Red Dress Day 2025

WHEREAS May 5, 2025, marks the 15th anniversary of the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and 2SLGBTQIA+ People, also known as Red Dress Day; and

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

AND WHEREAS the colour red signifies the colour the spirits can see and the colour red is calling back the spirits of the those missing and allows them a chance to be...

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Community Announcement: New Municipal Water Tower has Risen!

📢 Community Announcement: New Municipal Water Tower has Risen! We are pleased to announce that the water tank portion of our new municipal water tower has been hoisted to the top of the tower column, a major step forward in ensuring reliable, high-quality water service for our growing community. This state-of-the-art structure will enhance water pressure, support future development, and improve emergency water supply and fire protection capabilities. The Town would like to recognize and thank...

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Spring Brush & Leaf Pick-Up 2025

All brush must be set at the backside of the curb or sidewalk by 7 AM on Monday, May 5, 2025. Town staff will pick up neatly piled brush with branches no larger than 4 inches (10 cm) in diameter from May 5 to 9, 2025.

Bagged leaves must be placed at the backside of the curb or sidewalk by 7 AM on Friday, May 9, 2025. Glenview Iron and Metal will pick up bagged leaves that day only. Only brown compostable paper bags will be accepted; plastic bags will not be collected.

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Community Living Month 2025

WHEREAS Community Living Ontario develops policy solutions and advocates for changes that increase the community participation, inclusion and belonging of people labelled as having an intellectual disability;

AND WHEREAS this includes the more than 250,000 people who have an intellectual disability and their families in Ontario who Community Living Ontario has been advocating for and with for over 70 years.

AND WHEREAS Community Living Month is a province-wide annual awareness campaign to...

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Drinking Water Week 2025

WHEREAS the Town of Smiths Falls recognizes that water is our most valuable natural resource; and

WHEREAS drinking water serves as a vital role in daily life, serving an essential purpose to health, hydration and hygiene needs for the quality of life our citizens enjoy; and

WHEREAS tap water delivers public health protection, fire protection, support for our economy and the quality of life we enjoy; and

WHEREAS the hard work performed by the entire water sector, designing capital projects,...

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