Drinking Water Week 2024

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PROCLAMATION
DRINKING WATER WEEK 2024

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;...

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...