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.
A Puzzling Conclusion: Autumn 2018
Sep 18, 2018A synonym / antonym adventure, Silas Renarm visits Creemore and a bad day on the farm.
I am shot!
Jun 19, 2018On the platform of a local railway car, 23-year-old David Hunter was an innocent victim in a deadly chain of events that turned deadly one evening in 1872.
A Puzzling Conclusion: Summer 2018
Jun 19, 2018Tic-tac-toe, Drumlins in Caledon, a wagonload of nails and spare tires on the Hillsburgh Loop.
An 1870 Media Battle over “Fake News”
Mar 26, 2018The tweets and accusations of fake news in today’s media seem almost dainty compared to the Orangeville Sun’s lambasting of its rival weekly, the Orangeville Advertiser.
A Puzzling Conclusion: Spring 2018
Mar 26, 2018In the snow on a soccer field in Caledon East, a rather strange family and a triangle challenge at Duffy’s school.
Yellow Briar
Nov 22, 2017When The Yellow Briar was published in 1933 it hit all the right notes for a readership mired in the Great Depression.
A Puzzling Conclusion: Winter 2017
Nov 22, 2017Hourglass cooking, a gust of winter wind in Amaranth and a fortunate coincidence at the Jolly Morphology Club.
A Community Mourns
Sep 16, 2017In the winter of 1946 the people of Bolton were drawn together by an incident that began with all the ingredients of a grand farce, but ended in tragedy.
A Puzzling Conclusion: Autumn 2017
Sep 16, 2017The homework assignment that grew, a Melancthon potato challenge and who can finish first?
Once a Village
Jun 21, 2017The 19th century saw tiny villages spring up all over these hills, bearing sturdy names like Lockton and Elder, unusual names like Biggles and Shrigley, and pretty names like Camilla and Silver Creek. They faded away, but left a legacy that helped create the hills we know today.
A Puzzling Conclusion: Summer 2017
Jun 21, 2017Ice cubes and altitudes, one minute puzzle challenge and at the livestock market in Tarbox Corners.
Doris Porter Goes to War
Mar 20, 2017As a young woman, the lifelong resident of Caledon served in the Canadian Women’s Army Corps during World War II.
For Valour
Mar 20, 2017The Victoria Cross was awarded to Canadians until 1972, when separate Canadian awards were created.
A Puzzling Conclusion: Spring 2017
Mar 20, 2017The new blackboard at Strong’s school, a recital in Erin and a challenge for the carpenter’s apprentice.
Shadows in the Forest
Nov 22, 2016Many a table regularly offered squirrels, groundhogs and, of course, ducks and geese.
A Puzzling Conclusion: Winter 2016
Nov 22, 2016Between Rosemont and Belwood, something for a stormy night and Silas Renarm raises eyebrows in Palgrave.
Face to Face with World War I
Sep 16, 2016Charles Ernest Thomas, private, 3rd Field Company, Canadian Engineers