Janice Quirt
Janice Quirt is a freelance writer who lives in Orangeville.
Food + Drink Spring 2021
We’re tracking family-sized meals, vegetarian tacos and gourmet doughnuts.
Meet the Maker: Kristin Evensen
This Orangeville artist strings together her Anishnaabe heritage and contemporary design in every pair of earrings she makes.
Local Buys: Spring 2021
Fixate on florals this spring – fresh, preserved and, yes, paper.
A New Heritage
How a young family is reimagining an 1885 Erin farmhouse for a long, happy life.
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.
Food + Drink Winter 2020
Comfort foods: Ghanaian goodness, pies at your door, and fresh Indian fare.
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.
Field Notes for Autumn 2020
Garden sharing, “minimonies”, and the show must go on this fall.
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.
Food + Drink Summer 2020
Summer’s new normal: Shopping shifts, beer pie – and the rise of the takeout menu.
Safe Haven in a Log Cabin
A family finds both continuity with the past and dreams fulfilled in a historic log house in Caledon.



