Ken Weber
Caledon writer Ken Weber’s best-selling Five Minute Mysteries series is published in 22 languages. Ken is also the Historic Hills columnist and puzzle meister for this magazine and has a loyal following here in the hills.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Autumn 2014
Sep 11, 2014Try a new game at the Jolly Morphology Club, find the missing letters at the Alton Fair and can the bus hold all the passengers?

Our Local Press on the Eve of the Great War
Jun 17, 2014From the first week of August onward, war news exploded onto the pages of community papers, filling them almost cover to cover.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Summer 2014
Jun 17, 2014Albion challenges Garafraxa, missing animal life at the Shelburne 4-H and Silas Renarm returns to Palgrave.

The On-Again-Off-Again Birth of Peel County
Mar 23, 2014When the council of the newly independent County of Peel convened in 1867, a first task was to choose a site and a builder for the courthouse and jail.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Spring 2014
Mar 23, 2014A Wartime Letter at DCMA, An In The Hills Two Minute In-Your-Head Challenge and Crossing the Credit on a Rope.

“There’s Something Under Dufferin County”
Nov 19, 2013As far back as 1886, for example, gold was discovered in Melancthon Township near Dundalk.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Winter 2013
Nov 19, 2013The Jolly Morphology Club, free eggs and who is the man in the photograph?

A Place Like Home
Sep 11, 2013For Canadian boys passing through England during World War I, the Perkins Bull Hospital for Convalescent Canadian Officers offered family warmth and the comfort of “home sweet home,” something all of them desperately needed.

Once Upon a Time There Were House Calls
Sep 11, 2013Before the days of clinics, emergency rooms and office hours, most medical treatment took place in a patient’s home. It was a challenging and uncertain process, and not just for the patient.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Autumn 2013
Sep 11, 2013At the Market in Creemore, from Melancthon to Mississippi and a rainy day challenge.

A Place for the Deserving Poor
Jun 17, 2013Males and females, including married couples, slept and ate separately.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Summer 2013
Jun 17, 2013At the Charleston Fair, using your head, speed puzzles and a mini mystery.

The Great Escaper
Mar 31, 2013The Orangeville Sun called him Robert the Bold. Local police called him ‘armed and dangerous.’ His neighbours called him ‘misunderstood.’ Bob Cook’s story fits all these descriptions – and then some.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Spring 2013
Mar 31, 2013From Terra Cotta to Terra Nova, a leaky roof in Alton and how Ginny fooled Jack.

How William Lyon Mackenzie Escaped Through Caledon …or Not!
Nov 17, 2012They were smuggled food by a local farmer’s wife who, knowing she was being watched, would tie packages of food to her crinolines and go for a walk.

The Rebellion of 1837: Not Just Montgomery’s Tavern
Nov 17, 2012The rebellion in Upper Canada finally got British authorities to look into what was upsetting the colonies.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Winter 2012
Nov 16, 2012Balancing imaginary eggs, Mr. Stuart, sidewalk chalk in Orangeville and an In The Hills Mini Mystery.

Your Public Library is Hot!
Sep 13, 2012Once upon a time the public library was like a cathedral, where patrons came and went in reverent silence. Not anymore. Today’s library is action central.