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Filmmaker Michael McGowan Constructs a House and a Film Career

Sep 13, 2012 | Marc Glassman | Arts

The long driveway winds through fields and trees, a small flock of birds – blue jays, cardinals & finches – flies up into the bright afternoon sky.

Headwaters Midwives: Ushering in New Life

Sep 13, 2012 | Johanna Bernhardt | Community

One of the most popular reasons women are drawn to midwifery care is because it allows low-risk mothers the option of giving birth in the hospital or at home.

Your Public Library is Hot!

Sep 13, 2012 | Ken Weber

Once 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.

Letters – Our readers write: Autumn 2012

Sep 13, 2012 | In The Hills | Autumn 2012 | Departments | Letters, Our Readers Write

I thought In The Hills was just a magazine about B&Bs and real estate, but when I took a closer look, I really liked it and saw how passionate many people are about the issues in the area, especially environmental ones.

Whales, wheat and Wonderland

Sep 13, 2012 | Douglas G. Pearce | Autumn 2012 | Countryside Digest | Departments | Environment

Alice’s True Adventure “There was never a March Hare, a Cheshire Cat, or a hookah-smoking caterpillar. The mushroom upon which the caterpillar sat, however, is real. The iconic Amanita muscaria,…

Kim Harcourt

Sep 13, 2012 | Signe Ball

Check out Kim’s work this fall on the North of 89 Studio Tour and at Holiday Treasures, Dufferin Country Museum.

Free Range Pig

Sep 13, 2012 | Dan Needles | Fence Posts

I was hoeing the garden when Dillinger suddenly came around the henhouse, trotting along like he was on his way to the bank. He was sunburned and covered with dirt.

Our Favourite Picks for Autumn 2012

Sep 13, 2012 | In The Hills | Autumn 2012 | Community | Departments | In Every Issue | Must Do

Our own highly selective “picks” of just some of the things that make life such a distinctive pleasure here in the hills.

Hockley Valley Coffee Roasters: In pursuit of the perfect cup

Sep 13, 2012 | Nicola Ross | Homegrown in the Hills

Tom Deans loves coffee so much, he decided to roast it himself!

The Perch

Sep 13, 2012 | Pam Purves | At Home in the Hills

It is fair to say their discovery of a woman in the neighbourhood who traps raccoons, fixes floods, cleans the house and ploughs the driveway was also a revelation in its own way.

Dealing with a Nightmare: The 1947 Palgrave Fire

Sep 13, 2012 | Ken Weber | Autumn 2012 | Departments | Heritage | Historic Hills | In Every Issue

In the days before 
modern firefighting, 
nothing frightened 
a small community 
– or pulled it together 
more powerfully – 
than a major blaze. 
The 1947 Palgrave fire 
was one such case.

Ladies’ night out … with shotguns

Sep 13, 2012 | Nicola Ross | Good Sport

I cracked the gun open and the empty shot popped out of the barrel in a small cloud of smoke.