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Ken Weber

Caledon writer Ken Weber’s best-selling Five Minute Mysteries series is published in 22 languages. Ken wrote 103 Historic Hills columns for In The Hills over more than 25 years, capping his pen in 2022.

The Wreck at Horseshoe Curve

A famous railroad engineering design in Caledon Township 
became the site of a disaster on a September morning in 1907.

Oct 25, 2023

A Puzzling Conclusion: Winter 2022

Here are some fun challenges to warm up the brain cells this winter! Crack some codes, think outside the circle and spot the misfit letters to solve these new puzzles.

Nov 20, 2022

The Rise and Fall of the Rural Post Office

Before rural mail delivery was established in the early 1900s, nearly every village and hamlet in these hills had a post office.

Sep 20, 2022

A Puzzling Conclusion: Autumn 2022

Try your hand at euchre, name some newborns and identify a dozen animals – plus a few extra brain teasers

Sep 20, 2022

The Phenomenon that was Rock Hill Park

A booming mecca of down-home entertainment once brought thousands of happy visitors to the heart of Mulmur Township.

Jun 24, 2022

A Puzzling Conclusion: Summer 2022

Try riddles at the Alton Fair, meet Chester the cowboy and find seven sections.

Jun 24, 2022

Orangeville’s “Stolen” Election

Angry crowds, a mishandled ballot box, cries of voter suppression and a legal challenge rocked the election for Orangeville’s reeve in 1909.

Mar 29, 2022

A Puzzling Conclusion: Spring 2022

The Inglewood fence, the answer is in the letters and rhyming outside the box.

Mar 29, 2022

Free Calendars at Christmas

Collecting calendars was once a seasonal ritual on main street.

Nov 29, 2021

A Puzzling Conclusion: Winter 2021

The prevaricating robots, follow the arrows and what to name the kids.

Nov 29, 2021

Stories in the Stones

Murder, Hollywood intrigue and heroic deaths are among the tales that lurk on tombstones in cemeteries from Bolton to Horning’s Mills.

Sep 24, 2021

‘Spooks’ In the Hills

In 1930, a series of strange physical disturbances led a family to abandon their farm in Mulmur Township. Was a spirit at work? A poltergeist? Was it real?

Sep 24, 2021

A Puzzling Conclusion: Autumn 2021

A mobile fish market, sock drawer and sweet seven anagram.

Sep 24, 2021

The Auto Takes Hold

In less than two decades automobiles grew from curiosity to commonplace in these hills.

Jun 22, 2021

A Puzzling Conclusion: Summer 2021

Marking time at the Jolly Morphology Club, a math journey with options and nouns from the outer edge.

Jun 22, 2021

The Orange and the Green: A Legacy of Distrust

Animus between Protestants and Catholics brewed among early settlers in Headwaters.

Mar 31, 2021

A Puzzling Conclusion: Spring 2021

From the office window, riddling in Redickville and the prevaricating paddlers.

Mar 31, 2021

Alexander McLachlan: Our Forgotten Poet

A century ago Alexander McLachlan was one of the best known citizens of these hills, widely admired, respected and praised for his poetry. Today hardly anyone has heard of him. How did this happen?

Nov 24, 2020