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Festival Art Show
Sep 15, 2009 |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 |How You Walk The Line: An advance stroll through Dufferin’s Living Library
Hot Potatoes
Sep 15, 2009 | | Autumn 2009 | Departments | Editor’s Desk | In Every IssueThey 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 | | Autumn 2009 | Departments | Letters, Our Readers WriteOut 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 | | Autumn 2009 | Countryside Digest | Departments | EnvironmentHow One Man’s Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science.
Chris Rogers
Sep 15, 2009 | | Artist in Residence | Autumn 2009 | Departments | In Every IssueChris 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 | | Homegrown in the HillsTom 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 | | Autumn 2009 | Departments | Food | The Country CookOur 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 | | Historic HillsMono’s Sheldon Creek was the site of one of Ontario’s two longest-serving waterpowered mills.
Woolly Bear Caterpillars
Sep 15, 2009 | | Headwaters SketchbookBrown and furry, caterpillar in a hurry!
A Puzzling Conclusion: Autumn 2009
Sep 15, 2009 | | Autumn 2009 | Departments | In Every Issue | Leisure | PuzzlesWas it raining or clear yesterday?
Big Weather
Jun 18, 2009 | | EnvironmentHold 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.