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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.

Face to Face with World War I

Sep 16, 2016

Charles Ernest Thomas, private, 3rd Field Company, Canadian Engineers

August 1914: The First Goodbyes

Sep 16, 2016

As early as August 7, the word went out to militia units across the country: Enlist as many volunteers as possible.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Autumn 2016

Sep 16, 2016

Creative thinking in Stanley Park, words of diminution and who stood where in the lineup?

The Grand River – When Your Neighbour is a River

Jun 20, 2016

Not only does the Grand River lay out nature’s beauty, it also offers opportunities for recreation, commerce and development. Yet all this comes at a cost, for the Grand can be both friend and foe.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Summer 2016

Jun 20, 2016

Shelburne bridge physics, a chronology quiz for Canada Day, sibling rivalry at the sheep farm and how far can you get without an ‘N’?

A Tip of the Hat to History

Mar 21, 2016

A jaunt through hat fashion history!

All the News That’s Fit to Print

Mar 21, 2016

In the 19th century a weekly newspaper was the primary source of information, commerce, entertainment, argument and gossip for the people of rural Canada. Few papers did the job better than the Orangeville Sun.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Spring 2016

Mar 21, 2016

Who actually came in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th?

The Red River Rebellion: The Hills Get Indignant!

Nov 25, 2015

There was the button that always cranked these hills beyond reason – the hint of anything Fenian.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Winter 2015

Nov 25, 2015

Looking at numbers in three different ways, a different perspective on ‘Groaners’ and Mr. Algie’s conundrum.

Parachuting Candidates into the Safest Seat in the Country

Sep 11, 2015

For almost 40 years after Confederation, the Conservative Party treated the riding of Cardwell – Albion, Caledon, Mono and Adjala townships – like private property. It led to some wild and woolly election campaigns.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Autumn 2015

Sep 11, 2015

A Canadiana speed test, Mr Collison’s on-time exercise and win the apples in the bin.

William Henry Riddell: 50,000 Miles in a Sulky

Jun 16, 2015

Henry was born in Caledon Township in 1860 and left just long enough to get a veterinarian degree in Guelph in 1886 before moving to Orangeville to practise.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Summer 2015

Jun 16, 2015

A checkers challenge in Inglewood, who’s who at the Davies reunion in Caledon East and on the new blackboard at S.S. #6.

Seneca Ketchum

Mar 23, 2015

Seneca was nearly 60 when he came to Mono, an age when many people look forward to ease and comfort.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Spring 2015

Mar 23, 2015

Dividing the 80 acre potato farm, a chess set for PAMA and was there a slip-up at the Jolly Morphology Club?

“Your Christmas concert must be first-rate. Nothing less!”

Nov 17, 2014

During the 1800s, teachers in local one-room schools faced 
a list of expectations and responsibilities so onerous, 
it’s a wonder so many carried on.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Winter 2014

Nov 17, 2014

Mr. Judge’s word circle, game of checkers in Marsville, think out of the box and FAST!