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John Swart

John Swart

After three decades co-owning various southern Ontario small businesses with his wife, Els, John Swart has enjoyed 15 years in retirement volunteering, bicycling the world, and feature writing. At the Voice of Pelham he won the George Cadogan Memorial Outstanding Columnist Award, and Outstanding Columnist in the Canadian Community Newspaper Awards. His column The Balanced Life appears weekly on PelhamToday.

Recent Work by John

COLUMN: Janis to Jesus — Never a dull day at this bookstore

COLUMN: Janis to Jesus — Never a dull day at this bookstore

Port Colborne's Alphabet Bookshop among last of bricks-and-mortar breed
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GUEST COLUMN: Radio lover tunes in to 'controlled chaos'

GUEST COLUMN: Radio lover tunes in to 'controlled chaos'

Orillia-area collection includes everything from one of the first radios with remote control, manufactured by General Motors in 1932, to Sony Watchman
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