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Festival Art Show

Sep 15, 2009 | In The Hills

Fall in the hills has become synonymous with the Headwaters Arts Festival – and its headline event, the Festival Art Show & Sale. This year’s juried show features 35 local artists, including painters, photographers, sculptors, woodworkers and fabric artists.

Dufferin’s Living Library

Sep 15, 2009 | Jeff Rollings

How You Walk The Line: An advance stroll through Dufferin’s Living Library

Hot Potatoes

Sep 15, 2009 | Signe Ball | Autumn 2009 | Departments | Editor’s Desk | In Every Issue

They see a community and way of life lost, profits from local labour flowing south, and their exceptional farmland and water resources disappearing into a very, very large hole in the ground.

Letters – Our readers write: Autum 2009

Sep 15, 2009 | In The Hills | Autumn 2009 | Departments | Letters, Our Readers Write

Out of the Shadows Thank you for addressing the abysmal lack of funding for mental illness in Dufferin County. Not only was Jeff Rollings’ article, “Shadowland” (summer/09), a well-researched, well-documented and…

Confection, Congestion and Electrification

Sep 15, 2009 | Douglas G. Pearce | Autumn 2009 | Countryside Digest | Departments | Environment

How One Man’s Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science.

Chris Rogers

Sep 15, 2009 | Signe Ball | Artist in Residence | Autumn 2009 | Departments | In Every Issue

Chris Rogers was able to pursue her Time and Place Project – a study of a single spot in the woods over the course of year.

Cider House Rules

Sep 15, 2009 | Nicola Ross | Homegrown in the Hills

Tom Wilson and Nicole Judge should not have had to endure four years of administrative tomfoolery to establish Spirit Tree Estate, their cidery, bakery and local food shop.

Cooler days Warmer food

Sep 15, 2009 | Sandra Cranston-Corradini | Autumn 2009 | Departments | Food | The Country Cook

Our main course, a succulent leg of lamb, takes advantage of the season’s apple harvest. We suggest serving this meal with roasted root vegetables.

The Story of a Mill

Sep 15, 2009 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

Mono’s Sheldon Creek was the site of one of Ontario’s two longest-serving waterpowered mills.

Woolly Bear Caterpillars

Sep 15, 2009 | Linda McLaren | Headwaters Sketchbook

Brown and furry, caterpillar in a hurry!

A Puzzling Conclusion: Autumn 2009

Sep 15, 2009 | Ken Weber | Autumn 2009 | Departments | In Every Issue | Leisure | Puzzles

Was it raining or clear yesterday?

Big Weather

Jun 18, 2009 | Michele Green | Environment

Hold on to your hats! The weather, she-is-a-changing. Global warming is exacerbating Canada’s gloriously variable weather, adding a growing current of concern to our favourite topic of conversation. It’s been more than two decades since the “big tornado” hit these hills in 1985, but in recent years the incidence of smaller tornadoes, high winds and violent storms has escalated.