Winter In The Hills
Get inspired by local heroes, grab a flashlight for crisp nighttime hikes, and keep your own bird count this winter.
Greetings from all of us at In The Hills!
Here’s hoping you have cozy plans for the month ahead that involve slowing down to enjoy mugs of warm drinks with friends and family and getting outside in the crisp air.
Admittedly, it has been an unusual start to the season for us. In response to the Canada Post strike, which started just as we published in November, we arranged private delivery of our new winter issue to our readers in Caledon, Dufferin, Erin and Creemore.
We’ve been working hard to get the magazine to you wherever you live. On rural routes, please check your mailbox or the end of your driveway. We have also replenished many of our usual drop locations, including BookLore in Orangeville, the Museum of Dufferin in Mulmur and the Alton Mill in Caledon.
We will resume our usual distribution method for our spring issue – and we thank you all for your patience. If you have a paid subscription, it will be on its way the moment the strike ends.
Our new winter issue is brimming with people we’re eager for you to meet – especially the bright lights who fill this year’s Local Heroes section, intrepid folks who walk for cancer research, advocate for diversity, tackle food insecurity and win Olympic medals!
And when you can no longer fight the urge to hibernate, simply curl up by the fire with a new book by one of the many talented local authors featured in our annual review of the Year in Books.
From all of us at the magazine, wishing you and yours the happiest of holidays!
Sincerely,
Tralee Pearce
Publisher/Editor
Caledon’s Zoe Boyd grew up on the ice, but even as an exceptional player her career
options in women’s hockey were limited. Then she got drafted by the brand new
Professional Women’s Hockey League.
The Christmas Bird Count provides a snapshot of overwintering local birds and an opportunity for birders, experienced and inexperienced, to enjoy some holiday
camaraderie.
A salute to eight people whose passionate work has changed our community for the
better.
Hitting the trails after dark during winter transforms a common daylight pastime into an awe-inspiring outing.
Cozy wovens, cute creatures, foraged inks and more for holiday giving.
Orangeville dog trainer Melanie Chin’s days include private lessons for canines who
need help staying calm in public, and group sessions for current and future service dogs on how to help their humans.
Our annual review of new books by local authors.
Greet winter with upbeat holiday pantomimes and concerts, busy craft sales, and an art show that looks at love and the creative process.
Mulmur printmaker Nicola Kidd captures tractors, raccoons, street signs and even the CN Tower on whimsical wooden coasters, magnets and postcards.
Toast the season with a chic prix fixe, holiday chocolate, foodie gifts or turkey to go.
To build their one-of-a-kind Erin home, John and Cheryl Leenders leaned on the work of a Netherlands-based architect, their passion for both industrial and handcrafted elements, and their own hard work.
Artist in Residence: Pat Hertzberg
Using her “thread web” technique, Pat Hertzberg creates highly textured tactile pieces that almost beg to be touched.
Do some good
Many organizations in our community could use an extra donation this month to help with their important work – consider the Orangeville Food Bank, Shepherd’s Cupboard Food Bank in Shelburne, Family Transition Place or Choices Youth Shelter in Orangeville, Dufferin Child and Family Services, Brampton and Caledon Community Foundation, Dufferin Community Foundation, and Headwaters Health Care Foundation.
Visit What’s On for more fundraising events and toy drives. And mark your calendar for the 2025 Coldest Night of the Year event.
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