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Off-trail on Snowshoes
We’d warmed up with a short hike down to a kettle lake covered in untrodden snow. We couldn’t resist the temptation to make tracks, so we crossed the lake enjoying the silence and the warm sunshine.
All Creatures Great and Small
Ursula hart offers a welcoming haven for abandoned animals
Bohemically Speaking!
“You, you of all people, Miss I’ve-got-to-change-my-clothes… at the slightest blemish and everything has to be matching?”
Empty plates
For many people in this community, need and desperation are a daily reality, and front-line workers at local food banks say the situation is growing worse.
Must do
A highly selective guide to the picks of the fall season in the Hills of Headwaters.
Sharing work across generations
From my position, lying in the back seat of the car, it always seemed to take forever to get to my grandparents’ house just off Victoria Park Avenue in Toronto.…
Putting the Cart After the Horse
Soon we’re flying up the road. Had I worn a silk scarf, it would have been streaming out behind me.
Honey, there’s a porcupine in the house!
Slowly my brain started asking questions like, so who’s making the noise down there then?
Sounds of Silence
What is it about the country that evokes the most unbelievable deep sleeps, dreams and early morning rises?
Fall Fair Fare
The traditions of the annual agricultural fair were brought to Canada by British settlers.
Midway Delights
Jean Denison finds the Erin Fair’s Optimist fries hard to resist, but she can’t resist the church pies either.
Can she make an apple pie?
Pie judging is a complex, dirty job, but someone has to do it!



