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Janice Quirt

Janice Quirt is a freelance writer who lives in Orangeville.

Field Notes for Spring 2021

What to plant, read, wear this spring.

Mar 31, 2021

Food + Drink Spring 2021

We’re tracking family-sized meals, vegetarian tacos and gourmet doughnuts.

Mar 31, 2021

Meet the Maker: Kristin Evensen

This Orangeville artist strings together her Anishnaabe heritage and contemporary design in every pair of earrings she makes.

Mar 31, 2021

Local Buys: Spring 2021

Fixate on florals this spring – fresh, preserved and, yes, paper.

Mar 31, 2021

A New Heritage

How a young family is reimagining an 1885 Erin farmhouse for a long, happy life.

Mar 31, 2021

The New Hope: Local Black Lives Matter Organizers

These four young women (plus one younger sister) were the moving force behind two crucial local social justice marches – one in Orangeville and one in Shelburne.

Nov 24, 2020

Field Notes for Winter 2020

What to hear, do, play this winter.

Nov 24, 2020

Local Buys: Winter 2020

What we’re shopping for this winter in Headwaters.

Nov 24, 2020

Food + Drink Winter 2020

Comfort foods: Ghanaian goodness, pies at your door, and fresh Indian fare.

Nov 24, 2020

Home Game

A backyard rink is just one of the deft holiday moves NHL linesman Shandor Alphonso and his wife, Jacelyn, make for their young boys at home.

Nov 24, 2020

Field Notes for Autumn 2020

Garden sharing, “minimonies”, and the show must go on this fall.

Sep 18, 2020

Food + Drink Autumn 2020

Appetite for adventure: Moveable feasts and sweet diversions.

Sep 18, 2020

Local Buys: Autumn 2020

What we’re shopping for this autumn in Headwaters.

Sep 18, 2020

Falling for Ketchum House

Bill Dandie is the enthusiastic new owner of this off-the-grid Hockley Valley home, which was built in 1998 by Anthony and Mary Ketchum.

Sep 18, 2020

Field Notes for Summer 2020

What to buy, watch, grow this summer.

Jun 25, 2020

Food + Drink Summer 2020

Summer’s new normal: Shopping shifts, beer pie – and the rise of the takeout menu.

Jun 25, 2020

Local Buys: Summer 2020

What we’re shopping for this summer in Headwaters.

Jun 25, 2020

Safe Haven in a Log Cabin

A family finds both continuity with the past and dreams fulfilled in a historic log house in Caledon.

Jun 25, 2020