Media Release: Shop Local

Working in collaboration with the Smiths Falls Chamber of Commerce, and the Downtown Smiths Falls Business Association, we are proud to launch the Shop Local 2025 Smiths Falls Catalogue.

This initiative highlights the diverse range of goods that can be found in Smiths Falls, from artisan crafts and home décor to specialty foods and unique gifts. By shopping local, residents and visitors alike can discover high-quality Canadian-made products while directly supporting small businesses and...

Read more

Significant Weather Event - March 28, 2025

The Town of Smiths Falls will declare a significant weather event as of 10:00 PM on Friday, March 28, 2025, due to the forecasted storm, in accordance with Regulation 239/02 of the Municipal Act, 2001 (as amended).

This declaration suspends the standard timelines required for the Town of Smiths Falls to meet their winter maintenance objectives until the municipality declares the significant weather event has ended. Given the anticipated severity of the winter conditions forecasted by Environment...

Read more

Purple Day 2025

WHEREAS, Purple Day for Epilepsy was founded in 2008 by nine year-old Cassidy Megan of Nova Scotia as she was motivated by her own struggles with epilepsy; and

WHEREAS Cassidy started Purple Day for Epilepsy in an effort to educate others about the disorder, and remind those living with seizures that they are not alone; and

WHEREAS Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, affecting approximately 1 in 100 people in Canada and 50 million people worldwide; and

WHEREAS, Purple Day...

Read more

World Water Day 2025

WHEREAS the theme of World Water Day 2025 is 'Glacier Preservation';

AND WHEREAS glaciers are critical to life - their meltwater is essential for drinking water, agriculture, industry, clean energy production and healthy ecosystems;

AND WHEREAS rapidly melting glaciers are causing uncertainty to water flows, with profound impacts on people and the planet;

AND WHEREAS global reductions in carbon emissions and local strategies to adapt to shrinking glaciers are essential;

AND WHEREAS this World Water...

Read more

International Day of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2025

WHEREAS, March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination which is a day dedicated to acknowledging, challenging and eliminating racism; and

WHEREAS, The rights to equality and non-discrimination are cornerstones of human rights law as in Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights; and

WHEREAS, Racial discrimination is a universal issue that divides communities and threatens...

Read more