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Spring 2014

Volume 21 Number 1

The Internet is Us

It has been well over a decade since the federal government promised to make broadband Internet available to all Canadians.

Jun 17, 2014
Signe Ball

David Peterson talks Pan Am

A long-time Caledon resident and avid horseman, David Peterson took time to speak with In The Hills about the impact the Games and the new world-class equestrian park will have on the area.

Mar 23, 2014
Cecily Ross

Dufferin’s New Landlord

With its purchase of the mega quarry lands, a Canadian investment firm gained control of one of the biggest single blocks of prime farmland in Ontario. Will the new landlord be better than the old?

Mar 23, 2014
Tim Shuff

Five Years Out

A Memoir. Even the sound of the old ATV holds a memory of him, puttering in on it from his little house next door every morning.

Mar 23, 2014
Jack Hostrawser

Local Food

A look back at a decade of progress and the challenges still ahead.

Mar 23, 2014
Nicola Ross

Sowing the Seeds of Food Security

Everdale organic farm is at the centre of a project designed to create a self-sufficient organic seed industry in Canada.

Mar 23, 2014
Liza Sardi

Homemade Pork Sausage

With the right equipment and ingredients, a pinch of perseverance, and a big dollop of humour, you can make your own sausages.

Mar 23, 2014
Cecily Ross

A Real Grind

With the right equipment and ingredients, a pinch of perseverance, and a big dollop of humour, you can make your own sausages.

Mar 23, 2014
Cecily Ross

Mexican Chorizo

There is something so “suggestive” about sausages, something elemental … No wonder they are often the subject of ribald, schoolyard-type humour.

Mar 23, 2014
Cecily Ross

Whirligigs, Weathervanes and Other Wonders

The whimsical decoration on everyday objects expresses “Art from the Heart” in a new exhibition at Dufferin County Museum & Archives.

Mar 23, 2014
Yevgenia Casale

Beyond the Fitness Fad

Personal trainers offer clients much more than a physical workout.

Mar 23, 2014
Nicola Ross

Swifts and Swallows

These birds fly with grace and verve, flitting over fields and wetlands and high above towns and villages.

Mar 23, 2014
Don Scallen