Leisure
John Wheelwright
John Wheelwright, 89, paddled 300 kilometres on the Upper Horton River north of the Arctic Circle this past summer.
A Puzzling Conclusion: Winter 2018
Bonnie skips the garage sales, all over the hills on a cube and looking at numbers in two different ways.
Confessions of a Railfan
To the railways themselves, we are generally another set of eyes trackside, helping to keep things running smoothly.
Local Buys: Hike in Style
The line is called One Made Beaver, a reference to the beaver-pelt-backed currency the Hudson’s Bay Company devised to trade with Indigenous peoples.
Nordic Pole Walking
Walking with poles: the fashionable walking stick morphs into essential hiking gear.
A Puzzling Conclusion: Autumn 2018
A synonym / antonym adventure, Silas Renarm visits Creemore and a bad day on the farm.
E-Bikes: The Skeptic and the Fan
Are e-bikes cheating or are they the perfect solution for our hills? Two very different local cyclists take their e-bikes out for a spin, and weigh in on the experience.
Can an E-bike Help you Shave Minutes off your Time?
Manpower vs horsepower: How Don Coats, the owner of Caledon Hills Cycling in Inglewood, fared using an e-bike to race his faster employee, Sean Bechtel.
What About Guns?
Hunters, range shooters, collectors – they’re part of rural culture. But with gun violence making headlines, gun enthusiasts are mostly choosing to lie low, and some residents are wondering how safe our countryside really is. Anthony Jenkins decided to find out.
Swimming Buddies: Virginia Ridpath and Richie Castillo
A former Olympic swimmer and her Philippines-born caregiver swam together for less than a year – but the experience changed both their lives profoundly.



