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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

From historic posters to antique bibles, this shop has seen it all

From historic posters to antique bibles, this shop has seen it all

Alphabet Bookshop among last of bricks-and-mortar breed
GUEST COLUMN: Vintage radios dial up a lesson in life

GUEST COLUMN: Vintage radios dial up a lesson in life

'It would be the understatement of the year to say there were a lot of radios and radio-related paraphernalia' at Chevy Halladay's Orillia home
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