Back Issues
Yesterday’s Superstore: A Tribute to the Old General Store
Mar 23, 2008 | | HeritageIn the Waldemar store, pop was five cents in the 1940s (seven cents if you took it outside, but there was a two-cent bottle return).
Two Little Railways Made North American History
Mar 23, 2008 | | HeritageThe Toronto Grey & Bruce and the Toronto & Nipissing Railways were the first of their kind on the continent.
Field of Schemes
Mar 23, 2008 |There’s a population boom coming to Headwaters. Where will all the people go and what will it mean for our countryside?
Enough of Zoomburb
Mar 23, 2008 |When I moved to Caledon from Toronto in 1974, feeling all starry-eyed and back-to-the-landish, as befitted the mood of the times, the population of the newly minted “town” was just…
Letters – Our readers write: Spring 2008
Mar 23, 2008 | | Departments | Letters, Our Readers Write | Spring 2008Letters published in the SPRING 2008 edition of In The Hills magazine.
Bursting bubbles, boosterisms and commoner sense
Mar 23, 2008 | | Countryside Digest | Departments | Environment | Spring 2008Boost “Deficit spending is already beyond belief, and the country is hugely indebted, as are households. The housing bubble has already burst. The Federal Reserve has made clear it will…
Jim Reid
Mar 23, 2008 |The painting sites I choose are places I have revisited since childhood, and so they are also saturated with personal memory.
Eastern Meadowlark
Mar 23, 2008 | | Departments | Environment | Headwaters Sketchbook | Spring 2008Eastern Meadowlarks decline 24% in 20 years.
The Party that Grew: Drummers’ Snack
Mar 23, 2008 | | Historic Hills“We did not see a drunken man on the grounds,” observed the Advocate (although the paper did wonder who rang the park bell at 6 a.m. on Saturday morning).
All Abuzz about Honey: Hockley Valley Honey Farm
Mar 23, 2008 | | Homegrown in the HillsDan Garyfalakis surprised his wife Nina with their first pair of beehives as a gift.
Time to buff the barbecue
Mar 23, 2008 | | Departments | Food | Spring 2008 | The Country CookWe recommend grilling red snapper, which is the most popular of the 250 or so varieties of snapper.