Celebrating Small Business Week | October 19–25
This Small Business Week, the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s is proud to recognize and celebrate the small businesses that contribute so much to our community.
From local shops and restaurants to trades, goods, services and home-based businesses, our small business owners help create jobs, provide essential services and make St. Mary’s a wonderful place to live, work and visit.
Every purchase made locally, every recommendation shared and every visit to a local business helps support our community and strengthen our local economy.
Thank you to all our local business owners and their teams for their hard work, dedication, and commitment to St. Mary’s.
Small Business Week: Free Virtual Workshop for Small Businesses
Small Business Week runs from October 19–25, and Dalhousie University is offering a free virtual workshop to help small business owners, entrepreneurs and community leaders strengthen their businesses and build resilient communities.
Explore practical topics, including community resilience, succession planning and artificial intelligence for small businesses.
Upcoming workshop:
- October 22: AI for Small Business: A Beginner’s Guide to Getting Started
Whether you're looking to plan for the future, explore new tools or strengthen your local business, these workshops offer a great opportunity to learn and connect.
Registration is free! Click the link below to learn more and register:
- October 22 (10:30am-11:30am): https://AIforSmallBusinessGuide.eventbrite.ca
COTW - October 21 2026
- Call to Order
- Roll Call
- Additions to the Agenda
- Approval of the Agenda
- Approval of Minutes of COTW held Wednesday October 7th, 2026
- Business Arising from Minutes
- Correspondence
- From the Cruiser – September 2026
- Trails Association Request – Letter of Support
- In-Camera: Contract Negotiations
Adjournment
Council Meeting - October 21 2026
- Call to Order
- Roll Call
- Additions to the Agenda
- Approval of the Agenda
- Approval of Minutes of Council Meeting held Wednesday September 16th, 2026
- Business Arising from Minutes
- Sonora Community Centre Funding
- Recommendations from Committees of Council
- Committee of the Whole – September 16th, 2026
- Fire Services Advisory Committee – September 23rd, 2026
- Committee of the Whole – October 7th, 2026
- Outside Committee Reports
- Christmas at Sherbrooke Village – Sept 18, 2026
- Eastern Region Solid Waste – Sept 28, 2026
- CAO Report
- REMO Report
- Elections and Committee Appointments
- Election of Warden
- Election of Deputy Warden
- Appointments to Internal and External Committees
Adjournment
A 10-minute question and answer period pertaining to agenda items.
From the Cruiser September 2026
The September "From the Cruiser" report is now available to view at:
From the Crusier September 2026
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