Christopher McGuire Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Christopher McGuire Municipality: Smiths Falls Position Sought: Councillor Are you currently retired or working and in what industry: I work as a water resources EIT for the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority. Former elected positions or terms if applicable: President, Rideau Ski Club. I revived the club in 2016 […]
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Peter McKenna Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Peter McKenna Municipality: Smiths Falls Position sought: Councillor Are you currently retired or working and in what industry: I’m the Executive Director of Rideau Community Health Services, with plans for retirement this fall. Former elected positions or terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience: I started volunteering in […]
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Shawn Pankow Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Shawn Pankow Municipality: Smiths Falls Position Sought: Mayor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Certified financial planner for Pankow Financial Solutions Ltd. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Elected to council in 2010 and as mayor in 2014. Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): For over 10 […]
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John Maloney Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: John Maloney Municipality: Smiths Falls Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Retired past owner of The Rideau Winery Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Four years on Council Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): The Urban Jungle, The Green Mile, Live Love Lift, Rideau […]
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Wendy Alford Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Wendy Alford Municipality: Smiths Falls Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Retired from the broadband industry (i.e. internet, digital phone and cable television). Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Smiths Falls town councilor from 2003-2006 Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): It has been […]
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Louis Daigle Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Louis Daigle Municipality: Smiths Falls Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I am currently employed full-time at T. A. Morrison & Co. (steel/aluminum manufacturing) and part-time at Canadian Tire (warehouse). Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I am currently a union steward for SMART local 540. Community volunteer […]
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Lorraine Allen Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Lorraine Allen Municipality: Smiths Falls Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I am a retired elementary school principal, part-time admin for my husband’s accounting practice and have been a full-time councillor for the last eight years. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I have served two terms […]
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Dennis Buckley Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Dennis Buckley Municipality: Smiths Falls Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I am retired. I founded Newgate 180, a substance abuse centre located in Merrickville. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Vice president of a union local for eight years Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, […]
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Niki Dwyer Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Niki Dwyer Municipality: Smiths Falls Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Working – professional urban planner Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Volunteer at large. No direct association to a particular group, but never afraid to lend a hand […]
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Ken Manwell Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Ken Manwell Municipality: Smiths Falls Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I am currently a retired resident of Smiths Falls. I spent 27 years in Industry as a manager for two major manufacturing companies, Carrier Air Conditioning Canada Ltd. & Westinghouse Canada. This is where I […]
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Jay Brennan Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Jay Brennan Municipality: Smiths Falls Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Former assistant to a federal member of Parliament and provincial cabinet minister. Former small business owner in Smiths Falls. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Smiths Falls Councillor in 2010 Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local […]
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Dawn Quinn Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Dawn Quinn Municipality: Smiths Falls Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Working part time, town councilor Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I am finishing my fourth term on council. Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Smiths Falls Home & Living Expo, Urban Jungle, Railway […]
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This is the latest craze in the wine world. I will concentrate on just a few Orange wines from Ontario, B.C., France and Spain. We just returned from a long weekend in Niagara-on-the Lake staying at a beautiful and relaxing B&B. Our first stop was to say hello to the Winemaker, Ann Sperling, but we […]
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No matter how you get there, it’s worth the trip! We are undoubtedly blessed with a proliferation of quaint picturesque small towns and villages and especially fortunate to have the added benefit of those communities located on one of our region’s many breathtakingly beautiful waterways. One such location is Portland on the banks of the […]
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Building the future The year was 1883, and Benjamin Glover Byram (1862-1943) left his fiancée, Louisa Marion Dean (1861-1936) in England with a promise. He told her that he would establish himself in Canada, build a house there, and then invite her to join him. The twenty-one-year-old boarded a ship and left the country with nothing […]
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The spirit of the season is alive and well at North Folk Cafe & Gelato in Perth. This cafe is decked out for Christmas with festive decorations, a holiday drink menu, and an old-timey postbox for mailing letters to Santa. Owner Dasha Smolentseva writes, “[I’ve] been dreaming of this since the inception of North Folk […]
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