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It is fair to say their discovery of a woman in the neighbourhood who traps raccoons, fixes floods, cleans the house and ploughs the driveway was also a revelation in its own way.

In the days before 
modern firefighting, 
nothing frightened 
a small community 
– or pulled it together 
more powerfully – 
than a major blaze. 
The 1947 Palgrave fire 
was one such case.

I cracked the gun open and the empty shot popped out of the barrel in a small cloud of smoke.

“Don’t tell Dad! Don’t tell Bethany! Stop telling everybody in this world!”

A Pentagram at the Alton Fair, from the Orangeville sidewalk and a who’s who at the Erin bank.

With this issue we go urban – or as urban as it gets in our small towns and villages.

Have a read of the full version in PDF. A wilderness lunch, culinary education, country pubs and vegetarian wisdom.

Have you heard? Here’s the local buzz on who’s moving and shaking in the local food scene.

Preparing duck confit is not difficult, but it is time consuming and requires patience, technique and even love.

Goodies and gadgets for those on the go! Our roundup of fabulous quality items available locally.

Only 16 per cent of watermelons now have seeds, down from 42 per cent in 2003. Alas, it is unlikely that the world record for spitting a watermelon seed will be broken.

Certain varieties of maize explode when heated, forming fluffy pieces that are delicious seasoned and eaten as a snack.