Red Dress Day

PROCLAMATION
RED DRESS DAY

WHEREAS the REDress Project was created by Jaime Black as a public art installation in response to the missing and murdered Indigenous women; 

AND WHEREAS the REDress Project began in 2010 and commemorates missing and murdered Indigenous women from the First Nations, Inuit, Metis and Native American Communities by hanging empty red dresses in a range of environments;  AND WHEREAS the colour red signifies the colour the spirits can see. The colour red is calling back the...

Community Living Month

PROCLAMATION
COMMUNITY LIVING MONTH

WHEREAS Community Living Ontario, founded in 1953, is a nonprofit leader providing a provincial voice for people who have an intellectual disability, their families, friends, and support providers across Ontario; AND WHEREAS today, they proudly advocate on behalf of more than 100,000 people while championing the inclusion efforts of 119 member organizations;  AND WHEREAS May is Community Living Month, a province-wide annual awareness campaign to promote true...

National Day of Mourning

PROCLAMATION
NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING

WHEREAS every worker has the right to return home safe and sound at the end of each workday; and 

WHEREAS the Town of Smiths Falls honours the- millions of Ontarians impacted by a workplace fatality, injury or illness; 

WHEREAS April 23th is observed across Canada and in countries around the world as the National Day of Mourning for workers killed, injured, disabled, or suffer disease as a result of work; and 

WHEREAS the Town of Smiths Falls recognizes the...

Beatlemania Exhibit comes to the Heritage House!

The Smiths Falls Heritage House Museum is excited to be hosting “’Beatlemania’: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of RCA Pressing Beatles Records in Smiths Falls”, opening on Saturday, June 1, 2024.  

“Beatlemania” will include Beatles memorabilia from local private collectors as well as artifacts from RCA Victor Smiths Falls and CJET. RCA Victor began pressing records in December of 1953.Over 400 people were employed during it’s peak, with 75% of it’s employees being women. . RCA began pressing the...

Mayor Proclaims April 22nd, 2024 as Earth Day

PROCLAMATION
EARTH DAY WHEREAS Earth Day was initially celebrated on April 22, 1970, marking the inception of the environmental movement and has since evolved into the largest participatory environmental movement on the planet; and  WHEREAS with urban areas set to become home to two-thirds of the world population by 2050 and as climate change is being observed and experienced, municipalities find themselves at the frontline of the battle against climate change; and  WHEREAS Earth Day is a key time to...