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Here at our farm we stare transfixed at the meter on our newly installed solar panel as it efficiently, quietly and greenly produces kilowatt-hour after kilowatt-hour.

While debate rages about the pros and cons of corporate wind farming, solar power production has largely flown under the radar.

It’s an elegant old lady, decked out in a fancy hat. Inglewood’s Riverdale Woolen Mill – these days perhaps better known as the Riverdale Fitness Centre – has seen a lot of different uses since Thomas Corbett first established a business on the site along the banks of the Credit River in 1841.

Year-round they meet – on the trails, along the roads, in local pools and quarries, and even in banquet halls. After 15 years of uniting everyone from Olympic-class athletes to toddlers and grandparents in the joys of active living, Caledon’s C3 still offers Canada’s premier cross-training environment. Here’s why.

There are strollers in the halls and moms in the classroom at ODSS, thanks to an innovative program that gives young parents a chance to complete their secondary school education.…

Letters published in the SPRING 2011 edition of In The Hills magazine. Cougar tracks? My wife and I have found what we believe to be cougar tracks around our property.…

Highland Security The fashion of wearing nothing beneath a kilt has been condemned by the Scottish Tartans Authority, which has called the practice “childish and unhygienic,” The Times of London…

Kame & Kettle artists includes Sue Ecclestone, Do Hamilton, Emilia Perri, Mia Thornhill, Mary Wood, Jane Richmond, Linda Jenetti, Andrea Trace and Darlene Hassall. This longstanding coalition of Dufferin artists…

A highly selective guide to the picks of the Spring 2011 season.

Léna Valiquette blends her tisanes from the flowers and herbs she grows and dries in Hockley Valley. Her shop also carries a wide selection of true teas and coffees.

By the 1880s, poor sanitation had been identified as a major cause of disease and governments were taking action. Here in the hills, newly established health boards had a lot of catching up to do.

As I walked the pathways that had been inaccessible through the winter months, the sounds and smells greeted me like old friends.