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Editor’s Desk

Hot Potatoes

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.

Sep 15, 2009

Dark skies

You will find some sunny moments in this issue, especially in the lighthearted accounts by three of our writers about their first attempts at trying something new.

Jun 18, 2009

The Spring of Our Discontent

We like to stay on top of things here at In the Hills. That’s why last fall we ran a long feature on the impact of rising oil prices. Would…

Mar 21, 2009

Oil Matters

The provincial government has instructed our local municipalities to prepare for a massive population boom, but the influx could well be stalled by the “peak oil” scenario.

Sep 15, 2008

Landowners vs. the Birds

Many of the landowners were keen to do the right thing by the environment, and just wanted some advice and co-operation in the process.

Jun 20, 2008

Enough of Zoomburb

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…

Mar 23, 2008

When the nights are long

The north wind doth blow, and all we really know, for sure, is that it will be cold and dark.

Nov 15, 2007

Get ready for a big fat spring

However, because it’s spring, there is one thing you can count on – and that is plenty of garden talk.

Mar 22, 2007