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Northern Connections – Tackling Food Security in Arctic Communities

Nov 27, 2023 | Liz Beatty

Two Headwaters residents are working with Indigenous people on innovative programs to enhance food security in the Far North.

Caterpillars Darwin Would Love

Oct 12, 2023 | Don Scallen | Notes from the Wild

With UV flashlight in hand, strolling in the night-shrouded escarpment woods reveals fantastic caterpillars, some of which glow under a black light.

In Retrospect – Autumn 2023

Sep 8, 2023 | In The Hills | Arts

A look back on how we’ve covered the pleasures and concerns of country life over the last three decades.

Caledon forced to go it alone: Here’s why the odds and costs are against us

Sep 8, 2023 | Nicola Ross

The Ford government’s dissolution of Peel and incursion into the Greenbelt pose existential threats to Caledon as we know it.

If the Greenbelt Gives Way to Sprawl, Seven Headwaters Species Will Suffer

Sep 8, 2023 | Don Scallen

You may not know some of these magnificent species but they are our precious, fragile neighbours that cannot survive in a subdivision.

Goodnight Trees, Goodnight Garden

Sep 8, 2023 | Tralee Pearce | Country Living 101

The latest thinking in garden and lawn cleanup is all about doing a little less – which in turn does a lot more for pollinators, birds and your soil.

A Monarch Magnet

Sep 5, 2023 | Don Scallen | Notes from the Wild

The sweet nectar of liatris ligulistylis is renowned for its ability to lure monarch butterflies to gardens.

Midsummer Pollinator Plants

Aug 8, 2023 | Don Scallen | Notes from the Wild

Summer holidays might be halfway over, but the bees are still having a field day thanks to these flowering pollinator plants

Carnivorous Plants

Jul 4, 2023 | Don Scallen | Notes from the Wild

Plants can be killers too, and in Headwaters we have at least three varieties of carnivorous plants that consume small animals.

In Retrospect – Summer 2023

Jun 16, 2023 | In The Hills

On our 30th anniversary, we dig into our archives to reflect on the recurring themes of aggregates and agriculture.

From Pool to Pond

Jun 16, 2023 | Emily Dickson

How a Mono nature lover transformed her swimming pool into a pond teeming with wildlife.

Seeing The Forest And The Trees

Jun 16, 2023 | Tony Reynolds | A Day in the Life

Field botanist Lisa Riederer painstakingly inventories trees, shrubs and groundcover plants for Credit Valley Conservation.

In The Hills

In The Hills is an independent, locally owned print and online magazine that has earned its reputation as the best-read, best-loved magazine in Headwaters.

The magazine is delivered to more than 40,000 homes and farms throughout Caledon, Erin, Dufferin, Orangeville and Creemore – up to double the circulation of any other local publication. And it is available to visitors at local inns, restaurants, specialty retail stores and other tourist locations.