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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

THE BALANCED LIFE: Scottish Country Dancing Comes to the MCC

THE BALANCED LIFE: Scottish Country Dancing Comes to the MCC

Healthy and social fun begins in January
THE BALANCED LIFE: Scottish Country Dancing Comes to the MCC

THE BALANCED LIFE: Scottish Country Dancing Comes to the MCC

Healthy and social fun begins in January
THE BALANCED LIFE | Getting set for cold-weather fitness

THE BALANCED LIFE | Getting set for cold-weather fitness

Our mild Niagara winters offer abundant possibilities
THE BALANCED LIFE | Getting set for cold-weather fitness

THE BALANCED LIFE | Getting set for cold-weather fitness

Our mild Niagara winters offer abundant possibilities
THE BALANCED LIFE | Cancel culture comes to bicycling

THE BALANCED LIFE | Cancel culture comes to bicycling

Removing bike lanes isn't about bikes
THE BALANCED LIFE | Cancel culture comes to bicycling

THE BALANCED LIFE | Cancel culture comes to bicycling

Removing bike lanes isn't about bikes
THE BALANCED LIFE: New indoor pickleball facility in Fenwick offers 7-day play

THE BALANCED LIFE: New indoor pickleball facility in Fenwick offers 7-day play

Plus would you believe a pickleball social?
THE BALANCED LIFE: New indoor pickleball facility in Fenwick offers 7-day play

THE BALANCED LIFE: New indoor pickleball facility in Fenwick offers 7-day play

Plus would you believe a pickleball social?
THE BALANCED LIFE | New research on ageing provides big surprise

THE BALANCED LIFE | New research on ageing provides big surprise

We've all heard of growth spurts. Turns out there are two major deterioration spurts, too
THE BALANCED LIFE | New research on ageing provides big surprise

THE BALANCED LIFE | New research on ageing provides big surprise

We've all heard of growth spurts. Turns out there are two major deterioration spurts, too
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