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Local Heroes

Stand Tall: Jim Waddington

Nov 29, 2021 | Jeff Rollings

Meet one of the driving forces behind Orangeville’s annual Celebrate Your Awesome event, a salute to pride and diversity in Dufferin County.

Phone Friends: TeleCheck Volunteers

Nov 29, 2021 | Jeff Rollings

We salute three longtime volunteers with TeleCheck, a free telephone check-in service for people older than 55 who are living in their own homes.

Local Heroes 2020

Nov 24, 2020 | Tralee Pearce

A focus on essentials: Profiles of the folks who kept us all going in 2020.

Call of Duty: Headwaters Health Care Centre

Nov 24, 2020 | Jeff Rollings

Manager Lena Bruce, physician Charlie Joyce and nurse Darlene Fitzpatrick kept Headwaters Health Care Centre’s Covid-19 assessment centre going during the pandemic.

The New Hope: Local Black Lives Matter Organizers

Nov 24, 2020 | Janice Quirt

These four young women (plus one younger sister) were the moving force behind two crucial local social justice marches – one in Orangeville and one in Shelburne.

Class Acts: Our Educators

Nov 24, 2020 | Tralee Pearce

“At Belfountain Public School and beyond, teachers, principals, custodians and support staff got our kids learning again in classrooms and online.”

A Community Steps Up: Orangeville Food Bank

Nov 24, 2020 | Tony Reynolds

When the pandemic caused a spike in need, executive director Heather Hayes and a small army of staff and volunteers worked overtime.

The Need Doesn’t Stop: Family Transition Place

Nov 24, 2020 | Jeff Rollings

With everyone stuck together at home during the pandemic, conflicts escalated and this team went into high gear to help new clients.

Keeping Food on our Tables: Grocery Workers

Nov 24, 2020 | Tony Reynolds

We salute the newly minted essential workers at Foodland in Caledon East and across our region for working overtime in the aisles for us.

Local Heroes 2019

Nov 22, 2019 | In The Hills

People are at the heart of every story in our hills, and we can be proud of having some of the very finest among us.

Monday Night at the Movies

Nov 22, 2019 | Jeff Rollings

Six women carry on a 20-year history of bringing exceptional, independent film to Orangeville.

Moved by Music: Mary Balinov

Nov 22, 2019 | Tony Reynolds

This business owner helps people with disabilities express themselves through music at Tisho’s Music Academy in Bolton.

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.