Heritage

How the birth of the Dominion was celebrated in the hills.

As a young woman, the lifelong resident of Caledon served in the Canadian Women’s Army Corps during World War II.

Among Canada’s troops at Vimy was a young poet named Christopher George Cook.

The Victoria Cross was awarded to Canadians until 1972, when separate Canadian awards were created.

Many a table regularly offered squirrels, groundhogs and, of course, ducks and geese.

Charles Ernest Thomas, private, 3rd Field Company, Canadian Engineers

Betty Ward of Orangeville knows the responsibility of generational memory. Her father Charles Thomas, who survived the First World War, had kept a regular diary during his service.

As early as August 7, the word went out to militia units across the country: Enlist as many volunteers as possible.

Not only does the Grand River lay out nature’s beauty, it also offers opportunities for recreation, commerce and development. Yet all this comes at a cost, for the Grand can be both friend and foe.

A jaunt through hat fashion history!

In the 19th century a weekly newspaper was the primary source of information, commerce, entertainment, argument and gossip for the people of rural Canada. Few papers did the job better than the Orangeville Sun.

There was the button that always cranked these hills beyond reason – the hint of anything Fenian.