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Cannabis country

The first legal year in review

End of life care

Go small!

The big idea of tiny houses

River world Dufferin Farm Tour

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A year of legal cannabis

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Magistrate Joseph Pattullo

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A preview of Dufferin Farm Tour

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What to see, do, try this autumn

by Janice Quirt

Palliative and end of life care

by Jeff Rollings

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The big sleepover

by Bethany Lee 8 0 O V E R T H E (N E X T ) H I L L

The side hustle

by Gail Grant

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Keeping the mind free of reptiles

by Dan Needles

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Five people share their views

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Headwaters Arts fall show

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Appetite for autumn

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A watery web of life

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The lure of fly fishing

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The romance of tiny houses

by Janice Quirt

Dry stone waller Eric Landman

by Janice Quirt

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Across the pond

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A calendar of autumn happenings 118 A P U Z Z L I N G C O N C L U S I O N

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“ No animal has more liberty than the cat…

The cat is the best anarchist.”

ERNEST HEMINGWAY, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

“ As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.”

ELLEN PERRY BERKELEY

“ Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.”

JAMES HERRIOT

“ Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.”

JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH

“ In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”

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publisher and editor Signe Ball

associate editors Tralee Pearce Dyanne Rivers

design and art direction Kim van Oosterom Wallflower Design editorial Elaine Anselmi Gail Grant Anthony Jenkins Bethany Lee James Matthews Dan Needles Tralee Pearce Janice Quirt Jeff Rollings Nicola Ross Don Scallen Ken Weber Kira Wronska Dorward photography Erin Fitzgibbon Rosemary Hasner James MacDonald Pete Paterson illustration Shelagh Armstrong Anthony Jenkins Ruth Ann Pearce Jim Stewart

operations and administration Cindy Caines advertising sales Roberta Fracassi Erin Woodley advertising production Marion Hodgson Type & Images events and copy editor Janet Dimond web manager inthehills.ca Valerie Jones Echohill Web Sites on our cover A calf at Sevenhills Holsteins by Rosemary Hasner

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A friend of mine recently pulled out his stash and rolled a joint. Holding it aloft, he grinned and announced, “My first legal weed.” And then he shrugged. In truth, it was all a bit of an anticlimax.

Like a few of my friends, he had smoked marijuana most of his adult life. The process required some planning – and cash – but for the most part sourcing a supply was as routine as a trip to the liquor store.

And of course, as with alcohol, where and when it was consumed required a certain conscientiousness.

Which isn’t to say that legalization is not a big deal.

Illegal cannabis fed organized crime, cost taxpayers vast sums to prosecute, and sidelined many thousands of young lives with criminal convictions for simple possession. Besides, while other countries are sure to follow soon, you have to be a little proud that Canada has led the way (after Uruguay and a few American states) in making the historic, and sane, move.

What legalization hasn’t changed, as Kira Wronska Dorward reports in this issue, is the actual consumption of the already widely used drug. Those who used to consume it still do. Those who didn’t still don’t. With one exception – people over 65. In other words, the baby boomers – who first experimented with pot during the cultural revolution of the ’60s and ’70s when smoking it was a rite of passage. (Though it’s certain I would have tried it at some point anyway, I smoked my first joint in May 1970 as a kind of personal act of solidarity with the four students who were killed by their own National Guard at Ohio’s Kent State University as they protested the bombing of Cambodia.)

For some of that generation, like my friend, smoking marijuana became a lifelong habit. Many others, like me, simply drifted away from it – especially as it became stronger and less predictable. But now? Now when groups of that aging demographic get together, cannabis is once again a topic of avid discussion – where can you get it, what’s the best cultivar, is it worth growing your own?

It’s no longer about sticking it to the Man, though, or even getting high. It’s about back pain, arthritic knees and the pursuit of a good night’s sleep – but there’s also a little nostalgia, like welcoming an old friend back to your table.

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J.W. Kearns’ grandfather Walker Kearns (left) and great uncle Will Kearns at J. Kearns & Son general store at 189 Broadway in Orangeville, c.1919.

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Your “Counter Culture” article [summer ’19] brought tears to my eyes. I was part of the J. Kearns & Son team from 1945 to 1960. Playing on the line was Great Grandpa John, Grandpa Walker, Graham (my dad) and Uncle Will. We sold everything from Dods Knit Combo long johns (with back flap) and Ingersoll cheddar cheese to John S. Brown & Sons linens and Redpath brown sugar from a bulk bin.

Oh, by the way, in the backfield were Verna, Mabel, Jessie, May, Irene, Gert, John, Bill and myself. We took phone orders and had a delivery service (great when Bill Dermott was in shape). The tenure of the store was 1870 to 1963, complete with a fire in February ’48. I can remember Gertie May brought in a basket of eggs in return for two pairs of socks, a slip and five pounds of cheese.

Our address was 189 Broadway, The Olde Reliable House (now Dragonfly Arts on Broadway). Our phone number was 21.

J.W. Kearns, Rockwood

J.W. Kearns’ parents (centre), Graham and Edna Kearns, with friends, c.1925.

Thank you for the awesome article by Kira Wronska Dorward in the summer issue [“Counter Culture” summer ’19]. We were thrilled to see Terra Cotta Country Store included. As a small, independent, family-run business, we especially appreciate your advocacy for the village shop model. A number of customers made mention that it was their first visit and they came because of the article! Thank you to Kira for the gift of exceptional writing and the inclusion of our efforts in such a wonderful magazine.

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Anthony Jenkins’ article [“Horse & Rider” summer ’19] is very well written and a pleasure to read. He managed to capture the heart and passion of young equestrians on similar but different paths. Associate editor Dyanne Rivers got all of the side notes completely accurate.

I appreciate the time, effort and diligence in writing this piece and thank you for involving Caledon Equestrian Park.

Re: “From Rails to Trails” [summer ’19]. With so many great trails to explore in the Headwaters area, it’s easy to take them for granted and assume they’ve always been there. Not so! Caledon’s most beloved trailway, and one that put us on the national stage, the Caledon Trailway, faced a rocky start and came within a single vote of not existing. This transformative story is now being told in The Caledon Trailway: Building the Dream and will be available in December. Beautiful photographs, archival images, first-hand accounts, original maps and a trail memoir by In The Hills contributor Nicola Ross will ensure this book is high on the must-read list!

Just a quick note to say how amazed we are every time your magazine arrives. We go through it quickly, then start at the beginning and eventually read every page. Even all the advertising gets read – this takes a few days, of course. It really is the best magazine ever. Thank you so much for all your efforts.

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youth and climate change Thank you for Nicola Ross’s story on youth and climate change, “We the young have started to move” [summer ’19].

We’re so very grateful Nicola didn’t commit hari-kari after years of throwing so much of her time, talent and energy into rousing the rest of us to take climate action. The result of all that slogging? Virtually nothing but despair, so she moved on to find joy elsewhere, thus saving her sanity.

Meanwhile, the climate emergency has just kept getting grislier, with record-setting heat waves, wildfires, floods, sea levels and extreme storms all on the rise. Though Nicola successfully escaped her own bout of climate despair, we as a species continue to march hell-bent for hari-kari.

It’s actually adult homo sapiens in wealthy countries who are mostly to blame. Yes, us. We the privileged urgently need to dump our twin addictions to fossil fuels and all that stuff we consume, but we keep on hanging on as the crisis deepens. While we persist, our children are waking up to the bleak reality of how shockingly brief the window is to turn it all around. They are alarmed and panicking – even pledging never to have children of their own.

Reality check: There is no shortage of climate solutions – we know how to roll back a lot of the mess we’ve made. But there seems to be no shortage of excuses either: Blame China, declare a hoax, leave it to our smart kids to fix, slag carbon taxes, claim it’s too overwhelming, or too complicated, or too late – and what can one person possibly do anyway?

Come on! Will we really let a small group of 1970s fossil fuel execs send our planet over the climate cliff? That’s our real enemy: Greedy oil and gas guys who knew beyond any shadow of a doubt in 1977 that burning too much fossil energy – coal, oil and gas – would lead to a catastrophic global greenhouse effect. But instead of urgently pulling back, they closed ranks, buried the evidence, paid fortunes to politicians to turn a blind eye and grease the fossil fuel wheels even more with huge taxpayer-funded subsidies, now in the trillions of dollars annually. They sowed endless seeds of doubt about the best climate science, smeared and demeaned honest climate scientists, and made like they were evolving into the greenest citizens ever to walk the planet.

Meanwhile, their companies still rake in unimaginable profits.

Ranting aside, it truly is CPR for the soul to read about youth rising all over the world – including Orangeville! – stirring the pot for real action to salvage what can still be rescued and restored.

I look at the photos of Olivia Rowan and all those other beautiful and earnest Orangeville students who participated in the Canada-wide climate strike in front of MPP Sylvia Jones’ office, and hope rises in me too.

But they shouldn’t have to fight this fight alone. All humans, all ages need to stand up to help them secure what is their birthright: a livable future for all life on this still wonderful and astonishing planet.

The late, great astronomer Carl Sagan said it very simply: “Don’t sit this one out. Do something.”

Liz Armstrong, Erin

I’m not quite sure I can accurately, or eloquently, write my thanks for Nicola Ross’s wonderful article on youth climate activists.

I have heard from so many friends what a wonderful piece it was! What an incredible way for my daughter, Olivia Rowan, to celebrate the end of the school year and the success of her efforts to engage young people in our community.

I am so delighted to hear that these young people have rekindled Nicola’s own flame. As was said of David Suzuki, it takes an awful lot of stamina to keep up the fight when nothing seems like it’s changing. Indeed, these young people have a lot to teach us, but they also need good teachers – of which Nicola is most definitely one!

Olivia truly is an extraordinary young woman. Thank you for all the encouragement and support this has given her. As parents, we rely heavily on the “village.” I am so very grateful Nicola is in ours.

Mary Rowan, Orangeville

We welcome your comments!

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Take it inside!

Forget your mom’s dusty spider plants or your grandma’s lonely aloe vera.

Indoor potted greens are trendy all over again, riding a Millennial zeitgeist that recasts succulents and fig trees as chic décor items. Here’s a few ways local green thumbs are spreading the gospel.

Brittany Leonardelli calls herself a plant concierge. With her Orangeville business, Planting Bliss Co., she’ll design an indoor gardenscape for homes or workplaces, shop for the plants or provide clients a DIY shopping list. She’ll install the lot herself or online via customized planting plans (from $125). How did she become “the plant lady”? “My nonna (grandmother) played a huge role in piquing my plant interest. We’re super close and are constantly talking about gardening, and she gives me lots of advice. And my dad will send me photos of a pineapple he’s growing or a flowering cactus, and it makes me want to try more things.” Brittany also creates custom-built terrariums in different themes and sizes (from $45), and is developing a range of workshops.

Canadian landscape painter George Paginton (1901–1988) is the focus of an upcoming show at Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives (PAMA). He painted in a style similar to the Group of Seven and many of his works depicted landscapes in Caledon or elsewhere in Peel, including the 1938 Port Credit scene shown below. George Paginton: Painting a Nation opens Thursday, October 10, with an exhibition reception and book launch at 7pm. A curator talk takes place Sunday, October 27 at 2pm.

The show runs to February 9.

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For a different kind of greenery fix consider the Mindfulness, Flora & Fauna workshop at Suzanne Gardner Flowers in Orangeville on Wednesday, Septem­ ber 25, 6:30 to 8:30pm. You’ll meditate and make a Zen terrarium to take home, topped off with wine and charcuterie (for $68). In other words: Eat, pray, plant.

Once you’ve caught the bug, peek into Flowers by Ms. Design in Creemore and take a selfie with your plant pals by the gorgeous rustic Flower Bar sign.

If you’re on the hunt for a particular plant, send an Instagram message to concierge service Bolton Complete. They regularly go on plant-buying binges to supply real estate agents with the most coveted plants for staging homes and will pick up an on-trend monstera for your favourite room in the house, too.

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“Port Credit, Ontario, 1938”

by George Paginton, Canadian (1901–1988) Oil on board, 30.5 x 35.5 cm © Collection of Tony Paginton and Roswita Busskamp

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Sure, you take great photos on your smartphone. But if there’s a nagging feeling you could be doing more with your real camera, photographer Femke Randeraad can help. Her Understanding Your DSLR course (October 7 or 21) will take you through scenic Mono Centre (from $50, with follow-up sessions available). She’ll help you say goodbye to the “auto” setting, learn about those mystery buttons you never use, and try for better portraits. “You want to capture the essence of your subject. A portrait is meant to reveal your subject’s personality and character. It may even tell a person’s story.” Of course, you could step in front of her camera, too, during a fall mini-session for some leafy family shots.

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Pet projects No mere kennel, Mono’s new Red Barn Pet Resort offers premium care and lodging for your beasties when you need to travel without them. Owners Jason Phillips and Delia Teixeira treat dogs to a loving, safe stay in darling barn-like cabins – complete with closets for all their personal items. The pups will enjoy two leashed walks daily, supervised play time in a dog run, clean beds and even a Kong toy filled with peanut butter. Your pooches may not want to travel with you ever again. Stays start at $50 per night.

When families experience financial hardships it can be tough to stretch the budget to include pet food and supplies. Headwaters Pet Food Bank is a new initiative in Caledon to help cover the gaps. They coordinate donations of pet food and supplies, and hold fundraising days featuring services such as claw trimming.

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Maybe it’s our yearning for Mexican and Costa Rican escapes during the long Canadian winters that has Headwaters folks clamouring to learn Spanish. Whatever the reason, a recent local Facebook thread looking for a teacher garnered a ton of feedback from folks interested in flexing their linguistic muscles and former Berlitz teacher Yolanda Potter’s name kept coming up. She first held local Spanish classes last fall as a way of sharing her passion and bringing people together. “A number of my students travel to destinations where Spanish is spoken and they want to speak it,” she says.

“Friendships form in class since there is a common interest and then students have another reason to look forward to our meetings.”

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’ve always felt like a bit of a rebel, living as I have for nearly 40 years as a back-to-the-lander and filling the freezer every fall with food I produce myself. But to the bearded hobbits in my son’s rock-climbing group, I am hopelessly mainstream and a slave to the military-industrial complex.

The rock climbers in our neighbourhood are a fascinating breed and I enjoy their company. Vegans, pacifists and herbalists don’t make me flinch the way they once did. I’ve come to agree with poet William Blake who said the man who never changes an opinion becomes like standing water “and breeds reptiles of the mind.”

Science now agrees that changing your mind actually improves brain health. According to the Mayo Clinic, rigid thinking leads to rigid everything else in the body. I now try to change my mind about things as frequently as possible. This is not hard when you still have adult children in the house.

One of these opportunities to view the world differently popped up a few weeks ago when a barefoot climber emerged from his van to collect my son for a day on the Niagara Escarpment. (His name has been withheld for privacy reasons.) He had feet like a Sherpa guide. I took him over to the sheep barn and showed him my small flock of crossbred lambs, thinking he might be impressed with my efforts to feed the house from this little acreage.

He said bluntly that farming was a blight on the planet, a guzzler of fossil fuels and pretty much the source of most of our current problems. “Farming is the cause of social stratification, coercion, alienation and overpopulation,” he said solemnly. “Humans did

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not raise armies until they started farming and had to defend their land.”

“Right,” I said. “So what do you eat?”

He said he preferred wild food. He is a forager. He lives on mushrooms and forest greens, and he drinks a lot of reishi and kombucha teas.

“Ah, the Paleo diet without the meat,” I said, and told him about my grandfather, the founding eccentric in our family, who invented his own Paleo diet 20 years before The Stone Age Diet was published by a

That was a line in the sand for me.

At my age dumpster diving is not recommended. Besides, I live in a small town and eyes are everywhere.

California gastroenterologist in 1975. I left out the part about my grandfather being a total nutbar who walked away from his medical practice and spent the last 30 years of his life in the basement making birdhouses.

“So, this township is not a great place to forage between November and April,” I said. “What do you eat then?”

He allowed that not all the food he finds is wild.

Some of it comes from dumpsters behind grocery stores where tons of perfectly healthy vegetables are tossed because they don’t meet the rigid standards of the fresh produce aisle. That was a line in the sand for

me. At my age dumpster diving is not recommended.

Besides, I live in a small town and eyes are everywhere.

I asked him what sort of work he did and learned that foraging is really a state of mind and can be a full-time occupation. The young man has explored every square foot of the Escarpment and follows a rigid code of simplicity that would challenge a Trappist monk. He treads lightly on the earth and shuns invasive practices like hammering steel pitons into cracks in the rock. He is an ardent follower of the creed of “clean climbing,” using only nuts and runners that leave no mark on the rock face. Yvon Chouinard, the billionaire founder of Patagonia, called it “organic climbing for the natural man.”

The conversation turned abruptly to politics.

My hobbit friend classified himself as an anarchoprimitivist. I told him I generally wake up Conservative each morning, but by nightfall I am inclined to anarchism myself. Anarchists are not the bomb-throwing crazies of my grandfather’s era.

The national anarchist party in Greece now occupies several floors of a downtown office tower in Athens.

He smiled and we agreed that just because you hate structure doesn’t mean you have to be disorganized.

We parted friends and, apart from the snaky business of dumpster diving, I felt my mind was still relatively uncluttered by reptiles.

Author and playwright Dan Needles is the recipient of the Leacock Medal for Humour.

He lives on a small farm in Nottawa.

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A year after cannabis was legalized, local residents and businesses are still trying to sort it all out.

BY KIR A WRONSK A DORWARD ILLUS TR ATIONS BY RUTH ANN PE ARCE

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hen the recreational use of cannabis became legal last fall, a retired Caledon resident was among those who thought it might be time to give it another try. “Gone were the days when my wife and I waited till the kids were in bed before we could sneak out behind the barn for a bit of weed!” Ken* says. But he’d received advice that the once-illegal plant might help alleviate arthritic pain in his knees. The pain had never been severe enough to seek medical marijuana, but now, why not?

Alas, he says figuring out the right product to try and at what dose has eluded him. There are no locally approved cannabis retail shops and DIY online research can be spotty at best. “I can’t find a legal source – or perhaps more important – useful, reliable advice on how to use it. So for me, at this point, legalization is a joke.”

The Cannabis Act came into force on October 17, 2018, after years of promises and general public enthusiasm for the idea.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan was to legalize – and tax and

* In this article, some last names have been withheld for privacy reasons.

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regulate – what was already a widely used substance in this country. The groundbreaking move made Canada the first G7 country in the world to authorize the production and sale of cannabis for adult use (in Ontario that means 19 and older). Medical marijuana has been legal since 2001.

Canadians can now buy legal dried or fresh cannabis and edible cannabis oils from authorized sources. You are now allowed to possess in public up to a total of 30 grams of either of the two major compounds found in cannabis. The first is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the ingredient most associated with cannabis. It stimulates cells in the brain to release psychoactive agents. The second is cannabidiol (CBD), the non-addictive compound found in the resinous flower of cannabis. (There’s no limit to how much you can possess at home.) Edibles, extracts and topical products are poised to hit the market late this year or early 2020.

The government’s priorities included eliminating the illegal market, creating a system in which the

plant could be controlled, tested and traceable, and protecting children and youth. For potential consumers like Ken, however, that means a lot of fine print on labels about the strains, volume and percentages of CBD and THC, yet almost no branding or marketing around how to start using – heck, even enjoying – the product.

Ken’s experience is just one of the many conse­ quences of cannabis’ long road to redemption. As the landscape continues to evolve in Headwaters, here’s what we’re learning about how legal marijuana is rolling out in our communities.

Are we embracing the stuff?

As legalization took root across the country, abstain­ ers and cannabis users alike told pollsters their habits weren’t likely to change. Right after legalization, about 15 per cent of Canadians aged 15 or older reported using cannabis in the previous three months, similar to the percentage before legalization.

In a report issued this past August, it turns out only one group, seniors 65-plus, showed a long-term bump in new usage. If Ken, 79, does manage to find a source and feel comfortable trying it out, he will fit right in.

Before legalization, 3 per cent of his demographic reported using cannabis products. Now 5 per cent do.

According to Statistics Canada census data, a total of 19,550 people aged 65 to 100 (and older) live in Dufferin, Caledon and Erin combined, so that uptick represents about 400 people. In other words, it’s hardly been reefer madness in these hills.

On top of that, in Ontario in general and Headwaters in particular, the retail rollout has been glacial. The only available online retailer, the Ontario Cannabis Shop, was flooded with business on the day the new legislation was enacted last year, selling out of many products. It wasn’t until April 2019 that shoppers could browse in a bricks and mortar shop in the province, due to a shift in plans by the provincial Conservatives after they won the June 2018 election. Under the previous Liberal plan, cannabis stores were to be run by an arm continued on next page

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of the LCBO, but the new government turned the operation over to the private sector, inviting potential operators who had a proposed location to participate in an “expression of interest lottery.”

Ontario eventually approved 25 shops, but it has taken months for many of them to open their doors.

The province just announced 42 new operators or companies across Ontario who were chosen in a new lottery and are now welcome to apply for a retail licence. (There is a separate allocation of eight stores for potential operators on First Nations reserves). Among the new possible locations, the closest to Headwaters are in Aurora, Guelph, Collingwood and Barrie. A shop in Brampton opened after the first wave of approvals.

Recent research found that Ontario currently has the lowest number of retail stores per capita of any province, with 0.14 stores per 100,000 people.

By comparison, Newfoundland and Labrador, with only 3.6 per cent of the population of Ontario, has 4.77 stores per 100,000. In Peel Region – Caledon, Brampton and Mississauga – there are 0.02 stores per 100,000 residents, making it the municipality with the fewest stores per capita in the country (among municipalities that have stores), according to an analysis by The Globe and Mail.

In all of Headwaters, however, there are no shops yet. Under the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario rules, municipalities had until Janu­ ary 22, 2019, to exercise a one-time opportunity to opt out of allowing local cannabis retail. (Those who opted out can opt back in at a later date.) In Dufferin, five of eight municipalities – Orangeville, Shelburne, East Gara­ fraxa, Grand Valley and Mulmur stayed in by default – but there are no shops yet. Mono, Amaranth and Melancthon opted out.

Caledon and Erin also opted out after polling suggested local residents were split in their views. In Erin, for example, 47 per cent of residents said they wanted local cannabis retail, with 49.5 per cent opposed. Erin councillor John Brennan said in a meeting that the town council’s unanimous decision was a response to a lack of information about tax revenue and other concerns. He also expressed scepticism that legalization would diminish the black market, because the price of illegal cannabis is widely known to be lower than the legal price. “I’d rather someone else was the guinea pig,” he said.

The medical case Still, underpinning legalization is a growing belief that cannabis is not only a fairly harmless recreational substance for adults, but a potentially beneficial one for those who use it for health reasons. For some, the legalization of recreational marijuana has been the impetus for them to set foot in a medical marijuana clinic for the first time.

Degenerative disk disease and arthritis in her back led Janice, 67, to seek a medical marijuana prescription.

She was prescribed cannabis oil with a low dose of THC, which she takes in capsule form at night. “Previously, I never would have considered taking this, but I also wanted to get away from the many painkillers I take,” says the Caledon resident. “It takes the edge off the pain I get from daily activity, and helps me sleep soundly. It doesn’t work for everyone, when I ask around, but so far it helps me cope.”

For James, a 68-year-old Mono resident, recreational cannabis legaliza­ tion is moot. To deal with excruciating back pain last year, he was prescribed a CBD oil he took as drops under the tongue. “It did nothing for me,” he says. “It tasted awful and gave me a sore throat.” He has since had back surgery for his disc problems.

Nevertheless, researchers are con­ fident legalization will allow them to learn more about the medicinal effects of both THC and CBD. “This is an unusual area of research,” says Dr. Jason Busse, associate director of the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research at McMaster University in Hamilton. He

and researchers like him are looking forward to less stigma and more funding to separate anecdotal from clinical results. “We are playing catchup. We do not have sufficient evidence to support the idea that the benefits exceed the harms.”

Preliminary findings suggest cannabis reduces moderate to severe non-cancer pain and sleep problems.

“It’s not a drastic improvement,” says Busse, “but it is a statistically significant improvement compared to placebos. [But] I would be careful about treating cannabis as a panacea for all kinds of conditions.”

Evidence suggests that medical cannabis also has a positive effect on inflammation, as well as symptoms of childhood epilepsy, Busse says. (He points out that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first cannabis-based prescription medicine, Epidiolex. It is used to treat seizures associated with two forms of childhood epilepsy for patients two years of age and older.) However, he adds, cannabis does “not work for everyone, that’s for sure, and sometimes it doesn’t work as well as we would like.”

At the Caledon Medical Cannabin­ oid Clinic in Caledon East, Dr. Andrew Cooper specializes in treating elderly patients with opioid dependence and chronic pain. (Cooper will not meet with patients under 25, aside from exceptional circumstances, because research has shown that cannabis use could affect their still-developing brains and risk causing mental health problems.) He says his patients are “mostly people who are finding themselves kind of at the end of the road,

like a ‘nothing is helping me’ situation.”

He reports the most common bene­ fit for his patients is the reduction of opioid dependence. Medically it may not be right for everybody, he says, but “we are not using pseudoscience here.

We know a lot about certain products and where they are truly likely to have an effect. This is not a fad.”

What’s more, it may be the medical marijuana world that can offer the most concrete advice to new users, like Ken, who find themselves in an information vacuum. Sarah Medel is the director of patient education at Toronto’s GrowWise Health, a national organization with about 20 locations across Canada. It fulfills prescriptions written by doctors like Cooper and offers patients training on how to use the products. She tells patients to “start low and go slow,” which can be 5 milligrams of CBD or 2 milligrams of THC. Clinicians try to start with products with a higher ratio of CBD to THC, for a more therapeutic than intoxicating experience. Medel says that in general they are seeing trends toward the use of oils taken orally over smoking. Oils provide patients with a longer duration effect than combustible products. Their effects are also more reproducible due to more precise dosing, says Cooper. The small print on dried cannabis products explains that levels of THC and CBD are within a range, not exact.

The next phase of product legali­ zation, expected soon, are edibles.

Edibles must be packaged in single servings of no more than 10 milligrams of THC in a package of no more than 100 units. This may render dosing even more reliable than oils, since there is no chance of extra product coming out of a dropper, for instance.

These packaging guidelines are also aimed at reducing the chance of overdosing on edibles, especially among young people who may en­ counter the drug – often in the form of candy such as gummy bears and chocolate bars – before they’re of legal age. Labelling will caution against eating more than one 10 milligram unit and reduce the danger of, say, eating an entire chocolate bar composed of multiple doses at once.

In the months around legalization, from September to December 2018, the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program (a joint project of the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Paediatric Society) reported that 16 children were admitted to hospital for cannabis overdose after consuming edibles belonging to

a parent or caregiver. (At the end of July, Quebec introduced draft regulations that banned the sale of all sweet cannabis edibles such as chocolate and candies.)

Busse says cannabis hospital visits are happening to adults too. He says he has “concerns that the pendulum might swing too far the other way” in terms of the social acceptance of cannabis. “We are seeing the numbers are not large, but there are people appearing in the emergency department with toxicity…I am concerned these will go up as it becomes more acceptable.”

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Brushes with the law It’s not surprising, perhaps, that with few retail options and a population that’s not indulging more than usual, law enforcement officials say there hasn’t been a surge in cannabis-related crime. However, driving under the in­ fluence of cannabis remains a concern, according to Iryna Nebogatova, media relations officer for the Caledon OPP. Since this past spring, the OPP has also been using the Dräger DrugTest 5000, which screens for THC in saliva in three zero-tolerance categories mandated by the Ministry of Transportation: novice and commercial drivers and drivers under the age of 21. A driver who tests positive is asked to submit to a blood test for more precise information, although time delays and even cold weather may affect the reading. (Two nanograms of THC per millilitre of blood will result in a warning and a fine of up to $1,000; 5 nanograms could result in a criminal charge.)

Although alcohol-alone and drug-alone occurrences were down year over year, in the seven months after legalization, there were 1,054 occurrences in Ontario in a new category of alcohol-plus-drug impairment, resulting in an overall increase of 162 impairment cases by the end of last May. “We haven’t seen an enormous increase of cannabis concerns in the community,” Wellington OPP detachment commander Scott Lawson said during the Erin council meeting on opting out of cannabis retail. However, he said he anticipated an increase in calls from concerned residents “once supply catches up to demand.”

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such as the OPP KIDS and D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) programs. “These programs arm our youth with very imperative tools to develop key life skills to stay safe, healthy and to make a positive contribution to our community,” says Nebogatova.

Beyond that, it’s likely our local black market isn’t feeling the pinch.

Statistics Canada is tracking legal and illegal pricing, and reported recently that the price gap between the two types of cannabis is as wide as $4.72 a gram on average. Recent data suggest black market cannabis is just under $6 a gram and legal cannabis is close to $11. In its most recent survey, more than half – 59 per cent – of respondents said they purchased illegal cannabis in the second quarter of 2019, up from 55 per cent in the first quarter. Reasons

included cost, preferring the quality of the illegal product, and difficulty buying legally in their hometown.

A confused clientele Melissa Ciraco, general manager of The Altered Native head shop, which sells cannabis accessories including grinders, pipes and vaporizers, says the forces governing her business seem no more liberal than before legalization.

The Orangeville store has been in busi­ ness since 1997 and the Collingwood outpost has been in its current location since 2012.

Ciraco describes a climate of confusion and scrutiny. For example, The Altered Native was able to sell CBD oil before legalization, but had

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While bricks and mortar cannabis stores have not yet materialized in Caledon, Erin or anywhere in Dufferin County, cannabis aficionados can take matters into their own hands. If you have a green thumb, a patch of garden or a few planters, you might consider growing your own now that the plant is legal.

A single household in Ontario may grow up to four plants for personal use (that’s per household, not per person). Growers must be at least 19 years old and cannot sell anything their plants pro­ duce. There is no limit to the amount of cannabis you can possess at home; just don’t travel outside your house with more than 30 grams of your homegrown stuff.

Growing cannabis can be as easy (or difficult) as any other annual. Although longterm indoor growing requires often pricey lighting and other equipment, here in the countryside outdoor growing is a low-cost way to give it a try.

Here’s how to get started:

1 Buy your seeds online from the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) or from another Licensed Producer (LP).

2 Consider choosing the indica cultivar, reportedly the most commonly grown in the GTA. They produce a greater yield than sativa seeds, which also take longer to mature and prefer warmer climates.

3 Plant directly in the ground or germinate inside with the simple paper towel method you can find

to phase it out when it fell under Cannabis Act regulations.

The store’s clientele has been evolving over the last five to seven years as medical marijuana has been normalized and now that recreational marijuana is legal. Many new users are seeking advice on what method they should try. Ciraco says some clients come to her store with CBD oil wondering if they can vape it, for instance. (The answer is no. CBD oils are only edible but are being confused with extracts and concentrates, which are vapable and expected to be available later this year or early next.)

Due to ongoing restrictions on e-cigarettes and vaporizers under the Smoke Free Ontario Act, Ciraco describes a situation that represents another bizarre disconnect, especially for older and new users. Staff are not allowed to explain to shoppers how to

use vaporizers, for instance. Neither the customer nor retailer can hold the instrument for demonstration. It can’t even be taken out of the box in the store.

“It becomes confusing. That’s a lot of what we’re seeing, a lack of education and a big mash-up of the medical versus recreational users.

Why offer a product that people can’t use?” A similar lack of information accompanies product descriptions at the Ontario Cannabis Store online.

What may be worse for Ciraco is another kind of confusion, resulting in extra legal scrutiny. This summer Orangeville Police and a CISO (Crim­ inal Intelligence Service Ontario) team conducted a surprise raid at the shop over a product Ciraco had just started selling the week before. The hempseed product, called CB2, is an ingestible oil purported to offer health benefits.

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online. The method uses your seeds, two paper plates, paper towel and water. Wait up to a week or so until you see taproots, then transfer them to small containers and make sure they have plenty of light to keep growing.

4 When you’re ready to plant your seeds or seedlings outside come the warm weather, choose a spot with a minimum of five hours of direct sunlight and five hours of indirect sunlight a day. Good soil is a must, as it is for any vegetable garden. Young cannabis grows faster when the temperature is in the range of 20 to 30 degrees Celsius. Once plants have matured, they prefer 18 to 26 degrees.

5 Maintain a good amount of space between plants. Cannabis needs air circulation around its roots to resist mould and other problems.

And remember, the plants can grow five or more feet high.

6 Water, but don’t overwater.

Wait until the first one to two inches of soil is dry before you water again. You might want to try growing cannabis in large pots so they can be transported inside during bad weather.

7 Consider a privacy fence or hedge. Although legal, you may want keep your gardening

private. It’s your responsibility to keep plants secured and out of reach of children and pets.

8 Harvest your crop when about 60 per cent of the trichomes (small white hairs or crystals) on the buds turn from milky white to amber – usually about 56 to 75 days after the first buds begin to appear.

9 Dry the buds on drying racks or hang in a warm, dry, dark and well-ventilated location for about five to 15 days, depending on conditions.

10 Once they’re dry, place the buds in mason jars (not plastic). Some experts suggest opening the jar once a day for several seconds to release moisture. If buds feel moist when you check on them, leave off the tops of the jars until they feel dry to the touch.

11 Leave the buds as long as you like. Some experts suggest a month is a good goal.

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CBD, the product contains neither CBD nor THC, the two regulated components of now-legal cannabis.

CB2 is sold at other health food stores in town. Indeed, a week later, the police returned and apologized, clearing all the store’s products as compliant with regulations, includ­ ing CB2. The product is covered by a separate set of rules, the Industrial Hemp Regulations, which has a provision allowing for the sale of hemp oil as a natural consumable product.

Ciraco fears the raid is an indication that businesses like The Altered Native may find themselves sidelined in the new cannabis economy. Her concern only grew after the company, a stal­ wart of the downtown retail scene in Orangeville for more than two decades, submitted an application in the recent provincial lottery to open four cannabis retail locations, including the current two shops, but was not successful.

“It’s a dirty little secret. The way we feel is that they’re coming in to make us obsolete,” she says.

The optimistic new players At the same time, other businesses are poised to cash in. New opportunities – from consulting jobs to growing cannabis – are sprouting. Caledon resident Karina Lahnakoski has been working in the industry for just over two years. She’s vice-president of quality and regulatory at Mississaugabased Cannabis Compliance Inc., which helps hundreds of companies in Canada and abroad comply with the new, and at times unwieldy, government standards. “We don’t grow product, we don’t manufacture product,” says Lahnakoski. “We consult with producers of medical and recreational marijuana, companies wanting to get into the industry and waiting on applications.”

Lahnakoski consults with wouldbe growers on all steps involved in becoming a licensed manufacturer.

She also advises horticultural suppliers and equipment manufacturers on how to work with the cannabis industry.

“With companies seeing they can get into the space and that it’s a viable business, markets are opening up,” she says. The company also works with universities to secure research licences to study cannabis.

Mono’s Brandon Rosen of 580 Can­ nabis is going all in with a proposal to build a 58,000-square-foot facility comprising 10 indoor growing rooms.

The proposed business would be located on a four-acre plot of land in Shel­ burne and create at least 50 jobs. Rosen submitted an application to Health Canada in January 2018 and hopes to receive his licence by mid-2020.

Rosen says he saw the potential of the retail market both in Canada and abroad, and wanted to waste no time in jumping into production. “Our plan will be to grow premium medical grade indoor cannabis, for here in Canada and also the EU. The EU medical market is going to dwarf Canada, and Canada’s got a great head start…

Cannabis producers will be in a great position for years to come.”

But Rosen notes the process is pain­ fully slow. “It’s arduous and long,” he says. “This is why we’re seeing shortages right now, because it’s taking companies like me so long to get through the process.” Ultimately, though, he’s optimistic. “In the Headwaters area, we’re obviously surrounded by nature. All those things that are very specific to this part of the world are things I want to work into the brand in Shelburne.”

Orangeville business owner JP Perreault hasn’t experienced the same delays. Over the last two years, he has seen his local business more than double in size due to new cannabis accounts. He created Plan Automation Inc. in 2009 to source and service auto­ mation equipment for food processing and pharmaceutical companies. A new division founded this January is now filling a national niche by helping some of the country’s top cannabis compan­ ies, including Canopy Growth, source the machinery required to create and affix government-mandated labelling, among other needs.

While the cannabis retail market may not yet be booming here in Headwaters, the industry is otherwise fuelling the local economy. With its cannabis division, Plan Automation has expanded to about 60 employees, most of them based in its Orangeville offices.

“This is new to this economy. People are being paid locally and living locally with high-level salaries,” says Perreault, adding that he has been able to hire local professionals who would otherwise be commuting to the GTA. With industrial opportunities in mind, Perreault predicts cannabis could have a “hugely successful impact on our community.”

Kira Wronska Dorward is a freelance writer who lives in Caledon.

RURAL ROAD TRIP Dufferin Farm Tour offers a behind-the-scenes peek at agricultural life in the county.

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PHOTOGR APHY BY ROSEMARY HASNER

Get out your rubber boots and food coolers. It’s time for the annual Dufferin Farm Tour, which has been show­ casing local farm operations for nearly 20 years. This season’s self-guided tour, which includes three farms in the Hockley Valley area and two in Amaranth, takes place Saturday, September 28.

The lineup includes vegetable, beef and dairy producers where “people can see how farms work today and how hard our farmers work to put food on our table,” says tour chairperson Trevor Pugh. The tour also features both a Christmas tree farm and a riding stable and school, which he notes may not “immediately come to mind when you think of farming.”

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TA K E THE TOUR The tour takes place September 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Along with Am Braigh Farm, Sevenhills Holsteins and Hockley Valley Farm, the tour includes Eric Pott and Family Farm and Hockley Hills School of Horsemanship.  Admission to the tour is a non-perishable food or cash donation for the Orangeville Food Bank. Food bank donations can be dropped off on tour day at any host farm.  Register for the tour at dufferinfarmtour.com, where you can also sign on to the tour mailing list to stay up to date on the latest tour news.  The tour is self-guided and includes animals, farm-related activities and displays, as well as local produce and goods available for purchase. Bring cash and a cooler for purchases.  Dress appropriately – the tour takes place rain or shine.  There is lots to see and do, so allow enough time if you want to visit every farm.

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clockwise from above At Mono’s Am Braigh Farm, Alex Maycock and Marisa Lawson at work; a patch of leafy greens; and owner Jamie Richards with one of his feathered friends. At Sevenhills Holsteins in Amaranth, dairy cows are milked in an automated 35,000-square-foot barn.

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Though Jamie Richards of Am Braigh Farm has been getting his hands dirty in various ways for about 24 years, the retired geography teacher says he has been a serious farmer for only the past decade. His small original market garden has grown to about an acre, and he offers salad greens, carrots, vegetables and other products at a self-serve shop at the end of his laneway.

In addition, a total of 4,500 square feet in four greenhouses enable Jamie to produce food year-round. “We use minimal heat in two of the greenhouses for the more sensitive crops,” he says. “The rest are not heated.”

A member of a local group dedicated to the principles of Project Drawdown, the non-profit research group founded by California environmentalist Paul Hawken, Jamie says he hopes to rally local farmers to adopt regenerative growing techniques aimed at countering climate change. Regenerative practices involve minimizing soil disturbance, promoting diversity through crop rotation, and improving the surrounding natural ecosystem.

“We in agriculture are on the front line of climate change, both in feeling its effects as well as being an important instrument of change,” he says. “Regenerative agriculture is becoming the inevitable next step in agriculture.”

Am Braigh was on the farm tour about five years ago and Jamie says the experience was pleasantly overwhelming.

“We had over 500 people and I had no idea that we would be seeing that many people. It was kind of neat to realize there’s that much interest.”

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The new automated milking facility at Sevenhills Holsteins is the pride and joy of the Overgaauw family. “We are a family-run farm,” says Kevin Overgaauw. “We do everything ourselves.”

By “ourselves,” Kevin means himself and his parents, Paul and Marion, who own the operation, as well as younger brother, Mark, and older brother, Dave. Dave’s wife, Sam, also helps out, and the couple’s 11-month-old baby, Dawson, is never far away.

Automated milking began last December in the 35,000-square-foot purpose-built “robot barn,” located across from the family’s home farm. The robot barn is the part of the operation that will host visitors during this year’s tour.

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bottom left In the barn at Sevenhills are Kevin Overgaauw, his girlfriend Tori Sawyer, Paul and Marion Overgaauw, and Samantha and Dave Overgaauw with baby Dawson. Absent: Mark Overgaauw.

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each producing about 35 litres of milk a day, while the remaining 30 are in various stages of “drying off.” The cows are free to roam the barn, deciding for themselves when to socialize, when to feed, and when to rest and chew their cud – as well as when they want to be milked. Each cow sports a collar fitted with a digital device that enables Kevin and Tori to monitor a variety of data, including when the cow was milked.

Many of the cows will be busy at work during the tour so visitors will be able to see the oper­ ation in action, and may have a chance to pet some of the calves.

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Expect an early dose of Christmas as Jason and Vikki Huck of Hockley Valley Farm open the 93-acre Christmas tree farm they bought in 2016.

Tractor-drawn wagons will carry guests through the tree fields, where a guide will describe what it takes to grow Christmas trees – and discuss the environmental benefits of celebrating the holiday with a live tree.

About 12,000 trees are currently in various stages of maturity, with more planted every year. “We plant seedlings in the spring and fall,” says Jason. It takes as long as 12 years for seedlings to reach harvest size.

During that time, the Hucks carefully nurture each tree.

“Because we don’t spray herbicide on our farm, vegetation management is important to maintaining tree health,” he says. That management includes cutting grass around the trees throughout the season and pruning the trees in late summer to ensure a full and uniform shape.

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Percentage of Ontario potatoes grown in Dufferin County

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During the farm tour, Percherons Ike and Duke will be hitched up for wagon rides through the maple bush.

To round out the tour experience, the farm’s 19th-century bank barn will be filled with Christmas-ready handmade crafts and decor items.

“We’ll be working hard to create an old-fashioned farm experience that gets people looking forward to the holiday season,” says Jason.

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We’ll take our lunchtime sandwich with a side of social enterprise, please, at the all-new B Social Café in the Dufferin COURTESY 4TH LINE C AT TLE CO.

County courthouse on Zina Street in Orangeville. Headed by former Soulyve owner/chef Phil DeWar, the Community Living Dufferin initiative was conceived to help people with developmental disabilities and others with employment disadvantages to achieve their job goals. The team preps meals in the CLD industrial kitchen before serving them in the café. Breakfast includes freshly baked muffins and breakfast sandwiches, and lunch consists of paninis and tuna or egg salad sandwiches — along with salads from Lavender Blue Catering and coffee from Mochaberry. Visit Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm. The

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The Farm to Fork Experience at 4th Line Cattle Co. promises to make October 4 a magical al fresco evening. The menu doubles down on delicious fall dishes, including butternut squash soup, carved hip of beef au jus and apple crisp, all at communal tasting stations set in farm fields. Beyond the beef, other ingredients from like-minded purveyors include veggies from Campbellville’s Vandenbroek Family Farms and chicken from Calehill Farms, near Hillsburgh.

“This is a truly authentic and completely local experience — a celebration of food and where it comes from,” says Tamaran Mousseau, co-owner of 4th Line Cattle Co. “Talking with the people who raised the beef or chicken, or planted and harvested the vegetables, really brings this culinary experience to a whole other level.” Just don’t forget to eat a light lunch that day.

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Sports Centre where you can now expect some healthy menu additions

concession stands at Alder Recreation Centre and Tony Rose Memorial and more regular hours.

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Sul Irmaos Smokehouse has made a move north from Brampton to Orangeville’s Broadway. Along with zesty Portuguese BBQ chicken and crispy fries, the menu offers such temptations as Louisiana-inspired po’ boys. The beef-eater version comes with smoked brisket, gravy, deepfried shrimp and okra, plus collard greens, all on a soft hoagie bun. Top it off with – lucky us – epic Portuguese custard tarts. Drool.

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See the Dining Out Guide at inthehills.ca to find a map pinpointing locations and providing details for each restaurant to help you explore, taste and enjoy all that local chefs have to offer.

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Hit Garden Foods in Bolton for its house-made basil, hot and spicy, or roasted garlic tomato sauces. Rock Garden Farms in Caledon offers regular, hot, and mushroom versions, while Mono-based Connie’s Kitchen serves up online orders of whole peeled tomatoes or tomato sauce. (Or buy them from Connie Arteaga at the Shelburne, Mulmur or Alliston farmers’ markets.)

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we’ve received,” says Stephany. “We can’t even identify a favourite pierogi flavour as they’ve been selling out daily!” Although Stephany is of Ukrainian descent and made pierogies with her grandmother, the feature items are all Meghan’s, such as spanakopita-like spinach and feta.

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Mono landmark Mrs. Mitchell’s Restaurant now offers bottles of both their classic creamy garlic house dressing and balsamic vinaigrette to take home along with your doggie bag. Ask about their signature rich, smoky wild mushroom soup, too. (The mini­ malist labels were created by talented In The Hills art director Kim van Oosterom.)

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Candy Henriques of Candy’s Homemade deep bench of more than 20 varieties on her team of offerings. In addition to traditional fillings, the Orton resident makes fanciful Mini Mac (her take on Big Mac flavours), Reuben, taco and even Trinidadian double versions. She cooks out of the kitchen at Jess for You Café in Hillsburgh where they are also on the menu.

She also freezes them by the dozen for delivery or pickup at Déjà Vu Diner in Orangeville.

Jelly Craft Bakery and Café in Shelburne serves up their pierogies with a side salad and sells freezer batches to take home. Choose from cottage cheese, cheddar, three cheese, bacon and cheddar, potato and onion, mushroom and sauerkraut, or broccoli and cheddar.

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Easing the way on life’s final journey

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ife is a terminal illness,” the saying goes. And throughout human history there has been very little choice about when and how death will find us.

There are those who feel a good death would be to

go unexpectedly in their sleep. But in reality most of us will

fundamentally altered the trajectory of Michele’s life.

Opened in 2010, Bethell Hospice was slow and gradual or rapid and steep, how we experience our the vision of Lorna Bethell, who donated $2 million and tireless advocacy, toward inevitable mortality has been largely beyond our control. creating the facility. The money was eventually matched by the ministry of In recent years, though, legislative changes, improved health, with community fundraising drugs, and brave advocates for dying with dignity have all covering the rest.

“Lorna was a force to be reckoned with,” contributed to giving us more personal control than ever says Julie Hymers, associate director of marketing and communications for the before over how we approach our last days. And across hospice. “She had experiences in her life that led her to believe no one should Headwaters, there exists a dedicated team of people devoted die alone, and she came to believe the to helping us fulfill our final choice. community needed a hospice.” Though Lorna herself died in 2013, her daughter, Elizabeth Birnie, still volunteers at Bethell.

The 10-bed facility now serves up to about 160 residents annually, primarily The farthest thing from a sad place from Dufferin, Caledon and Brampton.

For nearly 30 years Michele Keeler and her mother, While there’s always a waiting list and it’s impossible Frieda Hofer – whom everyone knew as Oma – lived to know when a space will become available, around the corner from each other in Erin. Every admission is based on the greatest need, rather than morning, Oma would give Michele a call, just to let on how long someone has been on a list. her know she was well.

There is no cost to residents. Funding comes in Then one morning in January 2017, Oma suddenly part from the province and in part from community wasn’t well. fundraising.

What followed was a brief but ruthless illness, Staff at Bethell consists of part-timers and a small culminating in a six-week stay at Bethell Hospice in core of full-time employees, all of whom specifically Inglewood. chose to work in hospice care. They’re supported The hospice holds a leaving ceremony for every by a whopping 175 volunteers who play a wide resident. When the funeral director comes to escort variety of roles, from attending residents’ bedsides the resident’s body out of the building, everything to gardening. Many of the volunteers are family stops. All the staff, the volunteers, the family members members of former residents.

– whoever is there at the moment – gather by the front The environment at Bethell is very different from door. Sometimes they sing a song or read a poem. a hospital. Hospitals generally function to cure Oma’s leaving ceremony took place on April 27, people, while hospice and palliative care facilities 2017. She was 84. And the experience at Bethell seek to provide comfort and quality of life for the

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time people have left after medical treatment is no longer useful. That care extends not only to the hospice resident, but also to the resident’s family and friends.

For Michele, an only child who was dealing with the first significant death in her family, Oma’s illness was fastpaced, frightening and otherworldly.

“When we came to the hospice, I was in shock, feeling the weight and stress of caring for Mom and knowing this meant end of life, but also not really expect­ ing it either. It felt like ‘we’re really not supposed to be here,’” she says.

A Bethell social worker helped Michele bring perspective to what she and Oma were going through. The social worker encouraged Michele to treasure the final times with her mother, to say everything that needed saying, and to have those conversations rather than drift into self-pity. “And to realize that end of life is just as natural as being born,” says Michele.

As her time at Bethell went on, Michele came to cherish the patience, love and support that was offered. “At first I couldn’t understand why every­ one would be so giving of themselves.

They didn’t know me, they didn’t know my mom. It was just so different from the hospital experience.”

Beyond the staff and volunteers, there’s also a sense of community among residents’ family members, says Michele. “When you’re going through something like this, you feel very alone, and you feel that your situation is unique, but actually the ways we deal with it are very similar.”

Partway through Oma’s time at Bethell, something profound happen­ ed for Michele. “I knew I wanted to be here,” she says. “It felt like home.”

So she resolved then and there to change her life. Although she was in her 50s with a well-established career in marketing, she decided to return to school to become a palliative care nurse. The time at Bethell “was very

pivotal for me,” she says. “There was no choice about what I needed to do.”

Less than a week after her mother’s death, Michele signed up for the train­ ing required to become a volunteer at Bethell. Before long, she was upgrad­ ing her science academics and was then accepted into the accelerated practical nursing program at Georgian College.

This spring Michele completed the in-class portion of the program, mak­ ing the dean’s list. Over the summer she finished a three-month practicum as a student nurse at Bethell. She will be writing her licensing exams this fall and hopes to secure a position at Bethell after that.

Many people don’t know what to expect when they first walk through the doors at Bethell but, as Hymers puts it, “It’s the farthest thing from a sad place. It’s a place of joy, and love, and compassion.” There can also be humour: “I can recall a number of people who connected with our team on a very jovial level.”

Of course, with the impending death of a loved one comes the full range of human emotions. “There are days when you’re frightened,” says Hymers. “There are days where you are unbearably sad.

And I’m sure occasionally there are days when you’re angry. But part of the comfort of being here is that all of those emotions are okay.”

Exploring end of life options In 2018 Dr. Cathy Candusso and Dr. Mercedes Rodriguez shared the prestigious Dr. David Scott Award, which honours physicians who go above and beyond in the Headwaters health care sector. In addition to operating their own family practices, the two doctors are leaders in palliative care. The award recognizes their efforts to develop more co-ordinated services in the community and to provide better end of life care.

Asked to define palliative care, Candusso says, “It means you have a life-limiting illness, and we’ll try to improve your symptoms along the way.

It means we’ll improve the quality, and sometimes the quantity, of life.”

Rodriguez adds, “End of life care is a time frame within palliative care. They aren’t equal.”

Indeed, palliative care can start a long time before someone dies. In the case of a person who has, for example, kidney disease that will become life limiting, or an early diagnosis of dementia and the knowledge things

are going to change over the coming years, the doctors might choose to start talking about end of life early.

Rather than a negative approach, the conversation gives people more time to put their affairs in order.

In 2016, a new option became available when the federal government passed a law permitting medical assistance in dying, or MAID. According to the Ontario chief coroner’s office, as of July 31 this year, nearly 3,500 Ontario residents had opted for MAID. This figure includes 15 in Dufferin, 209 in Peel Region and 65 in Wellington. Provincially, nearly half the MAID deaths took place in a hospital, with a further 43 per cent in private residences. The gender of people who received MAID was split nearly evenly. The average age of MAID recipients was 74, with the youngest being 22 and the oldest 106.

Though the number of people receiving MAID provincially is trending upward, Candusso and Rodriguez have noticed a different pattern locally. Initially inquiries about MAID were more frequent. Though the option is still discussed, fewer people have been opting for the procedure.

“There may have been a group of patients that were kind of waiting for MAID to become an option,” says Rodriguez. “Then it did, and that happened, but I think what we’re seeing now is what we can expect.”

Some people ask about MAID out of fear of what’s to come, but when the doctors explain all the other options, patients may decide on an alternative course. “Often when you provide adequate symptom relief,” says Candusso, “patients don’t feel they need MAID … I’ve had patients who have had assessments done, were eligible, and could pick a date, but they chose not to.”

Palliative sedation is one alternative the doctors discuss with patients.

When it’s clear that someone is in the final hours or days of life and is suffering unbearable distress with no other means of relieving it, he or she can be given medication that induces a deep sleep. Doses are designed to keep the patient comfortable without hastening death, which usually occurs within about 10 days.

Rodriguez says palliative care has come through a positive evolution at Headwaters Health Care Centre. As for MAID, she says, “We’re definitely accepting of it here. It’s the culture of the hospital to accept it.” This stands continued on next page

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in contrast to Bethell Hospice where, as at many hospices in Ontario, medic­ ally assisted death is not an option.

No Headwaters doctors perform the MAID procedure – and it’s easy to understand why. In the area’s relatively small communities, encounters with the administering physician may be awkward and uncomfortable for everyone. Beyond this, however, is the doctors’ mindset. Because physicians are trained to treat and cure people, the concept of medically assisted death is just too foreign for many. As Rodriguez says, “We put all that work into a medical degree to make people immortal.”

Doctors do, however, provide refer­ rals to willing out-of-town providers, and the province runs a 1-866 callin system to connect patients with physicians who will come here to provide the service.

Strict rules govern who qualifies for a medically assisted death, but Candusso says she hasn’t seen any eligible patients turned away. However, because patients must be able to give informed consent right up to the moment of the procedure, competency can be an issue. Even patients who have clearly and consistently expressed the wish for a medically assisted death can become ineligible if they are unconscious or incapacitated by either illness or medication. And no one with dementia qualifies.

Navigating the complexity of family relationships can also be a challenge.

When differences of opinion arise among family members, the legal system defaults to what the patient wants. If someone in palliative care is unable to express her or his wish, responsibility falls to the person who holds power of attorney. But the goal is for the family to be in agreement because this affects the patient’s qual­ ity of life. “So you never want families fighting,” says Rodriguez. “It’s not uncommon for me to be the mediator.”

Though doctors can and do assist directly with patients and their families, most responsibility for palliative care falls to the committed professional team of nurses in Headwaters. Doctors are available for short periods, but nurses put in the hours and hours of work that actually make things better for patients, says Candusso. Of the doctors, she says, “We’re really the fluff.”

Both Candusso and Rodriguez acknowledge the emotional impact that comes with their work. Rodriguez

has attended only one medically assisted death, for a patient in her family practice who requested her presence. Though Rodriguez did not conduct the procedure herself, “it was an emotional moment,” she says. “I thought I was okay with it for the rest of the day and some time after. But then, about a month and a half later, I was with my family watching a movie.

An actor was dying in the movie, and all of a sudden, it triggered a memory from that moment, and I couldn’t stop crying for half an hour. I fully supported the patient, and there was nothing about me not being okay with it, but it was profound. It’s definitely not what we’ve been trained for in the classical sense of medicine.”

Both Candusso and Rodriguez stress the importance of planning for end of life care. Start talking with your family about resuscitation, about your will, about death and dying. And if you don’t have a will, make one.

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By Cathy Timbers’ account, Blair Marks, her partner of 18 years, was a man who knew his own mind.

Last winter Blair, 56, was feeling unusually tired. He took a week’s vacation from his job as a warehouse forklift operator, thinking all he needed was a bit of rest. But by the time the week was over, he was feeling worse, not better.

Though Cathy says Blair “hated going to the doctor,” he finally did.

On March 28, he and Cathy received a shocking diagnosis: stage 4 liver cancer.

The liver cancer was found to be secondary to another, primary cancer that was not identified. This diagnosis meant a transplant was not an option.

From their home in Shelburne, the two travelled to numerous doctors’ appointments, but the enormity of the situation didn’t register right away.

Finally, says Cathy, “We went online and realized there was absolutely no hope.”

Some other medical options might have provided a little more time, but Cathy says Blair “didn’t want any chemo or radiation whatsoever.”

On May 8, Rhonda McGuire, a home care nurse with Bayshore HealthCare, visited the couple’s home – and so began Cathy’s experience with the people she refers to as “angels.”

“Rhonda really clicked with Blair,” says Cathy. “She explained everything about the service and took the time to make sure we both understood.”

Cathy Timbers and her husband, Blair Marks, in 2016. This year, after a devastating cancer diagnosis, Blair chose medical assistance in dying.

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“I was scared that I might not be able to care for Blair at home. But Rhonda took all my fear away. We had access to her or another nurse or doctor 24 /7.”

McGuire immediately arranged an appointment for the next day with Dr. Amy Catania, a palliative care physician at the North Dufferin Wellness Centre in Shelburne.

As Blair found it harder and harder to climb the stairs, he asked if a hospital bed could be set up on the main floor. Another member of the home care team came to assess the house not only for the bed, but also for other safety issues. The bed was delivered two days later.

“I was scared that I might not be able to care for Blair at home,” says Cathy, who has health problems of her own.

“But Rhonda took all my fear away. We had access to her or another nurse or doctor 24/7.”

“Blair was a tough man,” Cathy says.

“I never saw him cry.” In his remaining time he set about making his funeral arrangements. He chose a headstone.

Both he and Cathy drove aging cars, so he looked after replacing them with one new one for Cathy. She adds, “He was more worried about looking after me than what he was going through.”

During their appointments, Catania explained MAID, and Blair decided that when he couldn’t look after himself, a medically assisted death would be his choice. Catania agreed that when Blair was ready, they could move forward.

On May 31, Blair met with the doctor to complete the necessary paperwork. MAID regulations require two different doctors to assess patients to confirm their suitability for the procedure. Catania completed Blair’s first assessment on June 4.

Initially, the second assessment was to be undertaken by a doctor in Newmarket, but the drive there would have been too painful for Blair.

Instead, Dr. Shira Thomas came from Guelph on Sunday, June 9, to see Blair at home. A time the next day was set for the MAID procedure. Blair decided it would take place at Headwaters Health Care Centre, rather than at home.

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so it was quiet. Cathy says that, for Blair, there was no second guessing.

“He would have gone at 10 that morning if he could have.”

After such a difficult experience, what stands out for Cathy is the team of people who surrounded her and Blair in the 10 short weeks between his diagnosis and death. She’s grateful for the way the nurses, doctors and pharmacy worked seamlessly together.

“It’s so heartwarming to know there are people who will help,” she says. “The compassion they show is unbelievable. They made it possible for Blair to die how he wanted to die.”

Witness to the human condition A career in palliative care may present emotional challenges, but Rodriguez is quick to stress the positives far outweigh the negatives. “It’s the best part of my practice,” she says. “It’s what I enjoy the most. It’s meaningful. It doesn’t depress us to provide palliative care. It matters.”

Candusso adds, “And what you learn from people – you see the human spirit. You see the caring, the love people have. And you see the grief too. You really see a lot of the human condition. That’s what we value when we’re asked to be a part of it.”

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They will discuss diagnosis, prognosis, and all care options available, including other medical treatments, palliative care, and mental and spiritual care, as well as medical assistance in dying, or MAID. Some medical professionals choose not to provide MAID. If this is the case, they must provide a referral to someone who does.

J A request for MAID must be made in writing. The form must be signed and dated after receipt of a diagnosis defined as “a grievous and irremediable medical condition.”

J A MAID request can be withdrawn at any time.

J You must personally consent to MAID. No one can consent on your behalf. You cannot give consent in advance, and you must be able to continue providing consent until the moment you receive the MAID procedure.

J Once a written request is made, the doctor or nurse practitioner will complete an assessment to determine whether you are eligible for a medically assisted death. Among the items in a long list of criteria are requirements that the patient be 18 or older and capable of making health care decisions. Patients must be in an advanced state of decline and experiencing intolerable discomfort, so that natural death is “reasonably foreseeable.”

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J At least 10 days must pass between the signing of the written request and the time MAID can be provided. This gives the patient time to think about the decision.

J The province runs a care co-ordination service that provides referrals and resources at 1-866-286-4023.

J After death, the medical professional must file a report with Ontario’s chief coroner.

Source: Government of Ontario. “Medical Assistance in Dying: Information for Patients.”

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But it can be just as lovely, diverse and ours when seen through the smallest, most intimate of lenses. Here is Headwaters up close and personal, through five windows, and through the eyes and sensibilities of five residents.

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“Country common” best describes the view through the front picture window of our home – teardrop-shaped driveway with tangential twocar parking, flagstone path, boulder- and hosta-strewn garden and, through a slim barrier of firs, an earthen slice of a Mono sideroad.

From a comfy couch I survey this vista quite often. But much less often than our dog, Maggie, a Sheltie-Australian shepherd mix and vigilant watchdog.

All day, every day, between naps, walks and household life, Maggie watches for strolling neighbours, dog walkers, horse riders, audacious wild turkeys and any and all other intruders on her doggie domain, which encompasses dirt road, front lawn, bungalow and the meadows, trails and forest out back, all of which she delights in.

Maggie misses little. Except once, spectacularly, a big deer standing oblivious on our frosted front lawn, snorting early spring clouds of breath. I saw him first and distracted Maggie, at length, until the buck had passed.

She’ll announce any passerby on the road with an indignant growl or, less often, with a sharp, startling bark.

I’m delighted to spot an occasional equestrian backlit through the picket of trees. Maggie is less so, doing agitated laps of the coffee table, barking and peering through the window in outrage, paws on the windowsill.

At one time, every spring, the dirt drive became a bog and a source of irritation. Delivery truck drivers would leave foot-deep furrows and an unwelcome weekend chore to add to the list. I believe the drivers were in unofficial competition – ruts judged on depth, length and “artistic merit.”

The drive is paved now. Well, not actually paved. Tarred and chipped. This was less expensive and less effective than asphalt, but lacked the harsh, jet-black look my wife and I deemed “not country.”

And country is why we are here.

The teardrop drive rings a central garden shaded by a big tree.

Planted with ferns, periwinkle and bleeding hearts, the garden is garnished with boulders and a plant nursery menagerie: stone turtle, frogs and small ceramic snails.

A good half of the vista through the picture window is blocked – or perhaps graced – by the lower boughs of a very big spruce. In winter its branches bend low under snow. In summer they are home to small, swift birds with hidden nests, and serve as highways for chipmunks who chatter at our comings and goings.

Our comings and goings along a flagstone path pass another big fir, which anchors a long, horseshoe-shaped garden in which lavender perennially struggles. And in which, embarrassingly, stinkhorn mushrooms do not. These phallic-like fungi emit a ghastly smell, particularly once they die, topple and reduce to a disgusting goo.

Nature balances every sublime cardinal backdropped by winter’s white with summer’s stinkhorns.

I once had a window that overlooked sidewalks, parked cars, paved road and the façades of houses with venetian blinds, always closed. That was Toronto, and that was then. I hope my eyes remain undimmed and my sensibilities unjaded at the wonderful view I now enjoy. From my window.

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“Anytime I’ve been here in fall – and it’s been five falls – looking at that tree in the front yard would brighten my day a bit.”

Three years ago, when I was living in this shelter – I’ve been in and out of here since I was 16 – I’d get out of bed, come up and just sit on the edge of this kitchen table and look out this window. I had nothing out there. I was nowhere in life, just the clothes on my back. That’s what I woke up to.

You see a lot of things out this window – fights, people arguing, domestics, people leaving here after getting into something, breaking the rules, and being asked to leave. I sat on this table for eight hours one night.

Sat and spoke to a staff member for hours and looked out.

At night you see a lot more interesting stuff. People who go to the bars on Broadway will walk down Townline, take the back side of town when they’re walking, to stay away from the main street. Orangeville police, if they have a reason to bug you, they’ll bug you. If you can take the extra five-minute walk and be loud, you’re going to do it.

The tree out in the front yard is much more interesting and beautiful in fall. Anytime I’ve been here in fall – and it’s been five falls – looking at that tree in the front yard would brighten my day a bit.

I’ve never climbed it. I hate to say it, but it’s not complicated enough.

I have a five-point harness in my car and my lanyard. I pull over on the odd sideroad now and climb a tree just for the sight from the top. Everybody has that one spot where they sit and kind of reflect. Now I have a big maple.

For a long time the kitchen table here at Choices Youth Shelter was my spot.

That’s where I sat, looking out this window.

I’ve mowed the lawn out there a time or two. I’ve shovelled that deck. I’ve raked the leaves into the same pile as I see out there now. Same leaves, same vehicles driving by, people in and out. I’ve been seeing that for years, but I don’t look out the window the same way anymore. I look at myself.

Looking out that window now, I have a job, I have an apartment, my puppy, two vehicles. I want to wake up in the morning. I want to go to work.

I don’t have a lot of extra money to donate, so I come back here to Choices and I volunteer, offer to speak to the high school tours and to the residents here. That’s my way to give back.

There were a lot of people here, myself included, who didn’t have someone who had been through a bunch and was willing to say, “Hey, man, life sucks.

Don’t let it bring you down. Push through it. Work for the things you want instead of just letting life pass by.”

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“There’s a beautiful lawn. I’ve been out on that lawn, walked around a bit, but never barefoot. It was a long time ago that I last went barefoot.”

I’m 96 years old.

I lived in Guelph a couple of times, and I liked Guelph very much. I’d just graduated from business college and I stayed with a lady who took in boarders – 1940 or 1941, I think it was – during the war, anyway. I had a window in front that looked out on the street, a nice residential street. But I have a country view now through this great big picture window.

There’s a porch with a railing that goes criss-cross. I have been out there, but I haven’t been out this year. You have to ask staff. I haven’t asked, but I could if I wanted to.

There’s a beautiful lawn. I’ve been out on that lawn, walked around a bit, but never barefoot. It was a long time ago that I last went barefoot. So long

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ago. It might have been at home, in my teens. I usually wore shoes. I wasn’t the kind to go around barefoot.

There’s a rail fence and some tall trees at the back. Beautiful trees. And then there’s water. That’s the Hillsburgh lake out there. I love water. I can swim, but if I was in the lake I wouldn’t swim out, I’d swim back.

The sun sets to the right, beyond the trees. I wouldn’t say rosy sunsets.

You don’t get the pink and the orange colours too much.

There aren’t many flowers. No one seems to have the time for them. I’m very fond of peonies – it would be beautiful to look out and see rose peonies.

I’ve never had a garden of my own. One time in high school, we had a project and I planted nasturtiums in a row along the side of the porch and the house. Somebody would have to dig it for me now.

There’s a lovely shepherd dog. I don’t know his name. I just enjoy seeing him. I’ve never had a dog. My mother and father didn’t go for dogs and cats. If that dog was on the deck looking in the window at me, I’d go over and say, “Hello, Pup.” But I don’t think I’d be making any advances to a strange dog unless someone said it was alright.

I don’t have good eyes. I was born with weak eyes, and I just see out of one now. I don’t know if the view would be twice as pretty with two eyes, but it would be clearer.

I’m not one of those who sees God in nature. I don’t see God at work in trees and sky. He has already done His work. He gives us the daylight, the sun every day. He gives us the moonlight and the stars. He gives us nature.

He gives us life itself.

I think it’s wonderful that He let me live so long and be well enough to get around and enjoy the view. My vision isn’t really clear, but I’m glad I can see what I can. I’m grateful for that.

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“Sometimes I see our grandparents’ cats.

They have a big barn full of cats that don’t have names, but I give some of them names.”

My mom and dad own the window. I get to look out it. I live in the country.

I can see a big backyard where me and my sisters, Ivy and Sloane, play.

I’m the biggest.

There’s a playground with swings, a slide and another slide, and two floors of clubhouse. The top floor is my favourite. I call it “the upstairs.”

My sisters go there, too. We can all fit, but I try to make them stay downstairs. They don’t listen.

We make snowmen in the yard. I usually build them, but my sisters help.

Sometimes my dad comes and pushes the boulders to make them bigger. We find rocks and make eyes and a mouth. The snowman doesn’t get a nose.

Nana and Papa, my grandma and grandpa, have a farm next door. That’s their field. I see Papa on the tractor, a combine. He’s a farmer and farmers drive combines. Last year corn grew in that field. Corn for the cows – it’s hard.

My dad made the firepit with no chairs, only big grey boulders in a circle. My feet can touch the ground, but my sisters’ can’t. We roast marshmallows and make s’mores.

I have two cats that don’t go outside. They sit in the sunshine and look out the window, watching birds. They’re not supposed to sit on the table, but they do.

Sometimes I see our grandparents’ cats. They have a big barn full of cats that don’t have names, but I give some of them names. The blonde one I call Big Teenie. I read that name in a book somewhere.

A chicken came in the yard from our neighbours’. She wouldn’t leave.

She stayed and ran around and dug a hole in the flower bed. I thought she was starting a nest maybe. We called her Heihei, from the movie Moana.

She was a nice chicken. She ate worms. She liked worms a lot!

Sometimes, me and my mom dug them up to give to her. My mom did the digging. I don’t know how many worms Heihei could eat, but we couldn’t find enough!

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I’d give it the cow corn. I’d pet it and make sure it felt comfortable and safe. I’d put corn on the ground so it would go down to get it, and I’d jump on and hold on to its antlers and tell it to go to the North Pole. Santa might have a window there and I’d go visit him.

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“I like everything from this window. Some people with the pet dogs go around and I smile at them.

In the summer, there is a farmers’ market.”

This is the waiting area. Most of the time I’m in the kitchen. I cut the vegetables, prepare the egg rolls, wontons, clean up, everything. If someone comes to order, I will be standing at the counter in front. Couple of minutes, that’s it.

I can see weather. It’s not really cold, but dark. The trees are grey and brown. Not too many people walk in the street. I feel sad.

I can see buildings. I feel a little bit of community with the people around. That is the tattoo store. I know them. Nice guy. I know the RBC bank. The staff are very good. We bank with them.

At night, for the holiday season, I see roadblocks checking that people don’t drink and drive. That’s good. Here is worse than in Hong Kong. In Canada almost everyone has a vehicle.

This street goes to Owen Sound up north. I come from Owen Sound, but China first: Hong Kong. I live here now. I feel at home here in Shelburne.

Nice town.

I live up above. I block all the windows. I don’t see anything. I’m only at night upstairs.

More people come by in summer. Some people are really nice; they wave or smile. In Hong Kong, no people will say “Hi” if you don’t know them. They never will wave or smile or say “How are you?” We lived in an apartment. Nineteenth floor.

I like everything from this window. Some people with the pet dogs go around and I smile at them. In the summer, there is a farmers’ market on First Avenue every Thursday. Some people buy flowers or fruit and vegetables. I like this, it makes me happy. I went to the market just once – I’m too busy.

I put these plants in the window. That is the money tree. Someone sent it to us when we had our grand opening. It started three, four feet high. Now it is to the ceiling! That other plant, in the summer, has flowers and smells really nice. I look after the plants.

The sign in the window says, “Come in. We’re open.” The other side says, “Sorry, we’re closed.” I’m the one that turns it at 11:30 every morning, six days a week.

The best side is “Closed.” I feel released. Oh, my! I work 12 hours a day, at least. Sometimes there are people waiting when I turn the sign to “Open.” They are happy. I say, “Welcome!” and I am happy. This is my life.

This is a family business with my brother and sister. No children. My husband passed away over six years ago. My plan is to run this business three more years, then I will move to Caledon – or stay here. I like this town.

I hope it can be easier, without the hard work and rush and long hours. I hope I can take coffee or tea and enjoy just looking out the window.

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“You’re not going to see this collection of art anywhere else,” says Margi Taylor, Headwaters Arts board member. “We feel that they are phenomenal,” she adds in a nod to the name of this year’s show: Phenom.

The three-week exhibition, from September 18 to October 6, will include about 70 works of two-dimensional art and another 20 to 30 three-dimensional works. There will be painters, potters, woodcarvers and glassblowers. All spread across three galleries of the historic Alton Mill Arts Centre – a work of art in itself.

In its former life the large, two-storey stone building on the banks of the Credit was first a knitting mill and then a rubber mill, with well-deserved local fame as the provisioner of prophylactics for soldiers during the Second World War. Today, the Alton Mill Arts Centre is home to about 20 artists and gallery owners. One of them, Anne-Marie Warburton of Gallery Gemma, recently pulled a patio chair into the sunshine to chat with the mill’s owners, brothers Jordan and Jeremy Grant. The newest tenant, artist and photographer Steve Sestic, stepped out a few minutes later and introduced himself. In the mill’s convivial atmosphere it was unusual they hadn’t already met, Jeremy said, as he happily welcomed Steve to their creative community.

The mill is a work in progress, says Jordan. There’s an existing café, but the brothers have plans to open a full-service restaurant. And a major project is well underway to restore the millpond to ecological health, as well as a source of renewable energy, while of course continuing its role as home to the annual Millpond Hockey Classic.

The storied mill and surrounding property fell into the Grant family’s hands in 1988. It was derelict at the time and a frustrating decade later the brothers considered selling the crumbling structure. But accepting a low-ball offer, or the realtor’s suggestion of razing it altogether, just wasn’t in their DNA. Their father loved historic buildings. So in 1999, a quick and dirty renova­ tion on the most structurally sound north end of the building allowed for electricity, heat and space for six artist studios on the second floor and a woodcarving shop for Carl Borgstrom on the main. (It was Carl who suggested using the building for art studios in the first place.)

Anne-Marie moved in with her designer jewellery business 13 years ago, at one time occupying the only shop on that main floor after Carl left. “Honestly, I was so happy. I loved being here so much that I didn’t even notice I was alone,” she says. “It didn’t occur to me that might not be a good business decision.”

But while that first phase of restoration was more for function than fashion, the second was anything but. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the second phase, overseen to perfection by heritage architect Catherine Nasmith.

Each beam was rebuilt in the same way as its fore-weight-bearers, with planks stacked together and held in place by massive bolts. In the back corner of the Noodle Gallery, Jordan points out the only difference between the new beams and old: hexagonal versus octagonal nuts. It’s that kind of attention to detail that has earned the building multiple arts and heritage awards.

The Noodle Gallery, another of the main floor attractions, is in a bright, beautiful space across from the Headwaters Arts Gallery. Monica Kerr-Coster, proprietor and self-titled gallery mistress, says visitors should set aside any notion of pretention they might associate with a gallery or arts centre — because the Alton Mill is not that. You’ll regularly hear the gallery co-ordinator reminding visitors they don’t have to whisper. And a note taped to the door of a second-floor studio reads, “Come in, even if I’m working…” And that also goes for the three weeks of the fall show.

Elaine Anselmi is a freelance writer who lives in Erin.

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A preview of works from Phenom, Headwaters Arts fall show and sale from left to right, top to bottom: Rosemary Hasner Lady in Red 19" x 8" mixed media photography (facing page) Peter Dušek Red Sumac 28" x 28" photograph, archival pigment print Deb Menken Emergence 30" x 30" acrylic Rosemary Molesworth Dancer With Blue Tile 7.75” x 9.75” clay, slip, stain Ellen Cameron Mascara 30" x 30" photograph Diana Hillman Early Morning 2 (Airport Series) 8" x 8" oils, pencil, wood panel Sonja Mortimer Quiet Chaos 36" x 48" acrylic Ann Randeraad Retro Daisies (noodle bowls) 3.3" x 5.5" wood-fired porcelain John Adams Just Touching 36" x 36" acrylic

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the Lure of fly fishing

BY NICOL A ROSS

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long with baking cheesecake, fly fishing was my dad’s passion. A longtime member of Caledon Mountain Trout Club, he would come home after an early morning outing on the club’s stocked ponds with healthy-sized rainbow and speckled trout. The fish would have been cleaned and wrapped in newspaper. I refused to eat the smel­ ly, slimy things, but I appreciated how much my dad loved catching them.

The West Credit river flowed through our farm, and Dad would occasionally pick up his fly rod and head riverside. He would cast with graceful ease amidst the weeping willows he had planted along the riverbank and drop his fly at the precise spot he believed the trout were lurking. Despite his dedication and considerable skill, I don’t recall his ever bringing home a fish he had caught in the West Credit.

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would have won a prize in a fishing derby. In fact, the first one would more accurately be described as a minnow, but Susan Gesner, my good friend and avid flyfisher, can vouch for me. Two casts. Two fish.

Despite my dad’s enthusiasm, none of his progeny inherited the fishing bug. I once took a casting lesson and spent a day fishing from a moving raft on the famous Corcovado River in Patagonia. It was exciting, but I came up almost empty-handed and didn’t pick up a rod again until Susan put one in my hand.

People might say it was because I caught those two fish (three in total) that my experience in the West Credit was different. They’d be wrong.

After my two-cast, two-fish success and suited up in a pair of Susan’s chest waders and hiking-type boots, I waded into the river. As I looked down into the clear shallow water, it was easy to avoid the slippery rounded rocks scattered on the river’s gravelly bottom.

Shimmering in the sunlight, the water appeared to be tinted a delicate olive

green. We made our way 100 metres or so downstream, where Susan pointed to a calm pool of smooth, dark water beneath overhanging cedar trees. She explained that fish wait in shaded eddies like this, letting the fastermoving, oxygenated water carry food, mostly insects, to them.

I watched as she released her fly from where she’d hooked it to a metal guide (eyelet) on her rod. Because we had no plans to keep any of the fish we caught, we were using barbless hooks. Susan let out a bit of line and then, with the rod’s cork handle in her right hand and the nylon line in her left, she cast several times in quick succession. With each cast, Susan released more line from the small reel attached to the rod until she had the amount needed for her fly to reach the shaded eddy, about eight metres downstream.

Satisfied, she once again drew back the rod, but this time more slowly and with intention, until the long nylon line formed a graceful arc above her.

The smooth, whip-like motion sent sparkling droplets of water high into

the sunlit sky. In that moment I felt as though I was on the set of A River Runs Through It. Then I was back on the West Credit. I recalled my dad. The willow trees. His casting. I studied the cedars behind Susan. They hugged the bank of a stream I’d known my entire life. It was as though we were part of nature, in it rather than just observing the river, trees, fish, rocks and blue sky.

As Susan’s long, flexible rod reached the zenith of its backward journey, my friend and coach for the day paused her casting motion for a split second. As she did, the tension on the line increased until, when it was just so, she began drawing her rod forward. The questionmark curves unfurled behind the rod’s tip, and the line caught up and passed by en route to the water’s surface.

If you’ve never cast with a fly rod, you might expect the fly to land first.

But that’s not how it happens. Instead, the heavier line nearest the rod’s tip touches the water and then the landing extends forward until the lighter leader (line) touches down – and the fly, tied to a thread-like tippet, finally floats

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almost to the surface, just as a mayfly might. Just as a fish expects. There’s no snapping of the wrist, no tennis-servelike power. Casting with a fly rod is about timing and precision. It’s about feel. It’s about art and nature. Sense and sensibility.

When Susan talks about fly fishing, her voice goes all dreamy. She is transported back into a river, rod in hand. Silhouetted by the low sun’s rays on this morning, she was in that reverie. We both were.

Despite my vivid imagination I didn’t have Susan’s skill. My fly tended to plunk onto the water rather than glide down like a feather. “You’re pulling your rod back too fast,” Susan coached. “Don’t forget to pause before bringing it forward,” she added.

“Don’t snap your wrist. Let the motion come from your elbow. Keep the rod between 12 o’clock and 2 o’clock.”

In the short 90 minutes we fished, I wasn’t surprised by my lack of technical skill. With practice, I knew I could acquire the feel I needed to land my fly gently on the water’s surface

– much as Susan did and as my dad had done all those years ago. What did surprise me was how the time had flown by, and how intent I had been on observing the river, looking for places where the fish might be.

I’d been studying the minute details of the landscape. Sure, I had a jolt of excitement, a dash of adrenalin when that third fish jerked my line. But my takeaway – what I finally understood – is that my dad may have driven to the trout club to hone his casting skills and to catch fish, but when he walked down to the river, fly rod in hand, it was to escape into nature.

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cedar waxwing

white cedar

stonefly

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hummingbird northern water shrew muskrat brook trout white mayfly green frog redside dace crayfish

The Credit, the Humber, the Grand, the Nottawasaga — the four rivers that have their source in our hills are home to a lively community of creatures that forms a complex, interdependent web of life. Here’s an introduction to some of them.

BY DON SCALLEN

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cliff swallow

yellow birch

belted kingfisher

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great blue heron northern watersnake snapping turtle mink

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kytree Smith is a shadfly soothsayer. Skytree – yes, she’s a child of the ’60s – has the uncanny ability to predict the exact day of the mass emergence of shadflies, aka mayflies, on the Credit River in August. And why does she bother? To witness an extraordinary event that lasts but one hour of the 8,760 hours in a year. Millions upon millions of mayfly larvae wriggle to the surface of the river and transform into ghostly white flies with gossamer wings and filamentous double tails.

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“They fill the air above the river like a living blizzard,” says Skytree.

“It’s mesmerizing.” Their tasks during that hour-long window are simple but urgent: mate, fly upstream, lay eggs.

For a decade, Skytree has invited friends to witness this spectacle on a bridge in the hamlet of Glen Williams, where she lives and produces works of art at Glen Williams Glass. She enjoys teaching children about the mayflies and watching the bolder kids stand within the swirling torrent of insects, laughing and shrieking.

To foretell the hour of the mayflies, Skytree watches for subtle cues. She pays attention to the mayflies down­ stream in Norval because they tend to appear a little earlier. She checks spiderwebs along the river for mayflies that emerge early. “The shadfly emer­gence is like a bell curve,” she 12:11 P explains. Most emerge at dusk on a single evening, but some mayflies are outliers, appearing before or after the main event. Other cues verge on the mystical. Skytree swears, for example, she can smell the approaching emergence of the mayflies: “The odour rising from the river is fishier than usual.”

You’d be forgiven for wondering why Skytree is sweet on mayflies. She finds them lovely, but she also recognizes their ecological value. “So many other species rely on them,” she says.

She’s right, of course. Any insects as prolific as these mayflies are bound to feed a host of other animals including fish, birds and bats. Flyfishers know this. “Match the hatch” has long been a mantra of the fly-fishing community.

They know that wary trout can be fool­ ed by artificial flies crafted to mimic the pattern and colour of emerging mayflies and other river insects such as stoneflies and caddisflies.

Skytree’s shadflies are a species commonly referred to as white flies because of their pale coloration. They remain abundant in many streams in southern Ontario. Another mayfly species called the green drake has not fared as well. According to Henry Frania, an entomologist with the Royal Ontario Museum, this lovely mayfly

is “regarded as sensitive to pollution of various sorts.” It appears to have disappeared from the Humber River and has been reduced to a few locations in the watersheds of the upper Grand and Nottawasaga. Along the main branch of the Credit River between Cataract and Forks of the Credit some resurgence has been docu­ mented since 2007, but the insect scientist says they have not recovered at all on the west branch.

This matters. When I speak to Bob Morris, chief watershed specialist with Credit Valley Conservation, he reminds me that mayfly, stonefly and caddisfly larvae have long been recognized as indicators of water quality. The decline of the green drake mayfly tells us that although the health of our rivers has improved in recent decades, problems persist. Rivers are intimately connected to our towns, roads and farms through groundwater and runoff often contaminated with salts, pesticides and other pollutants.

Bob has kayaked the length of the Credit River from Island Lake (lots of portaging in the upper sections!) to Lake Ontario. He knows that water quality is one determinant of the diversity of river life. He also knows that diversity is enhanced by the ecological niches rivers create.

Fast currents scoop soil under stream banks, creating hollows where trout shelter. Where currents slow down, sand and gravel are deposited, creating shallows where stream-dwelling shorebirds called spotted sandpipers forage for insects and crustaceans.

Green frogs sit like amphibious Buddhas in these quiet waters, waiting for flying insects such as ebony jewelwings to flit within range.

Rivers also create floodplain habitat when water levels rise after snowmelt in late winter. When the water returns to its regular channels, it leaves behind rich organic matter that nourishes

plants and, in turn, animals. Snapping turtles overwinter in the soft, saturated soils of these floodplains.

From valley floor to valley crest, the differences in soil, moisture and shelter offered in the basins carved by rivers provide ecological niches suited to particular plants and animals.

Bob cites the vital importance of our rivers as corridors that channel the movement of myriad forms of wildlife.

The streams of Headwaters “connect the Great Lakes to the interior,” he says.

Fish are obvious travellers on these aqueous highways, but mammals and birds also depend on rivers to guide them. Consider a cliff swallow, tired and hungry after flying across Lake Ontario, arriving in Etobicoke in May. The vast city extends before it. The swallow knows the buildings, roads and manicured lawns can’t sustain her. But she sees a ribbon of trees snaking northward from the lake toward distant hills.

Her choice is clear. She’ll join other swallows and thousands of fellow migrants on a journey up the Humber River. During that journey, she’ll feed on flying insects over the water.

To power their northward flight, other migrants, including more than 20 species of diverse and colourful warblers, will hunt insects and caterpillars on the greening shrubs and trees of the valley.

Our swallow travels upstream through Etobicoke, through Bolton, to the bridge in Caledon where her parents built the earthen nest she was reared in two years earlier. Some of the warblers will stay to nest along the Humber as well. Others may use river valleys such as the Humber and Credit to guide them to nesting territories on the Niagara Escarpment and the Oak Ridges Moraine. The Grand River in the western Headwaters region un­ doubtedly guides migrating birds too, providing a safe, food-rich conduit through agricultural southwestern Ontario to good nesting habitat up­ stream. Waterfowl – ducks, herons, egrets – travel the Grand to access the vast wetlands of Luther Marsh.

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forward together At least 52 species of fish have been found in the Nottawasaga River and its tributaries. The counts for the Humber and the Credit are about 75 and 79 respectively. The Grand River, by virtue of its size, and the fact it is connected to the warm, fertile waters of Lake Erie, harbours more than 90 species. Though fewer species inhabit the upper reaches of these streams, the cool, well-oxygenated water supports fish that can’t survive in the warmer, silt-laden waters farther downstream.

One of these is the beautiful and endangered redside dace, a minnow with a spotty distribution in southwestern Ontario, which includes small sections of all four of the main Headwaters watersheds.

In the 1970s I pickled several redside dace for a field biology course I was taking at the University of Toronto.

The memory makes me cringe, though they had not yet been designated a species at risk. I found them in a limpid pool of a small creek just before its confluence with the Credit River.

As the swimming dace caught the sun, they glinted like aquatic fireflies. I recall the words of my professor when he saw them: “Looks like you painted them with Mercurochrome!”

Water clarity is essential for these minnows. They look for low-flying insects and then leap to capture them.

Much better known than redside dace are the brook trout that still thrive in many Headwaters streams.

The upwelling of cool, clean groundwater, filtered by the sand, gravel and stone of the Oak Ridges Moraine and the Niagara Escarpment, is important to the survival of this species. So is the cooling shade cast by streamside trees such as white cedar and yellow birch. Trout also need plenty of oxygen, and the rapids and

riffles of Headwaters streams ensure a good supply. Skytree’s shadflies feed both larval and adult trout. Other bottom-dwelling insects and crustaceans, collectively called benthic invertebrates, also feed trout, as do small fish.

Sue Hopkins VanZant lived along the Nottawasaga River in Hockley Valley for 11 years. Some Septembers the river held enough water to grant passage to migrating steelhead, aka rainbow trout, past her family’s property. On quiet nights they could hear these impressive fish wriggling and splashing as they worked their way upstream. Steelhead, originally introduced from the Pacific Northwest, grow big in Georgian Bay and then travel inland to spawn in the upper reaches of the Nottawasaga and its feeder streams.

The Credit and Humber rivers also boast autumn runs of introduced trout and salmon. (Steelhead run in the Grand River as well, but not as far upstream as Headwaters.) These spawning runs offer hints of the former glory of the Atlantic salmon runs in Lake Ontario’s feeder streams.

There was a staggering abundance of Atlantic salmon in these streams before dams, land clearing and profligate slaughter – think American bison and passenger pigeons – finished them in the late 19th century.

One example of frenzied harvesting was highlighted by K. M. Lizars in his 1913 book The Valley of the Humber, 1615-1913: “The men speared as fast as they could throw the fish behind them.

In drawing up their boat they had inadvertently left it halfway across a log, and, too busy to take their eyes off the water, they worked until a crash made them look behind them. The weight of the fish had broken the boat’s back; and that was not by any means a record take.”

Atlantic salmon are being reintroduced to some Lake Ontario streams, but the massive spawning runs of the 19th century will likely never be seen again.

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Of course, where fish dwell, so do predators bent on having those fish for dinner. Several species of birds can be found hunting fish along Headwaters streams, including herons, kingfishers, osprey and mergansers, ducks with serrated bills to catch and hold their slippery prey. Great blue herons exercise great patience as they walk slowly along streambeds, their eyes fixed on the water below. When the herons spot movement, they lean forward with the deliberateness of a tai chi master before flashing their stiletto beaks into the water. Fish are often the catch.

But herons aren’t choosy. Frogs, watersnakes, small turtles, large insects and even young muskrats are all fair game.

The kingfisher is another fisheating bird that is hard to miss.

Built like a blue jay on steroids, this impressive bird seems to exude selfassurance. With a loud rattling call, kingfishers are usually heard before they are seen. I bet a tracking device attached to a kingfisher could be used to map the twists and turns of streams, so closely do these birds orient their flight to these watery paths.

Mammals also get into the fisheating act. Otters live along the Nottawasaga. These large, aquatic weasels are superbly adapted to hunt fish. Farther south, on the Grand, the Credit and the Humber, otters are less common, but there is an abundance of mink, another fish-eating member of the weasel family. Bob Morris watched one hunting along the Credit River. It dove beneath an undercut bank and a brook trout shot out, thrashing up a gravelly riffle on its belly, with the mink in hot pursuit.

“It was an amazing sight,” he says.

Living by a river is wonderful, but it requires a certain level of forbearance – an acceptance that we are but one of many species drawn to it. Houses and yards become habitat features for the local wildlife. For the Hopkins VanZants, this meant deer in the garden, bats in the attic and snakes in the basement. Sue and her husband

patched cracks in the stone foundation, but the house never became completely serpent proof – small milk snakes still found their way in.

Another friend, whom I’ll call Paula, also discovered that when you live near a stream, wildlife will come calling. Paula once killed a star-nosed mole that had found its way into her basement, likely from nearby Caledon Creek. Paula is one of the kindest persons I know, so this act of mole-icide was very much out of character. For her, the mole, with its oversized shovel-like forepaws and bizarre nose sprouting fleshy appendages recalling Medusa’s hair, was simply too much to bear. (That the mole was the size of a hamster didn’t temper her horror.)

Though star-nosed moles are common stream creatures, their subterranean lifestyle means they are seldom seen. The nose that frightened Paula serves as an intriguing tactile sensory system. Though these creatures are nearly blind, the incredibly finely tuned sense of touch provided by the fleshy “fingers” on their snouts enables them to form a high-resolution representation of their environment. Star-nosed moles are also said to be the only mammals known to smell underwater, though it surprises me this ability hasn’t been noted in whales. Apparently, the moles blow air bubbles and inhale them to sniff for invertebrate prey such as mayfly larvae.

Star-nosed moles illustrate the fantastic life forms that live along our rivers but are little known.

Another is the northern water shrew, a diminutive mammal with amphibious inclinations. Though these shrews are comfortable on land, they can swim down to the stream bottom to seek crustaceans and insect larvae. And astonishingly, if subsurface exploration doesn’t appeal, they can also walk on water. Well, run, actually – in the manner of tropical basilisk lizards. This is possible because, at only 10 grams or so, they

are featherweights and equipped with hind feet that trap air and cushion their footfalls on the water’s surface.

The mudpuppy is one of the most enigmatic of life forms in our streams. A mudpuppy is essentially an amphibian that doesn’t grow up.

Though many other salamanders have gills during their larval stages, mudpuppies never lose theirs. Few of these wholly aquatic salamanders have been found in Headwaters, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they are rare. Mudpuppies are inconspicuous despite their impressive 40-centimetre length. They hide under stones during the day and emerge after dark to hunt minnows and crayfish. In turn, northern watersnakes hunt them.

Predatory connections between river animals such as crayfish, mudpuppies and watersnakes abound. So do benign connections between river, plant and animal.

Often these relationships are imbued with beauty at every turn. Picture a crystalline stream wending through a woodland of hemlock, basswood and maple. Dapper cedar waxwings pursue insects over the water. It’s late summer.

Sunlight filters through the leaves to illuminate a patch of wildflowers growing streamside. Joe-Pye weed stands tall, offering nectar-rich blos­ soms to squadrons of bees and wasps.

Closer to the stream, cardinal flowers flicker intense red. These magnificent plants grow along streams not only because they need moist soil but also because they thrive in dynamic environments in which water levels fall and rise. Their basal rosettes are often completely submerged in spring but rest above water during the summer. Other plants probably can’t cope with these changing water levels, giving cardinal flowers a competitive advantage.

As streams are good for cardinal flowers, cardinal flowers are good for hummingbirds. The red colour of

cardinal flowers beckons these tiny aerial acrobats. The flowers’ nectar supply is found at the bottom of a long tube, out of the reach of most pollinators but perfect for the long beak of a hummingbird. And astonishingly, the cardinal flower has a structure that arches outward to fit perfectly over a hummingbird’s head, dusting it with pollen as it probes for nectar.

Stream, cardinal flower, hummingbird – a beautiful example of the essential interconnections of the natural world.

The life of Headwaters rivers is diverse and endlessly fascinating. A synergy exists between plants and animals and their riverine habitats – links that weave a complex ecological tapestry. Skytree Smith knows may­ flies are an important part of that tapestry. She believes their numbers have dropped during the decade she has celebrated them in Glen Williams, and she wishes the local ballpark would cancel play during the insects’ brief annual emergence. The ballpark lights distract huge numbers from their vital reproductive business, and this rends the tapestry of life along the river.

Protecting our rivers can be as focused as turning off ballpark lights for two or three August evenings in a Credit Valley hamlet. Or it can be as expansive as the Greenbelt that surrounds Ontario’s populous Golden Horseshoe. Habitat will be protected “as long as the Greenbelt holds,” says Bob Morris.

Some might ask why we should care about mayflies, or redside dace, or star-nosed moles, or other riverine life. Here’s an answer from David Attenborough: “It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement, the greatest source of beauty, the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.”

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Go Small and Go Home The idea of living small – shedding possessions and greening your life – is undeniably alluring. Some folks in these hills are doing more than flirt with the romantic fantasy.

BY JANICE QUIRT PHOTOGR APHY BY JAMES MACDONALD AND ROSEMARY HASNER

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hen Mono sculptor and artist John Farrugia leaves work for the day, he steps out of the foundry where he creates massive bronze statues and commutes just a few paces. You would be forgiven for thinking the small nearby structure he enters is a pit stop en route to his home. But no, it is his home. A mere 10 by 10 feet square, the tiny house includes a main floor sitting area, a storage cellar and a sleeping loft. John created it in 2014, a year after he built his foundry in an old barn foundation.

His Lilliputian home exists in part because John enjoyed learning about stone masonry as he built the foundry. “I wanted to mimic the stonework of the foundry,” he says. “It’s like a sculpture to me.”

The stone walls of the “wee house,” as he calls it, are topped with timber framing and a steel roof. Because he kept the structure tiny, at 100 square feet and with no plumbing, no building permit was required. An outhouse is in the works and the back of the house features an outdoor sink and shower hooked up to a rain barrel.

A pizza oven, rustic dining table, benches, and seats swinging from nearby trees expand the living quarters.

The whole complex sits on a communal family property where his parents and two of his siblings have homes.

When family and friends visit his setup – as they did during his August wedding to Carol Kwak – they embrace the romance of it. “The kids love it because everything is miniature,” says John. “The adults say, ‘I’ve always had this dream of living in a treehouse.’”

Wee homes like John’s are having a moment. As houses in Canada have continued to supersize – in 1975 the average home size was 1,050 square feet, but that figure had doubled by 2010 – many of us feel the allure of living in a pint-sized package. We tune into tiny home living shows and websites, in awe of the discipline it would take.

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After Marie-Kondo-ing our stuff, we imagine, we would get down to basics and live with just the bare necessities.

Today, the impulse is more about esthetics and eco-living than financial necessity, but the trend also builds on historical precedents such as diminutive postwar 1950s bungalows and the small mobile home communities that started sprouting in the 1960s.

Though intrepid souls like John do make it happen, it can be more challenging to build small than it is to go big these days. If you’re on the Niagara Escarpment or other protected lands, you may be completely out of luck. Many municipalities require a minimum dwelling size and some stipulate only one residence per property. If they do allow a secondary building, other factors can influence whether you gain approval – how much land you have (some areas, for instance, require a minimum of 25 acres before entertaining a second dwelling application), how your land is zoned, a maximum distance from the primary residence and your road, your plumbing plans and more.

To learn what is or isn’t allowed requires submitting plans and, usually, a few thousand dollars in application fees.

In Mono, if you’re building a home any bigger than John’s, the smallest you can go is slightly less than 800 square feet – if your application meets all other requirements. In Mulmur you are in theory allowed to build a guest cabin as small as about 215 square feet as a secondary dwelling. In Grand Valley the minimum for a “garden suite,” which is not considered a permanent residence, is about 377 square feet.

Though tiny homes are often designed to be temporary and off-grid, or with just a water hookup, many of these dwellings will be plumbed and use municipal services. As a result, potential owners will face all the associated dev­ elopment fees, costs and challenges of any on-grid home. continued on next page

Sculptor John Farrugia built a tiny home on his family property in Mono.

An outdoor kitchen, pizza oven, outhouse and sturdy wooden furniture expand his living space.

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So for most, until building codes get a makeover, living in a permanent pad of less than 400 square feet – the common definition of a tiny home – remains an elusive dream.

Still, it’s a dream kept alive around the edges with guest suites, bunkies and other temporary digs, which can be a whole lot of fun. As you drive through the picturesque village of Inglewood, for instance, it’s hard to miss the whimsical bunkie perched on the front field of Riverdale Farm and Forest. At first glance it looks like a covered wagon from a bygone era. It’s a delightful caravan reimagined as a functional bedroom on wheels.

“I always wanted my own caravan so that I could sleep out by the river, forest or field right on our own property,” says Susan Graham, who

owns the farm with her husband, Owen Goltz. She gets a dreamy look in her eyes when telling the tale. “Owen built it for me and I furnished and decorated it minimally and sustainably with salvaged items. I just love the peace and charm of the result.”

Sue and Owen originally used the caravan as extra lodging for guests who have come to learn about the couple’s approach to regenerative farming at Riverdale. When guests elect to hunker down in the bunkie, a separate toilet and shower outbuilding can be parked alongside to allow for a more complete lodging experience, and a propane-fired grill is available for cooking al fresco.

The duo soon realized there was another use for their creation.

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Gorgeous flowers and seasonal baskets. top Sue Graham of Riverdale Farm and Forest sits on the steps of her caravan-on-wheels. The caravan serves as sleeping quarters for visitors to the farm and a rental bunkie for neighbours in the village of Inglewood. left A Güte cabin at the Leisure Time Park near Palgrave.

will wheel the 8-by-12-foot bunkie to local backyards as a temporary private bedroom. With its pale blue walls, massive windows on two sides, vintage curtains and bedding, the bunkie is an attractive option, and it’s easy to understand why guests at a neighbour’s recently drew straws to see who would stay in the coveted space.

“It has been quite popular, especial­ ly to offer guests and hosts alike a bit more privacy than having someone sleep in the living room,” says Sue. “I can see adding a couple more bunkies, each with its own design and personal­ ity, to round out the fleet. Clearly I’m not the only one who simply doesn’t enjoy sleeping in a tent any longer!”

The couple has also started a tiny house club, open to new members.

The tent alternative has also taken root at Leisure Time Park near

Palgrave. For the past two years, the Jay family has offered Güte cabin rentals for between $79 and $99 a night. The 100-square-foot Scandichic cabins are handcrafted in nearby Maxwell to be minimalist but stylish, with room for four to sleep cozy and dry, and a pullout table that allows for playing board games and eating indoors. Cooking takes place outside, and washroom and shower facilities are available nearby in the park, just as they are for camping and RV patrons.

Like Susan Graham, Alyssa Marchment found herself captivated by the idea of living in a tiny house on wheels – and she’s building her own on a family member’s property in Milton.

The home boasts 200 square feet on the main level, with an additional 100 square feet of loft space. The Jill-of-all-trades continued on next page

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currently works part-time at GoodLot Farmstead Brewing Co. in Caledon, at a bakery in Burlington, and as a Reiki practitioner and yoga teacher. She hopes to rent space to park what will essentially be her mobile home on a rural property in Headwaters.

“The benefits of tiny home living include living a simple, if not easy, life,” says Alyssa. “My THOW (tiny house on wheels) will be fully off the grid, but with the ability to hook up to an external water source. Otherwise, it will be solar powered, heated with a woodstove with a propane furnace backup, and use a compost toilet plus rainwater catchment off the roof. This excites me but may scare off some others. I’m conscious of my environmental impact and this is just one of the ways I can help to reduce it.”

Alyssa already has some experience with living tiny, first at a very small studio apartment out west and then in an Airstream trailer at GoodLot for a few months while she worked as an intern. Although Alyssa has gratefully received tremendous support from family and friends, one of whom is a contractor with more than 35 years’ experience, she designed the entire home herself, incorporating a few favourite elements gleaned from tiny homes she has toured over the years.

She describes her house as “a home that’s all me.”

The lessons Alyssa has learned extend beyond building. “It can be mentally straining, being the sole driving force, involved in every single decision, including about things you don’t even quite understand yet, since every single part of this project is

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brand new,” she says.

For those interested in a smaller and more sustainable home while leaving the building to professionals, Kathy Ratchford of Contained Living in Caledon transforms shipping containers into functional, even glamorous homes. Last year she debuted one of them at the Toronto Fall Home Show.

Kathy points out that, where regulations allow, a shipping container home can enable grown children to live separately on their parents’ property. Likewise, aging parents can have a home close to family without sacrificing independence or forking out for costly assisted-living accommodations. Building costs range from $250 to $300 per square foot. Kathy’s show model is made of two 8-by-20-square-foot shipping

containers for a total of 320 square feet. The starting cost is $80,000.

And no, you wouldn’t be living in a rusty CN relic. The model home’s exterior is a deep charcoal grey accented with barn board. The interior features a gleaming white kitchen, a bright living space with a Murphy bed and full-size designer bathroom. Steel shipping containers resist rot and other weather ravages to which “stick houses,” as Kathy calls them, are subject. Other advantages are shorter construction timelines and a clean worksite.

No shipping container homes have yet been sold in Headwaters. In Caledon Kathy is bumping up against require­ ments that homes be a minimum of 1,200 square feet, a far cry from tiny.

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Orangeville councillor Grant Peters, an environmental advocate and green building expert, notes that at the root of local permitting issues is the Ontario Building Code, which specifies minimum room sizes for dwellings. And once these are sum­ med up, the totals usually surpass the threshold for a tiny home. A building official could conceivably rule favourably if it were shown that space was adequate after accounting for built-in furniture and storage, he says.

It’s a bit of a slog, but one that the future may require, especially in populated towns like Orangeville, he says. North America suffers from an unfortunate history of development, with a lack of properly planned density and a drive for size over quality. The councillor does, however, see a trend toward more innovative building solutions, especially in the housing market, including co-op housing, shipping containers and tiny homes.

“Orangeville, like Toronto, actually has a unique opportunity to take advantage of its long properties and laneways to accommodate more housing,” he says. “This will not please some people, but in the larger picture we have to understand that Orangeville is an urban centre, and we need to consider these types of solutions to prevent the sprawl into our neighbouring municipalities and farmland.”

If the regulatory obstacles can be minimized, he believes tiny homes will eventually make up a small portion of the traditional housing market. “As with most issues, a balance is often the best solution, so a combination of larger (condo/ co-op/rental buildings), medium (traditional single family homes and townhouses), and smaller (tiny) homes can suit the needs of a community our size.”

This combination would also address people’s space requirements as they evolve over their lifetimes.

John Farrugia’s tiny home suited him well when he was single, but now that he’s married he needs more space and proper plumbing. He and Carol, who has been bunking in the sleeping loft when she’s not working and staying in Toronto, are currently building a new 2,000-square-foot home on the same property. Here’s betting they’ll more than occasionally decamp to the tiny house as a reminder of the simple life.

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Eric Landman The ancient craft of dry stone walling is alive and well in Headwaters thanks to this busy local artisan.

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n the bustle of modern life, work and family, it’s not hard to lose track of a few hours. Or, let’s be honest, even which day of the week it is. But as I stand at a rugged stone wall topped with flowering sedum, I feel if I stared long enough I might find it hard to remember what century it is altogether.

The mesmerizing fairy tale-worthy wall, which curves through a private property in Caledon, is the handiwork of Grand Valley dry stone crafts­ man Eric Landman. Eric’s timeless works embody the craft’s ancient past, predating the pyramids.

He finished this project in 2017.

“This craft never goes out of style, and it blends in with the surrounding landscape,” says Eric. Dry stone structures are made without mortar or any fancy tools. A stone hammer and masonry chisel are just about all he uses. A small wall might take a week, larger jobs can stretch to several months.

(Pricing depends on the size of the project and location, and the rate is hourly, by the square foot or a blend of the two.)

The stones are local field rock such as granite and limestone, sourced as often as possible on job sites and used as-is. More intricate designs require square or rectangular stone from local quarries.

“I don’t know what I am going to build or what the design will be until I’ve had some time with the location to get a feel for it,” Eric says. “It’s also a conversation with the client to get a sense of their ideas, and then a design, a structure and even a type of energy emerges.” continued on next page

Dry stone waller Eric Landman stands on a private Caledon property where he has completed many walls and structures, including those on this and the next page. In a twist on the Scottish method of topping walls with sod, he used mats of sedum, a common green-roofing material.

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Eric is known for many public projects, including a new wall featuring a butterfly design in the Friendship Gardens near the cancer wing at Headwaters Health Care Centre. As he worked on that one, some patients thanked him for the peaceful sight. “Seeing the finished design was significant for them, and certainly moving for all of us working on the piece.”

Eric knows the feeling all too well. Perhaps his most famous local piece is the dedication wall featuring a Tree of Life at Dods & McNair Memorial Forest in Island Lake Conservation Area.

It is a memorial to Eric’s late wife, Kerry, who died of cancer in 2011. Eric constructed the wall with his son, Jordan Mason.

Now, Eric says laying stone has become akin to a habitual movement like walking. Although he consults style references for building walls, each one is also a unique puzzle. He looks for the ways in which the contours of each rock fit best in combination with others in particular sections, like a game of Jenga in reverse. Friction and gravity are key players.

Eric builds a wall layer by layer (course by course, in walling parlance). Often, the wall will be topped by some form of coping, in many cases flat rocks laid vertically. Since these walls were historically built to keep animals in, the heightened pressure per square inch of vertical rocks offers much needed rigidity to the wall.

Eric, who took his first training course with Port Hope expert and author John Shaw-Rimmington in 2004 in Campbellville, now holds leadership positions at Dry Stone Canada and organizes learning festivals for the group. The dry stone “moon gate” wall in the Alton Village Square was built during a recent gathering, as was the blackhouse on the Grand Valley farm where Eric grew up and still lives with his partner, Elaine O’Sullivan. His daughter, Rebecca, hosts dinners in the blackhouse as part of her food business, Landman Gardens and Bakery. Eric still remembers – not too fondly – picking stones here to clear farm fields.

“I have so much more respect for the stones now than when I was a kid.”

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Stitch fix The Dufferin Piecemakers Quilting Guild celebrates 25 years of community quilting on November 1 and 2 with its Silver Threads show at the Orangeville Agricultural Society Event Centre in Mono.

There will be quilts for sale, along with a commemorative booklet of 25 “Blocks of the Month,” one for each year the group has been in operation.

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From the mid-1870s until 1925, magistrate Joseph Pattullo had to pass sentence on a range of human foible and sin. The record suggests he usually judged the accused with fairness and sensitivity.

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oseph Pattullo, like other police magistrates of his time, was a local appointee, and that added a special challenge to his role. A person accused before his bench could well be a citizen he would normally greet on the street – a citizen like Joe Deighton, for example, dubbed “Jack the Hugger” by the local press.

Early in the winter of 1908, women walking in Orangeville after dark were being confronted suddenly by a man who would hug them fiercely, sometimes kiss them, often swear, and then run. The number of incidents grew with disturbing frequency until a 16-year-old girl pointed her finger at Joe, who was quickly arrested.

Joe was a young man employed by a town blacksmith. He denied the charge and, indeed, the evidence against him was somewhat wobbly.

Every witness wavered except for the girl who, when challenged to confirm her testimony, refused to repeat the swear words she had allegedly heard. Still, the whole town – police magistrate Joseph Pattullo’s town – was watching, which may explain why, despite a vigorous defence by Orangeville solicitor John Island, Joe was found guilty and sentenced to four months. Instead of sending him to the notorious Central Prison in Toronto, however, Pattullo let Joe serve the time in the far more relaxed Dufferin County Jail. (Of note: Following the trial, the huggings stopped.)

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Some sentences were heavy Pattullo didn’t hesitate to use Central Prison if he felt it warranted. When a pickpocket at the Orangeville Fair was nabbed at the very moment his hand was in the pocket of a lady’s skirt, and then vigorously resisted arrest, Pattullo sent him to Central for a year.

The Kingston Penitentiary also figured in Pattullo’s canon of punishments. Orangeville’s infamous Bob Cook got his first stint at KP in 1910 courtesy of Pattullo. Bob had received light sentences in a number of previous court appearances, but it seems nothing bothered Pattullo more than someone who failed to realize he had previously been given a break. A similar recipient of His Honour’s irritation was Joe Grasley, a well-known character in Dufferin and Peel who in 1909 got two years in KP. Grasley had scored a suspended sentence from Pattullo on a charge of theft, with the suggestion he leave the district. When he reappeared weeks later, again charged with theft, Pattullo came down hard.

Some taught a lesson Jail records show this P.M.’s sentences for larceny were quite harsh, and offences against king and country annoyed him, too. In 1912, when two new recruits to the 36th Peel Regiment failed to show up for mandatory training at Niagara, and

In Ontario, the police court, run by a police magistrate, dates back to 1849.

The system was established to deal with local issues, petty crime, property disputes and the like. It was considered a lower court because few magistrates had legal training. A typical P.M. was a mayor, reeve or other prominent citizen. But because the legislation governing magistrates was vague – and not fully clarified until the 1960s – many police magistrates took on expanded roles. During Pattullo’s tenure, possibly because he was a lawyer (his law practice in Orangeville overlapped his judicial role for quite some time), Orangeville’s police court often took on matters more typically reserved for upper court, such as major crime, civil suits, bigamy, assault and other matters usually the domain of judges.

then were found working for the CPR near Proton, they were charged with desertion. When it was revealed they had enlisted simply to get a uniform – free clothes – Pattullo added a civilian theft charge.

Some brought a smile If His Honour had Solomon-like qualities, they were often most evident in situations that seem trivial, but only once the dust settled. Such was the case of the wandering cow. Said cow, owned

by John Rusk of William Street, grazed its way onto the property of a feisty neighbour who not only came after the cow with an axe, but tried to use it on Rusk too. After a long, noisy hearing, Pattullo bound all parties over to keep the peace. No fines.

A similar peace bond was issued to a

group of brawling housewives. Their conflict began with a misunderstand­ ing, was further stirred by name calling, then escalated into an all-out kitchen battle that ended in multiple arrests.

On the other hand, a fine of $10 (with $30 in costs) suggests that Pattullo felt some behaviours needed a stern response. It was assigned to a man who tried to kiss a young woman while driving her to Waldemar in his buggy.

Many were tedious and sad Much of Pattullo’s work came under the heading of legal drudgery. The 1890-91 Dufferin County Jail records, for example, list P.M. Pattullo as the sentencing official in more than 90 per cent of the cases. Of these, the vast majority were vagrancy charges.

Whether Pattullo liked it or not, he

A matter of trust Joe Agnew’s habit of serenading Orangeville from the middle of Broadway after midnight had earned him a number of drunk and disorderly charges, though magistrate Joseph Pattullo consistently sentenced him with a light touch. In 1889, for instance, Joe bargained a six-month sentence down to 30 days by promising to be the jail cook for the period. In July 1891, though, Joe must have caught Pattullo on a bad day. Joe’s Dominion Day serenade on Broadway earned him another six months, non-negotiable. After a few days, however, Joe realized being in a cell would mean missing Orangemen’s Day, so wrote His Honour a letter promising to disappear permanently if he was released to celebrate the Glorious 12th. Pattullo agreed and Joe got out.

He marched in the parade and was not seen in Orangeville again.

had to participate in Dufferin County’s regrettable failure to establish a House of Refuge, and so indigents (and often the mentally ill) were sentenced to jail where they could be housed and fed. To his credit, newspaper reports suggest Pattullo was resolute in making the well-being of these unfortunates a priority.

Over that same period, in addition to the many cases he simply dismissed or settled by negotiation or an occasional scolding, he pronounced sentences for larceny (nine times), arson, illegal sale of liquor, assault, burglary and, surprisingly, just one drunk and disorderly. It was not a year of high drama and it was very typical.

Nobody’s perfect In a career so long and unbroken – and local – Pattullo inevitably ruffled feathers from time to time and even, albeit rarely, underwent official review. Usu­ ally when criticism was levelled, it was over dissatisfaction at the outcome of an issue, as in an April 1877 case aimed at closing a thriving brothel in town.

Technically, brothels were not illegal, and at the time, if they were quiet and discreet, Ontario communities would often tolerate them. Still, it’s no surprise there was intense opposition from key citizens described by the Orangeville Sun as “those whose brows are encircled by the coronet of virtue.” Following a customary procedure, Pattullo allowed

a charge of creating a disturbance, which was illegal. This enabled His Honour to fine “two interesting young ladies” (so described by the Sun) four dollars each and order them to leave the premises – and preferably the town.

However, the young ladies in ques­ tion simply relocated their business locally, causing a hit to Pattullo’s reputation that may have cost him the 1878 federal election when he stood as a Liberal candidate. The Shelburne Economist dismissed that theory, explaining Pattullo had simply “met the fate that usually befalls Liberal candidates in this neck of the woods.”

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A worthy legacy For the most part and for a very long time, P.M. Joseph Pattullo was held in high regard by a community where he also twice served as mayor, and was a councillor and member of the school board. In a tribute following his death in 1928 at age 92 (he had retired at 88), the Economist eulogized: “[he] had a rare understanding of human nature and … [was] a kindly man as many an unfortunate found when brought be­ fore him in his magisterial capacity.”

If it was Pattullo’s aim to balance punishment with fairness and sensi­ tivity, it seems he had succeeded.

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Did anyone get the joke?

Pattullo’s court was fully reported in all local papers, most prominently in the Orangeville Sun where James Foley Jr.’s colourful and ironic prose regularly inserted honorifics like P.M. Pattullo, Squire Pattullo and Cadi Pattullo. A cadi is a lower court judge in a Muslim community where Islamic religious law is followed.

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e are cleaning up from last night’s mayhem. I feel a little woozy as I survey the mess. There are drink glasses everywhere, dirty plates teeter on the counter, wet pool towels are strewn on chairs, and the house definitely needs an airing out. There’s a sweater I don’t recognize pushed behind a bed. I hold it up to my husband and raise a questioning eyebrow…

Okay, okay, it’s not what you think. What’s happening is simply a forensic analysis of a typical teenage sleepover.

It’s clean-up time. Blankets go back onto beds or are sorted for washing. The water glasses go in the dishwasher. Milk glasses pasted with cookie remnants go to the sink to soak. I gag a little, but I should be an expert in these investigations by now.

Next are the towels – how can two kids use so many towels? (Were there other kids sleeping over whom we have yet to find?) One dip in the pool by two kids has resulted in seven wet towels.

Seven! We pick them up and sort them into baskets headed for the lab (laundry room).

On to the cat. Little Bowie has joined the family in the past few months. He’s no stranger to this sleepover game, and the kids have tried to frame him as the perp for the extreme late night/early morning hijinks. I look at little Bowie, purring in

my hands as I pick him up (he has Automatic Purr built in, straight from the manufacturer). He looks innocent. Well, wait, his eyes close and his cat lips curl up – perhaps he was in on the racket. Were you part of this, little cat? He purrs on.

It’s time for a nap for everyone if you ask me, but no teen would ever admit to that. Okay then, time to pack up and get the sleepy friend home before things go sideways. What do kids bring for sleepovers these days, you might wonder? This one has a full-sized monitor in its original box, an Xbox, controllers and chargers. There may be a toothbrush inside the box, but I have my doubts (priorities).

As we drive into town, the hum of the road immediately begins to lull Adrian and his friend into head-snapping zone. For all the talking they were doing at 3 a.m., they are quiet now.

I recall how special it was for me to have a friend

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for a sleepover. Extra-late bedtime was one of the benefits, if there was bedtime at all. Often the already late “Lights out!” from my mom just led to hushed tones, but we still chatchat-chatted til dawn.

Having a friend over, the excite­ ment and anxiety of sharing your space, was such a thrill. It was a way to forge closeness, avoid boredom and set your own rules.

In my case, because I was always interested in decorating, we would make my room over into whatever our imaginations could devise – a dance studio, a cat maze, an art studio, a clothing exchange or salon.

As a young girl living in the country, with a brother who was quite a bit older, I could escape the tedium of the long weekend, or the long summer, even if it was just for a day or two.

And going to a sleepover was also a thrill. What to take? Were PJs cool or just embarrassing past a certain age when your friends are sleeping in T-shirts and shorts? What about medicines or retainers, or the dreaded dental headgear – ugh, just one night off, please! There was also the thrill of seeing inside someone else’s fridge. Organized? Smelly?

Interesting things you’d never tried?

(Whatever you do, though, don’t drink the milk – I promise, it never tastes the same as at home.)

We arrive in town to drop off Adrian’s friend at his house. The boys have barely said a word and I start to think they are either in a coma or something has gone wrong.

“Everything okay?” I ask. “Yeah, why?” responds Adrian. He explains everything is fine, but they want to be in their own space for a bit. I get it, I tell him. They must be sick of each other by now. “Nope,” he says.

Back home, we finish tidying and I think Adrian is going to conk out – until I see him setting up his room, wiping down his desk, and organizing snacks and water in front of his screen. “Aren’t you tired?” I ask. “And what about dinner?” “I’ll be late for dinner,” he says. “We’re meeting up to play online.”

Bethany Lee is a freelance writer who lives in Orangeville.

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hear that Her Majesty the Queen has a very lucrative side hustle. We all have an idea of what the Queen’s day job entails, but as the owner of racehorses, she has reportedly raked in a cool $9.4 million (U.S.) in winnings over the past three decades. Not bad for a second job.

The idea of diving into a new, or perhaps postponed, area of interest after retirement is alluring. Though younger generations often use the side hustle to help make ends meet, monetary gain isn’t necessarily the prime motivator as we reach our senior years. When we no longer have a day job, it’s more about using our time constructively, doing what we like to do, and perhaps shifting our focus from commerce to community.

Take Janice Partington, a former marketing executive. Janice practised yoga most of her adult life, and in her late 50s she took the 200-hour training course for yoga teachers. With retirement approaching she began to

The Queen’s race horse hobby has reportedly netted her about $9.4 million.

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olite and soft spoken, Bill Hayes is centre stage when he’s in the playground at Alton Public School – despite the eight-decade age difference between him and the children who clamour around him. Students vie for the attention of the 86-year-old or look to him to solve problems. And he loves every minute of it.

Bill spent his early childhood on a farm property that is now the Caledon Riding and Hunt Club on the Third Line (now Creditview Road). His father was a stonemason, but through the Depression years the entire family worked to augment his earnings by raising cows, pigs and chickens, and tending a large garden.

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own. When he reached Saskatchewan, he hired himself out as a farmhand for the summer, then returned home to work at odd jobs before launching a career in the trucking industry.

Thirty accident-free years as a long-haul commission trucker followed. The truck belonged to his employer, but Bill maintained it and hauled loads in return for a percentage of the freight sales. It was a good living for his family, and Bill developed a deep love of Canada during his long weeks on the road.

Bill never turns down an opportunity to hug a horse, has enjoyed competing in the odd rodeo, is working on his second novel, and built much of the furniture in the home where he lives with his wife.

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teach the meditative practice, and after retiring, with more time to devote to what turns her on, she has become a sought-after instructor. This spring her series of men’s classes even morphed into a golf tune-up session. For Janice, teaching yoga is a way of keeping herself active, both physically and mentally.

She is constantly learning, motivated and inspired. On top of that, she donates class fees to various charities, even soliciting input from her students about which charity should benefit.

Types of side gigs are endless. Con­ sider the possibility of becoming a pet sitter, a Lyft or Uber driver, a personal concierge, or a lunchroom supervisor at your local school. Or how about starting a niche podcast, or becoming a beekeeper or event planner? A friend is considering selling some of her artwork for use on cellphone cases.

Whatever it is, it should be fun, and something you look forward to doing.

Classical music has always been an important part of Gordon Morton’s life. As a boy he sang in his church choir, and he has been a community choir member for most of his adult life. Gordon’s 35-year career as an IT

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countryside affair! executive still had a few years to run when he recognized his opportunity to retire to something, and stepped up to the challenge of bringing live chamber music concerts to the Caledon area.

For its first few years, the newly named Caledon Chamber Concerts was financed solely by Gordon – perhaps this was a reverse side-hustle?

– but with more free time after his retirement in 2005, the concert series became a major focus. CCC was esta­ blished as a not-for-profit corporation, grant applications were made and a website was created as the organization slowly became a viable entity.

Originally, Gordon sought musi­ cians willing to perform in the five concerts he puts together every season, but now the musicians come to him.

Gordon has managed to combine his love of music with an opportunity to contribute to his community – and his audiences appreciate the chance to enjoy first-class chamber concerts close to home.

And then there is Palgrave’s Randy Pitcher, known locally as “Computer Captain,” a retired airline pilot turned indispensable neighbour­ hood com­puter-support guy. And Joan McDonald of Mono, a retired regis­tered nurse, now doing health

assessments, usually triggered by change, for seniors and their families.

I wonder how many seats in the Canadian Senate are filled by the side-hustle crowd.

Although becoming a different version of yourself can be downright terrifying, it can also be extraordinarily empowering. Emotional intelligence, which provides the framework for holding your own hand when things get challenging or confusing, might just be the key to navigating a signi­ ficant life change with grace.

If we take stock of the internal and external support systems we have in place, and make adjustments where necessary, we set ourselves up for suc­ cess. And if we fail, there is yet another person within us, ready to emerge.

We can’t expect side hustles to be as lucrative as they are for royalty, but perhaps it’s enough if they enable us to stay engaged and active. And it’s a bonus if we’re able to use them to contribute to our community.

I’m reminded of Russian dolls.

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During a walk through his Alton neighbour­hood a few years ago, he struck up a conversa­tion with one of the teachers at the local ele­mentary school. She suggested he might enjoy helping some of the students learn to read. “Mr. Bill” had found his next calling.

Along with helping the children to read, Bill supervises the school’s lunchroom and playground.

The Peel District School Board recently recognized his natural connection with the students by honouring him with an Award of Excellence.

Always active, Bill says, “You’ve got to keep going.

If you get out of the habit of doing things, eventually you lose your will and end up sitting around all day.

Then there’s a funeral.”

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he grand Victorian exterior of Sandy and Peter Reeves’ Hillsburgh farmhouse has changed little since it was built in 1876. Its tall, double-paned front doors, matching bay windows and graceful side porch still open onto gently sloped lawns. The Coningsby branch of the Women’s Institute was founded here in 1906, and it’s easy to picture members meeting for charity work, quilting bees and summer garden parties. As time went by, when the women met, their husbands convened on the porch to listen to

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CBC, the new national radio station.

The men would often compile a report of their analysis of the news and send it along to the broadcaster.

Sandy and Peter have been gleeful keepers of these and other intriguing historical details since they bought the home in 2016, curating a small gallery of vintage photos and documents in their black and gold panelled foyer.

But they’ve also added an entirely contemporary twist to the character of the property. The women (and men) who mill about the property today are clad in relaxed exercise gear, ready to

stretch it out in the new eco-friendly Pilates studio. The couple built the studio in 2017 to house Sandy’s growing business, Pond Side Pilates.

“It’s the same as it was in the past – it was and is a meeting place. I just love sharing this property,” says Sandy.

“People enjoy the serenity here. Nature is such a good healer.”

The Reeves and their two daughters moved across the pond from England in 2007 when Peter, a software engineer, accepted a job with Research in Motion in Waterloo, Ontario. After settling in Bright, near Woodstock,

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the Hampshire natives craved living near water and began searching for a new home. This property’s two ponds, created in 1973, fit the bill. One is 16 feet deep for swimming and fishing, the other features a small island complete with a church steeple folly.

The clincher was the feeling of home that washed over them when they first stepped onto the home’s creaky floorboards. “As soon as I walked through these doors, I felt like I was in England,” Sandy recalls of those floors, the formal layout and the deepcontinued on next page

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above A stunning 1850 Louis XV-style chandelier hangs above the curved central staircase. above right The foyer to the Reeves’ home features antique English furniture and personal and historical mementos. near right Fragments of the previous owners’ wallpaper have been preserved. The pattern is almost identical to a tea set displayed nearby. centre The country kitchen

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set front windows. “I no longer felt like an Englishman abroad. We had found our little piece of England here. And I could see where all my old English furniture would go.”

And there was another good sign.

Although the creamy yellow wallpaper in the formal dining room was peeling and damaged, the bird and branch pattern was nearly identical to an heirloom tea set Sandy treasured.

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saved two panels of wallpaper flanking a bay window and framed them with moulding. The tea set sits nearby, ready for the tale.

Other thoughtful moments, populated by historical and personal mementos, sit around each corner.

One commemorates Sandy’s dance background, with porcelain ballerinas next to her grandfather’s 1920s and ’30s officers’ mess dance cards. A china shelf features a jolly King George teacup. And the upstairs landing

is home to Sandy’s collection of whimsical fairy figurines.

But hands down, the show-stopping collectible here is the giant Baccarat crystal chandelier. It hangs above the elegantly curved staircase that rises in the centre hall facing the formal front doors. The Reeves added the stunner after moving in – and after its sellers, Beaver Mills Design in Erin, conducted a site visit to make sure it had a secure ceiling attachment.

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made of handcrafted glass, crystal ornaments and brass rosettes, was one of only two ever made. The other reportedly hung in designer Yves Saint Laurent’s New York City penthouse.

Away from the glitz, the kitchen is the true centre of the house. Designed to recall an English tea room, its wide wooden floors, large centre island and soft pink walls are where Sandy follows her passion for baking under the watchful eye of Mango, the yellow

rescue budgie. Today it’s going to be a rhubarb pie.

“I love old-fashioned baking,” Sandy says. Her favourites include proper English scones, rosewater-tinged rice pudding (served hot, the English way, thank you very much) and her take on a Victoria sand­w ich, a traditional sponge cake with jam and cream.

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Pilates studio, a short walk from the house. With a background in dance and ballet – and a short detour into teaching the Jane Fonda workout method in the 1980s – Sandy embraced her current practice after a spinal cord injury left her unable to walk 20 years ago. After she had spinal fusion surgery, her rehab physiotherapists introduced her to Pilates, which uses small, precise exercises to strengthen and realign the muscles of the body.

“My recovery was quite lengthy, but with patience, physiotherapy and Pilates, I began to regain my normal ability to move,” she says. “In the

process I fell in love with Pilates and its powerful ability to improve and correct one’s movements.”

The studio was built by Barriebased barn craftsmen Dutch Masters, who had previously restored a small barn on the property. The roughly 700-square-foot studio sits on helical piles so as not to disturb the landscape.

The airy, one-room space is filled with mats and workout balls in shades of blue and pale green, and looks out over the deeper of the two ponds as an ultra-Zen focal point. “It has the feel and the serenity and the calmness,” Sandy says of the genius location. continued on next page

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However, the calm is occasionally broken by visiting kingfishers and herons that sweep by and set her class atwitter. One day, three herons landed on the pond as if to check out the goings-on. “I had to say, ‘Let’s focus,’” says Sandy, recalling the day. “But it did add a fun element.”

Her clients – most of whom are nearby neighbours, many of them professional riders – come to soothe their own aches and pains. As one regular put it on a recent visit, “We do all this work on horses but not on ourselves. It’s amazing how much better Sandy makes us feel.”

In addition to weekly classes, Sandy offers full-day retreats, with food supplied by Erin’s Mejores Foods and Holtom’s Bakery. Participants also jump at the chance to take a sauna, swim in the pond and walk the property. In the winter Sandy adds snowshoeing to the mindful mix.

As she shares her vision, she offers favourite tenets of founder Joseph

Recent guests at one of Sandy Reeves’ Pilates retreats enjoyed this mouthwatering luncheon spread by Erin’s Mejores Foods and Holtom’s Bakery.

Pilates. One is “You are as old as your spine is flexible.” Another, “Change happens through movement and movement heals.”

The latter idea helps explain both her own and her clients’ improved health, but it also captures the broader effect of a family finding a balm for their expatriate souls. As Sandy builds her practice, Peter continues to commute to Waterloo, but now to young tech company Riot Micro.

Artist daughter Hayley, 28, lives in London, Ontario, and 21-year-old show jumper Olivia, who was home for the summer, has returned to her studies in neuroscience at the University of Toronto.

“It’s all working. I am at home and happy in Canada,” says Sandy.

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Professionally landscaped, large pond. Only 10 mins to Hwy 400 on new 5th Line exit. $1,595,000

TRUE RETREAT IN BLUE MOUNTAINS 7624 sq ft of luxuriously handcrafted resort style living space offering unlimited freedom on 73 acres of escarpment. 6 bedrooms (2 masters/ensuite), 5 baths, an indoor pool, and salt-water hot tub. The opportunities are endless! $3,200,000

MULTI-FAMILY GATED ESTATE HOME ON 10 ACRES 5000 sq ft custom built, all brick, clay tile roof. Large principle room, 4 spacious bedrooms each with own ensuite and multiple walkouts to balcony to enjoy the views. 2 sunrooms, 2 kitchens, separate entrance, sauna. Small barn with water and hydro, storage sheds. Enbridge gas available. Builder’s own home. Minutes to Highway 9 and 50, 45 minutes to Toronto Pearson Airport. $1,595,000

PRIVATE 18 ACRES IN ADJALA Winding tree-lined drive to stone estate bungalow. Beautifully landscaped. Lower level with 3 bedrooms and walkout to yard. Heat pump for cooling. Solar panels creating income. Pond with pebble beach. $995,000

A PIECE OF HISTORY Estate sale of Century farm with Ontario farmhouse, bank barn and drive shed on 92+ rolling acres. Mins from Highway 9 & 50. Mature hrdwd forest & approx 75 acres workable. Perfect hobby farm/home-based business. $1,995,000

COUNTRY LIVING AT ITS FINEST Custom 2844 sq ft stone home on 33.50 acres with spring-fed pond, trails, heated studio, greenhouse, 22 acres workable land. Inside features antique hemlock floors, open concept family room with wood fireplace, eat-in kitchen with granite. $1,199,000

9.7 ACRES IN KING Beautiful rolling countryside property. Corner lot with 2 road frontages. Sprawling solid brick walkout bungalow with lots of room for large or extended family. Close to Schomberg and Nobleton. $1,250,000

25 ACRES IN ADJALA Nature lovers, looking for your own private park? Varied vistas, walking trails, mature landscape. Charming raised bungalow with 3 bdrms and 2 baths. Escape the gridlock! No additional cottage traffic required. $1,095,000

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FAMILY HOME IN MONO MILLS 150x200 ft fenced lot. Open concept bungalow with living/dining/kit combo. Master has 4-pc semi ensuite. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, basement also open concept w/ rec rm, fireplace, 2nd kit, 3-pc bath and sep entry. Caledon $619,900

ON THE RIVER – HOCKLEY VALLEY Open concept, set well back, recently added covered porch, great rm w/ hrdwd flrs, crown moulding & fireplace. Kit w/ hrdwd flrs & quartz counter. W/o to deck from master suite w/ 5-pc bath. 2nd bdrm w/ 2-pc bath. Mono $1,099,000

PICTURESQUE SETTING IN MONO Paths to ingrnd pool & pergola w/ gazebo, fieldstone walkways, waterfall feature, hot tub.

18.2 acres, forest, stream, 3+2-bdrm bungalow.

Mstr w/ 7-pc ens, w/i closet, kit w/ slate floors, island and combo fam rm. Mono $1,599,000

CUSTOM ESTATE HOME IN ERIN Winding drive through forest. 50 acs, 3 bdrms, 5 baths, great rm w/ cathedral ceilings, multi w/o’s leading to flagstone walks & patios. Main floor master luxury suite, fin bsmt, chef’s kit, hrdwd flrs & wood-burning fp. Erin $1,850,000

PALGRAVE LEGACY PINES Views of the golf course, maintained lawns, forest, trails. Bungalow w/ 2 bdrms, 2 baths, hrdwd flrs throughout o/c kit/din/great rms. Close to Bolton, 1-car grg, rear deck, full bsmt. Whisk away when you please. Caledon $749,900

10 FLAT ACRES IN CALEDON Set well back w/ pool, high speed internet, generator. Close to hospital, shopping, coffee shops but still in the country. Generous rms, kit w/ granite tops, geothermal heating, 1 main flr bdrm, fin bsmt, 2-car grg. Caledon $1,224,999

CALEDON ESTATE LIVING 25 rolling, forested acres, 2 ponds, open style 3+2-bdrm bungalow, kit & bath renovated, fin bsmt w/ sep entry. All season entertainment: salt water pool, trails, barn, greenhouse, workshop, heated 4+ grg. Caledon $2,599,000

INGLEWOOD BEAUTY Kit w/ granite tops, island, built-in dbl ovens, gas top, open to fam rm w/ built-ins & gas fp.

Upper baths redone. Fin bsmt w/ rec rm, games rm, cold cellar. 3-car grg, shop, potting & storage sheds, gazebo. Caledon $1,590,000

COUNTRY LIVING IN CALEDON Lrg deck, 16x16 gazebo, det 2-car grg. Modern kit w/ s/s appl & granite top, open to living rm.

6-pc bath w/ heated flrs, fam rm w/ woodstove, bar & w/o to porch. Upgrades to most windows, concrete driveway. Caledon $1,049,000

LIVE/WORK/PLAY IN CALEDON Studio/workshop w/ fin loft, lrg bank barn for storage, att 2-car grg, resort style i/g pool.

Upgraded 4-bdrm home w/ granite, slate, oak, Corian, crown mouldings, hardwood, the works.

15.88 acres of land. Caledon $1,329,000

ON THE EDGE OF BOLTON Rebuilt w/ full foundation, add’n & w/o bsmt.

1.38 acs, paved drive, o’sized 2-car grg w/ att insulated workshop + 40x33 2-storey barn w/ office space. Home has 3 bdrms, mstr w/ 4-pc ens. Deck & screened rm. Caledon $1,149,500

WONDERFUL PALGRAVE HOME Custom 4 bdrm, 78x299 ft lot backing onto Humber River, open concept 1st flr w/ sep dining rm, soaring ceilings in living & fam rms, 16’ high double sided fp, 3rd flr loft, master w/ 4-pc ensuite, quality built home. Caledon $1,298,000

GREAT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY Outbuilding is approx 4000 sq ft w/ 200 amp power, heating system & bath. Currently a woodworking shop & showroom. Work in the outbuilding & rent the charming reno’d school house. Main road exposure. Mono $899,900

LAND IN THE MULMUR HILLS 9.66 acres close to Mansfield ski hills. Open field w/ backdrop of hrdwd forest has been maintained for 20 yrs. Trails through woods for hiking & trails in area for snowmobiling. On a sideroad, limits traffic & makes it quiet. Mulmur $449,000

23 ACRES OF LAND IN MONO Pretty treed property w/ mixture of natural forest, reforested sections, pond. Would be an exceptional building site for your custom home & is a nature lovers paradise. Use your imagination and consider the possibilities. Mono $719,000

LAND NEEDED, PRICES HAVE NEVER BEEN BETTER If you own land and you have considered selling, call now. One acre parcels are in great demand and others.

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3 houses surround 8-acre lake with beach and fishing pier. 50 acres. $5,900,000

400 ACRES, MONO One of the most scenic properties in Mono.

4 divided lots totalling 400 acres. 2 century homes, gate house, immaculate barns, rivers, ponds and rolling fields. $7,500,000

HORSESHOE HILL LAKE, CALEDON 106 acres of pure country bliss! South views over dock and 40-acre private lake. 2nd house.

Serene country retreat. Inquire.

MAPLE LANE FARM, MONO 71 acres with 1837 stone house + elegant 2-bedroom guest house. Private setting. Pond.

Barn. 3-bay workshop. AAA location. $2,499,000

7 BRIARWOOD DR, CALEDON Estate home with 6000+ sq ft of living space.

4 acres. Premier lot. Tamarack Estates. $2,199,000

REDESIGNED HOME, CALEDON Newly designed interiors. Exceptional country estate. Main residence with 10 bdrms, indoor pool, underground parking. Multiple guest houses. Trout pond. Serene setting. $14,995,000

RIDGEFIELD, MONO 80 acres overlooking Hockley Valley.

Stunning home, coach house, trails, pond.

Nottawasaga River. $3,399,000

BEECH GROVE HALL, CALEDON Custom-built bungalow + 4-bay garage with loft apartment. Privately sited country home on 46 acres. High-efficiency and high-calibre build. $3,399,000

EWING HOUSE, HOCKLEY VALLEY Picturesque 51 acres. Restored 1863 4-bdrm house + 1-bdrm coach house. Amazing office/ studio/lounge building. 6-stall barn. Resort caliber pool. 3-car garage. Pond. $2,999,000

HARRIS LAKE, CALEDON 101 acres with private Kettle Lake. Elegant New England style home + guest bunkie, restored century barn with wine room, workshop, tennis, country gardens and miles of trails. New price!

WOOD CROWN FARM, MONO 4 bedroom restored Victorian house, pool, organic gardens and separate log cabin. $1,420,000

MAPLE COTTAGE, THE GRANGE Nestled amongst soaring trees in The Grange Equestrian community. English garden. Near skiing, riding, golf. 2.5 acres. Caledon. $1,695,000

BLOUNT SCHOOLHOUSE, MONO Lovingly restored country property with nearly six acres of walking trails, hidden country gardens. New great room with 13’ ceilings.

Open concept country kitchen. $1,298,000

25 ACRES, ADJALA Renovated walkout bungalow. Pool. Pond with waterfall. Hiking trails. Peaceful setting.

Asking $1,899,000

24 ACRES, MULMUR Immaculately maintained 3-bedroom home.

Open concept kitchen, 2 fireplaces. Beautiful pond.

Asking $1,150,000

BROOK FARM, EAST GARAFRAXA 97-acre farm. Renovated 1902 4-bedroom home with new kitchen and baths. Large fieldstone fireplace. Fully restored bank barn. $1,490,000

VICTORIAN HOUSE, ORANGEVILLE Renovated Victorian house in the centre of Orangeville. Can be used as single residence or mix of residential and commercial.

Ample parking. $979,000

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THE PERFECT ESCAPE 54 acres showcasing spectacular views, paved road, spacious farmhouse, original bank barn and detached drive shed with insulated workshop area. Kitchen with Heartland cookstove, walkout to sunroom and adjacent dining room. Barns and land suitable for horses/livestock. $1,299,000

EXCITING FARM PROPERTY – 98 ACRES 80 acres workable plus 3 solar panels. Located north of Belwood on paved road. Includes bank barn, heated workshop and drive shed. Farmhouse has 4 bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths, main floor laundry, geothermal heating and attached single car garage. $1,349,000

SURE TO IMPRESS Ideal equestrian property on a sprawling 112 acres in the heart of Mono. Features open meadows, ravine, mixed forest and spectacular views over the Hockley Valley, 2 barns, indoor riding arena, paddocks, drive shed, original farmhouse and separate auxiliary residence. $1,799,900

A FEEL GOOD FAMILY HOME On 10 acres in Amaranth, paved road and minutes to Orangeville. Sprawling bungalow, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, over 3500 sq ft of living space on main level with 10ft ceilings plus 4-car garage. Master bedroom has double door entry and walkout to porch. Plus rear sunroom with walkout to yard. $949,900

VIEWS OVER MULMUR 41 acres just 2 km north of Hwy 89 & .5 km from paved road. Rolling land, treed, trails & mixed forest. Great proximity to restaurants, hiking, area village and major highways. Enjoy peace & tranquility on this property. $579,900

LIVING IS EASY In this impressive 2-storey penthouse condo in Orangeville. Approx 1545 sq ft liv space, lrg kit w/ pass thru to liv/din rm combo. Plus w/o to priv, open terrace. Upper lvl mstr w/ 6-pc ens.

Sep laundry, 2nd bdrm w/ full bath. $599,900

FULL OF POTENTIAL Impressive 45-acre parcel of land offers open meadows, mixed bush, large pond as well as a site for that special home. Approximately 15 km from Orangeville. $599,900

HOW ABOUT THE SERENITY On this 44 acres on paved road. Features mixed bush, open meadow and spring-fed pond. Driveway is in to the property at north end. Ready to build your dream home. $595,000

OPPORTUNITY AWAITS 133.66 ft x 82.50 ft, zoned institutional. Located in area of mixed used properties – commercial/ retail, medical/dental offices & residential.

Approx 2400 sq ft per level bsmt has kit, abovegrade windows & washroom facilities. $999,900

JUST RIGHT Looking for a bungalow? This well maintained home has main floor living rm, open to dining rm, spacious kitchen and w/o to private rear patio.

Master bdrm enjoys 4-pc ens. Lower level offers loads of additional living space. $499,999

BUILD YOUR COUNTRY ESTATE 40 acres in central Amaranth. Mature trees on perimeter, existing driveway, level land on north side and is currently in hay. Ravine at rear overlooking Willow Creek crosses thru.

Drilled well. $526,000

GREAT COMMERCIAL PLAZA One level, just 9 years old, quality custom construction and well maintained. The building has 4 units fully tenanted with great annual income. Centrally located in the Town of Shelburne. $1,999,900

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1 ACRE, CALEDON VILLAGE 4200 sq ft, renovations galore. Private property on a cul-de-sac, stunning entertainers backyard with inground pool and cabana. $1,799,000

3.7+ ACRES, CEDAR DRIVE, CALEDON 2400 sq ft, finished basement with walkout. 2 large ponds, custom open concept kitchen. Inground pool, home theatre. 4-acre lot next door available for sale – inquire. $1,699,000

.95 ACRE, BELFOUNTAIN, CALEDON 3500 sq ft all brick home with 4+2 bedrooms. Custom open concept kitchen, 4-car garage with loft, concrete basement, oak flooring. Many, many upgrades. $1,599,000

2 ACRES, BELFOUNTAIN, CALEDON Colonial Style on prestigious estate style development. 4 bedrooms, bathrooms renovated, open concept great room/kitchen. Granite, many upgrades, generator. $1,499,000

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PEACEFUL OASIS IN HOCKLEY Exceptional westerly views of the Mono countryside with spectacular pool, cabana and outdoor seating areas. Spacious light filled, fully renovated chef’s kitchen. The great room boasts soaring ceilings with hardwood floors and floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace. $1,499,000

HOCKLEY VALLEY COUNTRY ESTATE 88 acres of rolling hayfields and hardwood bush with majestic views overlooking the Hockley Valley.

Exceptional property with main house plus century stone house offering 9 bdrms, 9 baths and renovated barn for events. Professionally landscaped with stone walls and swimming pool. $4,350,000

LINDEN LANE FARM Renovated farmhouse on 52 acres with southerly views in the heart of Mono on Mono Centre Road.

Outbuilding and barn with the Nottawasaga River flowing on the south-west border of the property.

4-bedroom farmhouse offers views of pool and stunning perennial gardens. $1,399,000

CALEDON COUNTRY GETAWAY ON THE GRANGE Reproduction custom country home situated on 42 rolling acres with a private setting overlooking a picturesque spring-fed pond. This 4-bedroom, 4-bathroom country home with a wood-burning fireplace is a perfect getaway from the city. $2,599,900

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TOTTENHAM INVESTMENT LAND 173 acres abutting employment lands with natural gas, sewer, and water connections at the road. $10,000,000

PRE-COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL 145 acres situated amongst developer owned lands. 1 lot south of draft approved commercial/industrial zoning. $6,000,000

DEVELOPERS/INVESTORS This 93 acre land abuts draft approved commercial/industrial lands in Alliston. $6,000,000

PRE-DEVELOPMENT LAND 108 acres presently workable farmland Y surrounded by housing N A L Lowned I Odeveloper D I T$4,500,000 lands.

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TOTTENHAM INVESTMENT 105 acres close to new developments. Has large sections of workable land, bush and stream. $4,000,000

BEETON WOODED PARADISE Renovated bungalow w/ walkout on 4 private acres + large 3 car garage/shop with completely self contained apartment. $1,495,000

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME 62 acres of vacant land located between the growing towns of Beeton and Tottenham. $2,400,000

INVESTMENT PROPERTY 50 acres plus a house, barn and pond located Y close to new housing developments O N A L Lin south N D I T I$2,000,000 C OTottenham.

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POTATO FARM LAND 93 acres partially tiled with an irrigation permit close to Alliston in the heart of the growth area between Beeton and Alliston. $1,995,000

ALLISTON EQUESTRIAN FARM Quiet private enjoyment awaits on this 26 acre Y L Lhome.

Century parcel of paradise with ITIONA C O N D$1,500,000

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DEVELOPERS/ INVESTORS 100 acre Cookstown property sitting high up with views to the south for miles with workable land, trees and pond. $1,495,000

CENTURY HOME Mulmur, overlooking a stream-fed pond, this once B&B sprawling Century home has a full kennel, shop and studio building. $1,099,000

LORETTO LAND DIVISIBLE 100 acres, the Nottawasga River runs thru allowing for severance into 2 parcels, A L LY65 and ON T I$1,195,000 I D N 35 acres.

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BEETON PRE-DEVELOPMENT LAND Highly coveted area for investment. 100 acs in the development corridor btwn Beeton & Alliston not on the Oak Ridges Moraine. $1,650,000

SOUTH ADJALA LAND PARCEL Corner parcel of 90 acres on 5th Sideroad, south Adjala. Mostly workable land, perfect for a new house and barn. $1,495,000

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME 50 acres of beautiful country property.

Re-build or tear down the existing house to build in the area of Hockley Valley. $749,000

HILL TOP INVESTMENT Adjacent to developer owned lands on the side and rear of this 62 acre land parcel. Has a large bungalow to use or rent. $2,400,000

CUSTOM BUILT 10 ACRES Truly idyllic newer custom built dream home on a 10 acre hardwood bush + stream with 3 car garage and loft ready to finish. $1,395,000

HOBBY HORSE FARM Essa hobby horse farm with updated bungalow, finished basement, 5 stall stables, 5 paddocks. Hard to find for only $849,000

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Ann Shanahan Sales Representative

Your Home TEAM Advantage 905-713-7233 AnnShanahan.com

Real Estate Centre Inc., Brokerage Independently Independently O Owned wned & Op Operated e ra t e d

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5027 NINTH LINE, ERIN 40 acs w/ walking trails through the forest, 3 sep liv quarters all above ground, heated shop w/ hydro & water, long paved driveway, pond, swimming pool, handicapped access. All this just south of town on a paved road. $1,599,000

5110 TENTH LINE, ERIN Sensational 10 acs with swimming pond & 2 houses. Dive, swim and zip line in the pond, explore the oasis in the forest, then the house!

Two complete living spaces with tons of privacy.

Sit back, listen to the birds chirp. $1,775,000

330 BUSH STREET, CALEDON Spectacular 2700 sq ft bungalow with walkout bsmt. This home will impress even the pickiest buyer! High end appliances and upgrades throughout on one-acre lot, paved road minutes from Erin and Belfountain. $1,689,000

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5837 EIGHTH LINE, ERIN Elegant country living on 1.5-ac lot on paved road surrounded by farmers’ fields. Vaulted ceilings, granite counters, open concept! W/o to amazing deck. Mstr w/o to hot tub nook. 3-bay grg, mud/laundry rm, w/o bsmt. $1,399,000

5420 TENTH LINE, ERIN Secluded, quiet, surrounded by nature, this private 3500 sq ft, 4-bedroom home is truly inspiring! A masterpiece inside & out w/ a river running through the back of the property. Paved road & easy commute to the GTA! $1,169,000

9361 NINTH SIDEROAD, ERIN 2-ac private oasis for those wanting a peaceful, private setting close to everything. True bungalow, 4 bdrms with over 3000 sq ft living space. Pool, decorative pond & a great fire pit for those fun summer night bonfires! $1,130,000

6 CREDIT RIVER ROAD, ERIN Landscaped grounds backing onto green space w/ mature trees. Quiet executive subdivision w/ country space but walk to town. 4-bdrm bungalow w/ excellent floor plan to meet the needs of a busy professional family. $1,090,000

A RARE FIND! 6 sensational acres with a cleared building lot, surrounded by nature. This private lot has a forest for hiking and it backs onto the Eramosa River. Come for a walk and see where you can build your dream home. $599,000

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BEECHGROVE SDRD, CALEDON Gracious country living with room for all!

Meticulously updated 4-bdrm red brick, century farmhouse with board & batten & stone addition on 59 acres. Bank barn, arena, paddocks & 2 swimmable ponds. $1,950,000

COUNTY ROAD 1, ADJALA Close but feels like far away! Priv, expansive, updated 3+1-bdrm bungalow w/ w/o bsmt.

Lovely in-law suite w/ kitchenette, 3-pc ens.

W/o to grdns. Massive bsmt w/ high ceilings, gym & rec rm. 45 mins to Pearson. $1,250,000

3RD LINE E, MULMUR Terrific views at this private equine paradise!

Updated 3-bdrm, 2-storey home with walkout basement on 24.62 acres. 7-stall barn, paddocks, hayfield, hrdwd bush with trails complete the outdoor package. $1,199,900

WILLOW CRES, MONO Shows 10+! Professionally upgraded throughout. 3+1 bedroom, finished basement, 3-car garage, large private pool-size lot with beautiful gardens. Walking distance to Conservation and school. $1,038,000

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MISSISSAUGA ROAD, CALEDON Magnificent masterpiece with views on 25+ acres. 5000+ sq ft home, 5 bedrooms each with ensuite, designer kitchen with granite and built-in cabinetry. Hardwood throughout, gym, wine cellar, 3-car garage, pool complex with outdoor kitchen and more! $3,850,000

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THE RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT Unique country retreat with extensive addition and renovations. Central kitchen, 2nd floor family room with access to 3 bdrms each with ensuite. Separate 2-bdrm suite. Serene 55 acres with trails, Saugeen River and fields. $1,950,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

SPECTACULAR ESTATE HOME 4 bedrooms, open concept eat-in kitchen and family room with walkout to deck and beautifully landscaped, private 1 acre with inground pool, ornamental pond and bridge, gazebo and bocce court. $1,399,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

MULMUR – COUNTRY ESTATE On 2.45 acres, this updated 3038 sq ft home has 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and 3-car garage. Character abounds in open concept living room with gas fireplace and kitchen with cherry wood flooring and maple cabinetry. A gorgeous setting! $1,178,900

ERIN – PRESTIGIOUS LOCALE Great curb appeal! Open concept 3+1 bdrm, 3-bath bungalow with 3-car garage on a 98x273 ft lot with family with gas fireplace, formal living and dining with coffered ceiling. Basement rec room, newer bath, 4th bdrm and hobby room. $1,189,900

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS 3-bedroom Cape Cod set back on private 44.8 acres in country subdivision. Trails leading to Speed River and Elora Cataract Trailway. 30x60 two storey workshop with hoists and unfinished upper level. $1,699,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

5-BDRM LAKEFRONT COTTAGE Open concept with exposed custom post and beam design. Completely renovated.

2 bdrms have walkouts to balconies overlooking the lake. Enclosed sunroom.

Year round living/retreat. $799,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

CALEDON EAST 1871 HERITAGE Beautifully upgraded 3 bdrm with 9 ft ceilings, pine plank floors, high baseboards, solid wood trims, crown mouldings, pro-landscaping, Viking Pro Series 6-burner stove, copper farmers sink, on majestic lot and quiet cul-de-sac. $1,198,900

TERRA COTTA – CREDIT RIVER Circa 1895 century home with the Credit River ever-flowing in charming village setting. This 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom sits on a 122x184 foot lot and features a southfacing sunroom which overlooks the grounds and river. $948,900

ON THE GRAND RIVER Immaculate, 4-bedroom, open concept bungalow on 20+ acres. Finished basement.

Hobby barn, separate workshop, garden sheds, paddocks, bunkie in the woods and trails and steps to the river. $1,299,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

A RARE COUNTRY FIND Paved road, stream, pond, forest all lead to this 3-bedroom, custom built, contemporary gem on 36 acres. Large center kitchen/ great room with walkout to deck and privacy. Drive shed and chicken coop. $1,199,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

CALEDON EAST PASSIVE SOLAR South facing 3744 sq ft stunning, open concept 4 bdrm, 2.5 bath with 2-car garage backs to conservation with ornamental pond, patios, 3-season room with woodstove and bunkie. Polished concrete floors.

One-of-a-kind property! $1,198,000

ORANGEVILLE – BUNGALOFT Immaculate, open concept, 2 bedroom, 2-bath bungaloft on premium corner lot has upstairs master, and beautiful walkout basement 1-bedroom in-law suite with 2nd laundry and 5-piece bath. Fabulous for extended family living! $798,900

SURROUNDED BY VIEWS Custom built, open concept, 3+2 bdrms, in-law suite with walkouts and views. Dbl-car garage. 80x34 insulated barn with 12 stalls, paddocks, rolling land. Private 25 acres, backs onto Mono Cliffs Provincial Park. $1,399,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

1869 WORK OF ART Over 4000 sq ft original stone house enhanced with addition, concrete ingrnd pool, pool house with covered porch, manicured 100’x385’ lot.

Immaculate and modernized while keeping original craftsmanship and character. $1,299,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

CALEDON 8.3 ACRES Irregularly shaped acreage in the Cataract, relatively flat at the entry then sloping down through trees where a pond sits at its lowest point. Buyer to perform due diligence with NEC, CVC and Town of Caledon. HST applicable. $448,900

CALEDON – BUNGALOW & POND On quiet country acre, this 3+2 bedroom, 3.5-bathroom bungalow with a 3-car garage and walkout basement has a south-facing deck overlooking a pond, fruit trees and fire pit. Fabulous location close to town. $1,078,900

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DOWNTOWN BOLTON Formerly the Town doctor’s house. This stately Victorian home has been restored to its former glory days. Formal living room and dining room with 10’ ceilings, hardwood floors, 2 gas fp’s.

Family sized kitchen, granite counters and pressed tin ceiling. This 4-bdrm, 2-bath home plus family room is move-in ready. Detached 2-car garage with loft. In the heart of downtown Bolton, suitable for home office/business. Call to view this outstanding property! $829,000

SPECTACULAR LOG HOME! Beautiful 5 bedroom, 4.5-bath log home on .98-acre lot in Hockley. Close to public school, short drive to ski resort. Gourmet kitchen with breakfast bar, stainless steel appliances.

Open concept layout, main floor laundry. Huge windows, skylights, multiple walkouts to huge wrap-around deck, above ground pool with sun deck! $799,900 Sue Collis fall 19_layout 19-08-28 2:30 PM Page 1

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Welcome to Headwaters Country

Erin, Caledon, Mono & Surrounding Areas

Country: 519.833.0888 City: 416.925.9191

HeadwatersCountry.com info@headwaterscountry.com 519-941-5151 Victoria Phillips and Janna Imrie

www.chestnutparkcountry.com Sue Collis*

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RCR Realty, Brokerage Independently Owned & Operated

Sales Representatives

*Sales Representative

5321 HWY 9, CALEDON Lovely square-cut log home with walkout lower level on 13+ private acres. Many upgrades.

4+1 bedrooms, 4 bath and 2 kitchens. Amazing bespoke studio space, a bonus with limitless potential. $2,995,000

WELCOME TO PINE RIVER RANCH This extremely well designed equestrian facility features 6 stalls, indoor arena, separate hay barn, multiple oak-board paddocks. Situated on 77 acres on a dead-end street with access to Dufferin and Simcoe Forest trails – perfect for trail riding. Approximately 30-acre hayfield and the Pine River is at the rear of the property. Custom-built, open-concept raised bungalow with professionally finished basement. Excellent package. $1,495,000

934499 AIRPORT ROAD, MONO Calling all golfers! Contemporary home/golf club ownership! A course that rivals any in the province! $1,695,000

MOUNT FOREST BEAUTY 25 acs just outside Mount Forest. Beautifully maintained bungalow w/ fin w/o bsmt, geothermal heat, lovely country views. Heated workshop, above-grnd pool, lrg coverall building, paddocks for your horses. $795,000

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674330 HURONTARIO ST, MONO Pristine bungalow! Geothermal!

Huge workshop! 2 ponds! 25 acres!

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WASAGA BEACH Looking to retire or just be in walking distance to the beach? Fabulous newer house w/ 1497 sq ft of o/c living with lots of bells and whistles. In-law potential, main floor laundry.

You won't be disappointed. $549,900

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Paul Richardson

17228 Mississauga Rd, Caledon

SALES REPRESENTATIVE

RICHARDSONTOWNANDCOUNTRY.CA

866-865-8262

paul@richardsontownandcountry.ca

WOODFIELD FARM IN MULMUR 47 acres with wonderfully renovated Century home with country-sized kitchen. Newly renovated bank barn, spring-fed pond and a 2200 tree apple orchard with long southerly views in south Mulmur. $999,000

GORGEOUS 73-ACRE GATED PROPERTY Welcome to over 10,000 square feet of living space on the Niagara Escarpment in Caledon.

Finished to the highest quality with 4-bedroom main house and 2-bedroom guest apartment.

Step outside your gourmet kitchen or media room and enjoy the pool. Perfect for entertaining. $4,495,000

BUNGALOW IN MONO 3-bedroom bungalow on 48 rolling acres in Mono. Home overlooks spring-fed pond with gazebo. Lovely bank barn and outbuildings as well. $850,000

WELCOME TO WILLOW POND Magnificent Erin Country estate – 5-bedroom main residence including walkout lower level and separate guest apartment. Three season sunroom overlooking pond. Separate 2-bedroom guest loft over workshop/studio. Pool, tennis court and picturesque trails and gardens with golf and skiing nearby. Two parcels being sold as one gives severance opportunity. $3,000,000

LARGE PARCEL OF LAND NEAR CREEMORE 100 acres of rolling Mulmur hills. View of the Escarpment, year-round stream, mixed bush.

Perfect property to build your dream estate and possible sever. $959,000

PRIVATE & CONVENIENT This much-admired property located near Terra Cotta and Glen Williams is an easy commute to the city on a private lot. Top quality finishes include a master suite with ensuite and dressing room. Kitchen/great room with fireplace and butler’s pantry. Walkout to enclosed gazebo. Large garage/workshop/gym. $1,999,000

HONEYHOLM IN MULMUR Your private getaway on 4.5 acres. 2-bedroom cabin with fireplace and babbling stream that flows into a large and private pond surrounded by beautiful hills and views. $400,000

PRIVACY 4 bdrm main living including great room and w/o lower level in-law suite. Sep amazing 1-bedroom studio perfect for large family or income. 3 private Erin acres. $1,350,000

AMARANTH HOBBY FARM 4-bedroom Century home with great room addition on over 6 acres with barn, pond, and pastures. Bring your fishing pole and hammock! $725,000

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Sales Representative 705-466-2115

RCR Realty, Brokerage

basiaregan@royallepage.ca www.basiaregan.com

INDEPENDENTLY OWNED & OPERATED

143 Mill Street, Creemore

MULMUR "EASTVIEW" Boasts glorious vistas for miles around. 3 bedrooms, 2 full renovated bathrooms. Kitchen has a centre island, granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances. Take a dip in the pool, picnic up at the gazebo or warm up by the wood-burning fireplace. $1,100,000 John Walkinshaw fall 19_layout 19-08-28 8:08 PM Page 1

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866.772.5368 cell: 705.321.7295 kmccague@royallepage.ca www.kellymccague.com

Royal LePage RCR Realty, Brokerage Independently Owned & Operated 7 Victoria St W, Box 759, Alliston

EXCEPTIONAL 82 ACRE COUNTRY ESTATE ... offering fabulous countryside vistas, a beautifully renovated century home, a recently constructed coach house, 2 separate stable areas, 12 paddocks, 200’x70’ indoor arena, an outdoor ring and more! Convenient access to major highways in the hills of Mono. www.488434-30sdrd.com MLS# X4403131 Offered at $3,650,000 Scott Bowers fall 19_layout 19-08-28 2:18 PM Page 1

519-942-7413 John@JohnWalkinshaw.com

A COUNTRY LIFESTYLE Nestled on 1.5 acres in Amaranth this custom open-concept built bungalow with modern amenities will not disappoint, perfect for entertaining. Master with walkout to deck.

Oversized 2-car garage. $769,900

AN OASIS IN TERRA COTTA In amongst trees and the Escarpment, this stunning exquisitely designed custom built 2-storey, is situated on 95.09 acres with lake, forest, stream, small cottage and meandering private trails. $2,495,000

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GORGEOUS 87-ACRE PROPERTY IN MONO Would cater well to a potential horse riding retreat with extensive trail system and almost 47 acres of workable cash crop land. Includes 3+1-bedroom bungalow with open concept layout and lovely yard. Potential for lower level in-law suite with separate entrance.

MLS# X4456564 $1,199,900

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ONE-OF-A-KIND RURAL MILTON Custom open concept log home w/ soaring ceilings on 14 acs. Granite kitchen & deluxe master.

Fin lwr lvl walk up to 3 car w/ sep 2-car heated garages, lots of parking. Heaven surrounded by ponds, forest & nature. Exclusive. $1,990,000

OASIS IN ROCKWOOD Updated bungalow surrounded by trees, beside the Eramosa River on 13 acres. Eat-in kitchen & walkouts. 2 master ensuites, finished walkout basement, 4-car garages. Trails and cabin to frolic in the forest. MLS $1,149,000

10 ACRE DREAM CATCHER Build your forever home only minutes away from town. Existing driveway leads to building envelope surrounded by forest & the Eramosa River. Meadow areas w/ lots of forest for privacy from the road. Survey available. MLS $474,000

HEIRLOOM HORSE FACILITY Updated Century home, 18-stall barn, paddocks, hayfields, drive shed, sand ring and 60’x160’ partially heated indoor riding arena complete this 50-acre farm in Erin. Spring-fed pond and enchanting forest. Paved road. $1,675,000

FOR YOUR HEART’S DESIRE You need 2 hours to view this amazing property – updated bungalow & sep guest house, 4-season equestrian facilities w/ indoor riding & outdoor arena & so many insulated & heated garages to suit everyone’s needs. $2,199,000

CREATE YOUR WORK OF ART Start with 41 acres as your blank canvas full of possibilities. Flat, rich farmland and mature forest beside the Speed River on a peaceful road. Please respect the farmer’s crops viewing this amazing property. MLS $749,000

BUNGALOW & BIG BACKYARD Brick bungalow on town services & finished w/o bsmt w/ 2nd kitchen. There is room for your organic gardens, chickens & even a horse w/ fenced pasture, a pond & mature forest. A circular driveway for lots of parking. MLS $1,099,000

LOG BUNGALOFT KAWARTHA LAKES 4-season Scandinavian Western Red Cedar log home. Fin’d bsmt w/ heated floors & access to 4-car grgs. Deeded waterfront lets you play yearround on water & land. Boating, trailways, fishing & swimming less than 2 hrs away. $1,299,000

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CaledonTownandCountry.com

519-833-0569 • 800-268-2455

Roger Irwin, Broker Dawn Bennett, Sales Representative

BROKER

905-857-0651

PEACEFUL AND PRIVATE PLAYGROUND Rare opportunity to acquire a large, luxurious residence with self-contained main level guest suite. Heated indoor pool, tennis court and cabin, detached 4-car garage and a newer insulated workshop/games room with baths. 129.5-acre gated property with lucrative income generating, tile drained farmland, pond and trails. 10 years of passion and vision re-created this home and pristine property to new condition. $3,300,000

ROOM TO ROAM – INSIDE AND OUT First time offered in 40 years! A versatile bungalow finished top to bottom with 4+2 bedrooms, 5 updated baths, pot lights and crown molding throughout, privately set on 3 acres, conveniently north of Orangeville/Fergus Road. Main level in-law suite potential; above grade lower level with 3 walkouts. Updated shingles, windows and furnace. A heated 50’x30’ workshop for the family hobbyist or contractor. $975,000

CENTRAL CALEDON ESTATE This Scandinavian log home of unsurpassed quality is one-of-a-kind. Secluded yet centrally located on 18.47 acres in Caledon, the designer finishes are to die for! 6000+ sq ft of living space, multiple fireplaces, multiple walkouts, multi-level decks, mature forest, incredible backyard oasis with resort amenities; heated pool with waterfall, cabana, multiple outdoor seating/dining areas, sports court – wow! Renovated kitchen, bathrooms, heated floors, and best of all it’s being sold “turn-key” – fully furnished inside and out with all linens, bedding, dishware, cutlery – everything! Simply bring your suitcase, unpack and relax! $2,995,000

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OC T 1 & NOV 5 : DUFFERIN ARTS COUNCIL MONTHLY LUNCHEONS

Guest arts speakers. $30, register: 705435-0535. Mrs Mitchell’s Restaurant, Violet Hill. dufferinartscouncil.com OC T 2 : AUTHORS ON STAGE PART 1: EMMA DONOGHUE, LINDEN MACINT YRE

ILLUS TR ATIONS JIM S TEWART

& CHARLOT TE GR AY Hot-off-the-press

books. Reception follows. $30; Part 1 and 2 (Oct 29) $50. 7-9:30pm. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville.

BookLore, Theatre Orangeville, 519942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca OC T 3 : 100% CERTAINT Y BOOK CLUB SESSION 3 A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. Theme: Lessen fear of death. Book copy free to participants.

1-2:30pm. Free. Hospice Dufferin, Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca OC T 4 : SURGE GAL A Advancing arts

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arts+letters NOW – OC T 6 : PHENOM – HEADWATERS ARTS FALL SHOW & SALE Top 20 artists

from previous shows. Wed-Sun 10am-5pm.

Alton Mill Arts Centre, 1402 Queen St, Alton. 519-943-1149; headwatersarts.com NOW – OC T 13 : MORPHOLOGY

Photography highlighting the Jim Tovey Lakeview Conservation Area.

Regular hours and admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

50-Mile Coat Project. 1-3pm. $5.

The Gibson Centre, 63 Tupper St W, Alliston. 705-435-6991; nottguild.ca SEP 23 : STEPPING STONES: THE WRITER’S PATH Dufferin poet laureate Harry Posner gives personal writing sessions. Drop in with a sample. 2:30pm.

Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca

ON THE WALLS Unleash your inner artist in the Silo Gallery. 10am-5pm.

MOD, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877941-7787; museumofdufferin.com NOW – OC T 20 : CAP TURE I – ZINNIA

Way hosts panel of authors. 1-3pm.

Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca

SHOW Ten artists, various media. 10am-

5pm. Free. 796343 3rd Ln E Mulmur.

519-925-2304; redhengallery.com

SEP 28 & 29 : PAMA ADULT CULTURE

SEP 28 & 29 : NORTH OF 89 STUDIO TOUR

DAYS WORKSHOPS & DOORS OPEN

Self-directed tour of four studios, various media. 10am-5pm. Free. northof89.ca

BR AMP TON TOURS 10am-4pm: Hourly architecture tours (drop in).

Noon-2:30pm: Self-Publishing Graphic

SEP 28, 29, OC T 5 & 6 : ELOR A FERGUS STUDIO TOUR Self-directed tour of 39 artists. 10am-5pm. Free. elorafergusstudiotour.com SEP 29, OC T 27 & DEC 29 : CR AF TER­ NOON COLLEC TIVE Bring your latest project and work among supportive folk.

Register: thecommongoodgeneral@ gmail.com. 1-4pm. 758 Bush St, Belfountain. 647-867-3185.

conversation. All levels. Supplies, support provided. 6-8pm. Free. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca SEP 21, OC T 26 & NOV 16 : NOT TA­ WASAGA HANDWEAVERS & SPINNERS GUILD MONTHLY MEETINGS Sep 21: Sue

Barker: inkle looms. $5 for observers, register. Oct 26: Ontario Handweavers’ and Spinners’ Conference. Nov 16:

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exterior photographs explore the immigrant experience. Regular hours and admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

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10am-3pm. $50. Mount Wolfe Farm, 10054 Old Church Rd, Caledon. 647217-5530; ontarioruralskillsnetwork

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Novels with Ricky Lima. 3-5pm: Graphic Novel Illustration with FOLD. Free, register for workshops. 10am-5pm.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

WITH MARILYN KLEIBER Oct 5: Building Worlds. Nov 9: Self-Publishing. Register online or by phone. 10am-2pm. Free.

Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca OC T 6, NOV 3 & DEC 1 : MOUNT WOLFE SPOON CARVING Club Previous attendance at an ORSN spoon-carving workshop required.

1-4:30pm. $12/session; $65 for 6; $120 annual and free T-shirt. Register: info@ ontarioruralskillsnetwork.com. 10054 Old Church Rd, Caledon. 647-2175530; ontarioruralskillsnetwork.com OC T 7, NOV 4 & DEC 2 : SENIORS’ STUDIO

Tours and activities encouraging creative expression. Oct 7: Museum Permanent Collection. Nov 4: George Paginton: Painting a Nation. Dec 2: Trash Talk: Local Action, Global Change. 10am-noon. $15. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

CCS Caledon Community Services

DCAFS Dufferin Child

MOD Museum of Dufferin (formerly DCMA)

and Family Services

CPCC Caledon Parent-Child Centre

DPSN Dufferin Parent

– Regular admission: $5; seniors $4; children 5-14 $2; under 5 free; family $12

CVC Credit Valley

EWCS East Wellington Community Services

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NOV 20 : COFFEE, CONVERSATION &

Janet Simmons Sweet portrays the progression of her mother’s dementia.

Wed-Sun 10am-5pm. Free. Alton Mill Arts Centre, 1402 Queen St W, Alton.

416-797-3954; janetsimmonssweet.ca

BOOKS – HELEN NOTZL A poignant

OC T 9 – NOV 10 : SPLENDOUR IN THE

by Marnie Cooke, Kasia Charko and Marion Plaunt. Oct 12: reception, 1-4pm.

Wed-Sun 10am-5pm. Free. Headwaters Arts Gallery, 1402 Queen St, Alton.

519-943-1149; headwatersarts.com OC T 10 – FEB 9 : GEORGE PAGINTON: PAINTING A NATION A passion for

the Canadian landscape. Oct 10: reception, book launch, 7-8:30pm, pay what you can. Regular admission.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

THREADS Stitchery group discusses

projects and good books. 1-2:30pm.

Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca

An abandoned railway becomes a trailway. 2:30-5pm. St. James Anglican Church, 6025 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. Caledon Trailway Book Committee, caledontrailwaybook.ca

Fri 5-9pm. Sat 10am-4pm. $2; children 12 & under free. The Gibson Centre for Creativity, 63 Tupper St W, Alliston.

Nottawasaga Handweavers & Spinners Guild, 705-435-6991; nottguild.ca NOV 5 : HOLIDAY CR AF TS WITH CRICUT – MAKE YOUR HOLIDAY CARDS THIS

Plum Johnson. Theme: Lessen fear of death. Book copy free to participants.

1-2:30pm. Free. Hospice Dufferin, Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca NOV 7 : CONNEC TIONS ART & BOOK CLUB The Italian Artist by Tom Rachman. 7-8:30pm. Free, register with Brampton Library, 905-793-4636.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

quilts. 10am-5pm. $8. Forbes Family Hall, RIM Park, 2001 University Ave E, Waterloo. wcquiltersguild.on.ca OC T 21 : STORY TELLING SERIES – JOANNE LEVESQUE Q&A, meet and greet. All ages and abilities. 1-2pm. Free.

Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. Community Living Dufferin, Orangeville Library, 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca OC T 27 : CUR ATOR TALK: GEORGE

NOV 11 : STORY TELLING SERIES – AUTHOR TBA Q&A, meet and greet.

All ages and abilities. 1-2pm. Free.

Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. Community Living Dufferin, Orangeville Library, 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca

PAGINTON – PAINTING A NATION A NOV 12 – JAN 19 : GURU NANAK

passion for the Canadian landscape.

Regular admission. 2-3pm. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

EXHIBITION A life and legacy through

OC T 29 : AUTHORS ON STAGE PART 2:

manuscripts, photographs,narrative textiles. Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

GUY GAVRIEL K AY & STEVEN PRICE

Italian themes come to the stage.

Reception following. $30 each; Part 1 (Oct 2) and 2 $50. 7-9:30pm. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville.

BookLore, Theatre Orangeville, 519942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca

Try it! 6:30pm. Free. Caledon Library, 12570 Kennedy Rd, Caledon. 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca

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& Bolton Fairgrounds, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905-880-0369; boltonfair.ca OC T 10 – 14: ERIN FALL FAIR Erin Agricultural Society Fairgrounds, 190 Main St, Erin. erinfair.com NOW – NOV 3 : THE DWELLING MUSEUM

Making a home from a newcomer’s perspective. Wed-Sun 10am-5pm.

MOD, Airport Rd & Hwy 89. 1-877941-7787; museumofdufferin.com NOW – DEC 8 (SUNDAYS) : VOLUNTEER FOR PEGASUS Program for special

community FARMERS’ MARKETS

NOW – ONGOING: SENIORS’ HEALTH

OR ANGEVILLE : Saturdays, 8am-1pm, to Oct 19. Broadway & Second St. Indoor winter market, every other Saturday, Nov 2 to Apr 18, Town Hall Opera House. orangevillefarmersmarket.ca

& WELLNESS PROGR AM – AGES 55+

CREEMORE : Saturdays, 8:30am12:30pm, to Oct 12. Station on the Green. creemorefarmersmarket.ca ALLISTON : Saturdays, 8am-2pm, to Oct 26. Centre St & Victoria St. rurban.ca BR AMP TON : Saturdays, 7am-1pm, to Oct 12. Garden Square, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. brampton.ca MULMUR : Sundays, noon-4pm,

to Sep 29. MOD, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. betterinmulmur.ca SHELBURNE : Thursdays, 3-7pm, to Oct 3. 1st Ave W & Owen Sound St. shelburnefarmersmarket.ca BOLTON : Saturdays, 9am-1pm, to Oct 5.

The Royal Courtyards, 18 King St E. boltonfarmersmarket.ca Park, 109 Main St, Erin. villageoferin.com

NOV 19 : FITNESS FREE-FOR-ALL:

SEP 20 – 22: BOLTON FALL FAIR Albion

needs riders. No experience necessary.

Noon-4pm. Caledon Equestrian School, 13441 Airport Rd, Caledon. 905-5842022; caledonequestrian.com

Large-scale outdoor photography examines identity and cultural performance. Nov 17: reception and artist talk, 2-4pm. Regular admission. 10am5pm. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

Over 300 quilts. 10am-5pm. $8. OAS Event Centre, 247090 5 Sdrd Mono.

Dufferin Piecemakers Quilting Guild, 519-941-1202; dufferinpiecemakers.org T HE

ARTS & CR AF TS SALE Handcrafted artistry in various media. Sponsored

by In The Hills. Wed-Sun 10am-5pm. $3. MOD, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com

ERIN : Fridays, 3-7pm, to Sep 27. McMillan

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226-979-3724; grandvalleyfallfair.ca

BUILDING THE DREAM BOOK L AUNCH

OC T 18 & 19 : WATERLOO COUNT Y QUILTERS’ GUILD EXHIBIT Over 300

SEP 20 – 22: GR AND VALLEY FALL FAIR

MAKING WORKSHOP Instruction by Amber

SHOW & SALE Unique handmade items.

SESSION 4 They Left Us Everything by

BOOKS – TRICIA DANIELS Writing and new books. 7-9pm. Free. Marie’s Valley Inn Restaurant, 47 Main St, Grand Valley.

Grand Valley Library, grandvalley.org

NOV 21 : MONO’S WINTER WREATH-

NOV 1 & 2 : SEASONAL WR APSODY

NOV 7 : 100% CERTAINT Y BOOK CLUB

OC T 16 : COFFEE, CONVERSATION &

Showcase of Headwaters’ best including livestock, home crafts, entertainment, pulls of all sorts, and, of course, food.

See websites for more details.

NOV 24 : THE CALEDON TR AILWAY:

YEAR! Choose your design. Materials provided. 5:30pm. Free. Caledon Library, 12570 Kennedy Rd, Caledon.

905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca

OC T 15, NOV 19 & DEC 17 : OR ANGE

memoir, Long Journey Home. 7-8pm. Free.

Jelly Craft Bakery, 120 Main St E, Shelburne.

519-925-2168; shelburnelibrary.ca

Swidersky. All supplies included. 7-9pm. $70.

Monora Park Pavilion, Hwy 10, Orangeville.

519-941-3599; townofmono.com

HILLS Headwaters landscape in works

FALL FAIRS

Exercise, talks, therapeutic recreation, creative arts. Free, register: 905-5842300 x273. Mondays: 10:30am-12:30pm, Snelgrove Place, 12065 Hurontario St, Brampton. Tuesdays: 9:30-11am.

Pinnacle View Apartments, 9 McClellan Rd, Alton. Wednesdays: 1:30-3:30pm, 25 Stationview Place, Bolton. Thursdays: 10am-1pm. The Exchange, 55 Healey Rd, Bolton. Fridays: 9:30-11:30am. Riverview Terrace, 121 Glasgow Rd, Bolton. Caledon Community Services, ccs4u.org NOW – ONGOING (WEDNESDAYS) : SENIORS’ CARPET BOWLING – AGES 55+

Noncompetitive and fun. Free, register: 905-584-2300 ext 273 or sferrari@ ccs4u.org. 10:30am-noon. Riverview Terrace, 121 Glasgow Rd, Bolton. Caledon Community Services, ccs4u.org NOW – ONGOING (WEDNESDAYS) : CYBER SENIORS Learn computers in

a relaxed one-on-one setting. Free, register: 905-584-2300 x273. 1pm.

Bolton Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton.

Caledon Community Services, ccs4u.org SEP 20 & 30 : DONATE BLOOD – SAVE A LIFE! In honour of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Sep 20: 3:30-6:30pm, Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex, Shelburne. Sep 30: 2-7pm, Best Western, 7 Buena Vista Dr, Orangeville. Canadian Blood Services, 1-888-2DONATE; blood.ca

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 6 PM Your host for this evening is Ms. Eleanor Crumpacker (a.k.a. the incredible Mag Ruffman), whose attempts to recruit you for the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and away from the temptation of alcohol will no doubt be compromised by the lovely intoxicants provided by Goodlot Farm + Farmstead Brewing Co. The evening’s musical feature, the Tipsy Temperance Trio, will hopefully help distract Mrs. Crumpacker, all while guests partake in dinner catered by Lavender Blue. Early 1900s costumes suggested. Prizes for best costumes.

Photo by James MacDonald

Tickets: $80 per person. Book your tickets by calling 519-941-1114.

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OC T 3 : ARMCHAIR TR AVEL: KNOW

FESTIVAL Celebrate all things carrot!

BEFORE YOU GO Beanna Mynton on What to Expect on a Cruise, Guided vs.

Self-Guided Tours. 7pm. Free. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca

Proceeds to boost food security for low-income residents in Wellington. $37.50; youth 13-18 $23.50; children 12 & under free. Noon-8pm. The SEED program. Everdale, 5812 Sixth Line, Hillsburgh. 519-855-4859; everdale.org

OC T 3 – 6 : SMALL HALLS FESTIVAL 2019 Music, art, culinary experiences,

SEP 21 & 22 : BUZ ZFEST 2019 Outdoor

art and gourmet food festival. 11am-5pm.

Terra Cotta Country Store, 119 King St, Terra Cotta. terracottacountrystore.ca

SEP 28 : UCHS WALK 4 PAWS WALKA-THON Registration fee/donation

SEP 21 & 28 : HIGH COUNTRY RUMMAGE SALE Clean, gently used

clothing and linens at reasonable prices. 9am-noon. High Country United Church, 346255 15 Sdrd Mono.

SEP 21 & 28 : ZERO WASTE WORKSHOP

Reduce your environmental impact, with Nancy Lotecki-Neely. Sep 21: 10am-noon, Riverdale Farm & Forest, Inglewood. Sep 28: 10:30am-12:30pm, Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. $15, proceeds to promote zero waste. Zero Waste Caledon, facebook.com SEP 22 : BOLTON FALL FAIR WORSHIP SERVICE 9:30-10:30am. Albion

Bolton Fairgrounds, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. Caven Presbyterian Church, 905-857-2419; caven-life.org

SEP 26 : SENIORTECH: TRY BEFORE YOU BUY Try new tech in a friendly environment. All levels. Free, register.

1:30-2:30pm. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905-8571400; caledon.library.on.ca SEP 26 – 29 : SPIRIT TREE CELEBR ATES ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY Free tours

Sat Sun 2-4pm, includes three cider samples. Daily events in our bistro and market. Sep 28: 11am-6pm: Sip & Shop Pop-up. $2, proceeds to Family Transition Place. sipshoppopup.com.

1137 Boston Mills Rd, Caledon. 905838-2520; spirittreecider.com SEP 27 : THE HOPE PROJEC T Lani Elliott,

SEP 22 : FERGUSON MEMORIAL WALK

Family-friendly walk, fair and marketplace.

Proceeds to Family Transition Place. Dogs on leashes. $20; children 12 & under free.

9:30am-1:30pm. Island Lake Conservation Area. fergusonmemorialwalk.com SEP 22 : RIVERDALE FITNESS MILL 5KM BEER RUN & FESTIVAL Run times: 10:45,

11 and 11:15am. $50 (run and festival); festival only $25; general admission $5. Proceeds to Caledon Community Services. Food trucks and beverage samples. Admission includes 2 full drinks.

10am-4pm. 104 Maple Ave, Inglewood.

905-838-3236, riverdalefitnessmill.com

domestic violence survivor, inspires positive change. 11:30am-3pm. $129.

Hockley Valley Resort, 793522 3rd Ln Mono. Family Transition Place, 519942-4122; familytransitionplace.ca SEP 27 : DOWN EAST DINNER & ENTERTAINMENT Phil Hood and the

Exclamations. 7:30–10:30pm. $30, register. 5:30-10:30pm. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton. 905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca

$25 (or family rate). 10am-1pm.

Scotsdale Farm, 13807 Trafalgar Rd N, Georgetown. Upper Credit Humane Society, 518-833-2287; uppercredit.com SEP 28 : BELFOUNTAIN SAL AMANDER FESTIVAL Local entertainment, wildlife presentations, activities, vendors. 10am4pm. Free. Village Church and Credit Valley Conservation Park, Belfountain.

CVC, 1-800-668-5557; belfountain.ca SEP 28 : IMAGINE – WESTMINSTER UNITED GOLF TOURNAMENT All abilities, proceeds to the Capital Campaign project.

Scramble format. 10am registration.

11:30am shotgun start. 5:30pm dinner.

10am-8:30pm. Golf, cart, dinner $150.

Tickets: jtr007@rogers.com. Shelburne Golf & Country Club, Melancthon. 519941-0381; westminsterorangeville.ca SEP 28 : ALBION HILLS COMMUNIT Y FARM HONEY & GARLIC FEST ESCAPE

Local producers, food demos, games, escape room ($5). Cash only. Food donation for CCS Food Hub – The Exchange. Town of Caledon, TRCA. 11am4pm. Free. 16555 Humber Station Rd, Caledon. albionhillscomunityfarm.org SEP 29, OC T 27 & NOV 24 : SOUP SISTERS & BROTH BROTHERS Create, have dinner,

and share soup with Family Transition Place. Ages 12+. 5-8pm. $55, includes wine and dinner. Lavender Blue Catering and Café, 125 Broadway, Orangeville.

519-939-3663, soupsisters.org OC T 2, NOV 6 & DEC 4 : TECH HELP

SEP 22 : FEAST OF HOPS Gourmet food

samples paired with local craft beers and ciders. Music by Campfire Poets. $45; $55 at the door. 2-5pm. Erin Agricultural Centre, 190 Main St, Erin. Rotary Club of Erin, 519-833-9258; feastofhops.ca SEP 22 – OC T 20 : CANADIAN FEDER ATION OF UNIVERSIT Y WOMEN 100TH ANNIVERSARY Pop-

up exhibit exploring contributions to our community. Wed-Sun 10am-5pm.

MOD, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com SEP 26 : LUNCH & LEARN A rep from Peel

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Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca SEP 28 : DUFFERIN FARM TOUR Self-

guided tour and activities. Rain or shine. Five local farms. Bring cash and a cooler for purchases, nonperishable or cash donation for a local food bank.

9am-4pm. dufferinfarmtour.com

OC T 3 : SENIORTECH: GET CYBERSMART

Protect yourself online, manage privacy.

Bring your computer or device. All levels.

Free, register. 1:30-2:30pm. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca

SEP 28 : CULTURE DAYS @ CPL Interactive

OC T 3 : SIX-STEP SALES PROCESS

experiences, exhibits and music. 1pm: Musical instrument collection launch. 2pm: Caledon Concert Band, Albion Bolton Community Centre. 10am-3pm. Free.

Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton.

905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca

WEBINAR David Cohen speaks on

customer attraction and getting the sale. Join from home or SBEC office, 200 Lakeview Crt, Orangeville. $15, register. 2-4pm. SBEC, 519-9410440; orangevillebusiness.ca

children’s activities, history at eight great venues in Clearview Township. 705-4286230 ext 262; smallhallsfestival.ca OC T 4 : FARM TO FORK EXPERIENCE

Al fresco dinner using local in-season vegetables with meats from the host farm. 6-9pm. $105. 4th Line Cattle Co, 5682 4th Ln, Hillsburgh. 519-7666079; farmtoforkexperience.ca OC T 5 : KEEPING WATER IN THE SHED – BARN DANCE Contra dance, food trucks, local brews, great water and good times. 8:30-11:30pm. $10.

Bela Farm, 5750 6th Ln, Hillsburgh. wellingtonwaterwatchers.com OC T 5 : SPIRITUAL PR AC TICES RETREAT

Yoga, nia, tai chi, meditation, storytelling, drumming and more. Bring your lunch.

8:30am-3pm. $50. Scott Mission Retreat Centre, 3852 The Grange Sdrd, Caledon.

905-843-1035, mayfieldunitedchurch.org OC T 5 : FALL HARVEST CAR R ALLY, DINNER & DANCE Start/finish at Monora

Park Pavilion. Games, dinner, dance and prizes. Proceeds to ALAS programs. 2pm start. $60; children 12 & under $30.

1-11:30pm. Hwy 10 and Monora Park Dr, Orangeville. Active Lives After School Dufferin, 519-943-4166; alasdufferin.ca OC T 5 : SAVOUR THE FL AVOURS – CULINARY WALKING TOUR OF OR ANGEVILLE Creations from local fine food establishments. 2-4:30pm. $25.

Orangeville Town Hall, 87 Broadway.

416-570-0839; savourtheflavours.net OC T 9 : SUCCESSION PL ANNING Nancy Claridge on ensuring a smooth transition. $15, register. 7-9pm. Alder Street Recreation Centre, Orangeville. SBEC, 519-941-0440; orangevillebusiness.ca OC T 10, NOV 14 & DEC 12 : ARCHIVIST ON THE ROAD Drop in and discover your history with the MOD. 10am-5pm.

Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca OC T 10, NOV 14 & DEC 12 : OR ANGEVILLE & DISTRIC T PROBUS Oct 10: In the Footsteps of Tom Thomson. Nov 14: Program TBA. Dec 12: Christmases Past in Dufferin County. Attend as a guest.

10am-noon. New Hope Community Church, 690 Riddell Rd, Orangeville.

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October 10, 2019 - February 9, 2020 10 octobre 2019 – 9 février 2020 Exhibition Reception and Book Launch: Thursday, Oct. 10, 7 p.m.

Curator Talk: Sunday, Oct. 27, 2 p.m.

Vernissage et lancement du livre : Jeudi 10 octobre à 19 h Propos de la commissaire : Dimanche 27 octobre à 14 h

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George Paginton, Canadien (1901-1988), Caledon, Ontario, 1940, huile sur carton entoilé, 22 x 27 cm.

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OC T 19 : UCHS R ABIES & MICROCHIP

– A PAGAN THANKSGIVING Nature-

CLINIC No appointment necessary.

honouring ceremonies, classes, games, drumming. Come for a day or camp for weekend. Starts at $75. Mansfield Outdoor Centre, Mulmur. Wic-Can Fest, 705-454-3077; wiccanfest.com

Dogs on leashes, cats in carriers.

Minimum age for rabies vaccine is three months. Rabies vaccine $30; microchip $30; cash only. 10am-1pm. Premier Equipment, 8911 Wellington Rd 124, Ospringe. Upper Credit Humane Society, 518-833-2287; uppercredit.com

OC T 16 : CFUW OR ANGEVILLE PERSONS’ DAY CELEBR ATION Honour our women community leaders. Free, register. 7-9pm.

MOD, Hwy 89 & Airport Road. CFUW Orangeville & District, cfuworangeville.com OC T 17 : DIGITAL MARKETING: PRINCI­

OC T 19 : CALEDON EAST BLOCK PART Y Meet your neighbours and local businesses. 10am-2pm. Free. Caledon Library, 6500 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. 905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca

PLES & POWER IN AN EVER- CHANGING L ANDSCAPE Sarid Layton helps you

OC T 19 – MAR 22 : TR ASH TALK: LOCAL

develop and execute an effective plan. $15, register. 9am-noon. Tony Rose Sports Centre, Orangeville. SBEC, 519941-0440; orangevillebusiness.ca

AC TION, GLOBAL CHANGE EXHIBITION

OC T 17 : SENIORTECH: YOUR DIGITAL

www.noodlegallery.com

LIBR ARY Enjoy digital collections like Overdrive, hoopla and Kanopy. Bring your computer or device. All levels.

Free, register. 1:30-2:30pm. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca OC T 17 : SPECIAL TOURS: INSIDE THE WALLS Jail, courthouse and grounds tours.

7-7:45pm and 8-8:45pm. $5, register.

7-9pm. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca OC T 17, NOV 21 & DEC 19 : THE INDIGENOUS NET WORK DRUMMING CIRCLE An evening of shared traditions

and songs. 7-8:30pm. Free. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca OC T 19 : HARVEST CELEBR ATION

Tiny tots trick or treat (10am-noon), scarecrow and jack-o-lantern contests, petting zoo, pony rides and face painting (10am-noon). 8am-1pm. Downtown Orangeville. Orangeville BIA, 519942-0087; downtownorangeville.ca OC T 19 : STICKS & STONES A day of

golf, pot luck lunch and curling. No experience necessary. Proceeds to Orangeville Curling Club. 9am-4pm.

Orangeville Curling Club, 76 Fifth Ave, Orangeville. orangevillecurlingclub.ca

A Passion for Peonies!

We carry a wide selection of herbaceous and Itoh peonies for Canadian gardeners.

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Hands-on experience about the well-being of our environment. Oct 20: Exhibition kick-off. Regular admission. Region of Peel Public Works and Waste Management.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca OC T 20 : EMP T Y BOWLS Purchase a ticket,

buy a bowl. Fill it with local soup, take it home. Two sittings. Proceeds to local food banks. 11:30am-5pm. $40. Alton Mill Arts Centre, 1402 Queen St, Alton.

519-938-2092; annranderaadpottery.com OC T 20 & NOV 9 : WHOLE VILL AGE ORIENTATION Tour the farm and

eco-residence. 1-4pm. $10. 20725 Shaws Creek Rd, Caledon. 519941-1099; wholevillage.org OC T 22 : FERMENTATION & CANNING

Join expert canner Heather Ryall for a hands-on evening. Materials supplied. Free.

6:30pm. Caledon Library, 35 Station St, Alton. 905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca OC T 24 : LUNCH & LEARN Wendy Morrison presents Shen Space – Take Back Your Health. 11am-noon. $4, register. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca OC T 24 : SENIORTECH: CONNEC TING WITH LOVED ONES Keep in touch with

new technology and social media. Bring your computer or device. All levels.

Free, register. 1:30-2:30pm. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca OC T 24 : BR ANDING YOUR SMALL

OC T 19 : EUCHRE TOURNAMENT Soup and

sandwich lunch with dessert. $12, register.

9:30am-2pm. $12. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca OC T 19 : CALEDON HORSE TACK SWAP

New and used horse equipment for sale at Caledon Village Place and the Agricultural Hall on Caledon Fairgrounds, Caledon Village. 10am-3pm. Caledon Agricultural Society, 519-927-5730; horsetackswap.ca

BUSINESS Jed Phillips shows how to create a visual identity. $15, register.

1:30-4:30pm. Tony Rose Sports Centre, Orangeville. SBEC, 519-9410440; orangevillebusiness.ca OC T 24 : PAMA THURSDAYS: A HAUNTED NIGHT – AGES 19+ Live DJ, wander

exhibitions, create artwork and explore PAMA’s haunted history. Cash bar, wear costumes. $20, register. 6-8:30pm.

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905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca OC T 24 : CONSERVING YOUR ARTIFAC TS

Alison Hird, collection manager, shares her expertise. Bring a small book, photo or document. All other materials provided. 7pm. Free. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca

NOV 2 : CR AF T, BAKE SALE & SILENT AUC TION Breakfast, BBQ and tea room. Silent auction closes 1:30pm.

8am-2pm. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca NOV 2 : WOMEN’S DAY Speakers

and fashion show. Register by Oct 19: 519-942-2093, trimlea@bell. net. 9am-3pm. $35. Monora Park Pavilion, Hwy 10 N of Orangeville.

OC T 25 : CALEDON SENIORS’ CENTRE MONTHLY DINNER Call to register.

NOV 2 : GUY FAWKES BONFIRE NIGHT

5:30-7pm. $10. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca

Food, kids’ crafts and games, band, bonfire and fireworks 4-8pm. OAS Event Centre, 247090 5 Sdrd Mono.

705-716-4445; guyfawkes.ca

OC T 25 : EUCHRE AT KNOX UNITED Prizes

for everyone. 7:30pm. $20, reserve at 519-927-5714. 2976 Charleston Sdrd, Caledon Village. knox-united-church.org OC T 26 : HOSPICE DUFFERIN MASQUER­ ADE PART Y Proceeds to services at In

Memorial Life Centre. Mask required for entry. Cocktails and dinner by Lavender Blue, music by the Switchbacks. 6-11:30pm. $75. In Memoriam, 633419 Hwy 10, Mono. 519-942-3313; hospicedufferin.com

NOV 4 : ASK A L AW YER: ACCIDENTS & INSUR ANCE Lawyer Morgan McCabe

provides guidance. 7pm. Free. Caledon Library, 20 Snelcrest Dr, Caledon.

905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca NOV 5 : 2019 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK BREAKFAST James Marple offers insights on economic and financial developments.

7:30-9:30am. $25. Best Western, Orangeville. TD Bank Group, SBEC, 519-941-0440; orangevillebusiness.ca NOV 6 : HOLOCAUST EDUCATION

OC T 27 : BOLTON ROTARY HAUNTED HILL RUN/WALK Kids’ Fun Run 1km at

9:30am followed by 5/10km. Proceeds to Alphadogs Robotics, Firsts Lego League and Kids First Caledon. Wear Halloween costume. 9am-noon.

Humberview School, 135 Kingsview Dr, Bolton. rotaryhauntedhill.com OC T 29 : TR AVELLER’S TALES – A NIGHT IN CANADA’S NATIONAL PARKS Witness

remote parks with someone who has hiked them all. 7-8pm. Free. Shelburne Library, 201 Owen Sound St, Shelburne.

519-925-2168; shelburnelibrary.ca OC T 30 : SMALL BUSINESS FINANCIALS

Melissa Vinden on how to improve your business numbers. $15, register. 9am-noon.

Tony Rose Sports Centre, Orangeville. SBEC, 519-941-0440; orangevillebusiness.ca OC T 31 : SENIORTECH: PHOTO FUN

Stay organized, create and print books.

Bring your computer or device. All levels.

Free, register. 1:30-2:30pm. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca NOV 1 – DEC 15 : L AWLESS IN DUFFERIN

Tales of wild, odd and mysterious goings-on. Wed-Sun 10am-5pm.

MOD, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com

Where will you be on October 2 and October 29?

WEEK 2019 Discussion featuring a film and recorded testimony of Holocaust events. Contact lgroe@caledon.library. on.ca for info. 10:30am-noon. Free.

Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton.

905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca NOV 7 : SENIORTECH: TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS Free tools to create

documents, spreadsheets and more.

Bring your computer or device. All levels.

Free, register. 1:30-2:30pm. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca NOV 7 : FITNESS FREE-FOR-ALL: ZUMBA

Check it out. 6:30pm. Free. Caledon Library, 20 Snelcrest Dr, Caledon.

905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca NOV 7 : CHURCH & CHARIT Y L AW SEMINAR Tony Manconi on reducing

unnecessary legal liability. 8am-3:30pm. $40. Portico Community Church, 1814 Barbertown Rd, Mississauga. Carters Law Firm, 519-942-0001; carters.ca NOV 8 – 10 : THE UDDER TOURNAMENT

Women’s nonprofit hockey tournament.

All proceeds to Orson Herzog, local two-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy. Hot food, silent auction, raffle table and drinks. Fri 5-11:30pm. Sat 8am-11:30pm. Sun 9am-4pm. Caledon East Community Complex, Caledon East. 416-209-8411; facebook.com continued on next page

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AUTHORS ON STAGE Two evenings of conversation with 5 top Canadian authors!

Reception to follow in the Atrium

AUTHORS ON STAGE Part 1: Wednesday, October 2, 7pm EMMA DONOGHUE Akin From the author of the Academy-award nominee Room comes a brilliant tale of love, loss and family.

LINDEN MACINTYRE The Wake Acclaimed journalist and broadcaster returns with the story of the Burin Peninsula tsunami and its aftermath.

CHARLOTTE GRAY Murdered Midas The true story of gold mine millionaire Sir Harry Oakes’ life and unsolved murder from a respected historian and biographer.

AUTHORS ON STAGE Part 2: Tuesday, October 29, 7pm STEVEN PRICE Lampedusa This beautiful novel from the bestselling author of By Gaslight explores life and art among the decadent Italian aristocracy in 1950’s Sicily.

GUY GAVRIEL KAY A Brightness Long Ago A masterful novel set in a world evoking Renaissance Italy where characters’ lives intersect due to love, ambition and destiny.

www.booklore.ca Tickets available at BookLore 519-942-3830 or Theatre Orangeville Box Office 519-942-3423

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416-697-9999; samaritanspurse.ca

NOV 14 : PAMA TALKS Mississauga train derailment. $5. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

outdoor

NOV 15 : MOONLIGHT MAGIC & TR AC TOR PAR ADE OF LIGHTS Tree lighting, horse

and wagon rides, entertainment and visits with Santa. 6-9pm. Downtown Orangeville. Orangeville BIA, 519942-0087; downtownorangeville.ca

• Organizing digital photos • Preserving physical photos • Creating photo legacies

Because stories are forgotten if left untold

NOV 15 : VILL AGE OF ERIN WINDOW WONDERL AND Christmas tree and

park lighting (6:30pm), horse and carriage rides. 6-9pm. Village of Erin Main St. villageoferin.com

The beginning of MY story

www.megabytememories.com

416-616-1025 Serving the Headwaters region & beyond

all things mushroom. 10am-1pm. $15, register. Wallwin Tract, Simcoe County Forest. Dufferin Simcoe Land Stewardship Network, 519-941-1114; dslsn.org SEP 21 : ZERO WASTE WORKSHOP

Nancy Lotecki-Neely speaks on a sustainable lifestyle. 10am-noon. $15, register. Riverdale Farm & Forest Inc. 15707 McLaughlin Rd, Inglewood.

Zero Waste Caledon, facebook.com.

NOV 16 : CHRISTMAS SHOPPE CR AF T &

SEP 24 : HEADWATERS NATURE –

BAKE SALE Reserve a table for $25, contact

LEARNING ABOUT LICHENS Jose Malls

905-584-2815. 9am-2pm. Community Women’s Circle, Caledon East United Church, 6046 Old Church Rd, Caledon.

905-584-9974, caledoneastunitedchurch.ca

with the CVC speaks. 7:30-9:30pm.

Free. Orangeville Seniors’ Centre, 26 Bythia St. HN, formerly Upper Credit Field Naturalists, 519-217-2645; uppercreditfieldnaturalists.org OC T 6 : CALEDON HILLS BRUCE TR AIL

OC T 14 : TORONTO & NORTH YORK HUNT – HUNTER PACE Timed ride. $100; children $50; $40 lunch only.

10am-2pm. Grandview Farm, see website for directions. tnyh.horse OC T 15 & NOV 19 : SHELBURNE & DISTRIC T HORTICULTUR AL SOCIET Y MEETINGS Oct 15: Caledon Hills

Peony Farm. Nov 19: AGM, pot luck dinner, 6-9:30. 7:30-9:30pm.

Shelburne Agricultural Community Centre. shelburnehort.blogspot.ca OC T 29 : HEADWATERS NATURE – MEMBERS’ SHOWCASE Plants, animals

and fungi of Headwaters and beyond.

7:30-9:30pm. Free. Orangeville Seniors’ Centre, 26 Bythia St. HN, formerly Upper Credit Field Naturalists, 519-2172645; uppercreditfieldnaturalists.org NOV 17 : MONO NORDIC OPEN HOUSE

Memberships, kids’ programs, ski racing, or buy/sell/rent equipment. 9am-noon. Free.

Monora Park Pavilion, 500 Monora Park Dr, Mono. 519-939-9608; mononordic.com

kids NOW – DEC 12 (THURSDAYS) & NOV 2 – DEC 14 (SATURDAYS) : THEATRE OR ANGEVILLE YOUTH SINGERS – AGES 8 -16 Specific training in choral skills. Full

$4; children 14 & under free. Glen Haffy Conservation Area. caledonbrucetrail.org

year or single term. Thu 4:30-6:30pm. Sat 10am-noon. Term 1 $225; full year $375.

St. Mark’s Church, 5 First Ave, Orangeville.

519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca

BA Z A AR & BAKE SALE Nearly New Room,

OC T 6 : DUFFERIN HI-L AND BRUCE

art, lunch room and more. 9am-1pm. Free.

22 Nancy St, Bolton. christchurchbolton.ca

TR AIL DAY Guided hikes, BBQ. 10am-

NOW – DEC 21 (FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS) :

NOV 16 : CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN

NOV 16 : MONO’S 3RS CHRISTMAS BA Z A AR Have Christmas decorations you don’t want? Sell them or buy from local crafters. Call to reserve a table. 10am-4pm. Free. Monora Park Pavilion, Hwy 10 N of Orangeville.

519-941-3599; townofmono.com NOV 16 : PALGR AVE UNITED COMMU­ NIT Y KITCHEN 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBR ATION CAFÉ Meet small business

owners who use our facility. Purchase local products and food. Cash only. Pay what you can. 1-3pm. 34 Pine Ave, Palgrave.

905-880-0303; palgravekitchen.org NOV 16 – 30 : T WELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS Silent auction fundraiser.

All proceeds to purchasing children’s books. IODE Yellow Briar Chapter, Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca NOV 19 – 23 : OPER ATION CHRISTMAS CHILD DROP- OFF TIMES Gift-filled

shoeboxes for struggling kids in the 2019

SEP 22 : SEED -SAVING WORKSHOP

Jen Edwards from the Erin Seed-Lending Library speaks. 2-3pm. Free. Shelburne Library, 201 Owen Sound St, Shelburne.

519-925-2168; shelburnelibrary.ca

Famous baked goods. 9am-noon. Free. 34 Pine Ave, Palgrave. Palgrave United Church Women, 905-880-0303; palgraveunited.ca

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Free. The House Behind the Church, 55 C Line, Orangeville. 519-941-6051.

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3pm. Free. Splitrock, 755437 2nd Line E Mono. dufferinbrucetrailclub.org OC T 8 & NOV 12 : OR ANGEVILLE & DISTRIC T HORTICULTUR AL SOCIET Y MONTHLY MEETINGS Oct 8: Practical Landscape Design for New and Seasoned Gardeners. Nov 12: Serenity in the Garden, AGM. 7-9pm. Free. Orangeville Seniors’ Centre, 26 Bythia St. orangevillehort.org OC T 10 & NOV 14 : CALEDON GARDEN CLUB MEETING Oct 10: Farm to Florist: Growing Flowers for Small Scale. Nov 14: Costa Rica: Not Just the Beaches.

7-9:30pm. Cheltenham United Church, 14309 Creditview Rd, Cheltenham.

905-838-3541; gardenontario.org

FREE BUILD LEGO @ ALDER Drop

in and create at your own pace. All children with adult. 9am-4pm. Free.

Orangeville Library, 275 Alder St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca NOW – ONGOING (MONDAYS) : OR ANGE­ VILLE CUB PACK Scouting program for 7- to 10-year-olds. Join anytime. 7-8:30pm. $120. Mono Amaranth Public School, Hockley Road & Hwy 10. Canadian Traditional Scouting Association, 519940-4738; traditionalscouting.ca SEP 21, 22, 28 & 29 : FAMILY FUN AC TIVIT Y FOR SEP TEMBER Create a mini-

scrapbook. 1-4:30pm. Regular admission.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca SEP 21, OC T 19 & NOV 16 : FAMILY MOVIE MATINÉES Sep 21: Jumanji (PG-

13). Oct 19: Goosebumps 2 (PG). Nov 16: Solo: A Star Wars Story (PG-13). Program not supervised. Bring your own snacks.

2-4pm. Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca

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SEP 27 – 29 : FAMILY CULTURE DAYS AC TIVITIES AT PAMA Sep 27, 6-8pm: Snuggle Up & Read (register). Sep 28, 10am-4:30pm: Communication Station.

Sep 29, 1-4:30pm: Communication Station.

Free. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca SEP 30, OC T 28 & NOV 25 : T WEEN CLUB – AGES 8 -12 Fun DIY activities, games, science and tech programs, and more. 4-5pm. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca OC T 1, NOV 5 & DEC 3 : ART & TOTS (18 MONTHS +) Exploration through art and stories. Oct 1: The Dot. Nov 5: Tap the Magic Tree. Dec 3: Here We Are. 10:30-11:30am. $10, register.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca OC T 1 – NOV 19 (TUESDAYS) : YOUTH GROUP – GR ADES 6 & 7 Learn healthy relationship skills. Free, register, 519941-0610. 4-5pm. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. familytransitionplace.ca OC T 2, NOV 6 & DEC 4 : PAMA STROLLER

Children read weekly to a therapy dog from Therapeutic Paws of Canada at Orangeville Library. Tue 3:30-5pm, 275 Alder St. Wed 4-5:30, 1 Mill St. Free, register at cmgatt@hotmail.com.

519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca

TOURS (0 -18 MONTHS) Engage socially while little ones enjoy sensory play.

Oct 2: Museum permanent collection.

Nov 6: George Paginton: Painting a Nation. Dec 4: Trash Talk: Local Action, Global Change. 10:30-11:30am. $5.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

SEP 24 – NOV 28 : READY TO READ

OC T 3 – NOV 28 (THURSDAYS) : THE

SEP 24 – NOV 27 : PAWS TO READ

WITH EVERYONE Weekly songs and

activities for 5 and under at Orangeville Library. Tue 10:15am-11am, 275 Alder St. Thu 10:15am-11am, 1 Mill St. Free.

519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca SEP 24 – NOV 28 : READY TO READ WITH BABIES Weekly songs and

activities for ages 1 to 12 months at Orangeville Library. Tue 1:30-2:15, 275 Alder St. Thu 1:30-2:15, 1 Mill St. Free.

519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca SEP 26 : BABY WEARING Victoria Celestini shows how to carry your baby securely. 6:45pm. Free. Caledon Library, 20 Snelcrest Dr. 905-8571400; caledon.library.on.ca SEP 26, OC T 10 – DEC 5 (EVERY OTHER THURSDAY ) : CLUB ART Open art

studio. All materials provided, all ages.

Children 10 and under with an adult.

6-8pm. Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca SEP 21 – OC T 31 : DOWNEY’S FARM PUMPKINFEST Wagon rides, live entertainment, activities and farm animals. 10am-5pm. Downey’s Farm Market, 13682 Heart Lake Rd, Caledon.

905-838-2990; downeysfarm.com

INTERMEDIATE STAGE – GR ADES

5-8 Improvisation, memorization and personal experience. No prerequisite.

6:30-8:30pm. $195. Nancy & Doc Gillies Rehearsal Hall, 065371 Dufferin Cty Rd 3. theatreorangeville.ca OC T 5 – 27 (SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS) : FAMILY FUN AC TIVIT Y FOR OC TOBER

Create your own fall leaves masterpiece.

1-4:30pm. Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca OC T 7 – DEC 2 (MONDAYS) : THEATRE OR ANGEVILLE EXCEP TIONAL PL AYERS (T.O.E.P.) Skills-based theatre program

using theatre games, music and improv for youth with developmental disabilities.

Youth A: 5:30-7pm. Youth B: 7-8:30pm.

Adult (postsecondary): 2-3:30pm. $195. Nancy & Doc Gillies Rehearsal Hall, 065371 Dufferin Cty Rd 3. 519942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca OC T 8 & 10 : NOT EVERY HERO WEARS A CAPE Develop a family fire escape plan, prevent fires, check out cool gear.

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NEX T STAGE – GR ADES 9-12 Intensive

TOURS Story-based tours of the jail,

acting techniques, various disciplines.

6:30-8:30pm. $195. Nancy & Doc Gillies Rehearsal Hall, 065371 Dufferin Cty Rd 3. 519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca

courthouse and grounds. Regular admission. Tours at 1 & 3pm. 1-4pm.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

OC T 11, NOV 8 & DEC 13 : TEEN

OC T 27 : MONO’S CHILDREN’S

ADVISORY GROUP – AGES 13-18

Earn community service hours while enjoying fun and food. 4-5:30pm.

Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca OC T 11; NOV 15 : PAMA KIDS P.A. DAYS

Drop in for instructor-led activities.

Oct 11: Archival Treasures. Nov 15: Recycled Sculptures. 10am-3pm. Regular admission; children 12 & under with an adult. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

Fall & Winter Programs!

Fall starts September 9th Winter starts December 2nd

• TENNIS LESSONS • SQUASH LESSONS • KIDS FITNESS • GROUP FITNESS CLASSES • PERSONAL TRAINING & REV FAT LOSS

HALLOWEEN PART Y Entertainment,

crafts, games, prizes, treats and a haunted house! Free with food bank donation; register with the Town of Mono office.

3-5pm. Mono Community Centre, Mono Centre. 519-941-3599; townofmono.com NOV 2 : SILVER WILLOW FARM RESCUE & SANC TUARY OPEN HOUSE Bring pumpkins

WHERE FAMILIES COME TO PLAY! Serving our community for 10 years!

(that have not had a candle in them) and expired vegetables for the animals.

Noon-4pm. 528375 5 Sdrd Mulmur.

705-434-0800; silverwillowfarm.com NOV 2 – 30 (SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS) : FAMILY FUN AC TIVIT Y FOR NOVEMBER

Create a fun facts poster of ways to be waste wise. 1-4:30pm. Regular admission.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca NOV 14 : CINDERELL A – DUFFLEBAG THEATRE – PJ PART Y PERFORMANCE

Will Cinderella live happily ever after?

6:30-7:30pm. $15; youth $12; children 3-5 $5. Town Hall Opera House, Orangeville.

519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca OC T 15 – DEC 3 (TUESDAYS) : THE JUNIOR STAGE – GR ADES 2- 4 Storytelling,

SLEEPING BEAUT Y Traditional English pantomime with song, dance and laughter. Fri 8pm. Sat 2 & 8pm. Sun 2pm. $13. Century Church Theatre, Hillsburgh. Century Theatre Guild, 519855-4586; centurychurchtheatre.com

OC T 16 : SALSA BABIES Victoria Celestini

NOV 19 : SESAME STREET LIVE! C IS

shows how to work out with babies in a carrier. 10:30-11:30am. Free. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca

FOR CELEBR ATION Share your love

FUNDAYS Family activities. Oct 20: Trash

Talk. Nov 17: Painting a Nation. Dec 15: Let It Snow! 1-4pm. Regular admission.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca OC T 25 : CAVEN PRESBY TERIAN FAMILY FUN NIGHT Join us for activities and more! 6:30-8:30pm. 110 King St W, Bolton. 905- 857-2419; caven-life.org OC T 26 : HALLOWEEN AT THE BOO SEUM Create your own artworks.

1-4pm. Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca OC T 26 : MONSTER MASH Candy crawl, local businesses hand out treats. Noon-4pm. Downtown Alliston, 705-435-1787; allistonbia.com

(519) 942-2255

headwatersracquetclub.com

NOV 17 – DEC 1 : PANTOMIME:

improvisation, role playing, scripted work, pantomime, voice and movement.

6:30-8pm. $175. Nancy & Doc Gillies Rehearsal Hall, 065371 Dufferin Cty Rd 3. 519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca

OC T 20, NOV 17 & DEC 15 : SUNDAY

www.headwatersracquetclub.com Fall Highlights at Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives

Exhibitions • Trash Talk: Local Action, Global Change Opens Oct. 19

of Sesame Street with your little ones.

6:30pm. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca

• Guru Nanak Opens Nov. 12

NOV 22 – DEC 1 : FROZEN JR. Elsa,

Anna, and the land of Arendelle come to life onstage. Fri Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm. $18; students and seniors $12. Grace Tipling Hall, Shelburne. 519-9399038; lpstageproductionsinc.com

music SEP – NOV: LIVE MUSIC AT ROSE THEATRE All performances are at 8pm unless noted. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. 905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca SEP 27 : RUFUS WAINWRIGHT

Juno award-winning, Grammynominated, genuine originality.

OC T 10 : SLOAN Single-handedly put indie rock on the map.

• Meryl McMaster Opens Nov. 14

Programs • NEW Art & Tots and Stroller Tours Starting Sept. 10, 11 Artist Unknown Guru Nanak, Bala and Mardana, c. 18th century Frontispiece of a historic Granth Sahib Gouache on paper, with gold leaf Private Collection

• Free Culture Days Weekend and Doors Open Brampton Sept. 28, 29 • Halloween Fun Oct. 17, 24, 26

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OC T 16 : LEGACY: A TRIBUTE TO GORD DOWNIE Promoting awareness and

thoughtful action with Twin Flames, Dala, Royal Wood, Tom Wilson and more.

OC T 18 : AN EVENING WITH THE

Headwaters Home Care 62 Lord Dufferin Centre 48

COMMUNIT Y CHORUS Tickets: 905-5842534 or m.johnston@bellnet.ca. 3-5pm. $20; children 12 & under $5. Caledon Community Complex, Caledon East. 905584-9974; caledoneastunitedchurch.ca

OC T 19 : BR AMP TON CONCERT BAND: CELEBR ATION OF FREEDOM

A moving tribute to the end of both World Wars. 7:30pm.

OC T 26 : THE ROSE ORCHESTR A: FOR THE LOVE OF MUSICAL S West

Side Story, Chicago, Mamma Mia and the Rosebuds. 7:30pm.

OC T 26 : CARL DIXON & AN EVENING OF STORIES & SONGS Electric and

acoustic music from a life well rocked.

NOV 21 : CL ASSIC ALBUMS LIVE: ABBEY ROAD – THE BEATLES This album led us across a new road and into another decade.

SEP 22 : MARK DUBOIS & THE MARK DUBOIS STUDIO SINGERS With the St.

Andrew Songbirds. In aid of Relessey Cemetery and Church. 2pm. $15.

Relessey Church, 874615 Dufferin Cty Rd 8 and 5th Ln Mono. Relessey Cemetery Board, 519-941-1100.

SEP 27 : FLOYDIUM – CANADA’S PREMIER PINK FLOYD BAND Note for note, great

light and video show. 8-11pm. $42.

Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. theatreorangeville.ca

multimedia, interactive event about the power of music. 2-5pm. Pay what you can.

Albion Bolton Community Centre, Bolton.

416-276-7852; caledonconcertband.ca

BACA All-female rock music. 8-10pm. Free.

Bolton United Church, 8 Nancy Street.

CrossCurrents Caledon, facebook.com OC T 5 : BRUCE LEY & FRIENDS COUNTRY CL ASSIC CONCERT A hand-clapping

Cruise Holidays 43 Orangeville BIA 24 25 Town of Erin 42 43

afternoon of favourites. 3pm. $20, at Caravaggio IDA, Shelburne; 519-9252397; or gailbrown.pharm@yahoo. ca. Grace Tipling Hall, Shelburne.

Primrose United Church, 519-9252233; shelburneprimrose.com

tree services

OC T 5 : WE RISE AGAIN – THE ELMER

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Maple Leaves Forever 11

– MUIR FAMILY BAND With special guests. 8-10pm. $25. Century Church Theatre, Hillsburgh. 519-855-4586; centurychurchtheatre.com OC T 6 : YORK REGIONAL POLICE

OC T 4 : CROSSCURRENTS MUSIC CAFÉ –

s e ni o r s ’ s e r v i c e s

OC T 5 : THE ROUTES OF COUNTRY

reflective to make you take notice.

MUSIC FOR MENTAL FITNESS A

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and concert $50. Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville.

Sounds of Westminster Concert Series, 519-941-0381; westminsterorangeville.ca

COWBOY JUNKIES Quiet, beautiful and

SEP 28 : CULTURE DAYS – MAKING

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OC T 10; DEC 12 : PAMA FOLK NIGHTS WITH BR AMP TON FOLK CLUB Oct 10:

Canadian Landscapes. Dec 12: Earthly Concerns. 7-8:30pm. Regular admission.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca OC T 16 – NOV 20 (WEDNESDAYS) : OR ANGEVILLE SHOW CHORUS MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Guest classes and free vocal lessons. Be part of our Christmas Caravan Show. See website for location. 7-9:30pm. orangevilleshowchorus.com OC T 19 : BOB MILNE’S R AGTIME The world’s greatest ragtime pianist returns.

2:30-5pm: concert and gourmet afternoon tea $30. 8pm: concert $30. Century Church Theatre, Hillsburgh. 519-8554586; centurychurchtheatre.com OC T 19 : CALEDON CHAMBER CONCERTS

Serenade Ensemble presents Flute and Strings. 7:30-10pm. $35; students 16 and under $15, at BookLore, Howard the Butcher, Forster’s Book Garden or he door. St. James Anglican Church, 6025 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. 905-8802445; caledonchamberconcerts.com OC T 20 : CALEDON CONCERT BAND – HALLOWE’EN HOEDOWN Creepy and country classics. 2-4pm. $20; students & seniors $15; children 12 & under free. Caledon East Community Complex, Caledon East. 416-2767852; caledonconcertband.ca

ISELER SINGERS WORKSHOP & CONCERT

Connecting with Community Singers 3:30-5pm. Concert 7:30pm. Reception follows. $40; students $25; workshop

NOV 8 : HAWKSLEY WORKMAN Juno

winner performs cabaret to electropop to anthemic rock and plenty

in-between. Standing show, some seating. 8-10pm. $47. Hockley Historic Community Hall, 994174 Mono-Adjala Townline. Hockley Hall Shows, 519217-9033; hockleysoundsgood.com NOV 16 : CALEDON CHAMBER CONCERTS Mauro Bertoli, piano and Jethro Marks, violin present works by Nino Rota, Brahms and Henri Vieuxtemp.

7:30-10pm. $35; students 16 and under $15, at BookLore, Howard the Butcher, Forster’s Book Garden or at door. St. James Anglican Church, 6025 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. 905-8802445; caledonchamberconcerts.com

theatre+film SEP 20 – 22 : DEAN & JERRY – WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN Derek Marshall

and Nicholas Arnold bring humour to this tribute. Fri 8pm. Sat 7pm. Sun 2pm. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. 519-9423423, theatreorangeville.ca OC T 11 : AF TERNOON FILM CLUB – LIFE, ANIMATED A mute man learns to speak

through classic Disney animated films.

Mature subject matter. 2-4pm. Free.

Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton.

905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca OC T 17 : MOVIE MORNING AT THE EXCHANGE – THIS BEAUTIFUL FANTASTIC Bella’s unlikely friendship

with a cantankerous neighbour. Hot lunch $2.50 cash. Mature subject matter.

10am. The Exchange, 55 Healey Rd, Bolton. CCS, Caledon Library, 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca OC T 17 : TEACHER APPRECIATION NIGHT

Teachers only. Free wine and cheese, Education on Stage presentation, and performance of Come Down from Up River. Register. 6:30-10pm. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville.

519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca OC T 17 – NOV 3 : COME DOWN FROM UP RIVER – BY NORM FOSTER Moving

tale of family and forgiveness. Thu Fri 8pm. Sat 7pm. Sun Wed 2pm. Oct 30: Relaxed performance. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville.

519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca OC T 18 – 27 : FOREVER PL AID Classic

barbershop quartet harmonies and pitch-perfect melodies. Fri Sat 8pm.

Sun 2pm. $18; students and seniors $12. Grace Tipling Hall, 203 Main St E, Shelburne. LP Stage Productions Inc, 519939-9038; lpstageproductionsinc.com

OC T 26 : PROHIBITION HALLOWEEN DINNER THEATRE Eleanor Crumpacker

(Mag Ruffman) distracts from the temptation of alcohol. Dinner by Lavender Blue. Early 1900s costumes suggested.

Prizes. 6-11pm. $80, reserve 519-9411114. MOD, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com OC T 30 : COME DOWN FROM UP RIVER – REL A XED PERFORMANCE Moving

tale of family and forgiveness. Theatre environment changed to accommodate challenges (lights, sound). All welcome including babes in arms. 7pm. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville.

519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca NOV 1, 2, 8 & 9 : THE KITCHEN WITCHES Enemies Isobel and Dolly

cohost a cooking show. Fri 8pm. Sat 2 & 8pm. Dinner Theatre: Nov 2 and 9. $16. Caledon Townhall Players, 18365 Hurontario St, Caledon Village. 519-9275460; caledontownhallplayers.com NOV 2 : HOWIE MANDEL Multi-Emmy

Award-winning comedian has remained a force for more than 30 years. 8pm.

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NOV 7 – 16 : MAMMA MIA! A Mediter­

ranean setting, three possible dads, Abba’s hits. Thu Fri 7:30pm. Sat 1 & 7:30pm. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. 905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca

How did an abandoned nineteenth century railway become Caledon’s beloved Trailway? Explore this story of transformation and rebirth through archival images, beautiful nature photography and firsthand accounts from the people who made it happen. This coffee table book includes connections to the Great Trail and other trails in the Caledon area, as well as a Trailway Diary and maps.

NOV 8 : AF TERNOON FILM CLUB – CHURCHILL British prime minister’s struggle with his marginalized role in the war. Mature subject matter. 2-4pm. Free.

Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton.

905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca NOV 8 – 10, 22 – 24 : THE L ADIES’ FOURSOME A laugh-out-loud look at

friendships. Fri 8pm. Sat Sun 2pm. Nov 9: Ladies’ Day Lunch Matinée, 11:30, $45. $25. Acton Town Hall Centre, 19 Willow St N, Acton. 905-873-6868; erintheatre.ca NOV 13 – 15 : HUFF Darkly comic tale of Indigenous brothers struggling to cope with their mother’s death. 8pm.

Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton.

905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca

Book Launch

November 24, 2019 2:30–5:00pm Presentation 3:30pm St. James Church Caledon East

NOV 16 : VIC TORIAN CHRISTMAS GAL A FUNDR AISER Champagne, oyster bar, dinner, live and silent auctions, music

by T.O.Y.S. choir. Book a table of eight, 519-942-3423. 5:30-11pm. Best Western, Orangeville. theatreorangeville.ca NOV 18 : JULIET & ROMEO Passionate

combination of dance, theatre and jazz concert. 7pm. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. 905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca

A perfect Christmas gift at only $40 – proceeds to support the Trailway.

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Patience and Basic Vocabulary Required queen — human — water (or wafer; see fried) — lucky — brand — tough — joust — heavy — crypt — exist — idiom — fried (or tried; see wafer) — ozone Silas Renarm Guards His Pennies There are several possibilities. One is to

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move 12 to 3, 7 to 4, 10 to 6, 8 to 1, 9 to 5, and 11 to 2. Other solutions can be validated by reviewing them against the rules.

One Path of Compound Words newsletter — letterbox — boxcar — carpool — poolside — sidelight — lighthouse — housefly — flywheel

Adelaide’s Near Miss The incident happened in daylight.

Abe’s Terrible Toothache Abe should select Dr. Molar. The dentists would have treated each other and it appears Dr. Molar’s work on his partner produced better results.

You Get a Second Chance!

Key number is 105. In other cases add or subtract the final result you get from the key number you chose. (E.g., for key number 107, the final result is positive 2, which subtracted from 107 leaves 105. Or, for key number 103, the final number is negative 2 which added to 103 = 105.)

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a Puzzling Conclusion

BY KEN WEBER

Patience and Basic Vocabulary Required After a weekend of steady rainfall with the sky promising more, Miss Lang knew there would be no outside recess at S.S. #6 East Luther on Monday, so on Sunday evening she prepared this indoor exercise for her pupils (35 of them in her one-room school in 1901).

Here are 13 five-letter words, each with two letters missing. Enter the 26 letters of the alphabet on the 26 blanks and make 13 regular English words.

Senior students may use each letter of the alphabet only once. If necessary, junior students may repeat up to five letters.

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Existing letters do not move. No word above has a correct alternative spelling.

One Path of Compound Words 1 — news flower horn brain

2 — pipe pot letter child

3 — line luck birth box

4 — right car place backer

Silas Renarm Guards His Pennies Somewhere on the road between Alton and Hillsburgh, Silas Renarm lost a penny from a puzzle he used to keep children busy while their adult guardians visited his “magical” elixir medicine show. Prohibition had boosted sales of his elixir in every town he visited, but true to his nature, Silas was reluctant to put even a penny at risk. So instead of 12 pennies in the puzzle below, he substituted metal washers when the show opened in Hillsburgh.

She didn’t realize the headlights on her car were not on when the little black dog darted into the middle of Highway 9, but Adelaide was still able to stop in time.

Why?

Abe’s Terrible Toothache

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10 — coach hearted wheel foot Choose a word from #1 that together with a word from #2 will form a regular com­ pound English word. The word you choose from #2 must then be used to create a regular compound English word when put together with a word from #3. The word from #3 must combine with a word from #4, and so on until by #10, you have nine regular compound English words.

Adelaide’s Near Miss

The challenge is to rearrange the washers into pairs, one atop another, at positions 1 to 6, by jumping them, one at a time, over two adjacent washers and landing on a third. (For example, jump washer 12 over 1 and 2 to land on washer 3.) Jumps can be in either direction. A completed pair counts as an adjacent two.

In the show at Hillsburgh, Silas offered a penny (a real penny) to any child or adult who could meet the challenge in six jumps.

Could you have earned the penny? Hint: Start with the example.

Abe’s toothache developed when he was on a hiking trip in very remote mountain country. The guide took him to an equally remote community where, to Abe’s sur­ prise, there were actually two dentists.

They were partners sharing an office and were the only dentists available in this part of the country.

Abe couldn’t help but notice that Dr. Molar’s natural teeth appeared to need significant attention, while the natural teeth of his partner, Dr. Incisor, appeared to be in very good condition. On the wall of their shared office hung framed certi­ ficates indicating the two dentists had identical qualifications and had gradua­ ted at the same time from the same class.

Both were available, were willing to go right to work, and charged the same fee.

Which dentist should Abe pick? Why?

You Get a Second Chance!

100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 Choose any key number from the line above (100 through 108) and reduce it to exactly zero by subtracting from it progressively, beginning with the numeral 1.

For example, subtract­ ing progressively in this way from, say, the number 15, you would proceed in this fashion:

15 – 1 = 14 14 – 2 = 12 12 – 3 = 9 9 – 4 = 5 5 – 5 = 0

The challenge: Only one of the key numbers above can be reduced to exactly zero by this method, so a second chance is available if you started with the wrong number.

Take the very last numeral you reached by subtracting from a wrong key number and, in just one calculation, use it to determine which key number is the right one.

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