Jeff Rollings

There are those who feel parenting one teenager is a task of Herculean proportion. Try 120 as a senior citizen with limited income in Haiti.

Does this make my Asperger’s look big?

Canada’s little iron horse.

It’s called community-based planning, and with it citizens hope to shape a sustainable future in the hills.

Dufferin’s very own Renaissance Man, Hal Henry has a creative heart and gifted mind. Jeff Rollings profiles this “Daniel Boone meets Rhodes Scholar meets poet meets Delta bluesman.”

Should the Greenbelt be expanded? The central purpose of the plan is to protect farmland and environmentally sensitive land on the urban fringe.

In recent years farmers have been subjected to a plethora of regulations related to environmental protection and food safety. Has the pendulum swung too far?

It’s people who make a community. And our second annual celebration of local heroes is a salute to ten extraordinary people who define our community at its best.

Local Hero: Heather Broadbent is Caledon’s respected heritage expert.

Local Hero: Doc Gillies is a legendary community champion.

Local Hero: Jade’s powerhouse Lake Erie swim went in the record books!

Local Hero: Rob Ciccotelli: The sheer volume of this man’s creative endeavours is astonishing.

Local Hero: Larry Kurtz is the founder of Orangeville’s highly successful Blues and Jazz Festival.

Local Hero: Ken Jewett is the founder of Maple Leaves Forever.

Local Heroes: Karen Hutchinson & Jennifer Clark are driving a local and sustainable food system.

How You Walk The Line: An advance stroll through Dufferin’s Living Library

Mental illness is a lonely, often hidden disease – all the more so in Dufferin County where services are fractured and funding is, abysmally, the lowest in the province.

As Johnny nuzzled and pestered for treats, I soon discovered horses aren’t so different from the love-sponge golden retrievers I had at home.