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Oil Futures, Goo Goo Clusters and Judgment Day

Sep 15, 2008 | Douglas G. Pearce | Autumn 2008 | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | Environment

Some 150 new candy bars hit the shelves every year, but 65 per cent of U.S. brands have been around for more than six decades.

Ron Pitts

Sep 15, 2008 | Signe Ball | Back Issues

Ron Pitts is a two-time Emmy Award winning director, animator, and wildlife photographer.

Magic in Mushrooms: Windy Field Farms

Sep 15, 2008 | Nicola Ross | Homegrown in the Hills

Magic in Mushrooms! So you think mushrooms are all flavour, no substance? At Windy Field Farms they have news for you.

Marvellous Mushrooms

Sep 15, 2008 | Sandra Cranston-Corradini | Autumn 2008 | Back Issues | Food | The Country Cook

In our salute to the wild and cultivated varieties, we are featuring a creamed soup, a pie and a bruschetta.

Hemlocks

Sep 15, 2008 | Linda McLaren | Autumn 2008 | Back Issues | Environment | Headwaters Sketchbook

Tiny cones hang down at branch tips, over winter they will open and release seed.

Natural Enemies: Horse vs Automobile

Sep 15, 2008 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

Just over a century ago the horseless carriage chugged into these rural hills and ran head on into a horse-reliant culture. What began as a novelty soon became a nuisance, sparking a battle for supremacy on the roads.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Autumn 2008

Sep 15, 2008 | Ken Weber | Autumn 2008 | Back Issues | In Every Issue | Leisure | Puzzles

Autumn is harvest time, test your fruit and vegetable trivia, going south from Crombie and float your boat in Headwaters.

Landowners vs. the Birds

Jun 20, 2008 | Signe Ball | Back Issues | Editor’s Desk | In Every Issue | Summer 2008

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.

Letters – Our readers write: Summer 2008

Jun 20, 2008 | In The Hills | Back Issues | Letters, Our Readers Write | Summer 2008

More people in a limited space has the potential for all kinds of problems – social, economic, political and psychological. We cannot continue to pave over agricultural land.

Capitalists, Millionaires and Worldly Pleasures

Jun 20, 2008 | Douglas G. Pearce | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | Environment | Summer 2008

A British study suggests that for every minute you walk, you live about three minutes longer. You’re not using time, you’re generating time.

Randi Lockhart

Jun 20, 2008 | Signe Ball | Arts

My paintings remind me of the thinness of time and the passing of the seasons.

More of a Good Thing: Hockley Valley Brewing Company

Jun 20, 2008 | Nicola Ross | Homegrown in the Hills

With its recent move to Orangeville, Hockley Valley Brewing Company has quadrupled production of its award-winning beer.