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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 Mar 28, 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..

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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..

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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..

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The Town of Smiths Falls will be accepting Quotations until 11:00 a.m.

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WHEREAS International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women; and

WHEREAS International Women's Day is one of the most important days of the year to:

• celebrate women's achievements
• educate and awareness raise for women's equality
• call for positive change advancing women
• lobby for accelerated gender parity
• fundraise for female-focused charities

AND WHEREAS the International Women's Day 2025 campaign theme is "Accelerate..

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On Monday, March 3, 2025, Town Council passed a resolution endorsing the Federal and Provincial call to buy Canadian.

As part of the approved resolution, council is also urging the Federal and Provincial governments to collaborate with municipalities in protecting Canadian consumers and businesses, and to eliminate any barriers that prevent municipalities from prioritizing Canadian companies for projects.

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WHEREAS since 1998, March 5th has been recognized as World Energy Efficiency Day;

AND WHEREAS World Energy Efficiency Day aims to raise awareness of the need to reduce energy consumption through reasonable energy use;

AND WHEREAS finding ways to avoid energy waste - electricity, gas, water - is critical in the fight against climate change as it contributes to emitting less carbon and methane into the atmosphere;

AND WHEREAS everyone can take some measures to achieve a good level of energy..

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Please be advised that the Significant Weather Event declared by the Town of Smiths Falls on February 12, 2025, related to winter maintenance operations has now ended. This declaration is made pursuant to Feb 27, 2025

Please be advised that flags at the municipal facilities are at half mast out of respect for John Wanless, former member of the Planning Advisory Committee & Committee of Adjustment.

John had served as a committee member for 25 years, providing valuable knowledge and insight to help form and develop our beautiful community.

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