• Menus

    Sitemap


    • Chip Trucks around the Region

    Special Features

    Smiths Falls History & Mystery: A tale of two Brodies

    In 1873 McGill University granted its first Engineering degrees which at the time were known as Applied Science. Robert James Brodie (1851-1938) was one of only six scholars to be awarded this recognition. To this day he remains a McGill posterboy. Photographs of the bearded, Chateauguay-born, Fenian Raid veteran, grace the walls and website of […]

    More Special Features >>

    Smiths Falls History & Mystery: Father and Son served in WWI

    When Reginald Burroughs moved into the Keyhole House, he left his mark by signing his name, his son Nelson’s name, and the year “1907” into the wet concrete of a basement windowsill. The family’s new three-digit phone number was 218, and they were listed in the Smiths Falls Telephone Directory as R. E. G. Burroughs […]

    More Special Features >>

    Smiths Falls History & Mystery: Lying in wait for a new tomb

    Agnes Lamb was a wealthy woman when she died of tuberculosis in 1903 at the Keyhole House. The 60-year-old spinster left executors of her estate with some very clear instructions. In her will, Agnes set aside $1,000 as an investment with the Molsons Bank. She asked that the interest be used to maintain the Wood […]

    More Special Features >>

    SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS

    Welcome to ontrac Employment Resource Services!

    ontrac Employment Resource services has been providing free professional in-person, local employment services to the community of Smiths Falls since 2002. Our team of dedicated staff provides services to job seekers, supporting individuals to achieve their employment and training goals and to employers, supporting businesses with their hiring and training needs.   How can we help? […]

    More spotlight on business >>

  • Editorial Cartoon

    • HomeTown News - Lanark, North Leeds & Grenville
    HOMETOWN NEWS