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Environment

A Magnificent Obsession

Collecting and nurturing remarkable trees has been a 30-year passion for Caledon’s Gary Haslett.

Mar 16, 2024

It’s Baby Season at the Wildlife Centre

The spring rush of young, orphaned or injured animals marks the start of another busy year at Procyon Wildlife and Rehabilitation Centre.

Mar 16, 2024

A Watch on the Wild Side

A trail cam – or several – is an ideal way to delight in the diverse wildlife that visits your country property.

Mar 16, 2024

Borrowed Credit

A recent documentary, “Living on Borrowed Credit”, takes a discerning look at the future of the Credit River and its brook trout populations. 

Mar 4, 2024

Five-lined Skinks

Ontario’s only lizard species happens to be one that utilises a clever survival tactic — dropping its tail when scared.

Jan 25, 2024

Ontario Rattlesnakes and Their Mimics

Rattlesnakes in Ontario are largely harmless, save for the Massasauga rattlesnake, the only venomous one in the province.

Jan 8, 2024

Three Species That Ontario Has Lost

As habitats shrink, these three animals have become ‘extirpated herptiles’ — reptiles and amphibians that are now regionally extinct in Ontario.

Dec 6, 2023

Northern Connections – Tackling Food Security in Arctic Communities

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

Nov 27, 2023

Winter Preparedness for Rural Homes

How to prep your home, car – and psyche – for winter storm season and its inevitable hydro outages.

Nov 27, 2023

Caterpillars Darwin Would Love

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

Oct 12, 2023

In Retrospect – Autumn 2023

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

Sep 8, 2023

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

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

Sep 8, 2023