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Humorist Dan Needles

Nov 18, 2012 | Signe Ball

I’ve been consciously writing about a world in decline all my life. I feel as a writer I have been charged with the safekeeping of all these examples of farmer thinking.

Becoming Stephen Leacock

Nov 18, 2012 | Bernadette Hardaker | Arts

In Sketching Sunshine, actor and playwright Joe Matheson delves deep into the complex character of Canada’s iconic humorist.

The Year in Books: 2012

Nov 18, 2012 | Tracey Fockler | Arts

Our annual review of new books by local authors and illustrators In The Hills.

Granny Flat – Return of Spirit

Nov 18, 2012 | John Denison

His grandmother was sitting at Thelma’s kitchen table drinking hot chocolate. There was a cup for him and the plate of peanut butter cookies had been ravaged.

The Year in Music: 2012

Nov 18, 2012 | Lisa Watson

Here are the highlights from this year’s local music scene. Listen up!

Tradition

Nov 18, 2012 | Signe Ball | Departments | Editor’s Desk | In Every Issue | Winter 2012

This is the issue in which we pay tribute to our Local Heroes, some of the extraordinary people whose commitment to community make life better for all of us here in the hills.

Letters – Our readers write: Winter 2012

Nov 17, 2012 | In The Hills | Departments | Letters, Our Readers Write | Winter 2012

Letters published in the WINTER 2012 edition of In The Hills magazine.

Prizes, propaganda and pollination

Nov 17, 2012 | Douglas G. Pearce | Countryside Digest | Departments | Environment | Winter 2012

“Macdonald spoke on April 27, 1885. He noted that the definition of ‘persons’ should be broadened to include women, this being a half century before the deed would finally be done by the famous Person’s case of 1929.

Jim Lorriman

Nov 17, 2012 | Signe Ball | Artist in Residence

Jim crafts his pieces from fallen branches and other found wood, including remnants of docks, flooring and window frames.

Our Favourite Picks for Winter 2012

Nov 17, 2012 | In The Hills | Community | Departments | In Every Issue | Must Do | Winter 2012

Our favourite picks for winter, must attend, must frolic in the snow and must get creative.

A Reliable Source of Suspect Information

Nov 17, 2012 | Dan Needles | Fence Posts

For the longest time I had the gnawing feeling that something was happening somewhere and I didn’t know about it.

How William Lyon Mackenzie Escaped Through Caledon …or Not!

Nov 17, 2012 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

They 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.