have done it without you!
Here’s to warmer days ahea…
Ice Rink Now Open [2025]
We have some exciting news! Our Palette Park ice rink, located in the heart of Watercolours, is ready to welcome skaters for the first time since 2022! The Polar Vortex has brought with it some much-needed cold, the perfect temperatures for ice making.
Our rink is open to everyone of all ages…
Holiday Food Drive [2024]
UPDATE: Thanks to our volunteers and your donations, our neighbourhood donated over 4000 lbs of food and essential items to those in need in our community.
Ice Rink Preparations Have Begun
Efforts are underway to prepare the ice rink at Palette Park. While we are at the mercy of the weather, our volunteers have managed to lay down and clamp our liner in preparation for flooding. You'll notice the rink is a bit smaller this year making it more manageable to maintain.
Holiday Food Drive [2023]
[UPDATE: Thanks to the generosity of our community we collected 3,534 lbs of food and toiletries for The Compass! ]
Help us fill the shelves at our local food bank & outreach centre, The Compass!
Our annual Holiday Food Drive is back for an 8th year!! Residents of Lorne…
Boxwood Tree Moths in Watercolours
We've received a message from a Watercolour resident alerting us of an issue with Bowood tree moths that has decimated his boxwoods.
Bell Fibe is moving into the neighbourhood!
Ledcor Construction Ltd. will be working in our neighbourhood on behalf of Bell Canada to add Fibre Optics to the existing infrastructure. Every home in the neighbourhood will have access to its own fibre line. You have no obligation to switch services or use the line.
Ice Rink Prepping Begins
[12-22-22] The Palette Park Ice Rink is being prepped for the season. The current climate provides ideal conditions for flooding. Please do not walk or ride on the ice rink area to avoid damaging the liner and forming ice.
Holiday Food Drive [2022]
UPDATE: This year 4678 lbs of food and toiletries were donated to The Compass Food Bank. Thanks to your generosity we surpassed the last year's record!
Acknowledgements (Ice Rink)
[04-16-2022] The last of the work needed for the ice rink was wrapped last week with the folding and removal of our huge liner. We'd like to express our thanks to Brea Maddeaux and her team of volunteers who worked tirelessly over the winter maintaining the ice rink for our…
Ice Rink Closed for the Season
[03-15-2022] The Palette Park Ice Rink is now closed for the season. Please do not walk or ride on the ice rink area to avoid damaging the liner. As the snow and ice continue to thaw, our volunteers will be rolling up the massive liner to be used for next year and beyond.
The city is…
Avoid Damaged Ice Patch
[02-25-2022] The west end of the ice rink has been marked off with caution tape. Please do not skate on this bumpy patch for safety and to avoid damaging the exposed liner.
Ice Rink Too Slushy
[02-22-2022] Fluctuating temperatures have made a slushy mess of our ice rink. 😩 To give our volunteers time to get it back into shape, no skating or swimming, please.
Ice Rink Reopens
[02-13-2022] Ice Rink Reopens: The recent cold spell and rain helped our volunteers get the ice rink in great shape for skating! We hope you have an opportunity to enjoy it!
Ice Rink Closed For Maintenance Again
[02-08-2022] The milder temperature means it's time to close the ice rink again for maintenance. We will let you know when it's open again!
Ice Rink Closed For Maintenance
[01-31-2022] The Palette Park Ice Rink will be closed on February 1st & 2nd for maintenance. Please refrain from using it so our volunteers can work on it.
Ice Rink Guidelines
[01-25-2022] It looks like the ice rink has been getting good use since opening last week! For everyone's safety and to make sure the rink remains is good condition please consider following these recommendations:
Ice Rink Opens!
[01-18-2022] We're not about to let a little snow slow us down! Thanks to loads of volunteers from ages 8 and up, the ice-rink was cleared in about 2 hours! The was the good news. The great news is the rink is ready to use! Please review the posted recommendations for a safe and enjoyable time on…
We're getting there!
[01-15-2022] A couple of days of milder temperature earlier this week exposed the damaged liner draining the water. Luckily the recent drop in temperature gave the volunteers an opportunity to bounce back! The rink is still not quite ready. Thanks for your patience and for…
Stay Off The Ice, Please.
[01-11-2022] Sadly, someone decided to use our unfinished ice rink, tearing our newly purchased liner and delaying the efforts of our volunteers to flood the rink for all of us to enjoy. Please DO NOT USE the ice rink until the work is completed. We'll let you know when the rink is…
Ice Rink Plans Underway
Thanks to city staff and Lorne Park Watercolours volunteers, our ice rink is back again this year! Although we had a bit of a rocky start, namely the rink size and the challenge of having a catch basin right in the middle of the rink area, we are just about ready to get going with…
Holiday Food Drive [2021]
UPDATE: Thanks to all your contributions, we managed to collect approximately 4250 lbs of donations. A special thanks as well to our army of volunteer families for helping make this happen: Amos, Anderson, Arnone, Banducci, Brady, Cappuccitti, Chen, Chu, Cuzzetto,…
Ice Rink Flooding Efforts Hampered
Our ice rink is back this year, thanks to volunteers in the neighbourhood taking on the initiative to build and maintain it for our community. As many of you know anyone tasked with creating an ice rink, particularly one this size, are at the mercy of the weather and cooperation from our…
Holiday Food and Gift Drive [2020]
UPDATE: We are very happy and extremely proud to announce the success of our neighbourhood’s 5th annual Holiday Food Drive. The hard work of many families and the incredible generosity of all residents living in Watercolours resulted in approximately 7,000 lbs of food and…
Holiday Food and Gift Drive [2019]
UPDATE: Thanks to you generosity along with the amazing team of volunteers we collected 4500lbs. of food and gifts!
In 2016, with your help we were able to collect over 2000 lbs. of food and gifts for families in need. In 2017, your generosity resulted in over…
Spring Food Drive [2019]
UPDATE (June 3, 2019): Thanks to the generosity of volunteers and your donations, this food drive brought in approximately 1000 lbs of food and toiletries!
Holiday Food and Gift Drive [2018]
UPDATE (December 17,2018): We are thrilled to announce that thanks to an army of 90 volunteers and your generosity, we collected 5400 lbs. of donations for The Compass Food Bank surpassing last year's record of 4000 lbs!! Thank you!
Watercolours Pond Maintenance
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT POND MAINTENANCE (Facility 0801 - Palette Park) As part of the ongoing maintenance program, the City of Mississauga has partnered with the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF) to perform much-needed maintenance on several City-owned and operated stormwater management…
Motion To Amend Membership Fee Passes
We are pleased to announce that as a result of an overwhelming majority vote of 97.3% of the eligible votes, the Motion to Amend Membership Fee has passed.
Motion to Amend Membership Fee (Vote)
As you may know, a motion to amend the membership fee was put forth at our Annual General Meeting on October 19, 2017, the details of which follow:
Christmas Food and Gift Drive [2017]
UPDATE: Thank you to our incredible neighbours and volunteers for helping us collect 4000 lbs of food, toiletries and gifts. Your generosity will go a long way to help families in need.
2017 Annual General Meeting Update
We had a great turnout last night at our AGM. The executive board would like to extend thanks to our special guests Councillor Karen Ras and Peel Regional Police Constable Taryn Hill (11 Division Community Liaison Officer) for presenting at the meeting.
Membership Fees Due
Membership renewal is due annualy by October 1. For $20 per household, per year you will continue to enjoy such benefits as remaining on our email newsletter list, having access to our member only bulletin board, be able to participate in events hosted by the association and vote.
Watercolours Pond Work
The City's contractors will be dewatering the Lorne Park Watercolours Storm Pond (#801), likely the first week of October 2017, to allow for a fish/turtle collection (if present) to be completed. The purpose of this work is to prepare the pond for the upcoming clean-out later this Fall.…
Annual General Meeting (2017)
Our Annual General Meeting is being held:
Thursday, October 19, 2017 • 7:30 pm || St. Luke School Library
Pergola Repairs
If you've walked in our neighbourhood park or walkways, you no doubt noticed paint peeling from our beautiful pergolas. Over the years, the LPWRA has been working with the City of Mississauga to have these repainted. Despite our repeated efforts to have them re-painted they…
Sidewalk Repairs
You may have noticed some fluorescent pink markings on our neighbourhood sidewalks. We wanted to inform you that today the City of Mississauga inspected the sidewalks in Watercolours. They have marked those in need of repair with pink fluorescent paint. Crews will be scheduled to make the…
Watercolours featured in TV Series
Back in August 2015, a film crew shot scenes for a Pilot for a TV series co-produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's Pearl Street Productions, CBS Television Studios and Universal Cable Productions. The series called “Incorporated” recently began airing on Showcase in Canada and SyFy Channel in…
Santa Visiting Watercolours
UPDATE: The food and toy collection on Sunday was a tremendous success thanks to the many volunteers and generous neighbours in our amazing community. With your help we were able to deliver approximately 2000 pounds of goodies to help families in need!
Santa will be taking time out of…
Community Clean Up
We are looking for volunteers to help with the annual cleanup of our community. Bags and cleaning supplies will be provided by the City.
Waste collection shifts to Mondays
The New Bi-Weekly Waste Collection in the Region of Peel now in effect: Pick-up date changed to Monday in Watercolours.
Beginning JANUARY 4, 2016, waste collection in the Region of Peel is changing to cart-based, bi-weekly collection. For residents in Watercolours it also mean a change of the…
Forest Restoration Plan Open House
Councillor Ras is organizing an Open House to inform Watercolours’ residents of the restoration plan for Painters Green Park.
September 23, 2015 | 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Lorne Park Hall, 1288 Lorne Park Rd. (map)
Forestry Staff, along with Councillor Ras, will be on hand to answer any questions that…
Watercolours featured in TV Pilot
It seems Watercolours was the perfect location for scenes for a TV pilot being filmed around the GTA. On August 18, 2015, thanks to the cooperation of affected residents, the production filmed scenes along Canyon Street between Cobalt and Infinity as well as the Cobalt Street entrance resulting in…
City To Cut Down Ash Trees
UPDATE (March 23, 2015):
Emerald Ash Borer Infected Trees Removed: Now What?
Waste collection is changing!
Beginning JANUARY 4, 2016, waste collection in the Region of Peel is changing to cart-based, bi-weekly collection.
To prepare for the new collection residents will be provided with new GARBAGE and RECYCLING carts, free of charge. They are available in 3 sizes (small, medium and large),…
Ice RInk Updates [2014-2015]
UPDATE (March 9, 2015): We hope many of you had a chance to enjoy using the ice rink in our park this winter. We are tremendously grateful to Walter Beierl and his flooding team for battling the cold weather to build and maintain it.
Though we had a slow start due to some technical issues,…
Animal Services Open Houses
Urban Coyotes, Pet Licensing & Standards of Care
Mississauga Animal Services is hosting Open Houses to share information on urban coyotes and safety, pet licensing and changes to the Animal Care and Control By-law.
“Animal Services staff is hosting these sessions to educate the public on…
Annual General Meeting (2014-2015)
SAVE THE DATE
The Lorne Park Watercolours Residents' Association is now entering its 10th year as an organization. Over the years we have helped improve our community for the direct benefit of Watercolours residents.
We encourage you to come out and join us at our Annual General…
The Fight Against The Emerald Ash Borer
The Credit Valley Conservation hosting an Ash Tree Management and EAB Community Meeting for residents living near Rattray Marsh. The meeting takes place:
Monday, April 28 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Green Glade Senior Public School, 1550 Green Glade, Mississauga.
With its many ash trees, Mississauga’s…