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'A big heart': Smoke's Poutinerie founder Ryan Smolkin dies at 50
The Canadian Press via CBC ^ | Oct 30, 2023

Posted on 10/31/2023 10:07:34 AM PDT by jerod

Company attributes Smolkin's death to complications from recent surgery

Ryan Smolkin, the zany, Smiths Falls, Ont.-bred entrepreneur best known for his restaurants serving poutine smothered in an endless array of toppings, has died.

The founder of Smoke's Poutinerie Inc. was 50.

He died Sunday of unexpected complications from a recent surgery, the company said Monday, adding that he dreamt of achieving "global domination" with the Ajax, Ont.-based brand.

"He wanted to be in every city and every country in the world and that's what he preached from day one," said Smoke's president and chief operating officer Mark Cunningham, who Smolkin chose to be his successor.

Smolkin started Smoke's in 2009, slinging hefty heaps of poutine topped with ingredients like pulled pork, bacon, cheeseburgers and butter chicken. He chose poutine simply because it was "unique," Cunningham said.

At Smoke's, Smolkin called himself the chief entertainment officer, a role that saw him curate more than 30 varieties of the fry-based dish his chain would sell. He also starred in a smattering of YouTube videos. In many of the clips, he sports mirrored shades and a furry trapper hat, topping everything from Timbits to devilled eggs or apple pie in gravy to answer the question, "Will it gravy?"...

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They don't mention what type of surgery he had 'complications' from... But they keep saying he had a 'big heart'... Just wondering... Heart surgery perhaps???

Not the best advertisement for your artery clogging product... Having your founder die of heart disease at 50.

1 posted on 10/31/2023 10:07:34 AM PDT by jerod
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To: jerod

According to the Canadian government, the majority of the people dying of heart disease in Canada are 80 YO or older.

My bet is the guy’s diet didn’t kill him.

My money’s on bad medical care. Including CoupFlu vaxxes.


2 posted on 10/31/2023 10:16:03 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: mewzilla

Or he had incriminating info on Hillary.


3 posted on 10/31/2023 10:20:13 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: lowbridge
For anyone else curious. That's an eye-popping stat...

Patient harm in Canadian hospitals? It does happen.

And I bet that number is low-balled.

4 posted on 10/31/2023 10:23:13 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: jerod

Au revoir, mon ami.


5 posted on 10/31/2023 10:24:31 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: jerod

I VERY occasionally ate at Smoke’s.

VERY occasionally. His poutine is one of those foods that tastes so good that you know with every single bite, it’s completely unhealthy. :P


6 posted on 10/31/2023 10:25:37 AM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: jerod

7 posted on 10/31/2023 10:37:52 AM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: jerod

“Big heart” might not mean what they intended it to mean.
Dead at 50?


8 posted on 10/31/2023 11:19:27 AM PDT by Fireone (Who killed Obama's chef?)
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To: jerod

Had to look up poutine.

It’s like chillie cheese fries.

Whataburger in Athens just added it to the menu, I could not resist. Way better than Sonic.


9 posted on 10/31/2023 11:20:30 AM PDT by waterhill
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To: waterhill

Poutine: French Fries, Wisconsin Cheese Curds, Gravy. YUM!


10 posted on 10/31/2023 12:17:51 PM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: waterhill
Whataburger in Athens just added it to the menu, I could not resist.

If you have Culver's, you can order it there, as well. They are Wisconsin based, so they take their cheese curds seriously.
11 posted on 10/31/2023 12:31:58 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: mewzilla

The guy literally sold poutine. And you don’t think that had anything to do with it?

Yeah…must be the vax.


12 posted on 10/31/2023 1:50:25 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: waterhill

Oh..it’s much worse than that. LOL


13 posted on 10/31/2023 1:51:30 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: mewzilla
Patient harm in Canadian hospitals? It does happen.

They used to die in the hallways waiting for treatment under the fantastic "single payer" (government run healthcare)

The Canadian Supreme Court ruled that their system was a violation of human rights.

14 posted on 10/31/2023 5:32:07 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (That IS NOT "a donkey"!!!)
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To: Vermont Lt

Are you kidding? Poutine is fantastic.

(Unless you don’t like “potatoes and gravy” or French Fries)

There are hundreds of versions of it, depending on mostly on the meat used. A common one is ground pork gravy over chopped onions, cheese curds and fries.

Pulled-pork poutine is excellent.


15 posted on 10/31/2023 5:41:26 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (That IS NOT "a donkey"!!!)
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And by the way, if you don’t know...it’s pronounced:

poot-zin’


16 posted on 10/31/2023 5:44:02 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (That IS NOT "a donkey"!!!)
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To: mewzilla; jerod; Vermont Lt
My money’s on bad medical care. Including CoupFlu vaxxes.

It should be assumed to be caused by the CLOT SHOT vaxxxxxxines until PROVEN otherwise.

EVERYONE who took the clot shots has some cardiac damage. The heart and the brain do NOT heal themselves, once damaged, it might be a countdown to what takes you out.

And the spike proteins go EVERYWHERE which gives the clot shot victims VAIDS where their immune system attacks the body's cells infested with Fauci's spike proteins.

RUMBLE VIDEO Halt All mRNA Vaccine Development Due to Direct Cardiotoxicity

17 posted on 10/31/2023 7:05:48 PM PDT by politicianslie (SAFE and EFFECTIVE has become SUDDEN and UNEXPECTED. Use Dr. McCullough protocol to beat death! )
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To: jerod

Fifty is the new 80:

https://nypost.com/2023/10/31/entertainment/general-hospital-days-of-our-lives-star-tyler-christopher-dead-at-50/


18 posted on 10/31/2023 7:07:17 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker
Fifty is the new 80:

50 = NEW 80 IF YOU TOOK THE mRNA poison shots

19 posted on 10/31/2023 8:29:50 PM PDT by politicianslie (SAFE and EFFECTIVE has become SUDDEN and UNEXPECTED. Use Dr. McCullough protocol to beat death! )
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Went up to Quebec City to some restaurant, they served me something with french fries on a plate of gravy, which was about the most delicious thing I ever tasted. I think it was poutine. I licked the plate clean.


20 posted on 10/31/2023 11:54:34 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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