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Ellen Cameron

Mar 31, 2013 | Signe Ball | Artist in Residence | Arts | Back Issues | Horses In The Hills | In Every Issue | Leisure | Spring 2013

Ellen travels with a camera as her constant companion, a tool that more readily allows her to record the subtleties of horses’ actions and interactions.

Our favourite picks for Spring 2013

Mar 31, 2013 | In The Hills | Back Issues | Community | In Every Issue | Must Do | Spring 2013

Whether you’re an oenologist, an oenophile or someone who just likes to try a new wine from time to time, Wines of the World is an opportunity to taste more than 60 vintages from various countries.

Chicken for Dinner

Mar 31, 2013 | Dan Needles | Fence Posts

I am allowed to grow a small number for my own use, but if I tried to sell the eggs or the broilers in any quantity, I would be visited by a chicken policeman in a big black Ford.

The Great Escaper

Mar 31, 2013 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

The Orangeville Sun called him Robert the Bold. Local police called him ‘armed and dangerous.’ His neighbours called him ‘misunderstood.’ Bob Cook’s story fits all these descriptions – and then some.

Pommies Dry Cider: Crisp, Clear & Dry

Mar 31, 2013 | Nicola Ross | Homegrown in the Hills

Even in colder weather customers love Pommies’ combination of five local apple varieties, a bit of sugar, water, naturally occurring acids and carbonation.

Going the Distance – On Horseback

Mar 31, 2013 | Nicola Ross | Good Sport

Endurance riding is one of the fastest growing equine sports in the world.

A Home for Eclectic Art and Artifacts

Mar 31, 2013 | Pam Purves | At Home in the Hills

This is a home for people with curious minds and catholic tastes. What appears from the outside to be a romantic’s ideal of a country house in a bucolic setting…

Shining a Light on Mental Health

Mar 31, 2013 | Bethany Lee | Headwaters Nest

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research says that one in five Canadians will experience a form of mental illness at some point.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Spring 2013

Mar 31, 2013 | Ken Weber | Back Issues | In Every Issue | Leisure | Puzzles | Spring 2013

From Terra Cotta to Terra Nova, a leaky roof in Alton and how Ginny fooled Jack.

Tradition

Nov 18, 2012 | Signe Ball | Back Issues | Editor’s Desk | In Every Issue | Winter 2012

This is the issue in which we pay tribute to our Local Heroes, some of the extraordinary people whose commitment to community make life better for all of us here in the hills.

Letters – Our readers write: Winter 2012

Nov 17, 2012 | In The Hills | Back Issues | Letters, Our Readers Write | Winter 2012

Letters published in the WINTER 2012 edition of In The Hills magazine.

Prizes, propaganda and pollination

Nov 17, 2012 | Douglas G. Pearce | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | Environment | Winter 2012

“Macdonald spoke on April 27, 1885. He noted that the definition of ‘persons’ should be broadened to include women, this being a half century before the deed would finally be done by the famous Person’s case of 1929.