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Clara Brett Martin: Canada’s First Woman Lawyer

Mar 21, 2009 | Ken Weber | Heritage

A Modest pioneer, Clara Brett Martin, the daughter of a Mono Township pioneer family, became a pioneer of a different sort when she challenged the Law Society of Upper Canada to become the first woman lawyer in the British Empire.

The Spring of Our Discontent

Mar 21, 2009 | Signe Ball | Back Issues | Departments | Editor’s Desk | In Every Issue | Spring 2009

We like to stay on top of things here at In the Hills. That’s why last fall we ran a long feature on the impact of rising oil prices. Would…

Letters – Our readers write: Spring 2009

Mar 21, 2009 | Signe Ball | Back Issues | Departments | Letters, Our Readers Write | Spring 2009

Letters published in the Spring 2009 edition of In The Hills magazine.

Morphine, acid, grass and vanilla bean lows

Mar 21, 2009 | Douglas G. Pearce | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | Departments | Environment | Spring 2009

Poppy Culture Medical morphine production is “a much more reasonable and practicable alternative to the attempted destruction of the poppy fields – an effort that wouldn’t succeed for long, in…

Margi Taylor Self

Mar 21, 2009 | Signe Ball | Artist in Residence | Back Issues | Departments | In Every Issue | Spring 2009

Her interest in design and communications has led her on a career involving promotion, public relations and marketing.

Willow Creek Market Garden: The Tomato Girls

Mar 21, 2009 | Nicola Ross | Homegrown in the Hills

The Tomato Girls, a moniker given them by one of their customers and biggest fans, Pete Paterson from Caledon East, tell me that worldwide there are over 4,000 varieties of heirloom tomatoes.

How Not to Rob a Bank: Shelburne’s First-ever Bank Robbery!

Mar 21, 2009 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

Shelburne’s first-ever bank robbery began as a pretty scary affair, but in the hands of a bumbling stickup man it ended more like a gong show.

A Puzzling Conclusion: Spring 2009

Mar 21, 2009 | Ken Weber | Back Issues | Departments | In Every Issue | Leisure | Puzzles | Spring 2009

More from the attic, along the Grand River and at the Melancthon Limerick Contest.

Going the Distance: Creemore’s 100 Mile Store

Nov 21, 2008 | Nicola Ross | Homegrown in the Hills

MISSION: Supporting small to midsize natural and organic farms, artisanal and fair trade producers by offering fair compensation and by providing a larger market presence and increased accessibility by consumers to this group and their products.

Local Heroes 2008

Nov 18, 2008 | Jeff Rollings | Back Issues | Community | Local Heroes | Winter 2008

A tribute to the people who enrich our lives in Headwaters.