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As part of her work in Inukjuak, Caledon East native Jordyn Stafford (sixth from left) joined hunters and their young protégés on a seal hunting excursion on the sea ice of Hudson’s Bay. The outing was organized by Sirivik, a non-profit focused on food security in Inukjuak. The youth shared the harvest with their community.

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I N R E T R O S P EC T On our 30th anniversary, we’re digging into the archives to review some of the themes that have shaped us

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LOCAL HEROES We salute some of the extraordinary people across Headwaters who make our communities stronger

BY J EF F R O L L I N GS, EM I LY D I C K S O N , GA I L G R A N T A N D TO N Y R E Y N O L D S

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THE YEAR IN BOOKS Our annual review of new books – everything from mysteries and novels to memoirs and kid lit by local authors

BY EM I LY D I C K S O N , GA I L G R A N T, C A R O L G O O D, DYA N N E R I V ER S AND SIGNE BALL N O R T H E R N C O N N EC T I O N S Two Headwaters residents are working with Indigenous people on innovative programs to enhance food security in the Far North

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SHEET OF DREAMS Parents don’t build rinks, they build memories – a look at two impressive ice makers in Hockley valley

BY A N T H O N Y J EN K I N S

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H OW T O C E L E B R AT E LUNAR NEW YEAR Ring in the Year of the Dragon with homemade dumplings, smashed cucumber salad and “laughing” sesame cookies

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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE CJ Shelton

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FIELD NOTES Embrace winter outdoors, at a holiday market or under the theatre lights

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FENCE POSTS We need to stay in touch

BY DA N N EED L E S FOOD AND DRINK Holiday cookies, festive tipples and tasty local gifts

BY EM I LY D I C K S O N MEET THE MAKER Orangeville artist Stephanie Casino Esguerra

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H E A DWAT E R S N E S T Some secrets are best kept

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OV E R T H E N E X T H I L L Safe at home

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MADE IN THE HILLS Local holiday gift finds

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AT H O M E I N T H E H I L L S A sanctuary of good design

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COUNTRY LIVING 101 Winter storm prep

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W H AT ’S O N A calendar of winter happenings

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F I N D A N A DV E R T I S E R

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B AC K S T O R Y A “snow blockade” wreaks havoc

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Adelaide Hoodless, founder of the Women’s Institutes, 1897.

T HE C A S E FO R K I N D NE S S TO R E CO G N I Z E O U R 3 0T H anniversary, each issue this year has

included a spread called “In Retrospect,” a selection of past stories, loosely based on themes that have occupied our attention over the last three decades – the environment, aggregates, population growth and the like. For this instalment, we decided to focus on people. As I sifted through back issues, the focus became sharper. It’s people, of course. But more than that, what holds our community – any healthy community – together is the willingness of people to care for other people.

One of the stories that popped up was a piece by Ken Weber on the history of Women’s Institutes, those mostly rural local organizations of women who have devoted themselves to “home and country” for more than a century. Though now reduced in numbers, local chapters of the WI continue to advocate on behalf of women, children and community well-being.

Ken’s story included a sidebar titled “Words to Live By” – quoting the WI prayer, called “The Mary Stewart Collect.” It caught my attention on this reading as never before. I read it several times. I printed and posted it above my desk. I shared it with family and friends.

It begins: “Keep us, O Lord, from pettiness; let us be large in thought and deed.” It concludes: “And may we strive to touch and know the great human heart, common to us all, and, O Lord, let us not forget to be kind.” (You can read the whole prayer on page 31.)

What was so different about reading the prayer now compared with when Ken quoted it in 2009? It was not so very long ago, but 2009 was before runaway fire, drought and flood, before the plague of Covid, before fake news, before Trump, before Israel and Gaza (again), before Putin and Ukraine. It was no golden age back then, all our current troubles were already fomenting, but it does seem that something essential to the human spirit has grown terribly frayed in the past decade and a half, as anger, vitriol and self-righteousness have increasingly dominated of our social discourse.

It’s easy to get caught up in that discourse. It fills our airwaves, our social media. But it divides and weakens us. And as I was reminded going through those past issues, and by the local heroes and other extraordinary people profiled in this issue, it’s not our whole story.

The WI prayer should not be dismissed as Hallmark sentimentality.

It is a stark and universal call to human decency, to our better selves.

There is seemingly so much we can’t control, but we can remember that the great human heart is common to us all. We can be kind.

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CONTRIBUTORS

THREE OF THE KEY PLAYERS ON OUR TEAM

Jim Stewart is a critically acclaimed artist, known for his colourful, kinetic figurative and abstract drawings and paintings. When he appeared in our Artist in Residence feature, the Caledon artist told us, “I experience life as a spectrum of energy from essence through to the visible and tangible … I allow my creative side (right brain) to have free rein to express this life energy as I am living it in the moment.”

Jim always travels with a sketchbook in hand, ready to capture local scenes of daily life, kids at play and rural landscapes. His illustrations have appeared in several international magazines, and we’ve been fortunate to have his whimsical pen and ink drawings enliven our calendar of events pages since our first year of publication in 1994. He spends part of his year living and painting on Maui, Hawaii, where he is an active part of the art community.

Liz Beatty Liz Beatty is a self-described travelling homebody. She loves to hit the road, covering stories for the likes of Lonely Planet and National Geographic. She’s unearthed surprising tales linking Americans and Canadians in her award-winning podcast North Americana. She also has a new travel podcast about to drop for Canadian Geographic. Still, Liz insists she loves most the way travel makes her feel when she gets home – that bigger sense of our beloved hills amid this vast, gloriously diverse world. Whether learning about the Northern Labrador Inuit reclaiming their Torngat Mountains homeland or watching villagers of Bedoin, France gathering to glimpse the Tour de France, Liz’s stories boil down to what home means, in Headwaters and around the world. In this issue, she digs into some surprising and important connections between the homegrown farm-to-table bounty of Dufferin and Caledon and the deceptively barren tundra of Canada’s storied North.

Elaine Li Orangeville food photographer and food scientist Elaine Li has been contributing to In The Hills for just over a year, and in that time has been busy snapping decadent local holiday chocolate, vibrant Caribbean cuisine and lip-smacking barbecue.

For other features she’s also prepared the dishes being photographed. She baked, styled and photographed mouth-watering apple pies for our fall 2023 cover story. In this issue, Elaine taps into her Chinese heritage to create and photograph a Lunar New Year menu for home cooks. She also shares with writer Emily Dickson fond memories of holiday celebrations from her childhood in the southern city of Guangzhou. And the recipes?

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LETTERS

Can Caledon Go It Alone?

Animal Rights I N R E S P O N S E TO “Animal

Rights in the Laundry Room”

by Dan Needles [summer ’22]: Although this piece was written over a year ago, it hasn’t left my mind. Because I don’t like to have any regrets in terms of wishing I had done something, I’m finally responding to it to offer another perspective.

Rather than think it was a silly or ignorant question, I applaud the customer who asked the salesperson whether or not the sheep had a good life after the wool was taken.

Her question could have been worded differently and more accurately, but I understood the gist and the essence of it. She was trying to be an informed consumer in order to make a choice that aligned with her values. This is something many

targets change, since few people will agree that $1.3-million homes are affordable to most new home buyers or pensioners.

— Timothy J Donovan, Caledon East P L E A S E F O R WA R D M Y appreciation to

writer Nicola Ross for her excellent, detailed and timely article on the breakup of Peel Region. To me this breakup is not unlike a divorce when the children (residents) pay the price (increased taxes), and the only persons who benefit are the lawyers (consultants) who reap significant financial rewards.

This breakup to me is all based on 3Ps. They are power, politics and personality.

Mayor McCallion was a scrapper. She best served her constituents by fighting for them in all the venues of regional, provincial and federal governments. I can recall that in 1979, when the Mississauga train derailment occurred, Mayor McCallion took charge.

She essentially said to other layers of government, you are in my sandbox now, so take a seat and watch me lead. The residents of Mississauga appreciated her decisive style of leadership.

Peel Region dates back to 1974 and recently it was suggested by a colleague of

more people need to do. We need to question where our products come from and what suffering, harm or exploitation (whether endured by the environment, humans or animals) happened along the way.

I’m going to assume that she, like many of us, has become wise to the marketing ploys of huge farming industries that literally paint pictures on their packaging of their animals and workers living idyllic lives. This marketing is supposed to make the consumer feel good about what they’re buying. Since there is no real transparency offered from these industries, we need to ask questions.

I’m glad that Mr. Needles takes care of his sheep, but he does not represent the entire wool industry. I can bet there are sheep farms in which profit overrides humane treatment of

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the three municipalities would amalgamate under a single-tier Region of Peel. Then they could all share in the intended development for the whole area. Mississauga and Brampton could finance their infill and repairs, and Caledon could continue the tri-nodal development it had planned. In this way, financing would be shared on a priority basis that the region would decide.

One big happy region – but I’m dreaming!

— Rita Baldassarra, Orangeville

the animals during the shearing process. This would especially be the case in which shearers are paid by the volume and not by the hour. I can also bet that any type of legislation or industry policy to protect these vulnerable beings is limited and not effectively enforced.

Mr. Needles states that because of our modern-day “spare time” and “well-fed” bellies, we “now have the energy to bully anyone who doesn’t agree with us.”

First, I’d like to point out that vegetarianism and veganism go back thousands of years; therefore, it’s not some sort of new, modern-day luxury.

I’d also argue that today, more than ever, we have more access to learn about different beliefs and ways of living. This allows us to start questioning our own indoctrination and

We welcome your comments! For more reader commentary, or to add your own thoughts on any of the stories appearing in this issue, please visit www.inthehills.ca. You can also send your letters by email to sball@inthehills.ca. Please include your name, address and contact information. In The Hills reserves the right to edit letters for publication.

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mine that Peel Region may have been better served by the province if they had made it the City of Peel. Even now with Bill 112, I have heard rumours that certain functions (like public works) will be preserved in a regional manner.

I hope the Hazel McCallion Act does not become a poor legacy of the mayor and an expensive exercise where the residents of Peel pay huge tax increases and receive few benefits. It appears to me that the failure of Bill 112 could be the duplication associated with it and an expensive division of assets.

— Dave Dorman, Erin

what has been force-fed to us. I think that is a beautiful thing.

As for bullies? Well, who has the real power here? I’d say it’s the animal-exploiting industries that have powerful lobbying organizations that can shape policy and legislation in their favour and can squash any whistleblower who crosses their path. I wouldn’t say it’s the animal rights activist protesting from a true place of urgency, passion and pain.

They are not the real bullies here. They are just trying desperately to stop the wool from being pulled over our eyes. — Laura V. Miranda, Adjala CO R R E C T I O N

Thanks to former paratrooper Jim McDonald of Shelburne who pointed out an error in “We Will Remember Them” [autumn ’23]. The story made reference to the playing of taps. In fact, taps is an American bugle call. The British and Canadian military play the last post, which has a different melody.

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CJ S HE LTON In this sample of longtime Alton Mill Arts Centre artist CJ Shelton’s oeuvre, peaceful doves mingle with the Greek concepts of linear and divine time, and a red spiral “life force” gives power and balance to a stylized tree. “I work in the archetypal realm,” she confirms. A student of mysticism and esoteric philosophy, CJ is drawn to recurring themes, especially the circle. “The circular form from a spiritual perspective is a symbol of wholeness. It’s a perfect shape, common in nature.” And one that doesn’t always have to constrain its subject. CJ’s newest work, Highflight, inspired by First World War pilot John Gillespie Magee’s sonnet with its famous first line, “Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth,” nearly soars off its canvas. Find her at www.dancingmoondesigns.ca.

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Ballet Jörgen’s The Nutcracker at Rose Theatre.

Brampton On Stage’s holiday lineup at Rose Theatre includes Ballet Jörgen’s The Nutcracker on December 13. Along with Tchaikovsky’s classic score, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection created the dazzling set, a backdrop of iconic paintings filled with lumberjacks, snowflakes and winter landscapes. And A Next Generation Leahy STAR-STUDDED Christmas is back on December 17 with CelticAt Between the Clouds and the inspired, toe-tapping holiday music.

Stars, discover the surprising ways From November 30 to December 23 local companies have impacted Theatre Orangeville bursts with fun hosting international space travel. The Cinderella…if the Shoe Fits by Debbie exhibit runs until March 17 at the Collins and David Nairn. This pantomime Peel Art Gallery, Museum & Archives. production is an all-ages, over-the-top event And Caledon Community in which audience members are encouraged to Services’ Home for the boo the villain, cheer the hero, and sing along Holidays Gala lights up the Royal with the live band. Then, banish winter blues Ambassador Event Centre in with some trademark Norm Foster hilarity Caledon East on December 1. This in Doris and Ivy, in the Home February year’s theme is Hope Under the 8 to 25. When Doris, a retired prison guard, Stars, so expect a sparkling evening moves into a retirement village in Alberta, of giving back to the community. she forms a trio of friends that get into all kinds of antics, love designs and hot gossip.

R I C K Y SC H A E D E ’S SO LO AC T Orangeville artist Ricky Schaede has opened his first solo studio, the Ricky Schaede Art Studio, on First Street.

“I’ve devoted my life to art and this is a culmination of all my hard work over the last 10 years.” This dreamcome-true space features a gallery of his original artwork, journals, and some Canadian-made art supplies you won’t find anywhere else. And, of course, Ricky will continue to teach art in his new digs.

Artist Ricky Schaede in a portrait taken for our 25th-anniversary project, “25 Under 25,” in 2018.

Local shopping and festive family events offer a fast track to holiday spirit.

The Museum of Dufferin’s Holiday Treasures Arts & Crafts Sale runs November 29 to December 10 and features 60 local vendors, artists and makers. Shop for cozy knits, handmade jewelry, functional wood products, cute custom badges, along with original artwork and photography. While you’re shopping, enjoy the museum’s galleries throughout, including the permanent Corn Flower Glass exhibit. Feeling crafty?

Sign up for a one-hour MoD holiday decor workshop – make a garland, November 30 and December 8, or whip up a centrepiece, December 1 and December 10.

The Christmas Village Market takes over the Orangeville Fairgrounds on December 16. Warm up at the hot cocoa bar with roving Tottenhambased coffee house Ben’s Beans. Snap a picture at the holiday selfie station, then tell Santa what’s on your wish list. Visit more than 100 local vendors, then head to the gift-wrapping station, where donations go to the Orangeville Food Bank.

The Artful Giving Artisan Gift & Fine Art Sale at Alton Mill Arts Centre offers unique and affordable crafts and products to January 7. Mount Alverno’s exciting shopping event, Mistletoe Mountain, is back December 1 and 2.

Campbell’s Cross Farm on King Street near Inglewood celebrates the season free on December 3. Take a tractor ride, roast marshmallows and search for holiday elves around the farm. Head inside the barn to stroll through a vendor market. And at Downey’s Farm on Heart Lake Road in Caledon, make your own reindeer food, visit with Santa, play “frozen fairways” ice golf, or catch a magic show, from November 25 to December 17.

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FR ESH AIR FUN Even snow can’t stop diehard cyclists. Fat bikes make year-round cycling a cinch with their oversized and lower-pressure tires, offering great traction on snow. This winter, if you’re up for a tough workout, explore snowy terrain with freshly groomed bike trails at Island Lake Conservation Area and Mansfield Outdoor Centre. Both locations offer rentals.

Alton Mill Arts Centre’s Fire & Ice pulls out all the stops each year, with pond skating and hockey, a snowslide for kids, artsy workshops and ice carving. Have a bite at a local food truck, then wait for the grand finale – gathering to watch Paul Morin’s mixed media sculpture ignited by flame. Inside the mill, meet local artists at their winter open house, and grab a hot coffee and fresh pastries at the café. This is a pay-what-you-can event on January 27 and 28.

On February 4, Mono Winterfest is back at Mono Community Centre. Take a horsedrawn sleigh ride, roast marshmallows fireside, go skating, tobogganing or cross-country skiing, or try your luck at a winter obstacle course. Warm up inside at a lunch counter, then stroll through the community booths to learn about Mono happenings.

LEFT: Fire & Ice at the Alton Mill. RIGHT: Fat biking at Island Lake Conservation Area.

C A L E DO N WA S T E CO L L EC T I O N G O ES E V In October, Region of Peel launched Ontario’s first fully electric waste collections vehicle – the Mack Low Ride Electric Vehicle. Watch for it out collecting waste, recycling and organic matter in Caledon as part of the region’s fleet of 150 (most of those are powered by compressed natural gas) trucks. Officials hope the pilot project inspires and informs other municipal operators about air quality improvement, noise reduction and decreased reliance on fossil fuels.

A NEW YEAR H E A LT H H I T After a full season of indulging, imbibing and forgetting all about self-care, get back to your health goals with The Shelburne Health and Wellness Expo on January 20 at Centre Dufferin District High School.

Visitors can connect with practitioners such as naturopaths, osteopaths and therapists to help them start 2024 off right. Learn about wellness in a workshop or visit vendors specializing in healing, fitness and natural products. (Full disclosure: I’ll be there with my new organic skincare brand, Moon Spirit Organics.

See Made In The Hills, page 81, for info.)

good food news The Town of Orangeville and Orangeville Food Bank have launched a clever new kind of vending machine.

Forget candy and junk food – this machine is stocked with affordable, healthy food priced at just 25 cents. Three days a week, the Food Bank’s community kitchen prepares sandwiches, wraps, salads and more to fill it. Temporarily located at Orangeville Town Hall, the vending machine will be relocated to the Mill Street location of the Orangeville Public Library when its renovations are completed.

The Orangeville Food Bank has also created Neighbours Community Market, a sliding-scale produce market to support community members in need. The market takes place Wednesdays in Shelburne at the Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex and Thursdays at the Grand Valley Public Library. When making a purchase, residents can discreetly select a 30 or 50 per cent deduction on their iPad payment system.

Community members can also choose to pay full retail price on produce, with that money going right back to the program.

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what’s happening around here.

A couple of months ago, Metroland announced that 70 of its community newspapers in Ontario would be shutting down their print editions and moving to online only. In the same week, the province’s oldest surviving weekly, the Glengarry News, printed its last issue and shut its doors after 131 years. These announcements probably came as a shock to many rural residents, but the newspaper industry greeted the news with a collective shrug.

“I don’t think that [any of them] were really substantial papers ever,” sniffed a Carleton University journalism professor. He suggested that whatever services those little papers had to offer could easily be covered by Facebook.

Except they can’t. Just as a civil society requires local, regional and federal government, they also require multiple levels of conversation and information. It’s all part of the sifting and sorting that a person needs to go through during the horrendously difficult process of making up one’s mind. Our own local paper went out of production a long time ago and the office building has served as a theatre and dance studio for at least ten years now. We couldn’t do much about it at the time, but something has gone missing in the process, like the sound of a refrigerator that isn’t running or frogs not singing in a swamp.

My first real job out of school was “editor” of a weekly newspaper in Shelburne in 1974. No one would have called the Free Press & Economist substantial in those days either. It had a subscription

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list of 1,200, seldom ran more than 16 pages and often featured headlines like: WARBLE FLIES ON THE RISE. (The final issue of the Glengarry News had a front-page headline on the problem of buckthorn.)

I had no credentials for the job. When I applied I told the publisher I had no journalism training and he replied, “Do you have any other strong points you want to make in your favour?”

He wasn’t looking for a Carl Bernstein who would strip off the cozy illusions and comforting half-truths of Shelburne life. He wanted someone who understood that you had to stand in the same grocery line to buy

The guys would leaf through my paper in less than a minute and then tell me what really happened in town last week. bread with the people you were writing about. The sorting and sifting for this editor began while sitting on the Coke cooler in Bob Carruthers’ Gulf station across the street where the guys would leaf through my paper in less than a minute and then tell me what really happened in town last week. The Gulf station coffee klatch became every bit as important to me as any town council or school board meeting.

Facebook is helpful for finding more detail about something you know has happened. But it is useless for staying up to date on the neighbourhood. You need a formal collection system for that kind of

intelligence flow. And when the digital service has decided you don’t need to know about local births and deaths, lost dogs, hockey scores, euchre tournaments and auction sales, it can just as easily decide you don’t need to hear about the homeless camps on the edge of town or drugs and STDs in the school, either.

For the moment, there aren’t that many people interested in putting a dip net into the Mississippi of information flowing by us every day to tell us what is happening within walking distance. It’s hard to get paid a living wage for that kind of detail work.

But the digital platforms for the old papers are still there, and whenever we decide that’s an important part of community life, we can always pump oxygen back into them.

In the 1860s my hometown had no less than five weekly newspapers in its very first decade of life.

Then it dwindled to one and back up to three, and now it’s back down to one that is only virtual. My feeling is that we are passing through one of those temporary lulls in the local news business and things will change before very long. In the meantime, the Driveshed Coffee Club remains my most reliable source of suspect information. That and the loading docks at Hamilton Bros. and BJS farm supplies.

Oh, and don’t forget the family diner and the D&L convenience store on the highway.

Did you hear they saw a moose on the Min Baker Sideroad?

Playwright and humorist Dan Needles lives on a small farm in Nottawa. His latest book, Finding Larkspur: A Return to Village Life, was published by Douglas & McIntyre this fall.

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In retrospect In each issue this year we’ve been celebrating In The Hills’ 30th anniversary by digging into the archives to look back at some of the themes that have populated our pages over the past three decades. So far those stories have reflected how some of our local preoccupations have evolved in a generation. For this last entry, we’ve chosen stories that exemplify the neighbourly compassion that remains the bedrock of our community.

The full articles featured on these pages can be found online at inthehills.ca.

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kindness Who we are, where we’re going, how we care for each other along the way.

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We’ve all heard land acknowledgments. Read aloud at everything from hockey games to municipal council meetings, these statements recognize the enduring relationships of Canada’s first peoples with their traditional territory ... The release in 2015 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action highlighted 94 steps that must be taken to right centuries of wrongs and restore awareness of the defining role of Indigenous peoples in the history of Canada. The oral repetition of land acknowledgments is intended to promote mindful reflection, encouraging people to ask questions and educate themselves as a positive first step on the road to reconciliation.

Olive Pascal: “There’s some wisdom I like to live my life by – always assume someone is stupid rather than evil. They aren’t doing it on purpose.

They’re doing it because they’re misinformed. There are going to be a few evil people out there that just want to see other people in misery, but that’s rarely the case.”

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That man was William Perkins Bull and the reason [officer Grant] McKeough – and hundreds of soldiers like him – wanted to say thank you was that Perkins Bull and his wife, Maria, had carved out a circle of sunshine for Canadian boys in the terrible gloom of World War I. They had set up a hospital, one like no other ... The reason the Perkins Bull Hospital for Convalescent Canadian Officers was so unanimously treasured by the men who stayed there was that the project didn’t start out as a hospital. It began as a home away from home.

2020 That key blueprints for institutional change are coming from a small rural town north of Toronto, one often perceived as very conservative, is a point of pride for [deputy mayor Steve] Anderson.

“If you got the press release from Brampton or Toronto, that makes sense,” he says. “But for a rural town to be leading the charge? It takes people to lead by example and it takes large parts of the community buying in.

People are now standing and taking note about the great work we are doing in the town of Shelburne to make our community safe, prosperous and welcoming to all.”

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Shelburne mayor Wade Mills: “It was the night of March 11th when something changed for me. Until then it had seemed as though the ‘novel coronavirus’ was somewhat of a distant threat ... That was the day the World Health Organization officially declared a global pandemic ... Suddenly we were dealing with challenges and issues that required all of us in leadership positions to act quickly, decisively, and creatively.

Among the many challenges we have faced, however, none hit me as hard as the absolutely tragic situation that unfolded at the Shelburne Residence. The extent of the outbreak and the loss of life seemed unimaginable, and the collective grief shared by our community is something that will long endure.”

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It’s not uncommon ... to see people who haven’t eaten in three days. The worst [Pastor Kerry Duffield of The Lighthouse in Orangeville] has seen is someone who hadn’t eaten in five ... “You have to decide what your motivation is when you start feeding people, and for us that has nothing to do with what sort of people they are.”

Besides, “if you don’t know the person, you can’t judge their situation.” Instead, he says, “We think of it as a gift of love. We try to give people the message that ‘We care about you and we won’t have anybody starve.’”

The list of the Women’s Institutes’ achievements since their beginnings in 1897 is awe-inspiring. Even so, WI members seem strangely reluctant to toot their own horns, and many of their accomplishments go unsung. As a onceprominent Ontario politician put it: “These women can nail down a project as well as any Rotary or Lions club.

They just make less noise doing it!”

This prayer, known as the “Mary Stewart Collect,” has been recited in unison by thousands of women at WI meetings over the decades. In that time, the collect has lost none of its relevance as a guiding set of principles for daily life.

Keep us, O Lord, from pettiness; let us be large in thought and deed.

Let us be done with fault finding and leave off self-seeking.

May we put away all pretense and meet each other face to face, Without self-pity and without prejudice.

May we never be hasty in judgment and always generous.

Let us take time for all things; make us grow calm, serene, gentle.

Teach us to put into action our better impulses, straightforward and unafraid.

Grant that we may realize that it is the little things that create the differences, that in the big things in life, we are one.

On February 20, 1959, the Diefenbaker government in Ottawa abruptly cancelled the Avro Arrow project. At four in the afternoon a blunt announcement came over loudspeakers at the Avro plant.

Workers were to return their tools, remove all their personal belongings, and not expect to come back.

My parents were both instantly unemployed. The Orangeville Banner reported that “approximately 3,000 people surrounding Orangeville have been affected by the layoffs.” A committee of Orangeville-area exAvro workers was formed, with the aim of addressing people’s housing and employment needs.

And may we strive to touch and know the great human heart, common to us all, and, O Lord, let us not forget to be kind.

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Nineteenth-century American writer George William Curtis said, “Heroes in history seem to us poetic because they are there; but if we should tell the simple truth of some of our neighbors, it would sound like poetry.”

This year’s local heroes show that poetry is all around us in Headwaters. Whether representing Canada on the international athletic stage or fighting to protect our environment, building a thriving arts community or knowing how to throw a great event for charity, righting the wrongs of the past or just helping to get the paperwork done, all of them are poetic verses in the neighbourhood we call home.

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Bonnie Ledson and team

The Divas (left to right): Barbara Goodhand, Debbie Glover, Danila Maric, Bonnie Ledson, Judy Petursson, Barbara Gough.

FUNDRAISING DIVAS “ E AC H O F U S H A S H E R OW N S P E C I A L TA L E N T S . As a committee, we fit together nicely, manage to get all the jobs done and have a lot of fun along the way.”

This is Bonnie Ledson, discussing the women who organize the Diamond in the Hills fashion show, luncheon and auction held each fall in support of Bethell Hospice in Inglewood.

Bonnie, along with her sister Barbara Gough, Barbara Goodhand, Debbie Glover, Danila Maric, Judy Petursson and honorary member Marj Dennis, has spearheaded this event since 2017. This year, the cumulative funds the event has raised over the years topped a million dollars.

“I remember attending lovely afternoon teas Lorna Bethell hosted for many years in her home, using her silver tea service and offering tiny sandwiches. This was my first introduction to her dream of creating a hospice in our community,” says Bonnie.

Bonnie’s long history of volunteer fundraising has earned her the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal and the Hazel McCallion Power of Giving Award, so when she attended a Bethell fundraiser in 2016, her kind offer to help was enthusiastically received. Very quickly she had her new committee in place, brimming with fresh ideas.

Since then, the number of women attending the event has increased annually (to over 430 this year), and it outgrew the capacity of local facilities. For the past three years, it has been held at Arlington Estate in Vaughan.

“Ramy Salall, Caledon resident and owner of the luxury event centre, has been wonderful to work with, and is a major sponsor of our event.

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foundations and families as sponsors,” Bonnie says.

With bubbly and wine flowing, event guests renew old friendships and find new ones. There’s a live and silent auction, glitter bags, and a premium raffle. The main event is a dazzling fashion show, featuring 12 local models in sporty casual wear, business and cocktail attire, and formal evening dresses – 80 different outfits in all from the collection of Debbie Glover’s Studio 49 in Georgetown. At the same time, professional “auctionista” and self-described “philanthrotainer” Layne encourages guests to bid on exciting and unusual live auction items.

One of the live auction items keenly anticipated by luncheon regulars, is the Firemen’s Dinner. It involves four Inglewood firefighters who arrive at the winner’s home with everything needed for an elegant dinner for 12.

They look after all preparation, food and wine service, and cleanup. The two dinners offered this year raised a combined total of $22,000.

Bonnie and her committee are understandably proud of what they have achieved in seven short years – even when Covid shut them down for a year in 2020, sponsors honoured their commitments, so all wasn’t lost. Even so, having achieved their million-dollar goal, and with all but one of their crew now in their 70s and 80s, they’re ready to hang up their spurs. However, never ones to leave loose ends, the committee has already recruited a new team of vibrant local women to take over in 2024.

Although The Divas (as Bonnie refers to her team) knew each other before they teamed up for Bethell, the experience has forged an unbreakable bond of friendship. By the time you read this, they’ll be relaxing together on a well-earned vacation in the Arizona sunshine.

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LOCAL HEROES

Dan O’Reilly OBLIGED TO OUR ANCESTORS CO M M U N I T Y AC T I V I S T A N D F R E E L A N C E R E P O R T E R DA N

O’Reilly is passionate about heritage protection.

His family has lived in the south Caledon settlement of Wildfield, on what is now Mayfield Road at the border of Brampton, since the 1830s when his great-great-grandfather Eugene O’Reilly, a widower, emigrated with his daughter, Margaret, from County Cavan, Ireland.

Once in Canada, Eugene entered the Catholic priesthood, while Margaret – Dan’s great-grandmother – married a distant cousin, also named O’Reilly. Dan still lives on a 65-acre section of the family property, which includes 30 acres of workable farmland and a section of the West Humber River. (Dan was the first president of the Humber Valley Heritage Trail Association.)

Through Dan’s efforts to preserve the history of his family and his community, an adjoining Brampton subdivision includes Father Eugene O’Reilly Park and Sister O’Reilly Road, along with other streets named for early settlers. And a cairn at St. Patrick’s Church in Wildfield, the second oldest church in the Toronto archdiocese, likewise honours the memory of church builders, many of whom were O’Reillys.

Dan is a fervent opponent of changes to the Greenbelt and of the proposed Highway 413 corridor, which would pass about a kilometre from his home. In a 2020 story in this magazine, he vividly described how the 413 will cleave the town in two: “It will be Caledon’s version of the Berlin Wall, but unlike the Berlin Wall, it will never be torn down once built.”

Dan’s activism has recently included his key role in organizing a proGreenbelt–anti-413 protest in Bolton. Speeches at the demonstration, which drew more than 200 people, included a tribute to Jenni Le Forestier, a longtime, well-respected Caledon environmental activist whom Dan greatly admired. Jenni died of cancer in 2022 at age 48.

Though the day of the Bolton demonstration had been overcast, Dan says, “The sun came out when we were talking about Jenni.”

By way of putting his money where his mouth is, Dan has placed a conservation agreement through the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy on the title of his property. “That remains on title even if the property is sold,” he says. “What that means is, even if at some point in the future it was bought by developers, it can’t be turned into a subdivision.” But there’s one caveat: though the agreement prevents private development, it doesn’t prevent government infrastructure projects like the 413. So Dan has a very personal stake in the battle.

In a journalism career stretching back to the 1970s, when he worked for the Caledon Enterprise, Dan has written thousands of news stories.

He remains a frequent contributor to two digital publications, Just Sayin’ Caledon and Daily Commercial News.

Though Caledon faces many challenges, Dan believes there is cause for hope. He points to the crowd at the Bolton demonstration. “So many people came out. And look at how Doug Ford has backed down. It just shows there’s no such thing as a done deal. That’s just an excuse not to fight, and you’ve got to keep fighting.”

Dan finds activism inspiring. “If you live in a community, you should be involved,” he says. “And I’m motivated by the spirit and achievements of my ancestors.

“Well, that,” he smiles, “plus a bit of passion, and a bit of anger.”

– JEFF ROLLINGS

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Kevin Junor CHAMPION FOR THE “BLACK BATTALION” I N 1 98 0, W H E N 1 7 -Y E A R - O L D K E V I N J U N O R of Scarborough first met with a recruiter from the Toronto Scottish Regiment to discuss signing up for the army reserves, he had only one stipulation: “As long as I don’t have to wear no skirt.” Forty-three years later, on the eve of his November 2023 retirement from the military, he quips, “You know what? They lied.”

Now a Bolton resident, this diversity and anti-racism activist is a leading champion of the longoverdue recognition of the No. 2 Construction Battalion, a unit created to segregate Black soldiers from others who served in the First World War. Born in England, Kevin moved to Jamaica as an infant. Looking for a better life, his single-parent mom then immigrated to Canada, leaving Kevin with his grandparents. He says, “It was a practice for West Indian kids to be with their grandmother. It also speaks to a parent trying to keep a relationship with their kids from far away.”

When Kevin was 10, his grandmother died, and he came to live with his mother in Canada. By then the two had been apart for nearly half his life, so in addition to adapting to a new country, he also had to learn to live with, as he says, “a person I didn’t know.”

Kevin Junor, whose mission is to raise national awareness of the No. 2 Construction Battalion, next to the Shelburne plaque honouring the memory of the Black First World War soldiers who served in the segregated unit.

BELOW: The stamp commemorating the battalion, issued by Canada Post in 2016.

After graduating from high school, Kevin studied civil engineering at Seneca College. Then came a long professional career with the Ontario public service, starting at the Ministry of Transportation, then working in several other departments, and finally ending up in Correctional Services. In 2019 he retired as deputy superintendent of administration at the Ontario Correctional Institute in Brampton.

In his parallel career as an armed forces reservist, Kevin rose through the ranks from private to his current rank of captain. He was the Toronto Scottish Regiment’s first Black regimental sergeant major and served two tours of duty, in Sierra Leone and Jordan. Among the many honours he earned for his service is membership in the Order of Military Merit, awarded for conspicuous merit and exceptional service.

Over the years, Kevin participated in many initiatives involving diversity, equity and inclusion, both in his work with the province and the military. Through that work, he learned the story of the No. 2 Construction Battalion. Formed in 1916, the unit, made up of mostly Black volunteers, wasn’t welcome to fight alongside other Canadian soldiers. Kevin says, “They were told, ‘It’s a white man’s war. You’re not welcome.’”

Though most battalion members came from Nova Scotia, the unit also included men from across Canada, as well as the United States and the Caribbean. They were gathered into a segregated unit and sent overseas, where they provided critical noncombat construction and maintenance support. While their contributions were invaluable, they faced systemic racism throughout the war. And at its conclusion, the unit was disbanded without fanfare.

Setting out to ensure the role these men played in shaping Canada was recognized, Kevin advocated on several fronts, including as a member of the committee that advised the federal government on crafting an apology to the descendants and relatives of the Black soldiers. Finally, in July 2022, he was master of ceremonies at an event in Pictou, Nova Scotia, to rededicate the official plaque that commemorates the No. 2 Construction Battalion. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau subsequently delivered a formal apology: “For the blatant anti-Black hate and systemic racism that denied these men dignity in life and in death, we are sorry.”

Though Kevin is retiring from his dual careers, and plans to spend some time in his new hot tub, don’t expect him to slow down. He’s in demand on the public speaking circuit, very active in his church and has a keen interest in politics. He encourages others to see his full life as a jumping-off point: “Allow my accomplishments to be your minimum standard.”

– JEFF ROLLINGS

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Pat and Gary Vipond A LIFETIME OF “DOING” A CO N V E R SAT I O N W I T H PAT A N D GA RY V I P O N D inevitably reveals the open friendliness, warmth and generosity of spirit that are evident in everything they do. And for these two 87-year-olds, “doing” has been a lifetime commitment.

In recent years, their activities have included the Headwaters Refugee Sponsorship Committee. A Syrian family the committee sponsored has become good friends. “Their daughter Sarah was born after they arrived,” says Pat. “Now she’s seven years old, and every couple of weeks we get to pick her up from school and spend time with her.” Gary adds, “One of the best times we had with the family was when they obtained their citizenship. It was on Zoom because of Covid. We all watched them become Canadian citizens.”

Gary is also actively involved with the men’s fellowship group at Orangeville’s Westminster United Church. “Basically, it was a dinner and a singsong,” he says, “but I wanted to hear some speakers.” Now he has them lined up until spring. Early on, curiosity also figured in Gary and Pat’s involvement with the Orangeville Probus Club, where both have served as president.

In May, Gary participated “virtually” in the annual hike for Bethell Hospice. He gathered sponsors and hiked independently around his neighbourhood daily for a week, covering 35 kilometres.

The couple have also been longtime champions of the arts. And for Pat especially, this means music. In 1979, she became the founding director of the Orangeville Show Chorus, the local chapter of Sweet Adelines International. She has been singing baritone in the a capella harmonies of the 40-voice choir ever since. Along the way, she studied to become a certified director in 1993 and then a master director in 2009, and accompanied choir members to many international shows and competitions. She retired as director nine years ago, but she con­ tinues to sing, both with the Show Chorus and in a barbershop quartet.

In Thistletown, where they lived before moving to a Caledon farm in the ’70s, Pat and Gary were on a committee arranging a concert for the 75th anniversary of Thistletown United Church and they brought in the Elmer Iseler Singers. Years later, when they were involved with the Orangeville Concert Association, they brought the famed choir to town, twice, along with many other renowned Canadian musicians.

Gary has also supported local arts, serving as president of the Dufferin Arts Council for four years.

Theatre Orangeville likewise receives their ardent support. Pat and Gary regularly attend performances and the fundraising gala. “We always go out for dinner and theatre with our little group on the last Friday of a performance,” says Pat. And then there’s the local book club, and other events in the Orangeville neighbourhood they moved to in 2009. Pat brings out their appointment calendar to show how busy they are. Nearly every day includes at least one activity. Of particular note was one Sunday this past June, when the couple celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary, predictably at Westminster United. In attendance were members of their wedding party, all four of their kids, their wives and husbands, most of their 10 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren, friends and neighbours.

What keeps them so involved in their community? “It keeps us going,” says Pat. “Being involved with people, that’s what life is all about, isn’t it?”

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guy who tends to pause for a beat and consider his words before he speaks. This seems to contradict the fact that he’s a fierce athlete, who took home four medals from the 2023 World Dwarf Games held in Cologne, Germany.

The World Dwarf Games are the largest international sporting event held exclusively for people with dwarfism. At the 2023 games, more than 500 athletes participated, representing 29 countries. The games are held every four years, though they were paused during the pandemic. Gabe first participated in the 2017 games, which took place at the University of Guelph. There, at age 7, he was the second-youngest athlete.

The games are not to be confused with the Paralympics. At the Para­ lympics, only a limited number of activities are open to athletes with dwarfism, while the World Dwarf Games offer about 13, a number that varies from competition to competition. And all the participants share the same trait. So, as Gabe’s mother, Crystal says, “It’s like the Olympics just for them.”

In Germany Gabe competed in badminton, basketball, boccia, soccer, swimming, track and field, table tennis and volleyball. He won bronze in basketball, boccia and soccer, and a silver in volleyball. Why so many different sports? Crystal says, “Gabe said to me, ‘Why travel all that way and not take part in as much as I can?’”

The Grade 8 student at Glenbrook Elementary School in Shelburne says of all the different sports, soccer is his favourite. “I’ve been playing since I was three years old, so it’s like I’ve been practising my entire

life.” His position is goalkeeper. Though Gabe’s school friends think he’s very athletic, he’s no slouch academically, with a particular interest in science and math. In off hours from school, his training includes soccer, badminton and volleyball.

Perhaps the most significant barrier to participation in the games is cost. Unlike in Australia, where athletes are government funded, or the United States, where athletes are funded by sponsors, no similar support system exists in Canada. Athletes with dwarfism are nearly entirely on their own.

Though the family did some fundraising, both on their own and through the Dwarf Athletic Association of Canada, by the time flights, accommodation, food, uniforms and entry fees were factored in, says Crystal, “Gabe and I going to Germany cost about $10,000. We couldn’t afford for his dad and sister to be there.” Crystal has been working behind the scenes to get more recognition and funding.

Right now, Gabe has his sights set on a Little People of America com­ petition scheduled for next summer in Baltimore, Maryland, and beyond that, the 2027 World Dwarf Games, which will be held in Australia. He’s also interested in competing at the Paralympics, and says, “I already have some friends on the Paralympic team.” Longer term, he says, “I want to take on coaching.”

Many athletes claim the best part of sport is the friends and relation­ ships they develop along the way, and Gabe is no different. “I’ve made friends from Yukon, B.C., Newfoundland, Europe, all over.”

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Suzanne Lachance TAX TROUPER T H E A DAG E R I N G S T R U E : nothing is certain except death and taxes.

But for many people, tax season is filled with uncertainty, confusion and even fear. Finding, completing and filing the necessary forms by the deadline can be daunting at the best of times, but for those experiencing income insecurity or other life challenges, the task can be so overwhelming that they avoid filing taxes at all, sometimes for years.

For Suzanne Lachance, taking the stress out of tax season is an opportunity to improve people’s lives. Suzanne is the Dufferin-Caledon area volunteer co-ordinator for the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program, a free tax clinic hosted by the Orangeville Public Library.

CVITP’s trained volunteers help people with a modest income (roughly $35,000 or less for an individual and $45,000 or less for a couple) and a simple tax situation complete their tax returns correctly and on time.

“Income taxes are not easy for everyone,” Suzanne says. “It fills many people with anxiety, so we talk them through it, calm them down, and give them some confidence that it’s going to be okay.”

Suzanne, a Caledon resident with informal accounting experience in both her professional and family life, began volunteering with the CVITP five years ago after retiring from a long career in environmental health and safety. First as a volunteer and then as co-ordinator, she has gone above and beyond to help the program’s participants – including during pandemic restrictions – by organizing drop-in clinics, phone interviews, curbside drop-offs, and sometimes even driving to their homes to pick up paperwork.

She remembers one participant who had not filed taxes for a decade. He did, however, have a huge box of papers, which she patiently helped him

sift through so he could file his taxes for the past four years and get back on track. “This is actually not so unusual; it’s surprisingly common for people to be behind on their taxes for a few years,” Suzanne says. “But it’s never too late.”

And it’s not just about filing on time: by looking at each participant’s situation, Suzanne and her team help identify credits and benefits people are often not aware they are eligible for. These include Ontario’s GST/ HST Credit, the Trillium Benefit, the Seniors’ Home Safety Tax Credit, the Low-Income Workers Tax Credit and the Ontario Seniors Care at Home Tax Credit. Without filing tax returns, many people miss out on much-needed benefits like these and others.

From March through April, the team runs clinics twice a week at the Orangeville library and once a week at the Orangeville Seniors Centre, working with seniors, students, newcomers to Canada, and individuals with disabilities and those experiencing housing insecurity. Many referrals come from organizations such as Community Living Dufferin, Services and Housing in the Province in Caledon, and the Orangeville Food Bank, and recently the number of participants has grown by 40 to 50 people a year. “I feel proud we are helping people improve their lives,” says Suzanne. “And we could not do this without the support of the Orangeville library staff, who are often a first point of contact for participants.”

The CVITP is supported by the Canada Revenue Agency, which provides volunteers with training and computer software. For details, check the Orangeville Public Library website in about mid-February or visit the CRA website.

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A Return to Village Life

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Humorist and playwright Dan Needles has been documenting the quirks and charms of rural life for more than four decades. And now the author of the beloved Wingfield series of plays is back with his fourth book, a collection of wry and insightful essays that explore what has changed and what endures as more and more ex-urbanites take up residence in rural towns and villages. Fans of Needles’ column in this magazine will recognize some themes – including the underlying one that, as he observes, “In Canada, as seemingly everywhere in the world, the national conversation may be driven by urban voices, but the national character is often very much a product of small towns and back roads.”

A recipient of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, Needles spent much of his youth in Mono and now lives on a small farm south of Collingwood. (Douglas & McIntyre, $22.95)

Outfoxed

An Inspector William Fox Adventure

BY PETER THOMAS PONTSA

Part police procedural, part action adventure and part political thriller interwoven with Chinese and Indigenous history and culture, Outfoxed introduces RCMP inspector William Fox as he embarks on a mission to rescue Tracy Jordan, an American archeologist who has been kidnapped by Chinese gangsters.

But what on earth would members of a Chinese triad want with an archeologist? To answer this question, Fox teams up with FBI special agent Patrick Reilly, and the two find themselves caught up in events that threaten to spiral out of control.

Now retired from his dental supply business, Peter Thomas Pontsa lives in Loretto, where he nurtures his passion for British sports cars – and writing. (FriesenPress, $25)

Dream’s End

A Tale of Nantucket

BY MARILYN BOYLE TAYLOR

Set in 1850s Nantucket, when the island’s whaling industry was in decline, Dream’s End chronicles the story an impecunious young Scottish woman who arrives as the new bride of a well-to-do but recalcitrant father of a small boy. As the new mistress of the stately home Dream’s End, Mary Regina works to blend into Nantucket society, but mysterious “accidents,” each of which could prove deadly, begin to happen on the home front.

Boyle Taylor skillfully interweaves Nantucket’s whaling history and her suspense-filled fictional account of the twists and turns with Mary Regina’s life on the storied island.

A journalist, songwriter and poet, Boyle Taylor, who lived year-round in Nantucket for a time, now calls Caledon home. Dream’s End is her first novel.

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If your literary inclinations lean toward international intrigue, the prolific Barbara Kyle is back with The Deadly Trade, in which her protagonist is caught up in the brutal, and astoundingly profitable, global trade in wild animals.

And in Outfoxed, Peter Thomas Pontsa has crafted an adventure that takes readers to the other side of the world – and back.

Closer to home, Jim Bartley’s The Bliss House tells the disturbing, but ultimately heartwarming, story of a family torn apart by suspicion and secrets. For an even bigger dose of heartwarming, dip into Dan Needles’ Finding Larkspur, the latest addition to his affectionately wry and ironic writings about rural life. And those with a taste for non-fiction will enjoy Nancy Early’s Once Upon a Forest, an illustrated exploration of Orangeville’s early history.

The Deadly Trade

BY BARBARA KYLE

In this first book of a newly launched series, Barbara Kyle introduces dedicated animal rights activist Natalie “Nat” Sinclair, who suddenly finds herself suspected of committing murder.

And this is just for openers. Because things are about to get a lot worse before they get better, if they get better.

As Nat struggles to untangle the dangerous web of lies and deceit that threaten her and the animals and people she cares about, she discovers that the international trade in wild animals – with its promise of profits so huge that they rival those of the drug trade – are a powerful motivator for those intent on doing evil.

Inspired by the work of her husband, Stephen Best, and the Animal Alliance of Canada, Kyle has created a thriller that will both disturb and delight. An actor, screenwriter and author of the historical series Thornleigh Saga, as well as other novels, she is a former Mulmur resident who now lives in Guelph. (Woodhall Press, $26.95)

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by Marilyn Boyle Taylor, a suspense-filled romance set in Nantucket during the whaling era. Then, in three related books, starting with Leaving Was Just the Beginning, Cynthia Young explores her family history through the lens of her own imaginings.

This past year was an especially busy one for writers of kids and young adult books. Teens will thrill to the drama of The Girls from Hush Cabin by Marie Hoy-Kenny, while younger kids will be enchanted by books such as Beatrice and Barb by Kate Jenks Landry and Stories from the Back Garden by Kathleen Davies.

So grab your reading glasses and your favourite hot drink, find a comfy couch and delight in this year’s bounty. The writers of Headwaters offer something for everyone.

The Bliss House

BY JIM BARTLEY

It’s 1963, and strange things are happening at the Bliss house. At least, that’s what the neighbours think – and the Children’s Aid. But 17-year-old Cam Bliss, his older cousin Wes and their much younger relative Dorie are doing okay – well, sort of – on the hardscrabble farm that has been in the family for generations. After their abusive alcoholic grandfather dies, Cam and Wes start building a life for themselves and Dorie while they work out a way of disposing of Gramp’s body. They can’t report the death because the authorities will almost certainly rush in and place little Dorie in foster care.

But as Gramp’s mouldering body becomes ever more pungent, Cam and Wes face questions about his whereabouts. Things start to unravel. And then … the murders start to pile up.

In spare, crisp prose and with impeccable timing, perhaps the result of his long experience with writing plays, Jim Bartley tells a tale that is, by turns, disturbing and darkly humorous. But as the story unfolds, his fondness for his hapless characters shines through to the end.

The Bliss House is Bartley’s third novel. He divides his time between Toronto and Dufferin County. (Rare Machines, an imprint of Dundurn Press, $24.99)

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BY NANCY EARLY

Brightly illustrated by Kasia Charko, this history of Orangeville facts and lore takes readers on a lively stroll through the ages, from the time the land the town now occupies was covered by primal forest to vibrant, present-day street scenes on Broadway, Orangeville’s main drag. Along the way, writer Nancy Early introduces readers to the Indigenous families who first travelled through the area, the first European settlers, and a host of characters who brought the town to life. Among others, they include Seneca Ketchum, who built the first church; entrepreneur Orange Lawrence, for whom the town is named; and Thomas Bowles, the first county sheriff and grandfather of Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson.

Both Early and Charko live in Alton. They previously collaborated on Once Upon a River: Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Alton. (Nancy Early/Kasia Charko, $20)

Our Second Chance

Changing Course and Solving the Value Crisis

BY ANDREW WELCH

In his 2014 book, The Value Crisis, Andrew Welch argued that the relentless pace of climate change and growing income inequity are the result of a value system programmed to place quantity over quality, a numbersbased approach that assumes more is always better than enough. Then came the forced pause of the pandemic, an object lesson that proved nature can rebound and we can reset our values, rapidly, if we put our minds to it. Out of that came Our Second Chance, in which Welch offers a compelling range of large-scale strategies, such as a guaranteed basic income, and plenty of smaller-scale personal actions, such as using libraries and buying for quality, that can enable us to live not only more fully but also in balance with the planet’s capacity.

One of Caledon resident Andrew Welch’s many interests is his role as official town crier for Caledon and Erin. (Captus Press, $20)

The Girls from Hush Cabin

BY MARIE HOY-KENNY

Can four summer camp friends, separated by a mutual tragedy, come together years later to solve the “accidental death” of their favourite camp counsellor?

Join Zoe, Denise, Calista and Holly as they try to get to the bottom of what happened to Violet, a strong swimmer who drowned in her mother’s indoor saltwater pool.

Did Violet’s suspicious death have something to do with what happened at camp – and with the secrets each friend hides from the others? The four search for answers while also navigating the complexities of young adulthood, com­plete with boyfriend problems, worries about the future, and family drama.

Written at her home in Dundalk during the pandemic, Hoy-Kenny’s debut young adult novel is full of nostalgic summer vibes, shady suspects and dark secrets from the past. (Blackstone Publishing, $26.95)

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BY BETTY KAMPEN, VAN OMMEN

Brain Plasticity and Mind Manifesting Psychedelics

BY DAVID COURTNEY

Equal parts screed, memoir, how-to, and secular prayer, David Courtney’s latest book takes on the mind-numbing technology, stultifying habits of thought and institutional conformity that simultaneously overwhelm our synapses and close off creativity. Making the case for the transformative power of free-flowing imagination and the metamorphic power of art, he argues we need to disrupt patterns and pursue divergent thinking to experience our full humanity. And controlled use of psychedelics, such as LSD, ayahuasca and psilocybin, are one, though not the only, way of setting our brains free to experience their remarkable – he argues, infinite – plasticity. Courtney clearly takes joy in language play, and his stream-of-consciousness prose is as much a ride as a read, in itself a manifestation of his argument.

Courtney grew up in Orangeville and now lives in Belwood. (David Courtney, $27.95)

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Leaving Was Just the Beginning One Woman’s Journey to India

After Clouds, Sunshine

The Story of Grace Evelyn Loucks, 1867–1949

In many ways, Betty Kampen’s story of her family’s immigration to Canada from war-torn Holland is familiar. The pain of leaving behind precious family, friends and possessions. The hardships of the early years. The getting used to a new language and new ways of doing things.

BY CYNTHIA YOUNG

In this series of creative non-fiction books, Cynthia Young delves into the stories of her great-grandparents, combining the facts of their lives and family lore with her own imaginings – of thoughts, of conversations, of events, of settings.

In the Shadow of Mount Royal, for example, tells the story of James Gillespie, who was born in 1863 and grew up in Montreal during what is often called the city’s “Golden Age.” At the time, Montreal was Canada’s economic and cultural hub, and home to many of the captains of industry whose names are recorded in history books.

But the names of James – or Jamie, as he was called – and his family don’t appear in those books. The Gillespies were ordinary folk who worked every day to make ends meet, who approached life’s tribulations with courage and determination, and whose labour helped build Montreal’s wealth.

In rich and loving detail, Young brings alive Jamie’s story, as well as the stories of Evelyn Loucks in After Clouds, Sunshine and of Mary Lucy Byrne in Leaving Was Just the Beginning, by portraying the lives of these everyday, yet thoroughly remarkable people against the backdrop of the times they lived through.

Young lives in Caledon, where she operates “Family Profiles,” her family history blog. (Cynthia Young, $16–25)

French with Flair

Ideas to Inspire Spontaneous Interactions for Second Language Learners

BY CHRISTINA A. SCHILLING

Teacher Christina Schilling, a second language specialist, has compiled loads of creative ideas for hands-on activities that will keep students of French – or any second language – engaged in and enthusiastic about their learning.

Schilling’s passion for her calling, and her students, is obvious as she livens the book with anecdotes gathered over the course of 32 years of teaching French as a second language.

A musician and artist, Schilling lives in Belwood with her husband, author David Courtney. (Christina A. Schilling, $25.95)

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And in “1946: The Pink Rose,” a six-yearold is intimidated by his great-aunt, who looks right through him but who arrives for each visit with a tantalizing, black trunk filled with presents. In these and all the stories, as the main characters’ perceptions of others evolve, they too are altered by emotional revelations that transcend the specifics of time and place.

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Living in a house with no electricity, central heating or indoor plumbing.

Walking three miles to a one-room school in winter wearing rubber boots and layers of jackets because the family can’t afford anything else.

Taking comfort in the kindness of a neighbour, the sensitivity of a teacher and most of all, perhaps, the support of the family’s faith community. Persevering.

Kampen and her husband, Rudy, live in Orangeville. They will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary next year. (Christian Faith, $26.95)

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BY MELANIE MONTESANO

In Heart of the Storm, Melanie Montesano spins a tale of loss, healing, and a second chance at love. Devastated by the death of her husband, Isabelle had closed herself off from the world. When she wrongly receives some touching letters written by a woman on her deathbed, she sets out to deliver them to their rightful recipient. But a winter storm thrusts her into the lives of James and his daughter, Natalie, and the three must determine if time can heal old wounds.

Orangeville’s Montesano has crafted the perfect novel to curl up by the fire with and read over the Christmas holidays. (Melanie Montesano, $13.99)

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This slim, 80-page volume is Samantha Hurley’s first poetry collection.

The short, often just four- or five-line, untitled poems are frequently presented as one side of a dialogue with an unnamed “you.” Written during a difficult time in Hurley’s life, the book is dedicated to her sister who helped her find the courage to put her heart on the page. The poem on the back cover succinctly summarizes the focus of her collection: When I say you’re fine What I mean is you will survive this What I mean is I once survived this too Hurley is a Toronto-based photographer who grew up in Caledon. The striking photos on the covers of this collection are her own work. (Samantha Hurley, $18)

A Quill in the Ink A Collection of Poetry

BY K.P. ALEXANDER

The poems in this first collection by K.P. Alexander are organized into three sections, each of which explores life’s pivotal moments and their impacts on the human heart. With themes that are sometimes bleak, sometimes hopeful, Alexander sets out to show readers that it is possible to go through darkness and emerge into what she describes as “light, possibility and love.”

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K.P. Alexander is a writer from Orangeville who is now based in Toronto (K.P. Alexander, $16.95)

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An irreverent collection of life lessons that empowers readers, big and small.

The Grinch has grown to love Christmas but when his plan to win a contest goes awry, will he lose his Christmas spirit?

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Charmingly illustrated by the author, But, Who Made the Rain? tracks a little girl’s quest for answers as she explores the world around her. And in The ABCs of Being Awesome, diversity and inclusiveness are featured through rhyming vignettes, one for each letter of the alphabet.

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Auston the Sidecar Dog Saves a Whale

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The intrepid canine with a taste for adventure is back in Wayne Sumbler’s new tale about Auston and his two-legged dad as they take a road trip to Canada’s East Coast, where they hang 10 on a surfboard, dodge a huge shark, and come to the rescue of a beached whale. In real life, Sumbler does own a shiny red Stella Original scooter, and Auston happily wears both goggles and a helmet for his rides in the sidecar.

Vibrantly illustrated by M. K. Komins, this book is a followup to Auston the Sidecar Dog Saves Christmas. Sumbler, who lives in Orangeville, is also the author of the rockin’ cookbook Sex, Drugs and Pots & Pans. (Nightingale Books, $20)

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Cozy up with your kids for this rollicking read-aloud romp, written in two parts. Bolton-based author Glenn Carley first told these tall tales to his own children when they were small, and the adorable illustrations that appear in each chapter were hand drawn 25 years ago by his son and “co-imagineer,” Nicholas, as the stories were being written. The fantastical adventures of the four Ditch Diggers, who tackle volcanoes, rescue a prince, and encounter magical creatures, both good and bad, while eating as many sweet, sweet PesterPops as possible along the way, will captivate both children and adults.

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Not all pets are cute and cuddly – but as the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. After Beatrice begs for a pet to love and care for, she and her mother finally reach a compromise, and she becomes the proud owner of Barb, a carnivorous Venus flytrap! Despite Beatrice’s doting attention, Barb begins to wither and wilt – until Beatrice learns exactly what her pet plant needs to thrive. Colourfully illustrated by Vivian Mineker, this gentle tale shows young kids how to be responsible for the living things in their care.

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Sydney’s Wish

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Animal advocate Emily Mallett is back with a followup to her first story, Sydney’s Best Friend, about the bond between a girl and her dog, Bella. In Sydney’s Wish, fancifully illustrated

by Aneik Wilson, Mallett relates the process of fostering and socializing Dub, an older dog who is quite different from Bella, but who captures Sydney’s heart nevertheless.

Mallett, who lives in Orangeville, highlights the responsibilities of fostering an animal and gives tips on how to safely interact with dogs. Part of the proceeds of sales of this book will be donated to an animal charity. (Emily Mallett, $19.99)

Join Ricky the Dragon, his human best friend, Agatha, and marine biologist Halehandros on this whirlwind deep-sea adventure.

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An early childhood educator, Hollister hails from the English seaside town of Exmouth but now calls Caledon home. During the pandemic, when she could not be in the classroom, she related 10 stories about Ricky and Agatha via her YouTube channel. A follow-up book is in the works. (Nightingale Books, $8.99)

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Book Hospital, with illustrations by Joanne David, encourages young readers to treat their books carefully.

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As a teacher and early childhood educator, Grand Valley writer Marjorie Rodney is very familiar with the topics that interest young readers. (Marjorie Rodney, $12.95 each)

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Northern Co Two Headwaters residents are working with Indigenous people on innovative programs to enhance food security in the Far North – and discovering there is more that binds than separates the communities on the tundra and those in the hills.

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It’s hard to fathom any direct connection between the quaint villages of Headwaters nestled amid verdant rolling farmland and the remote Inuit communities along Canada’s vast and storied Northwest Passage.

What could link our world of homegrown farm-to-table bounty with a seemingly barren tundra, struggling with some of the worst Indigenous food security issues in the developed world? You’d be surprised.

Two Headwaters locals have been helping plant the seeds of some bold collaborations linking these seemingly disparate worlds. And their efforts are helping empower First Peoples of the Canadian Arctic to transform the future of food security for their communities. Finding these solutions is not simple amid a tangle of the legacy of colonialism, the potential of modern technology, the cultural foundations of ancient ways of life, the unpredictability of climate change and more.

While 28-year-old Caledon East native Jordyn Stafford and 65-year-old Paul Waechter of Mono may be far apart in age and backgrounds, they share a passion for being part of these solutions. And their revelations about experiencing life in the Arctic are strikingly similar. Both say they’ve fallen in love with the people and landscapes of the Far North. Both say there is so much we can learn from these diverse Inuit communities. And both say we in Headwaters have far more in common, far more connections with the people of Nunavut and Nunavik than we may first think.

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Connections In frozen Gjoa Haven, a drone shot of the Naurvik complex belies the green bounty that grows within it. On the left are two growing containers, a utility container, a power lab and a lunch/meeting container.

On the right is the Power Pod, consisting of inverters, controls for the wind turbines and solar array, along with batteries, a backup generator, and a work and repair container.

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On the shore outside Gjoa Haven: Paul Waechter, Betty Kogvik, Adrian Schimnowski and Sammy Kogvik.

Paul Waechter Technical Consultant, Arctic Research Foundation It’s taken almost eight weeks from May to July of 2019, but the transformation of two basic steel shipping containers into hightech greenhouses capable of operating off the grid year-round in Canada’s Arctic is complete. At the workshop behind his home, longtime Mono resident Paul Waechter has welded in the doors and windows then spray-insulated the floor. Next Travis Willoughby and Brandon Squirrel of Jamieson Construction in Shelburne framed and finished the interior. When the wiring was done, Paul painted the exterior bright royal blue, just before Craig Lush of Letter

Rip Sign & Design in Mono came in to apply the Arctic Research Foundation logo. It’s a final, but important last touch. This ARF logo means a lot in the final destination of this new venture – a symbol of hard-won trust between two cultures together tackling some of the biggest challenges facing the people of the Far North.

“You see so many great ideas and

systems up there that have come from down south, but the ball gets dropped after the first, second, third year,” says Paul. “The systems just sit there and then it puts a bad taste in everybody’s mouth because people didn’t follow through on promises. So that’s a big part of our research – whatever ARF gets involved in, they follow through and work directly with the community.”

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LEFT: Paul Waechter (rear) with Betty and Sammy Kogvik in the warm light of a grow container.

TOP: Bright blue containers proudly display the ARF logo.

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Co-founded by former co-CEO of Research in Motion Jim Balsillie, Arctic Research Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization with unique scientific infra­structure in the Canadian Arctic – cutting-edge research vessels and self-powered mobile labs.

They partner with governments, universities and other research institutions, but their primary focus is Indigenous community-led projects that advance understanding of the region with technology developed in concert with traditional knowledge and values. This priority underpins the enduring trust ARF has built with their Inuit partners.

A self-described “energy guy,” Paul was hired by ARF CEO Adrian Shimnowski in 2009 to help design

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and produce the innovative off-thegrid mobile lab projects that Adrian had conceptualized. Since then the two men have worked hand in hand, sharing a deep commitment to bring­ ing the projects to fruition.

Indeed, the pair were deploying container labs in the Arctic when ARF ships and search teams, with the help of Gjoa Haven locals, found the two wrecks of the fabled Franklin Expe­ dition, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror.

In 2016, it was Sammy Kogvik, now a trusted colleague on the greenhouse project, who shared his memory of a wooden pole sticking out of the ice and led Adrian and his crew to the location where the Terror was discovered.

Asked by ARF what they could do in gratitude for the community’s assistance with the find, the elders named opportunities for youth and food security as their priorities. The two grow pods – eventually dubbed

Naurvik, meaning “the growing place” – were the result, opening the door to an entirely different and deeper way of working with the community for Paul and his colleagues.

ABOVE: Lettuce growing inside the container.

The Journey to Gjoa Haven

By the third week of July 2019, the containers arrive at Port of Valleyfield, near Montreal on the St. Lawrence River. In the next six weeks, his two special “sea cans” will sail out to the Atlantic, up the coast of Labrador, across the top of Hudson’s Bay and through the Northwest Passage to the hamlet of Gjoa Haven on King William Island, about 250 kilometres above the Arctic Circle. Paul will meet them there, settling into the hamlet of about 1,300 residents. He and his local team will have just three weeks to set up a row of solar panels and two wind turbines, the most northerly in Canada. A diesel generator will serve

as backup when the wind and sun fall short. They’ll do all this just before the first winter blizzard hits Gjoa Haven on October 1 that year. Of course, no one could imagine the storm of global upheaval that would begin just months later. And all of this would have been delayed years by the pandemic, if Paul and the rest of the ARF team weren’t racing to beat that Arctic ice near the end of 2019.

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these budding fruits and vegetables, growing safely inside the blue containers on a hill near a bay just out of town, in a place that elders insist would get a lot of wind.

In a 2020 interview with CBC, Betty commented, “At the beginning, it was really confusing.” The Inuit are not traditionally farmers. “We didn’t know what to do, but we’ve got the hang of it now.” Since that time, Sammy and crew have kept the systems running. Trainers have been brought in to teach basic carpentry, plumbing and electrical skills for locals working on the project. Gjoa Haven schools have arranged field trips for the next generation to learn about the operation and its potential.

These ARF greenhouses have been backed by Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, the National Research Council of Canada, and even the Canadian Space Agency – it wanted

insight into how astronauts might grow fresh food in inhospitable conditions. Still, as Paul explained, the primary focus has always been making this venture sustainable with and for this Inuit community.

“The Inuit have a philosophy of living off the land. And ‘country food’ is a very important source of their diet.

When it’s the season – for caribou, muskoxen, seal – many guys will pretty much drop everything and go hunting.

So early on, that was a challenge when we created these systems that needed to be monitored daily,” he says. “But in the past few years, it’s interesting how our cultures have learned to mesh and make things work.”

Describing himself as a “get it done” person, Paul says, “If it needs to be done, it needs to be done now.” But the ways of the Inuit in Gjoa Haven have changed him. “They’ll be off hunting and something in the system may

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have broken down. I’d be up all night working on it. But they’ll arrive the next morning when they’re back. It’s going to be 30 degrees in there instead of 70. But they just take it in great stride. And over the years, they’ve been right – the system keeps running as it should, eventually. So it seems I am the one that has had to adjust.”

Produce such as cherry tomatoes, strawberries, various lettuces and the like have been grown and harvested about every two weeks, and then given to the elders for distribution.

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reaching the shelves here,” says Paul.

If scaled up, this high-quality, fresh local produce could help reduce grocery prices, often 10 times that of the rest of Canada. “That’s the next phase we’re working on, expansion of production,” explains Paul.

Beyond scaling up production, community members are also shaping the future of how this test facility is used. The community is looking at growing local cloudberries, blueber­ ries and other tundra plants used for medicines and tea. “The teas they hope to market and sell far away from Gjoa Haven,” says Paul. “So they’ll be creating income that may help make the whole venture more sustainable.”

When asked on a recent trip home

to Mono what he’d like his neighbours in Headwaters to understand about his experience of this northern world, he took a few moments to ponder before answering.

“It’s kind of cool to think of these things going to some incredibly remote place,” Paul says, pointing to the new containers behind his workshop where Travis and Brandon are working. “And it’s exciting that people in Dufferin County are doing this. The guys here are pretty excited to be part of it, maybe even making some difference.”

He pauses, then continues. “I guess too, I always thought the Arctic was so far away, unreachable and I was even apprehensive about going at first. But since those first containers that we

took up years ago, I think the most important thing is the connection I’ve felt with the people and their sense of community. They become your friends and we all rely on each other.

Everything there is about community.”

Jordyn Stafford Nunavik Food Security Manager Communications in the far north can be tricky, but thanks to her grandmother Bonnie Ledson in Caledon, I finally connect with Jordyn Stafford. She connects with me from the northern Inuit community of Inukjuak. With a population of about 1,800, it’s located on Hudson’s Bay at

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The community of Inukjuak is located on Hudson’s Bay in Nunavik, northern Quebec, 1,500 kilometres north of Montreal.

FAR LEFT: Staff and volunteers at Sirivik, a locally run food centre, make picnic lunches as part of a youth-led healthy lifestyle program.

NEAR LEFT: Raised in Caledon, Jordyn Stafford now oversees the food security programs for Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services.

the mouth of the Innuksuak River in Nunavik, northern Quebec – almost 1,500 kilometres north of Montreal.

And while our internet connection is at times tenuous, her passion for the North rings through loud and clear.

Reflecting on her recent return to Inukjuak just days before our chat, Jordyn says, “I think there’s something about the vastness here that puts your life into perspective. It makes you feel small, but in a wonderful way.

As soon as I was done work that first day, I took my four-wheeler and drove onto the land to pick berries. And I was overjoyed, jumping up and down.

It was so liberating. So freeing, this expanse of nature. It makes you feel alive in a completely different way.”

But as the Caledon East native elaborates, the harsh beauty of the Nunavik tundra means even more.

“There is something in knowing how remote each community is here – the need to fly or undertake a very long Skidoo journey or boat ride to go from one village to the other. Your sense of community here becomes that much stronger when you know you need each other. It’s very profound.”

Readers of this magazine may remember Jordyn from her 2018 pro­ file as one of Headwaters “25 under 25,” which celebrated the achievements of local young people. At the time, she was not long out of school, and only one year into her move to Nunavik, working as a youth program co-ordinator.

“I studied environmental science and sustainability at university, and was always fascinated by the inter­ section between the environment and food,” says Jordyn. She admits to having only a passing knowledge of Canada’s North at the time, but the experiences of a few peers sparked an interest. “I’d had the privilege of travelling all over the world, but felt I didn’t know what was going on in my own backyard.”

After a brief but transformative experience as a literacy counsellor in Northern Labrador, she jumped at the opportunity to go to Nunavik. Now five years later, Jordyn oversees the all food security programs for Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services. It’s a big job.

“Food insecurity impacts eight in ten people in this region. It’s the highest rate of food insecurity among an Indigenous population in the developed world,” she says. But like Paul’s work with ARF, Jordyn and her Innu colleagues follow the lead of locals. “We support communities in solutions that work for them. They are the experts and we support their local projects.”

For example, this day she’s working at Sirivik, a locally-run food centre that takes a holistic approach to tackle food security from several angles.

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where people in need of urgent food aid can come for breakfast or coffee; a skills building program for hunting and harvesting on the land – to help reduce dependence on expensive food imported from the south; and a community kitchen that offers cooking classes and more.

In other communities Jordyn’s program supports community pantries or food box initiatives. “In each case,” she says, “the focus is trying to find a balance between addressing the immediate unique needs of each community and finding long-term solutions.”

As Jordyn describes it, there are many factors contributing to this crisis. There’s the legacy of colonialism disconnecting many Indigenous people from traditional ways of life across this country. There’s the technology of the modern world that’s changed what life looks like even in these remote communities. Climate change is another huge factor.

“We’re seeing an on-the-ground shift in the range of species, which profoundly affects how the community hunts and harvests their ‘country food.’” Arctic char, for example, is beloved here. However, as beavers

move further north, they’re damming rivers that the char would normally navigate. The char aren’t spawning in the same places. Black bears are appearing where they’ve never been before. “We try to find ways to support traditional species faced with this additional pressure,” Jordyn says, “but we’re also collaborating with Indigenous communities farther south to learn more about how these new species can be hunted and harvested.”

Jordyn notes there is also far more risk with climate change – the spring comes earlier, the ice freezes later.

There’s a smaller window to go out on the land. “And the weather is far less steady, so there’s more danger when people do go,” she explains. “We’re looking at ways to increase safety – access to emergency shelters, ice breaks and more search-and-rescue vehicles. People here can no longer rely on traditional knowledge alone to keep them safe because the environment is changing so quickly.”

Despite these challenges, Jordyn says local interest and passion for the land, for people to eat “country food,” hasn’t changed. “Holding a job, raising a family and also being able to go on the land and participate in the education of the descendants – it’s tricky to manage all those things at once,” she says. “But it’s definitely still a priority

across all the communities here.”

Like Paul and the ARF approach, Jordyn has seen firsthand how powerful it can be to mobilize local people around an idea. For example, Nunavik communities are also experimenting with hydroponic vegetables and, like the Gjoa Haven project, they are making it their own.

“There’s an Inuit grocer in Inukjuak with a hydroponic container growing typically southern produce alongside a local species of mountain sorrel with a lovely citrus flavour,” she says.

“It’s something people here love and have harvested for many decades.

So when you combine interesting new technology with traditional food systems, you have a synergy and a solution that’s going to make a difference.”

Lessons from the Far North

Jordyn has a busy day ahead. It’s time to log off our chat. But as I did with Paul, I have to ask this born-andbred Caledon girl one last question.

“What do you think your friends and neighbours back home should understand about what you’re doing there, about the land and people? Why should they care?”

“Good question,” she says, tipping back her head back, then looking again into the camera. “You know, we’re all

Jordyn Stafford (in the gold tuque) participated in a Sirivik-sponsored outing “on the land” where youth learned from local hunters to harvest mussels, sea urchins, ptarmigan and ducks. The harvest was shared by the community.

human. We all have the same needs, the same wants. I’ve learned so much here. Perhaps most important, we need to have compassion for other communities, and by supporting each other we’re able to build a more beautiful, vibrant society.”

She continues, “This place may seem far away. But it really isn’t. I see so many parallels between Inukjuak and Caledon. Both possess a deep sense of community. Both have a passion for the beauty of the nature that surrounds them. And maybe the hills of Head­ waters don’t look like the tundra of Nunavik. But in both places, the desire to engage with and support our neighbours. It’s really the same thing in a different place. We’re not that far apart at all.”

From the shores of Hudson’s Bay in Nunavik, Northern Quebec – words to live by indeed.

Liz Beatty is a freelance writer and award-winning podcaster.

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SHEET OF DREAMS Parents don’t build rinks, they build memories.

BY ANTHONY JENKINS

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he backyard rink of my fond and unfading memory was likely much smaller and more crudely fashioned than the one I recall. In reality it would have been little more than a parlour-sized rectangle, bounded by scavenged 2x4s backed by snowbanks and overhung by the bare branches of birches and maples. For me, it was heaven. Winters lasted forever.

That backyard Scarborough rink was where I learned to skate, taught by immigrant (Australia and England) parents who had never owned ice skates. It was where new Christmas

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hockey sticks first touched a puck.

It was where neighbourhood friends convened. It was where I dreamed.

To my 10-year-old self, it was a shining Sheet of Dreams, ranking just short of Maple Leaf Gardens, where I was surely bound, one day, to score the Game 7, Stanley Cup-winning goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs. In overtime.

A sole black and white photo from those days shows a muffled and gaptoothed boy standing alongside sister and neighbour kids, gripping a stick and grinning with delusions of hockey grandeur.

When I was signed up for “organ­ ized” hockey (my first Tyke team was named for sponsor Baby Bunny Nuts, a hot nut vending machine firm), I quickly learned that on someone else’s rink – anyone else’s rink – I wasn’t very good. That has never changed. Six decades later I’m still not very good, and I’m slower now in my mediocrity.

But on that backyard rink, playing neighbours, and the big sisters of neighbours, I was always Dick Duff, my favourite Leaf left winger, and the commentary in my head of my dekes,

dodges, rushes and goals was by Foster Hewitt.

The prosaic never entered my childhood mind. Our rink just “was,” from mid-November until April. I never questioned the how or the why.

Brief strobes of memory are all that illuminate that unquestioning selfishness. My mother, who had never seen snow as a child, backlit by the porch light and hauling steaming pails of hot water out to the trampled snow between her spring tulip beds. My father, a, spooky silhouette in galoshes under a canopy of stars, casting arcs of

FAR LEFT: Maxine Dooley Saxty (left) and her chum Mavis Marr (right) race ahead of Mavis’s mom, Jessica Harrower, on the rink Geneviève Dooley built in the family’s backyard in Hockley Village.

NEAR LEFT: Geneviève, laced up with her two kids, Zavier and Maxine.

FACING: Tom Darlow astride his “Zamboni” – a contraption of his own design – on his outdoor ice rink in Hockley valley.

RIGHT: Writer Anthony Jenkins (far right) as an exuberant, gap-toothed youngster taking on the hockey world in the 1950s, with his sister and two neighbourhood friends in tow.

spray back and forth while I watched in PJs from a kitchen window. I remember frozen stiff mitts laid on a radiator to thaw as I was put to bed.

Climate change, lethargy, and uninterested daughters changed the backyard rink when I became a parent. I made a couple of half-hearted attempts at a suburban Toronto backyard rink. I produced slush, blue fingertips and more disinterest than disappointment. The backyard rink has become a wistful memory.

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Memories of frozen fingertips are more recent for Geneviève Dooley, who shares a home on an acre in Hockley Village with two kids, three dogs, and three joined lengths of garden hose.

Remembering frigid February nights outside at the end of that hose, she can’t help but laugh as I talk to her on a balmy August afternoon.

“I’ll be out there thinking, ‘I’ve come this far, put all the effort in, I’m going to continue.’ We’ve probably had many good days on the rink by then. I’ll let it run its course … but I’ll also be there with freezing fingers, thinking, ‘Why?

Why am I doing this?’”

Geneviève’s “why” reveals itself as a lifelong love of the outdoors, of winter, of family and “being Canadian.”

Geneviève and her sisters were raised in Brampton. Their dad played hockey. “All winter – the winters were longer and colder back then – the whole backyard was a rink. The sliding glass doors opened and you stepped out onto the rink. Our dad would skate with us. We’d skate and skate and take a break and Mom would bring hot chocolate out. The rink brought everyone together. It still does.”

The “how” of building and main­ taining her 30x15-foot backyard rink is simple and straightforward, as long as the weather co-operates. Increasingly, as our planet warms, it does not.

On a long back lawn in a kid-friendly yard cleared of summer detritus (bikes, balls, wagons, trampolines), a low wood frame is built. Geneviève’s dad volunteers to help with that.

Around Christmas, she’ll work the hose, flooding the ground in layers, slowly, night by chilly night.

“By early in January, if the weather

is good, you can get on it,” she says.

Skaters include herself; her kids, Zavier and Maxine; dogs Bo, Daisy and Paul (who regularly ignore a No Dogs on Ice rule); neighbourhood kids and, occasionally, her father and visiting friends.

Geneviève estimates she’ll spend 30 minutes every night (always nights because it’s colder – better for making ice and numbing fingers) shovelling snow and spraying water. Additional time is needed if freezing rain has made the ice bumpy and it requires more flooding, or if there is a major snowfall – when the kids will help shovel the rink clear.

“Then I have to bring the hoses in.

They’ll freeze in the garage. I bring them inside at night and coil them in a big container to thaw out. Sometimes I forget and everything is frozen. I have to have it into the shower to thaw, then bring it out again!” she laughs. “I forgot. Add extra time for that!”

But, surveying a low swath of lawn where the rink once was – and will be, she says, “It has been worth it. I build it for me, and for them. The rink got a lot

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of use during Covid. You were limited in doing things. My kids spent a lot of time outside. It got us through some dark times.

“I remember when I was little, the rink my dad built, and I carry that memory forward as a rink for my kids.

Hopefully, they will remember too.”

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Tom Darlow isn’t nuts – I asked – but he is quietly proud. “More people than you think up here have rinks, but I don’t think my level is common. When I tell people where I live – ‘I’m at the corner of Hockley and Airport roads, I’m the guy with the ice rink’ – they say ‘You’re a landmark!’ Everyone just knows!”

Tom’s rink (the name “Darlow

Gardens” has been suggested) has been an evolving icon in Hockley for 15 winters. Indeed, in December you could hit the intersection of Hockley and Airport roads with a slap shot from the 40x90-foot rink that comprises most of the Darlows’ front yard (wife, Julie, is a proud supporter and collaborator).

Unlike me, Geneviève Dooley, and almost everyone else, Tom Darlow, facility manager for the Town of Caledon, doesn’t dread being outside, spraying water under the stars in punishing cold.

“I just love it! It’s super cold, your jacket is crackling, there is a light snow coming down … a lot of Canadians lock themselves in the house. They don’t enjoy the winter.

I’m thinking, ‘I can’t believe people are inside watch­ing TV when they could be doing this!’”

BOTTOM: A friendly game of shinny in Hockley. From left rear to right, Ian Toddhunter, Tom Darlow, Jake Darlow, Grant Scholes and Kevin Gibbs.

Unlike me, Tom had no idealized ice rink or NHL dreams in his childhood.

He grew up in Bolton and didn’t play hockey until university, where he trained as an engineer and met his engineer-to-be wife.

“I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of building things,” he says.

“I’ve always been an outdoor person, a winter person. When I was a kid, I used to put water down on our back deck and slide around in boots. We’d build snow forts and put water on for bum slides. You could say I’ve always been interested in freezing stuff and playing outdoors. I guess my medium has changed.”

Though you’d not notice unless you were an ant, the Darlows’ large lawn fronting a three-quarter-acre lot slopes slightly. It’s 20 inches higher on one side than on the other. In summer, on the high side, half-hidden in the brush below a line of maples, lies Tom’s stacked “board system,” which is engineer-speak for a catalogued and numbered pile of white-painted rink boundary boards, developed and refined over the years and ranging in height from 18 to 36 inches.

Their assembly in December, before the first snow, is a convivial, communal affair. Friends, engineers, tradespeople and peers – “guys who come out and play” – show up at noon and have the boards assembled, erected and draped with a massive tarp by early evening.

Dinner, drinks and poker follow.

“We’re all proud of what we’ve done. It is a party everyone looks forward to.”

Water is brought in from the Notta­ wasaga River, which flows beyond the woods behind the Darlows’ property, pumped through 600 feet of used, donated fire hose passing through, with permission, a neighbour’s property.

It can take 16 hours or more to fill the tarp-draped rectangular structure to a depth of 22 inches (only three inches deep on the high side). “You can get a nice thin layer of ice within a day or two. To be able to walk on it takes 10 days with temperatures below zero.”

It’s often below zero – well below, notes Julie – in the wee hours when duvets beckon and frostbite lurks.

“He’ll be out at 3 a.m. It’s cold as hell and he’ll take advantage of that, espe­ cially at the start when you are trying to build thickness as fast as you can.”

Tom smiles at the thought. “Once the base freezes, I flood it by hand like everybody in the beginning, back and forth with a hose until the first week of January, waiting for the ice to get thick enough. The big thing is getting the snow off. Snow insulates. It wrecks the ice. You have to get it off, then flood.

“Then you can put the Zamboni on.”

A Zamboni? Well, call it an iceresurfacing contraption – ingenious, home-engineered and effective. It comprises a lawn tractor hauling onethird of a reconfigured home heating oil tank filled with hot water (yes, hot water freezes faster and harder than

cold) and fitted underneath with a valve system and dispenser. “It’s simple and it works,” says Tom. One year, due to impatience or imprudence, the machine broke through the ice. Getting it out was a family affair.

Zamboni-ing the rink is a 10-minute operation, once around, going back and forth, hot water steaming, every night. “Once I have a solid base, I’m not trying to build ice, just retain ice.”

Tom estimates he averages 10 hours a week on rink maintenance: shovel­ ling, flooding, resurfacing. Costs for an annual tarp replacement, gas, lights (installed on poles and in the trees), hot water – with love and labour free – come to about $1,000 a season.

Climate change is not in doubt for those with outdoor rinks. The ice forms later in the year and deteriorates earlier. Tom remains positive, for now.

A vague “eventually” is a word he will allow for their extinction.

“Overall, the time we spend on the rink from one year to the other is pretty similar. The start date and the end date may change. Sometimes a week comes when it’s too slushy and you can’t be on it. You watch the weather. Orangeville is probably three or four degrees colder than Toronto, not scientifically, but roughly. The average temperature here has risen, but in winter it is still below zero.”

The Darlow family rink is well used and well enjoyed. Tom and Julie’s hockey-playing sons, Jake and Ryan, learned to skate and play out there.

Many other people’s kids did too.

Friends and Tom’s men’s pond hockey team, Hockley Heroes, play and practise there.

And annually, in February, until Covid caused a halt, self-proclaimed “Hockey Day in Hockley” happens.

Friends and extended family come out, skate or learn to skate, play shinny, enjoy the ice and one another.

Is the cold, time, effort and expense of building his rink worth it? Tom Darlow, engineer, lover of the outdoors, father, doesn’t hesitate. “The project itself is worth it. Anytime people are skating on it just makes it better.”

Anthony Jenkins is a freelance writer and illustrator who still plays hockey regularly.

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A Feast to Ring in the Year of the Dragon DUMPLINGS SHAPED LIKE HALF MOONS STAR IN A MENU INSPIRED

BY THE TASTY TRADITIONS – AND MIDWINTER OPTIMISM – OF LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS B Y E M I LY D I C K S O N RECIPES AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ELAINE LI

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s Lunar New Year kicks off across China each year, it’s as though everything shines in auspicious red and gold. In some places, red lanterns line the sidewalks, and dancers in enormous dragon and lion costumes parade through the streets. In others, the scent of incense lingers in the air – and fireworks light up the night sky.

Yet for Elaine Li, who hails from Guangzhou, a bustling metropolis in southern China, her fondest memories of the holiday are of a cozier, indoor variety. “Every Lunar New Year’s Eve we would have a dinner party with the family – it’s the biggest dinner of the year!” A food scientist and photographer, who now calls Orangeville home and is a regular contributor to this magazine, Elaine adapted and photographed the three recipes on these pages.

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“When my grandparents were around,” she says, “they usually hosted the dinner and would spend the entire day cooking up a storm with the help of my aunt and uncle. We grandkids would come in early to ‘help,’ meaning lots of taste tests. My grandma was very good at making traditional new year desserts, such as steamed rice cakes.”

The Lunar New Year, which marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar, is one of the world’s largest and oldest festivals, celebrated by up to two billion people in China, Southeast Asia and many Asian communities around the world. The exact date of the festival varies from year to year, but it always falls sometime in January or February.

The new moon also ushers in a fresh Chinese Zodiac sign.

Each year of the 12-year cycle is represented by a different animal; 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit. On February 10, 2024, the Year of the Dragon – the only mythical creature of the zodiac and considered especially auspicious – officially begins.

(The Lunar New Year is, of course, one of many moon-centric late-winter celebrations. In British Columbia, for instance, many First Nations, including the Nisga’a, celebrate Hobiyee, which traditionally interprets the final crescent moon and predicts how bountiful the spring harvest season will be.)

Because the Lunar New Year has strong agrarian roots, it’s also known as the Spring Festival. Historically, this is the time of year when people prayed to the gods for a good and bountiful harvest, as well as health, wealth and longevity for their families. Foods that represent these themes include dumplings, spring rolls, fish, fruit, noodles, and rice balls or rice cakes.

The details vary depending on regional customs and rituals.

Lunar New Year is celebrated in different ways in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines to name a few. But there are many common traditions, such as giving your home a deep clean, wearing red, decorating with flowers and potted fruit trees, and giving small red envelopes of crisp cash to youngsters. On the 15th day, the holiday officially comes to an end with lantern festivals that often draw families to enjoy evening strolls together so they can admire the illuminated lanterns lining the streets.

For those who celebrate and those curious to learn more, the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism in Mono holds an annual indoor lantern festival, using elaborately decorated electric lanterns. Open to the public, next year’s event will be held on Saturday, February 24, and will be especially significant as the centre is also marking its 40th anniversary in Mono.

“During the lantern festival, we chant prayers and attach blessings to the lanterns that energize and motivate us to create harmony, peace and light for ourselves, our families and the world,” says Gordon Young, the centre’s manager.

“Everyone is welcome to visit the temple and receive blessings for things like health, prosperity or travel in the new year, and you can also take a blessing home.”

Consider Elaine’s menu a perfect meal to share the same day as the lantern festival – or anytime, really. She’s confident anyone can pull it off. The dumplings and sesame cookies are adapted from blogs run by foodies she admires, including the Chinese Canadian Christie of Christie at Home and the Australian-based Wok & Kin, which focuses on ChineseVietnamese cuisine. “I chose these recipes because they’re approachable, fun to make, and the ingredients are easy to find locally,” she says.

Pork and Cabbage Dumplings “Dumplings are a quintessential Lunar New Year dish,” says Elaine. “Sometimes my mom would host gatherings with the extended family, and she would ask guests to come early to make dumplings together, so it’s very interactive (and informal), and a fun family bonding activity.

It’s also very easy on the hosts because all they have to do is to prepare the fillings ahead of time. The short cooking time also helps.”

MAKES ABOUT 50–55 DUMPLINGS 4 2 1 ¼

cups thinly sliced napa cabbage tsp kosher salt (to salt the cabbage) lb ground pork (or ground chicken) cup shiitake mushrooms, stems removed, and diced ⅓ cup cilantro, roughly chopped (about 2 stalks) ⅓ cup green onions, thinly sliced (about 2 stalks) 2 ½ tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp sesame oil 2 tsp cornstarch 1 tbsp garlic, minced 1 tsp ginger, minced ½ tbsp sugar ¼ tsp ground white pepper 1 lb (50–55 pcs) store-bought dumpling wrappers

In a large bowl, combine thinly sliced napa cabbage and kosher salt and let sit for 10 minutes to drain excess water.

Rinse salted cabbage in cold water and squeeze out the liquid as best as you can.

In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients for the filling, including the cabbage from the previous step. Mix until the filling is fully combined and a little sticky.

Have a small bowl of water nearby. To assemble, put a dumpling wrapper in the palm of your hand and place about 1 tbsp of filling in the centre of the wrapper. To keep the dumpling wrappers moist, cover with a clean kitchen towel or plastic wrap. Use your index finger to dab a little water along the rim of the wrapper to help with sealing, and fold the wrapper over to form a half-moon shape. Then pinch and fold the edges until well sealed.

TO STEAM: Place dumplings in a steamer basket lined with parchment paper over boiling water and steam for 8 to 10 minutes over medium-high heat.

TO PAN FRY: Place a little vegetable oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat until the oil just starts to smoke.

Place the dumplings in the pan, flat side down, and sear until a lightly goldenbrown crust forms on the bottom of the dumplings, about 2 to 3 minutes.

Add enough water to fill the pan about a half-inch deep, cover with a tightfitting lid and steam until the water is almost cooked off, about 6 to 7 minutes.

Remove the lid and continue to sear the dumplings until the water has completely steamed off and the bottoms of the dumplings are crispy and slide easily around the pan.

TO BOIL: Bring a pot of water to a rolling boil over high heat, place the dumplings in the pot, bring the water back to a boil, and boil for about 6 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally to avoid sticking.

PRO TIPS: If using other vegetables high in moisture for the fillings, salt them in the same way as the cabbage to draw out excess moisture before mixing with other ingredients. If using hardier vegetables, such as carrots and leeks, soften them first by lightly sautéing.

Freshly made dumplings freeze well. Layer with parchment paper to avoid sticking.

When cooking, add about 5 more minutes than when cooking from fresh.

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Smashed Cucumber Salad “This is super fun to make, because you get to gently release your frustrations by pounding the cucumbers,” laughs Elaine. “The smashing creates nooks and crannies in the cucumber flesh so that it can soak up lots of delicious dressing, and at the same time, creates different textures within each bite. If you prefer a more pungent garlic flavour, use minced raw garlic in the dressing instead of toasting the garlic slices. For a gluten-free version, simply use tamari in place of soy sauce.”

MAKES 2 SERVINGS 1 long cucumber ¼ cup cilantro, roughly chopped Optional: a handful of roasted salted peanuts, cashews or sesame seeds

DRESSING 2 tsp vegetable oil 1 clove garlic, thinly sliced 1 ½ tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp sesame oil 1 tbsp rice vinegar 1 tsp honey 2 tsp jarred chili crisp (or substitute chili oil) Make the dressing by heating the vegetable oil in a small frying pan over medium-low heat. Toast the thinly sliced garlic until crispy. Set aside the crispy garlic for garnish. In a small bowl, combine the garlic oil and the remaining dressing ingredients. Set aside.

Cut the cucumber into roughly 2-inch sections. On the cutting board, lay a large knife flat against the cucumber sections and press it with your other hand to smash the cucumber sections until nearly flat. (Be careful not to place your hand on the sharp blade.) Cut into bite-sized pieces. Don’t worry if they’re not uniform.

The size and texture of the pieces will vary.

Alternatively, you can place the sections in a resealable bag, squeeze out the air to seal, and smash them with a rolling pin.

Combine the smashed cucumbers and dressing, and marinate in the fridge for about 20 minutes. Garnish with cilantro, a handful of roasted peanuts, and the reserved crispy garlic slices.

SAY IT IN STYLE These are the traditional Chinese greetings used to wish someone well during the Lunar New Year. They also appear as calligraphy scrolls hung from doorways.

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CANTONESE

MANDARIN

Happy new year

sun nin fai lok

xīn nián kuài lè

Wishing you a prosperous year

gong hei fat choy

gōng xǐ fā cái

Wishing you the best of health

sun tai gin hong

shēn tǐ jiàn kāng

(in the New Year)

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Laughing Sesame Cookies “These crunchy, fluffy, nutty and subtly sweet treats are called ‘laughing sesame cookies’ because the deep cracks of the dough balls resemble a laughing face – sending wishes for the new year to be filled with joy and good times,” says Elaine.

“They’re typically served with tea, for guests that come to your house to visit during the Lunar New Year celebration. These cookies are best served freshly fried, as the outside is crunchy but inside is still warm and soft!”

MAKES 32 COOKIES 2 ⅓ cups pastry flour (or 2⅓ cups all-purpose flour plus 1 tbsp corn starch) ½ cup sugar ¼ tsp baking powder ¼ tsp baking soda ¼ tsp kosher salt 1 egg 3 tbsp butter, melted ⅓ cup water about ½ to ¾ cup sesame seeds neutral flavoured oil for frying In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda.

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Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl and mix until just combined (this is a very sticky dough). Cover with plastic wrap and let rest in the fridge for 20 to 30 minutes.

Evenly divide the dough into 32 pieces. Dust your hands with some flour and roll the pieces into roughly ¾-inch balls.

In a small bowl filled with sesame seeds, place a dough ball and swirl around to coat the dough with sesame seeds. Remove it and roll it again in your hands to re-form the shape. Set it aside as you work on the rest.

In a wok or small pot, heat frying oil to about 260–280 F over mediumlow heat. Fry the sesame dough balls in small batches for 6 to 8 minutes or until golden brown. To cool, place on a cooling rack over a tray lined with paper towel.

TO AIR FRY: Lightly brush oil on the air fryer tray, place the dough balls on the tray and air fry at 375 F for about 10 to 12 minutes, shaking the basket halfway. Since appliances vary, refer to the manual for timing and temperature guidance.

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As the generations shift, Elaine says it’s becoming more common for families to eat out for the Lunar New Year instead of preparing traditional dishes from scratch. If you’d like to order something special for the coming festivities, many local restaurants serve cuisine from China, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines. Just be aware that some restaurants will be closed for the holiday as families take much-needed time off to be together. The wontons, salad rolls and fried springrolls, pictured above, were made

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Here’s a few of the customs that are followed: ◆ It’s polite to give and receive the packets with two hands, not one. ◆ The money that you give should be clean and new, not old and dirty. ◆ The money should be an even number. ◆ Avoid the number 4 which is associated with death, so never give $40, or $44, or $400. ◆ If receiving, don’t open the packet in front of the giver.

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A Batch Made in Heaven It’s the stuff sweet dreams are made of — a food truck dedicated almost entirely to the love of cookies. Orangeville-based Cookies by Gia bakes big, chewy cookies with flavours including OG Milk Chocolate, Red Velvet and Coconutty, plus shortbread and gingerbread at Christmastime.

Pietra “Gia” Velinor opened the food truck in June 2023, and runs it with her daughter, Ciara. She also turns her cookies into ice cream sandwiches. “They’re fully custom­ izable, so you get to choose which cookie you want and the ice cream flavour,” says Gia. Find them at Hockley Valley Farm, December 9 and 10, and at Orangeville’s Christmas in the Park, or order online. Another great pick: DIY

cookie kits to make gingerbread or shortbread at home.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of The Sisters Touch of Christmas, an annual fundraising store run by a women’s monastery in Bolton. Known for their hand-painted ornaments, the sisters also bake traditional Christmas cookies, Linzer cookies, Greek baklava, Christmas bark and more. “One of the sisters is a professional baker, which helps!” says Sister Philothei.

Crafty kids in Grades 5 to 7 can learn some skills at Baking Odyssey’s Gingerbread House Workshop at Westminster United Church in Orangeville on December

9. Kids will roll, cut, bake, build and decorate a traditional gingerbread house from scratch during the three-hour class, and if you’re lucky, they might even share it with you.

M A R K YO U R C U L I N A RY C A L E N DA R Indulge your sweet tooth at the Orangeville Butter Tarts & More Market on November 25 at the Orangeville Curling Club.

Whether you like them the oldfashioned way, topped with pecans, or with a modern twist (think white chocolate drizzles or

chunks of caramel crackle), you’ll find oodles to enjoy.

Knox United Church in Caledon Village is holding its 2nd annual Christmas Market and Bake Sale on December 2 with 16 vendors and lots of treats made by their congregation.

The Erin Legion hosts their Sip, Socialize & Shop event on December 9. Peruse local vendors with a glass of wine in one hand and a shopping bag in the other.

Snow Globes are back at Hockley Valley Resort and Adamo Estate Winery. Hockley offers their signature five-course tasting menu December 8 to March 17 and Adamo hosts Uncorked, a threecourse Cicchetti (tapas-style) dinner, now to March 17.

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IT’S THE MOST WONDER FUL TIME FOR A TIPPLE Beer drinkers will love a subscription from Caledon Hills Brewing Company, or a membership to their Mug Club, which has lots of perks, like free merch, discounts, exclusive events, and a free burger and pint on your birthday.

Sonnen Hill Brewing in Caledon also offers a subscription pack that’s handpicked by their brewers, so you might get a strong Choogle IPA in a can or a stylish No Worry blend in a bottle. One dollar from every 750 ml bottle sold goes to organizations working within our community.

For something fancy when you mingle and jingle try Revival 1863’s signature Christmas cocktail, Run Run Rudolph. The Orangeville bar infuses its own cranberry vodka and orange tequila.

Sherry, cranberry juice and house-made cranberry and rosemary syrup round out the drink. It’s all garnished to resemble the world’s most famous reindeer outcast.

THE GIFT OF GOURMET There are tons of tasty treats to give as gifts this year. Made with 100 per cent Ontario wildflower honey, The Heritage Bee Company’s three themed gift sets – Charcuterie, Bee Well and Tea Lover – contain four jars each of flavours such as lavender, rosemary, elderberry, cinnamon and vanilla. This Creemorebased apiary also makes creamed honey melded into blends called Fig & Orange, Cardamom, Matcha and Turmeric.

Designed to add a little kick to whatever you’re cooking, Heat Chili Oil is made in Orangeville by Joe Ho using a time-tested family recipe. Super umamirich with heavy garlic notes, the chili oil is perfect with seafood, noodles or ramen, pizza, chicken and dumplings (you might consider them for your Lunar New Year feast, see page 66). It can also be mixed into sauces to jazz them up (think zesty chili garlic mayo) or added to soy sauce for a dumpling dip.

The Stonewell Farm Lavender Foodie Box contains Stonewell’s signature lavender tea blend, lavender shortbread cookies from Wicked Shortbread, Himalayan salt with lavender buds, lavender-infused maple syrup, lavender balsamic vinegar, and some adorable lavender paper napkins.

The Granola Project at Branching Out Support Services in Orangeville provides employment opportunities to adults with neurodiversities. Measured, mixed and packaged by hand, the granola packs are a perfect stocking stuffer.

And with two flavours to choose from – Maple Kissed and Hot Caramel – granola never tasted this good.

L E AV E I T TO T H E PR OS Let someone else do the cooking with full Christmas meals from one of our many local caterers, including GSC Orangeville, Lavender Blue or Soulyve Catering in Orangeville, Absolute Catering in Mono, Gourmandissimo in

Caledon East, or Cole’s Country Market & Garden Centre in Grand Valley. If you don’t do gluten, nuts or meat, Shine Baking Co. in Shelburne has you covered this holiday with mains like cranberry “meat” balls or vegetable pot pie.

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OUTLINING HER IDEAS Meticulously applied lines of jet-black ink are a defining feature of the fanciful works of Orangeville artist Stephanie Casino Esguerra.

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by painter and illustrator Stephanie Casino Esguerra and her husband, Jay. Visitors seated at the dining table in the couple’s light-infused Orangeville home are treated to a feast for the eyes. Hanging on the wall is a vibrant canvas showing three Philippine water buffalo skulls and the magenta outlines of the sampaguita, the Philippine national flower, on a periwinkle blue background.

When it’s not time to eat, the table also serves as an occasional creative space, whether for Stephanie or the couple’s daughters, ages 8 and 4. This is a house filled with colour, creativity and exploration.

On a day in October, one of the projects Stephanie is working on is the outline of a crow, her “canvas” a wooden block. “Wood can be quite absorbent,” she explains. “So I sand the blocks and apply gesso, a basic white primer, before I start working.”

Ensconced at the table, Stephanie painstak­ ingly inks the sides of these wooden canvases to ensure they’re as show-worthy as the front.

Halfway through my visit, she crouches down to make a quick ink touch-up to a larger selfportrait that leans against a wall. The portrait, also painted on wood, features butterflies on her eyes – to represent the positive outlook she tried to cultivate during Covid.

But Stephanie also works with more tradi­ tional canvases, as well as watercolours. No matter which medium she chooses, however, her process is much the same. She starts with a pencil sketch, then applies a base colour followed by the next most prominent colours and, lastly, minor accents. Finally, it’s time for her favourite part, when she carefully inks over the pencil sketch to bring the subject into sharp focus.

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“Ink suits me the best,” she says of her chosen medium. “It’s so fluid, and it’s all about how it feels. I can take my time with ink and not be rushed.”

On smaller works, Stephanie uses micron ink pens – which are permanent and waterproof and very black, in case anyone’s kids are asking for a set. For the line work on larger projects, she chooses Speedball India ink, a very dark, opaque and almost oily ink that she applies with long, thin brushes, often called rigger brushes.

Stylistic nods leave little doubt about the art she admires – from the bodyfocused style of Austrian figure artist Egon Schiele to the ink magic of South Korean artist Kim Jung Gi and the wild caricatures of British illustrator Ralph Steadman, best known for his work with gonzo American journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

As we chat, Stephanie turns her attention to a half-finished water­ colour of a Philippine hornbill, now a threatened species. To the painting’s browns, yellows, greens and vibrant oranges she adds a distinctive touch of her own: gold leaf. She applies adhesive, waits for it to dry slightly, and then, with a deft hand, brushes the leaf onto the pencil outline of a sun. Gold leaf is extremely light and delicate, so gently pressing it into place, rather than rubbing it, is key.

“I like the touch of luxury,” says Stephanie, adding that in her painting Modern Geisha, the subject’s hair ornaments are gold. That piece was included in the catalogue of a Decem­ ber 2022 Gallerium online art show.

Stephanie finds inspiration in

all corners of life – books, movies, what the kids are doing, and her own heritage. During the pandemic, she crafted a piece inspired by her Filipino roots. “My dad was from the island of Mindanao. The Indigenous woman I painted was from the T’Boli people of Mindanao.” That piece won the Jurors’ Choice Award at the Museum of Dufferin’s 2022 Unity in Diversity art show.

Since Stephanie and her family relocated to Orangeville from Brampton two years ago, she has been captivated by her new proximity to nature, especially animals, birds and moths. “I love texture,” she says, pointing to examples in her work.

“Scales, feathers, wings – I’m so intrigued by capturing that detail.”

Stephanie studied graphic design at George Brown College but soon transferred to the bachelor of applied arts program at Sheridan College, where she embraced a blend of traditional and digital art, including 3D drawing and sculpture, as well as basic web design and animation. She now aspires to write and illustrate a book – another outlet for the writing craft she hones as a freelance writer and through her job as marketing manager for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada.

Somehow, Stephanie recently found time to launch an ethical jewelry business, specializing in engagement rings. “It’s another creative outlet for all of my ideas,” she says.

Find Stephanie on Instagram @stylographica.

Janice Quirt is a freelance writer who lives in Orangeville.

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SLICE OF LIFE Amaranth-based painter Haley Marfleet captures the beauty of the natural world in rich, vibrant colours.

She is currently a member of the Headwaters Arts group.

Haley also sells smaller items via Marfleet Design. Don’t miss her work at the Museum of Dufferin’s Holiday Treasures Arts & Crafts Sale, November 29 to December 10.

Her wood-slice magnets and ornaments are adorned with winter-themed motifs. “People are drawn to the natural and rustic style with the added hand-painted imagery,” says Haley. (Ornaments $20 each, Marfleet Design and Holiday Treasures)

PAT T E R N R ECOG N I T I O N Surface pattern artist Fabienne Good of Grand Valley injects more than a little fun into functional items, such as potholders, lavender sachets and eye pillows (with local lavender), and beeswax wraps. “I design all my prints using my illustrations inspired by nature and rural Canada.” New this year is the “lumberjack/young Santa” motif, a recent drawing. Art cards and baby booties are other precious offerings.

(Potholders, $25 each, Fabienne Good and Holiday Treasures)

H A N DS - O N By day, Megan Mare works as a program co-ordinator at Shelburne’s Streams Community Hub, which offers art programs to youth in the community. By night, Megan hosts crochet and fine art classes at the centre.

Cozy Knits N Knots by Megan is her labour of love, with a hand-crocheted range that includes chunky knit blankets, pillows, scrunchies, scarves, stuffed animals, and seasonal decor such as snowmen and reindeer, fashioned from Jumbo 7 chenille yarn and using no crochet hooks or needles, just her hands. ($5 to $240, Cozy Knits N Knots by Megan and Holiday Treasures)

Longtime local potter Al Pace has been creating his earthy and wilderness-inspired functional stoneware since the 1970s and there’s always something new to find in his expansive Hockley Valley studio, The Farmhouse Pottery. On your wish list to spruce up a holiday table? Plates and platters adorned with soft blue swirls – the result of multiple layers of a cobalt glaze on high-fired stoneware. The rich browns of another series are courtesy of an iron-saturated tenmoku glaze. (Platter $350, vase $95, The Farmhouse Pottery)

T H E S M A L L E S T SC U L P T U R E S You can find Hawkly’s Gillian Johnson in the hills of Mulmur, where she creates jewelry primarily using the lost wax casting process, as well as other classic metal smithing and beading techniques. “I hand-carve tiny sculptures in wax and then cast them in either silver or bronze to create wearable art,” she says. Earrings, rings, bracelets and necklaces are at once timeless and very “now.” (Ebb ring, $155, Hawkly and Holiday Treasures)

S P I R I T E D AWAY You know Orangeville’s Johanna Bernhardt from her writing in this magazine – now, meet her new creative outlet, Moon Spirit Organics. Johanna makes small batch, organic skincare products, including serums, body butters, bath salts and bath bombs. Many are made with carrier oils (jojoba and almond) infused for six weeks with organic roses, lavender and calendula. Lest the kiddos feel forgotten, there’s also Cotton Candy Fairy Fizz, complete with beet powder colour, to froth up bath time. (Bath bomb, $6.50, bath salts, $6, Moon Spirit Organics)

SOURCES Cozy Knits N Knots by Megan, Shelburne. IG @cozy.knits.n.knots Fabienne Good, Grand Valley. IG @lost_in_context Farmhouse Pottery, 307114 Hockley Rd, Mono. 519-941-6654. www.pacepottery.com Hawkly, Mulmur. www.hawkly.ca Holiday Treasures Arts & Crafts Sale (Nov 29 to Dec 11), Museum of Dufferin, Airport Rd and Hwy 89, Mulmur. 519-941-1114. www.dufferinmuseum.com Marfleet Design, Amaranth. IG @h.marfleet Moon Spirit Organics, Orangeville. www.moonspiritorganics.com

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POWER MOVES How to prep your home, car – and psyche – for winter storm season and its inevitable hydro outages.

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hit us harder than it does urban dwellers. We’re more isolated; we can’t easily decamp to warm, communal spaces. Assembling an emergency kit and prepping ahead can mean less scrambling for a fix when Mother Nature does her worst.

Emergency kits are essential You’re going to need two of these: one for your home, and one for your car in the event you are stranded in a storm or need to head out into one.

For home, Tiziana Baccega Rosa, a spokesperson for Hydro One, recommends your kit contain the following: water and non-perishable food items for all family members, including pets; a manual can opener; a windup or battery-powered flashlight and radio; extra batteries; cash; a fully stocked first aid kit; blankets; a fully charged cell phone (a backup battery is smart too) or at least one corded phone at home; and a full list of essential contact numbers, including that of your local hydro provider. We’d add candles and matches, stored in an easy-to-reach spot, to the list – and if a storm’s coming be sure you have easily accessible firewood if you use it.

For your vehicle, snow tires are a must (they should go on when the daily average temperature drops below 7 C). CAA recommends you have the following items assembled and stored safely in an easy-access carryall in the cargo area in case of a breakdown: a windup flashlight, reflective safety triangles or flares, a small first aid kit, a snow brush and scraper, tire traction aids, a small shovel, windshield washer fluid,

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booster cables, gas-line antifreeze, lock de-icer, paper towels, a small tool kit, extra fuses, socks, boots, gloves, and hand and foot warmers, as well as water and non-perishable food items, such as granola bars.

Consider a generator A generator is one of the savviest investments you can make in your home for the winter months.

Derek Gallant of the Amaranth-based Tanco Group explains there are two main types of generators to choose from: a standby unit and a portable model. A standby generator acts as a backup electrical system, which is professionally installed and kicks in automatically, Gallant says.

“Within seconds of a utility outage, an automatic transfer switch senses power loss, commands the generator to start, and transfers the electrical load to the unit. After normal utility power returns, the auto switch transfers the electrical load back to the utility and signals the standby generator to shut down and return to standby mode ready for the next outage.”

Most power generators run on gasoline, but there are models that run on diesel, natural gas, or propane. Gallant says that if you are considering a generator, the one you buy should be based on your budget, and what you consider crucial to keep functioning during an emergency – such as your fridge and stove, hot water tank, furnace or lighting.

Power outage planning When the lights go out, it’s natural to panic, but this can sometimes lead to some not-so-bright

thinking, like moving downed tree branches from powerlines on the road or on your property. Don’t do it. Remain calm, stay inside, and leave these jobs to the professionals – your safety is the top priority. Stay far away from fallen power lines, a least 10 metres back, and report them to 911 and to Hydro One or your local utility, says Baccega Rosa.

If you’re using a portable generator, it’s critical for the generator to be outside and well away from open windows – to prevent fumes from entering your house. And a gentle reminder: resist the urge to bring a camp stove or barbecue inside, because of the risk of gas inhalation or fire.

In some cases, leaving your home soon after a storm is the best idea.

“During an outage it’s important to stay safe by making decisions based on your needs,” says Baccega Rosa. “You may need to stay with friends or family during an extended outage.”

She adds that when a winter system starts appearing on the radar, hydro teams use an outage prediction tool to move crews and equipment into position in advance, allowing them to get to work on restoring power as soon as it’s safe.

The best way to report power outages? By texting Hydro One at 92887 (WATTS). You can also stay up to date by signing up for Hydro One’s outage text alerts and app.

Do it now, before the lights go out.

Alison McGill is an editor, writer and podcaster who lives in Halton Hills.

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Rapinder Kaur in her Orangeville clinic.

PORTRAIT OF THE ART THERAPIST Rapinder Kaur built a therapy practice around encouraging children, and adults, to listen to the wisdom of their inner artists.

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on First Street in Orangeville with a sign in the front yard reading Art as Therapy. It is the realization of a dream registered psychotherapist and art therapist Rapinder Kaur nurtured earlier in her career while working with children who had experienced developmental trauma. She often thought group homes and other such settings weren’t always conducive to providing the most effective help for mental health issues.

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The first Art as Therapy opened in Orangeville the summer of 2009 (there are now also offices in Milton and Brampton). Art in a therapeutic setting – complete with an endless supply of craft materials, markers, coloured paper and more – can allow clients to express thoughts and feelings that might otherwise be

difficult to articulate. With children in particular, the ways they engage with different materials, how they manage creative challenges and emotions, and how they interact with the therapist helps reveal underlying issues – and how to tackle them. “It is so encouraging to be in a session and journey from despair to optimism.

They come in down, but leave with a smile, thinking, ‘Yes, we have problems, but we can handle them.’”

The Orangeville office moved to this new, bigger location just as the pandemic arrived, but Rapinder and staff were forced to conduct sessions

online. There are still occasional online sessions for clients and Rapinder holds video workshops – with clients as far away as Bali and Korea.

Rapinder puts in long days keeping the centres running smoothy – and fulfilling other community obligations. Team meetings are on Mondays; eight other therapists work in Orangeville, plus a client care co-ordinator. Fridays are for research and professional development, administrative tasks and more meetings. I caught up with Rapinder on a recent Wednesday afternoon, just as she was finishing with clients

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sometimes with yoga, but always with morning prayers. Rapinder is Sikh; prayer is an important part of her daily routine.

8 A . M . Rapinder checks emails,

takes phone calls, and has breakfast with her family, although it often tends to be more like a meeting.

“Sunny, my partner in business and life, supports the practice behind the scenes, so our mornings consist of me sharing a long to-do list.” Rapinder gets her three-year-old son, Hazoor, ready to go to one of his two sets of grandparents for the day.

9 : 3 0 A . M . Rapinder begins the

drive north to Orangeville, often listening to a TED Talk or podcast about mental health.

1 0 A . M . Rapinder sees clients in one of the five therapy rooms, three on the main floor and two upstairs, or outside in good weather.

For younger patients, much can happen without the familiar conven­ tions of talk therapy. “Art, play or drama therapy are wonderful tools for expression that allow a child to share symbolically their inner world,” she says. “A child may experience heightened excitement, anger or impulsivity in the therapy room, and be able to channel that through balloon tennis or making a baking soda and vinegar volcano. They may experience low energy, anxiety, fear and low mood, but by engaging in painting they feel better and more optimistic.”

2 – 3 : 3 0 P. M . Lunch, either from

home or one of her favourite local restaurants.

3 : 3 0 P. M . More client sessions.

Rapinder shares a recent case: “I worked with a child who had a hard time managing big emotions at home and school. His parents were at a loss. The cycle of punishment and reward was not working. In therapy we built things, played games, made elaborate designs with string and paint. The child tried new things, solved problems, managed frustration when things didn’t go to plan. He

experienced wonder and excitement when the unexpected happened. He could spray shaving cream and express his anger; he could be himself without judgement or fear. He was no longer angry, always in trouble. He was an artist, scientist, creator, disruptor, and someone who had the power to make a change in his world. My work with him was glorious, magical and life affirming. We are all inherently creative and powerful.”

Best wishes for the holidays, and for health and happiness throughout the coming year.

4 – 6 P. M . The Art Hive on the

building’s main level is abuzz. It’s an inclusive space for everyone, regardless of background, age or artistic ability and is meant to increase self-awareness, build relationships and strengthen community life – via paper, paints, crayons, yarn and many, many glue guns. “You never know what’s going to happen. It’s freeflowing, a space for people to feel a sense of connection,” says Rapinder.

Since my visit, the Art Hive has left the nest for a permanent location next door, at number 47. “We have a vision to make this space available to the community and different groups to come together – a knitting group for older adults, or a comic club for young teens, or an art club, or a place for us to run more art therapy or drama therapy groups.”

6 P. M . As Rapinder describes it, she wears many different turbans.

She serves on the board of Family Transition Place and Dufferin Child & Family Services. Often there are board meetings Wednesday evenings. Rapinder is also a program volunteer for the Sikh National Archives of Canada. How does she do it all? For one, “I don’t make dinner.” All those grandparents are a big help on that front.

8 P. M . Now at home, Rapinder makes client notes from the day and responds to team queries. She creates Instagram posts to keep Art as Therapy visible on social media. And she creates her own art, using watercolours and markers. “It’s a tool for self-reflection and to help me process the work I do with clients.”

Tony Reynolds is a freelance writer who lives happily above Broadway in Orangeville.

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BY BETHANY LEE I H AV E A CO N F E S S I O N TO M A K E . I N 1 98 4 ,

I knew my brother and I were getting an Atari 2600 for Christmas. I didn’t go looking for it; I found out by accident.

I had been pestering my mom about borrowing a sweater over and over while she was in the shower.

Finally she called out, “Sure, go ahead. Go into my closet and grab it!” And that’s when I saw it. A big, rectangular, dark-coloured box. It was barely visible in the dark, but there was no mistaking the distinctive white logo peeking out below several folded blankets. My eyes opened wide, taking in what seemed impossible. Then my stomach dropped, and

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I held back tears. I instinctively pulled the blankets further over the edge of the box to hide what was beneath.

I now knew about the Atari and couldn’t un-know.

I didn’t want to know, though. I tried to convince myself I had dreamed it, conjured it, but my sensible brain confirmed what I had seen.

Why did I feel like crying? Shouldn’t I have been happy about the world’s most coveted ’80s toy just feet away, waiting to be plugged in a few weeks later on Christmas morning? All our lives growing up, my brother and I had compiled our wish lists, poring over the Sears catalogue and Simpsons flyers,

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circling little numbers and sizes – hint, hint! – quietly yearning for a toy or book, or something trendy to wear, and hoping, hoping, these nice things would appear under the tree. Or, being even more organized and practical like my brother, politely listing our wishes by priority and category, carefully printed on a sheet of paper. The Atari was on nearly every child’s wish list that year, including ours.

I didn’t know it, but I had grown up in that instant.

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Light me up The work of the Optimists and many community sponsors brings us Christmas in the Park again this year. Starting

save my mom and dad’s feelings. My mom always wanted to surprise us, and this gift was a major one. I also knew that economically it didn’t make sense, because we often didn’t have enough milk and cereal to make it to the next payday.

This big Atari box was special, and I didn’t want to ruin the moment for my parents. Or my brother. As much as we fought and fussed, I knew in that split second that I needed to protect him as well.

Christmas morning was a blur. I remember smiling a lot, and then off we went to play the games that came with the Atari, and to fight over the joystick and whose turn it was.

The complicated layers of excitement, betrayal and protection have faded away, but to this day, I’m surprised by how often the memory surfaces for me.

It was when I first learned there are many moments of knowing and not being able to un-know. Now in his late teens, my son, Adrian, must have had these moments too, perhaps for many years. I don’t know what he held onto that I thought he would be better for not knowing. In turn, he’s probably protected me.

Perhaps there was a moment when he, too, was searching for something else when he saw something meant as a later surprise. Many years I’d shop across the border and the redand-white Target bags tied up in my closet were easy enough to discern as the stash of goodies for his stocking or under the tree. Or maybe he knows where I put presents bought in advance but hidden away, never to be found again – and he’s still wondering why they didn’t appear! But beyond simple pleasures such as presents or other sweet secrets, maybe he’s also seen private documents or overheard angry conversations he shouldn’t have – not wanting to know, but not being able to un-know.

Some families share everything with their kids. To me, this sets a tricky precedent that parents must remain open books – and there are some truths which can be too much information for a young person to digest. But sharing info and then stopping can also feel like a betrayal of sorts.

Secrets, once revealed, can’t be rolled back.

Still, sometimes we have the opposite problem. As the fire in the woodstove warms our house here in Mono, I am going through the mental list of where I’ve squirrelled away the Christmas treats. Maybe I’ll have to drum up some curiosity in someone who would like to rustle through the closets to help me remember where I stashed this year’s secrets.

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OVER THE (NEXT) HILL

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TH E FAR M E R S’ ALMANAC PR E D I C TS A GR E AT

season for skiers, snow bunnies and winter lovers in general. Snow, and lots of it, is coming our way over the next few months. Are you ready? Are your snow tires in place? Is there salt (or kitty litter) handy, both at home and in your vehicle?

What about spikes on your boots? I don’t so much dislike reasonable cold … we do live in the Great White North … but I fear the ice underfoot. My new winter boots have retractable spikes. What a confidence builder they are.

And speaking of confidence builders, Caledon resident Michele Aplin, retired public education officer with Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services, and her husband, Glenn, a retired fire captain, kindly came to my home recently to assess my smoke alarms.

I have somehow managed to ignore my two smoke alarms, one on each floor. In fact, I’ve only given them a tiny, passing thought for the entire 22 years I’ve lived in this house. I did register that each still had a green light glowing and therefore assumed they must be happy campers.

Apparently not. In fact, it was a thoroughly incredulous Michele who, on closer inspection of what had been attached to my ceilings all those years, informed me that my alarms were so hopelessly out of date she definitely would not have trusted them to

function properly in an emergency.

Oh, dear!

She and Glenn kindly picked up a couple of new ones (Kidde, with built-in carbon monoxide detection capabilities) and installed them for me a few days later, reminding me that the lifespan of smoke alarms is only 10 years, even if the green light is glowing.

Michele has some scary statistics. “People over 65 are twice as likely to be killed or injured in a

fire compared to the population as a whole. This increases to three times over the age of 75, and four times over the age of 85,” she said.

“Most fatal fires occur at night when people are sleeping. As we age, we are less able to take the quick actions necessary in a fire. This may be as a result of some medications that can affect quick responses and proper decision-making capabilities. Or could be the result of physical, visual or hearing impairments.

And you may have less than one minute to escape a fire in your home,” she added.

In 2022, there were 133 residential fire deaths in Ontario, the highest total in 20 years. Statistics suggest many of those deaths could have been prevented if people had working smoke alarms.

Michele also reminded me that heavy snow has the potential to block furnace outlets, which should be checked regularly throughout the winter months, and that working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms are the law in Ontario.

Thanks to Michele and Glenn, I’m now prepared for the unexpected.

And while we’re talking about safety, what do you think about those new doorbell cameras popping up everywhere? I guess it depends on which side of the door you’re standing. I don’t like them if I’m on the outside … they make me want to fuss with my hair and apply lipstick. But those who have them are

A N E D U C ATO R , P O L I T I C I A N A N D J U S T I C E of the peace, Carol Seglins is best known for her lifelong dedication to community service. “Involvement in my community is in my DNA. It’s something that I was conditioned to from an early age,” she says.

Carol currently serves on the board of the Caledon Seniors Centre and the Albion Bolton Historical Society, and she is president of the Caledon arm of the Humber Valley Heritage Trail Association While born in Toronto, Carol and her five siblings spent their childhoods in Sudbury. Her father was a doctor and her mother had been a VON nurse.

After high school, Carol enrolled at the University of Toronto where she pursued an arts degree. But by her second year, she and her husband, Andrejs, had two children, and Carol switched directions, took

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a couple of courses in education, and landed a job teaching math in King City.

Two more children followed after the Seglins pur­ chased a home in old Bolton where Carol still lives.

Through the turmoil of a devastating car accident that seriously injured one of her sons, and the death of her husband not long afterward, Carol managed somehow to fit in the necessary hours to earn a business degree from York University. “Although there were very few hours of sleep during those years, that degree served me well during my years in the travel business.”

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very happy with the extra security they provide when the doorbell rings.

Russell and Barb Imrie of Caledon just completed a kitchen renovation, which included all new appliances. It looks lovely and includes many environmentally friendly upgrades. The induction cooking surface was a big draw for me. It has no burners and uses less energy than a traditional electric stove because the heat, created by an electromagnetic field below the cooktop surface, transfers to the cooking pans, which must be magnetic.

Because the heat generated reaches the food more directly, induction cooking surfaces heat faster and are more efficient and safer because there is no flame. And they remain cool, making cleanups quicker and easier.

Hmmm, I’m beginning to dream about a kitchen renovation, though it’s likely an expense and bother beyond my current tolerance level.

We evolve throughout our lives. I’m definitely not the same person I was at 65, nor at 75. The human trajectory waxes and wanes as our bodies give in, little by little, and our minds can’t hold all the information our frantic world throws at us.

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Carol jumped into the political arena in 1988. With the encouragement of her partner, Ralph Ransom, she won a seat as a Peel regional councillor for Caledon. “It was definitely an ‘on the job’ learning experience, but one I thoroughly enjoyed,” she says. “The step up to mayor after six years at the region seemed like a natural transition.”

Carol served three terms as Caledon’s mayor, from 1994 to 2003. That was followed by 12 years as an Ontario justice of the peace.

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A SANCTUARY OF GOOD DESIGN An elegantly renovated former church in Mono fulfills its mission as a serene family nest for a mom and her two daughters.

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she purchased the deconsecrated church in 1999.

The home is a testament to her roots, her passion for soothing spaces, and her love for her daughters, Abbey and Hannah – along with their American field golden retriever, Cash, named after the legendary singer.

Heather’s journey to this remarkable place is a story of life’s twists and turns

through Caledon, Waterloo, Toronto, Ottawa, Toronto again, and finally Mono. At the University of Waterloo, she started by studying recreation but changed course and earned a degree in art history. Her appreciation for aesthetics and beauty deepened as she also pursued studies in interior design and antiques, honing her eye for detail.

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FACING PAGE: The main living space in Heather Erwin’s Mono home, a former church, is flooded with light.

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TOP: The original front door of the 1867 church is now a window.

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large, updated rose window frames the trees outside as living, breathing art. “Watching the changing seasons through that window is a meditation in itself,” Heather says. Her daughters’ two bedrooms are tucked beneath the loft; the window that was once the church’s entry door lights the hallway between the two bedrooms.

By the time Heather bought the

church, the bell that once called worshippers to service was long gone.

But the original belfry remained, high atop the roof over the former entry door. So when a church bell came up at an auction held by Shelburne-based auctioneer Bob Severn, she leapt at the chance to make it her own – and once again, the belfry is home to a bell.

The main living space is anchored by treasured, memory-laden pieces, including an antique table, chairs and sideboard, all circa 1886, given to

Heather by her grandparents, who took her to visit antique shops and auctions during her childhood. The pattern on the sideboard mimics the church windows, a harmonious connection between the past and the present.

Indeed, they are of the same vintage, as the former St. Paul’s Anglican Church served as a place of worship from 1867 to 1991. Heather also proudly displays an armoire with a similar pattern, a find she had initially seen at the former Orangeville Flowers location on John

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TOP FACING: Graceful Gothic arches frame most of the home’s doorways, windows and ceilings.

TOP RIGHT: A beloved antique sideboard, table and chairs, circa 1886, were a gift from Heather’s grandparents.

FAR LEFT: The kitchen was updated in 2018 with new countertops and cabinets.

LEFT: A graceful arch detail on an antique armoire.

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But in this house even everyday items have a story. A well-used coffee table beneath a window in the living area bears the colourful paint streaks of her daughters’ early artistic expressions. Purchased when Heather was in her 20s, the piece has been with her ever since. She sees it as a symbol of the journey her family has taken over the years. Now grown and living at home, Abbey, 19, is studying

automotive business at Georgian College in Barrie, while Hannah, 22, works as an early childhood educator for Wellington County.

The church had been transformed into a residence in 1991, but in 2018 Heather embarked on a major reno­ vation, bringing her vision of a con­ temporary country home to life with added touches including quartz coun­ tertops and high-end kitchen cabinets.

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tackled the job. A rotten support beam under the kitchen and across the middle of the house was replaced with steel. In doing so, the company had to pull up the pine floors from the kitchen to the altar. After being reinstalled, the floors were sanded back to their original state. “The end result is so beautiful, as the pine floors had taken on an orange hue – now they look nice and light,” says Heather.

The contractor also redid the

main-floor bathroom in soothing spa tones and painted the entire house in Benjamin Moore’s creamy White Dove, save for the kitchen cabinets and baseboards, which sport Collingwood, an off-white shade. “It’s just the right amount of contrast to White Dove, and very subtle and easy to live with. I love tone-on-tone decorating.”

The new kitchen is the epitome of urban-meets-country chic, and the island doubles as a workspace.

Heather is a sales manager for a chain of local papers and, previously, for Coors Canada.

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Heather has always had a passion for gardening and luckily the property, the first she looked at, allowed her vision to come to life. “My real estate wish list was to the point: a historical church or schoolhouse, near Orangeville, where my brother had just moved.”

Some of her early projects included installing a well and landscaping the yard in English-garden style. “The landscaping reflects the beautiful elements of the church, from the stone slabs that bring us up from the driveway to the entrance of the house, and the stone walkway that meanders around to the front of the church where the front door was previously,” says Heather. The landscaper took stones from fields in the area, another

important connection for her.

The garden is one of her favourite places, and the entire family – includ­ ing Cash, of course – enjoys leisurely walks along the country roads. Speak­ ing of country roads, after buying the church, Heather discovered that her grandparents had farmed 100 acres just up the road, so Laffertyville was also at the heart of their lives. Learning this felt like a further benediction for the move.

Heather remains happiest at home.

“I used to travel a lot for work, but now I like to stay put. I feel so connected to the community, through liaising with small businesses for my job to my trailrunning group who meet up in Mono Cliffs park, just down the road. And I have so many friends in Mono – it’s one of the reasons I wanted to move to the area.”

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E XQ U I S I T E R E S I D E N C E

Approximately 2800 sq ft not including basement on coveted Elizabeth St South with an impressive, private resort like backyard 18'x36' heated saltwater pool and several entertaining areas with an outdoor covered porch, spacious kitchen/bbq area. Large, modern kitchen with capacious island and cabinets, dining area, family room, living room, library, mud room with mature gardens, hardwood floors, 3 fireplaces. An abundance of windows showers this lovingly cared for home with generous amounts of light cascading in. $1,595,000

EQUESTRIAN ESTATE

L O C AT I O N , L O C AT I O N , L O C AT I O N

Wonderful features & upgrades, first time on the market in 42 years. In the prettiest open space of Ridgehill Park/Conservation. Feels like a true priv park oasis w/ Fletcher’s Creek & walking trails at your back door. $1,670,000

F L E TC H E R ’S C R E E K G E M

A lovely 3-bedroom semi-detached, nestled in the highly sought-after area of Fletcher's Creek neighbourhood. This gem has been meticulously maintained, functional layout and convenient location with many amenities. $840,000

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E L E G A N T P R I VAC Y I N C A L E D O N – T W O H O M E S O N 4 8 + AC R E S !

Two properties, two homes, two deeds. Primary house is charming stone (1858) with a seamless addition providing the popular contemporary design features: main floor primary suite, eat-in kitchen, walkouts to multiple stone patios. Floor-to-ceiling windows offer long views over rolling lawns to the natural pond, spectacular perennial gardens and trails through your own forest.

The second home has a 4-car attached garage, 2+2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, vaulted ceiling main floor and finished walkout lower level. A complete package! $7,250,000

C O M E H O M E T O C H E LT E N H A M !

Sun-filled stone bungalow on an executive cul-de-sac in the historic village of Cheltenham. Main floor: all wood kitchen, formal dining, sitting and family rooms. With lovely deck views over the quiet natural ravine. Fully finished walkout lower level has second granite kitchen and guest suite, entertaining area boasting wet bar, fireplace seating, TV/games area and a workout space! Plus tons of storage. 3-car garage is extra tall for all your toys, with access to house/yard/walk-down to the basement. Everyone’s dream! $3,200,000

S O U N D S T H AT S O O T H E T H E S O U L !

Architecturally dramatic custom build nestled on a hillside above the Pine River. Stone, wood, glass and metal are cleverly blended in this contemporary beauty to masterfully showcase the surrounding nature. Balconies, screened rooms and walkouts enable the maximum enjoyment of this charming location. Main floor is all at once open, efficient and zen. Second floor is a dedicated primary suite. Walkout lower level has 3 further sunny bedrooms for family or guests. Open windows to hear the river!

It's all in the details, come and experience this wonderful Melancthon property. $2,495,000

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L U X U R Y C O U N T R Y C H AT E A U

68 acres of manicured grounds and absolute privacy. Gated entry leads you up the hill to the 6 bedroom, 6 bathroom, 2-kitchen home with panoramic views. 11,000 sq ft of impressive finished living space, 72’ long great hall with 34’ ceiling leading to nothing short of magnificent.

Large workshop, inground pool and tennis court. $5,399,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

Just 30km from airport, this 15.8-acre wooded property offers a secluded setting, winding and tree-lined driveway, classic multi-level home, det apt/studio & 4-stall barn w/paddocks. A sprawling, charismatic home, well updated thru out. $3,690,000

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10+ acres, 3 ponds and waterfall. 20,000 sq ft of finished living space. Grand entry with secret doors, 7 bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, 2-storey library, karaoke party room, 50’s diner, theatre/recording studio, indoor firing range, indoor pool, solarium, 5-car garage with nanny suite above. $7,800,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

Excellent opportunity for large parcel of land, approx 80 acres primarily zoned as Hamlet Residential. Mansfield is an area of positive growth and future development.

Land is mostly level with 3 road frontages & great access to major highways. $7,000,000

H E AT E D W O R K S H O P

3-bdrm bungalow, refreshed thru out in neutral décor and available for immediate occupancy. Spacious eat-in kitchen & sep living room, wood floors in bdrms, fin rec room, lower office & 2-pc bath. Det 30’x35’ garage, heated, roll up door. $624,900

R E A DY, S E T , M OV E

Spacious sidesplit home, 3 bdrms, 2 baths, attached garage w/ front & rear roll up doors, 75’x150’ lot. Updated kit w/ SS appliances & w/o to yard. Cozy fam rm has gas fp, built-in cabinetry & walkup to yard. Enjoy heated floors in the entrance & baths. $749,900

T H E B U N G A L O W YO U H AV E WA I T E D F O R

B AC K S O N T O G O L F C O U R S E

Hockley estate with river running through. 6.7 acres with pool, stone outdoor fireplace with cooking abilities, large gazebo, workshop, bunkie and log guest house for entertaining.

Walking trail/pond with island. 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms including separate in-law suite. $2,899,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

Spacious great room with vaulted ceiling, gas fireplace, hardwood and tile floors and open concept space with kitchen/dining areas and walkout to private covered patio and fenced yard. Large primary bedroom offers walk-in closet and upgraded ensuite with soaker tub and separate shower. Main floor laundry offers convenient access to garage. Finished basement offers recreation room, 2 additional bedrooms and full bathroom.

S E PA R AT E A PA R T M E N T F O R N A N N Y

C U S TO M B U N GA LOW + S H O P

Beautiful custom bungalow on 25.97 acres of meticulously landscaped property.

2+2 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Full finished walkout lower level to patio and pool.

40x40 heated shop with 14ft high ceilings and 3-piece bath. Walking trails and stream. $3,499,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

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Original stone house. 3 bdrm, 3-bath, 60 acres. Century barn. 3-car garage with loft. $2,999,000

B E L L S C H O O L L I N E FA R M

A P P L E R I D G E FA R M , C A L E D O N

3 divided lots total 113 acres! 7600 square foot stone and wood main residence, guest house, an 1850s 1-bedroom settler's cabin. Gate house. Skyline views over large pond. Tennis, pool and miles of trails. 3 houses. Wonderful mix of landscapes. $9,899,000

B U T T E R FA R M NEAR ORANGEVILLE

Fully renovated Victorian farmhouse. Idyllic residence, on 5+ acres w/ barn, sep 2-garage, beach bunk house, spring-fed swimming pond, fenced in paddocks, chicken coop. Exclusive

SOLD

Opportunity knocking. Future development land. Outside of Niagara Escarpment Commission and Conservation. Easy access to Highway 401/407. $17,000,000

M O N O C L I F F S E S TAT E , 6 0 AC R E S

90-acre, working standardbred breeding farm.

Two fully insulated horse barns, 33 stalls, tack room, feed room, kitchen, attached 2-bedroom grooms apartment, large 4000 sq ft shed.

3-bedroom bungalow. $3,999,000

G A L L AG H E R FA R M , ROSEMONT

Charming farmhouse set on 18.85 rolling acres.

Incredible countryside views. Stream.

Paddocks, 6 stalls, heated workshop, solid century barn. $1,998,000

P R I M R O S E FA R M , M O N O

Consisting of two attached residences. A 2-storey, 1750 sq ft renovated log home with 3 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms. Attached 1000 sq ft bungalow with 2 bedrooms & 1 bathroom.

4-stall barn. Paddocks. 10.7 acres. $1,959,000

R E N TA L

A fine country home, guest house and heated workshop designed by noted architect, James Ireland. Premier location. Asking $4,550,000

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T H E L O C K T O N E S TAT E , CALEDON

Private 3-bedroom riverfront cottage with no public access. Entertainer’s oasis, wood-burning fireplaces, entire upper floor is the primary suite. Priceless river frontage. One minute to Caledon Ski Club. $4,750/month

Custom 5223 sq ft stone home. 2.15-acre lot.

Main floor primary with ensuite. 3 additional bedrooms and bathrooms. Walkout basement with 2nd kitchen. Ideal for multigenerational families. $2,750,000

Classic mid-century north Caledon estate.

Large living spaces. 2-bedroom coach house.

Dutch style barn, sand ring. Pool. 12 acres.

2 houses! $2,900,000

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AMARANTH HOUSE, AMARANTH

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Enchantingly located on the northern ridge of Hockley Valley. 4-bedroom residence with over 1200 ft of water frontage on the Nottawasaga River. Hiking trails, orchard, spring-fed pond.

13 acres. $2,495,000

ALBION HILLS DRIVE

Immaculate brick and stone raised 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom bungalow in the highly desirable Gibson Lake area. 2 acres. Pond. Great commuter location. Asking $1,799,000

Skyline views! Elegant 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom home. Renovated kitchen with heated floors.

Main floor primary suite. ~2 acres on top of Mount Wolfe. $1,999,000

Fantastic live/work opportunity. 10+ acres.

Modernized 5-bedroom, 3-bathroom, 3225 sq ft log house, 350 sq ft log studio + 4556 sq ft commercial office building. $1,990,000

5-bdrm home with new kitchen, main floor primary bdrm suite, impressive great room with stone fireplace and private 1-bdrm apartment over 3-car garage. 1-acre lot. $2,699,000

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Enjoy the magic of Mulmur at this amazing 3-bedroom home on 28 acres. Located on a quiet country road with spectacular views, tennis court, two ponds and trails. A private family retreat with detached garage workshop with loft as well. $1,999,000

COUNTRY MANOR

Luxurious 7-bedroom country manor on 100 acres (86 acres workable farmland) with pool, tennis court and working barn with views of the escarpment. Currently used as a successful bed and breakfast with main house and separate apartment. $3,999,000

H I L LT O P E S C A P E

At the end of a long, winding drive, surrounded by mature trees and at the top of a majestic hill sits the perfect family get-away. Meandering trails on 27 acres with viewing deck to survey the hills of Mulmur. 4-bedroom home finished to an extremely high standard plus private (and legal) one-bedroom apartment with separate entrance. $2,250,000

H O N E Y WO O D H O M E

Meticulously planned, characterfully executed, wonderfully versatile – this traditional home has it all! Large entry with heated floors, built-in shelving. Light-filled, eat-in country kitchen and beautiful custom details. Detached log workshop/games room and hideaway office at back of property. $799,999

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3+2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, open-concept kitchen/dining/living and finished walkout basement with 2 bedrooms, bathroom and family room. Manicured lawns, pool with wrap-around deck, outdoor pavilion for parties, steel roof, 2-car garage and no neighbours.

20538 Horseshoe Hill Road, Caledon $1,599,999

L O G H O M E W I T H D E TAC H E D 3 - C A R GA R AG E A N D S T U D I O A B OV E

2-storey log home with 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, family room with vaulted ceiling & walkout basement. Outstanding garage features a studio above with bathroom, kitchenette & living space. 10 acres, gated entry & geothermal heat. 873043 5th Line, Mono $1,999,999

2 1 AC R E S W I T H I N C R E D I B L E V I E W S OV E R H O C K L E Y R I D G E This estate bungalow features 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, updated kitchen with marble top island, open-concept family/living area and part finished walkout basement. Huge covered deck, paved driveway, 2-car garage plus large workshop. 247515 5th Sideroad, Mono $2,499,000

C U S T O M H O M E W I T H A M A Z I N G B AC K YA R D P O O L

1.5-storey home, 3+1 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, living room with soaring ceiling and fireplace, eat-in kitchen has granite tops, primary features walk-in closet and ensuite, finished basement. Inground pool with cabana, multi-tiered deck, gazebo and hot tub.

6 Rosehill Court, Caledon Village $1,550,000

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RARE OPPORTUNITY – NEW TECUMSETH

H I L L S O F H E A D WAT E R S

Luxury meets practicality. 80 acres, breathtaking views, 4633 sf home, charming guest home, spring-fed pond, barns, paddocks.

Ideal for farm-life enthusiasts. Close to outdoor activities, shopping, dining & YYZ. $3,990,000

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Exceptional topography! Just minutes north of Highway 9. This property has no severances!

6-bdrm farmhouse. Currently set up with pasture at the front & hayfields & mixed bush in the back 2/3rds of the property. $3,500,000

SOLD

Barns, shops, storage areas, office trailer, 5000 sq ft insulated heated shop with large access doors operating as automotive and large machine repair shop. $6,500,000

LUXURIOUS LIVING

Unparalleled privacy on 101-ac property in south Adjala. Meticulously crafted masterful residence w/ ICF, natural stone, post & beam architecture.

5400 sf main lvl, 8400 sf total. 3 master suites, 4 bdrms, 6 baths. Open concept. $5,500,000

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EQUINE PROPERTY NEAR CALEDON

C O U N T R Y E S TAT E – M O N O

25 rolling acres. 9 paddocks (7 self-watering).

8 stalls and 80x160 ft indoor arena. 100x200 ft outdoor sand ring and lunge ring. Mins to Caledon Equestrian Park in Palgrave. $2,999,500

16 beautiful rolling acres in south Mono. All brick walkout bungalow with 5000 sq ft of living space. 40x80 ft shop with 14x16 ft and 14x20 ft doors. Stunning grounds and views for miles. $2,895,000

P R I VAT E R E T R E AT – A DJ A L A

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Bungaloft with 6 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms offers breathtaking panoramic views of the rolling hills. Nestled approximately 600 ft away from the road with paved driveway. A truly remarkable living experience. $2,599,000

Primary house boasts 4 bedrooms. 2nd home features 2 bedrooms, bath, laundry and kitchen. Approximately 45 acres of hayfield and 12 acres of pasture land. 60ft x 100ft barn with 5 stalls. $1,995,000

B U I L D YO U R D R E A M H O M E

COUNTRY LIVING NEAR KING

37+ acres between Alliston and Cookstown.

Build your dream home or hobby farm, grow your own vegetables crops. 1/2 open crop land and 1/2 mixed forest. $1,750,000

5-level sidesplit with 4 bdrms, 3 baths, huge open-concept kitchen and living room overlooking and walking out to a completely updated inground heated pool. Mins to Schomberg and Highways 9, 27 and 400. $1,299,000

E X P E R T LY D E S I G N E D

Luxury home w/ lovely lawns, lavish pool, multiple decks, & fenced yard. Custom chef's kit, cathedral ceilings, o/c living. Spa-like primary suite w/ heated flrs, soaker tub, private balcony.

Cozy loft, spacious basement. $2,800,000

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Beautifully remodeled walkout 3+1-bedroom bungalow, surrounded by rolling hills, wineries, ski slopes, golf courses, charming countryside dining, and artisan shops. Just north of Hwy 9 and south of Hockley Village. $1,799,000

B R I N G YO U R I N - L AW S !

This hidden hamlet is on the outskirts of Everett & mins from Rosemont. 1.6 acres in an estate setting. Fantastic opportunity for multifamily living w/ brand new (2022) in-law suite.

10 mins to Alliston, 1 hr to Toronto. $1,099,000

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Meticulously designed, multi-level custom home with extensive upgrades. I/g pool with outdoor entertainment haven, detached 50x34 heated workshop & 2-car attached grg. Mins to Colgan Crossing Estates by Tribute. $2,695,000

C O U N T R Y E S TAT E – A DJ A L A

Walkout ranch bungalow with 3+2 bedrooms, boast stunning stonework on the front and freshly painted board and batten in the back.

Breathtaking views of the beautiful countryside. Pride of ownership exudes. $1,799,000

FA M I LY F R I E N D LY – L O R E T T O

Charming 4-bedroom, 3-bath home located on a peaceful cul-de-sac in the highly desirable neighborhood of Loretto. Situated just steps away from a lovely park and conveniently a few minutes north of Highways 9 & 50. $819,000

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4-bedroom family home has been loved, celebrated and the biggest memories have been made here. The Elora Cataract Trail is a stone's throw away, plus outdoor ice rink and baseball diamonds in the summer.

Open the private gates to a resort landscape: ponds, perennials, sitting areas, bird sanctuaries, a romantic swing all staring at the Credit River.

Main floor is stunning with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. Down below is a 2-bedroom modern apartment with its own laundry and entrance.

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This is the house everyone envies: the perfect lawn, huge garage, the fantastic location close to schools, library and the arena.

2+1 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. Basement is finished with a wet bar and an enormous rec room with a gas fireplace.

This 4+1-bedroom home is the complete package! Sensational décor and a smart floor plan. Bright sunroom perfect for morning coffee or watching the kids in the private backyard oasis with a heated inground pool, hot tub, and large patio.

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Incredibly well maintained for 35 years by the same owners. 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom; this little gem packs a punch! Situated in a lovely neighbourhood right in the Village of Erin, walking distance to all the shops, cafes and services.

Sensational 7-year-old custom build. Gorgeous kitchen opens up to the great room with coffered ceilings. Over 6,000 square feet of living space with custom cabinetry, hardwood floors and marble countertops all on just over 2 acres, but with a view of 20.

Lovely living/dining room with a warm woodburning fireplace opens to the bright 3-season sunroom. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, main floor laundry, lower-level rec room with a bar and extra unfinished rooms just waiting for you.

Warm family home on a lovely one-acre lot with views for miles. No neighbours but the occasional horse or corn stalk. 4 spacious bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, plus 2 cozy family rooms both with propane fireplaces.

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YO U R C O T TAG E I N T H E C I T Y !

New addition w/ 2nd floor legal in-law suite! 70'x110' ravine lot in Georgetown! Ultra high-end finishes & breathtaking backyard views from a covered balcony make this home a unique find. Meticulously designed to suit the needs of a growing family w/ approx 4500 sq ft fin living space + storage loft & 209 sq ft balcony! 5+1 bdrm/6 bath. Fin basement w/ wet bar, 1 bdrm, 3-pc bath. Insulated double garage. Generac generator. Immaculate home in highly desirable pocket of ravine lots. $2,750,000

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Investment opportunity! Approx 200 acres abutting boundary of Caledon Village. Two road frontages on Highway 10 and Kennedy Road.

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Approximately 10 acres currently being farmed. Premium corner location at the northwest corner of McLaughlin Road/Old School Road. Only 5 minutes to Highway 410/Brampton. Currently in the Greenbelt. GTA west Highway 413 is planned to cross this property. Excellent future potential and investment opportunity with development in close proximity to this property! 2 road frontages. $7,600,000

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Spectacular 5000 sq ft estate property with southern views overlooking the pond. Enjoy privacy, peace and quiet from the concrete wrap-around balcony. Play your own golf hole over the pond!

Perfect for multigenerational families; w/o basement, sep entrance, kitchen, laundry, 2 bdrm/den + 3-pc bath. Main kitchen with granite counters, SS appliances; upstairs with 2/3 bdrm, office/den nook, walkout to balcony. Bonus family room over garage with bar and loft storage. $2,299,000

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S T A N D R E W S W E E K E N D R E T R E AT

Weekend art studio on 98 acres with hardwood bush, hayfield, tree plantation, open concept studio with two bedrooms each with an ensuite. Located minutes north of the GTA. $1,999,000

COUNTRY LIVING IN CALEDON

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H O C K L E Y VA L L E Y E S TAT E

Gorgeous home with 5000 sq ft of living space. 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, exceptional kitchen with views overlooking the pool. Spectacular primary bedroom with stunning ensuite, sitting area, fireplace, and multiple walkouts. $2,799,000

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Stunning home with gorgeous curb appeal. 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 home offices on a 1-acre private lot with an exceptional tree plan. 5000 sq ft of living space. Oversized three-car garage. $2,199,000

Private setting on 10 acres with 4500 sq ft of gorgeous living space featuring 4 bdrms, 5 baths and incredible chef's kitchen.

Lots of space for entertaining, multiple fireplaces, and luxurious media room. Spacious outbuilding for all your toys. $3,149,000

Custom home on a quiet street in one of Orangeville’s premier locations, close to schools and amenities. The home features three bedrooms, three bathrooms and an inground pool. $1,299,000

C A L E D O N E S TAT E L I V I N G

Beautiful 2.6-acre private estate with 5500 sq ft of living space, soaring great room with vaulted ceilings, magnificent family room with wood ceilings. Huge kitchen with sitting area and views over the pool. $2,799,000

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AU TO M OT I V E I N V E S T M E N T

This unique 17,000+ sq ft comm plaza spans 1.28 acres in Georgetown. A long-term investment provides consistent income from its longstanding tenants. 4 units, 14 grade-level and 1 truck-level doors. 4 gas and 7 hydro meters, 5 washrooms and assorted HVAC systems. MLS

HOME, SHOP & INCOME

This 3+1-bdrm, 3-bath brick bungalow features a walkout basement, owned solar panels and 25x60 Quonset shop nestled on 17+ acres in Erin.

Open-concept design and carpet-free flooring.

2-car grg. Many updates and upgrades including windows and metal roof. Paved road. MLS

LOG HOME LAKE ERIE VIEWS

2010 built, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom natural wood interior chalet-style home for year-round living, a VRBO, or weekend escape in the heart of Port Bruce. Spacious decks for sunrises and sunsets and steps to the beach, pier, shops.

2000+ kms of trails for winter fun. MLS

B U N GA LOW W I T H S H O P

This 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom brick bungalow offers a metal roof, upgrades and updates, an in-law suite but the real star is the detached heated workshop with a 2nd metered 200 amp 3-phase service, 9’ and 12’ ceilings, 2 overhead doors, 2-pc and Bell fibre internet. MLS

BUILDING OPPORTUNITY

This designated land, spanning 31+ acres, is well-positioned for future development in Caledon. Palgrave Residential Estate Community Policy Area 3, outside the Greenbelt.

Land is next to an existing luxurious upscale executive subdivision. VTB financing. MLS

A H I D D E N OA S I S AWA I T S

Charming 4-season home grants views of Roman Lake and a peaceful retreat with sep log cabin surrounded by nature, making it an ideal vacation, VRBO and a year-round sanctuary.

Many updates, metal roof, large windows, walkouts, generator plug, fireplaces, internet.

Meadowtowne Realty, Brokerage Independently Owned & Operated

L I V E & WO R K

Century brick bldg with lic restaurant. 25x105 shop with heated area, 23x65 drive shed with 16’ overhead and a 27x30 heated, insulated bldg for offices and storage on nearly an acre in Hillsburgh. 2 hydro and gas meters. Offers room for trucks & RVs. VTB financing. MLS

D E N TA L , R E TA I L , A P T S

Planning to start or grow your business or searching for a place to call home – variety of retail and office spaces available in Georgetown. Zoning allows for multiple types of businesses. Plus, we offer spacious bachelor and 2-bedroom apartments. MLS

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40,000 sf open span warehouse. Zoning M1, NR2, w/ 9.3 acs. 2000 amps, 24' ceilings, offices, w/ internal loading docks, cross cocking, freight forwarding, trucking, manufacturing, storage, fire sprinklers. High exposure on Hwy 11. $6,999,000

9-acre property w/ a stunning 3-bdrm, 3-bath Century home, renovated to the studs. This property is registered federally as an airport (OPR) w/ a 2200’ runway. 50x80 hanger & shop, 94x32 hanger, managed forest plan. $3,249,000

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SOLD DOMINION STREET, CALEDON Jim Wallace

A stunning home in Erin’s estate style development featuring 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, ample natural light, 3-car garage, maintained landscaping and perennial gardens. $1,649,000

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TIMELESS COUNTRY PROPERTY IN MONO

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Architectural elegance set amongst the natural landscape. 47 acres. Multiple ponds.

Mature woods. Magazine quality renovation.

Peace and privacy less than 1 hour from Toronto. $7,980,000

Beautifully updated 4-bdrm, 2-bath home on 10 acs w/ wide plank pine flrs, wood stove & oversized porch. Bunkie, barn, chicken coop.

Park-like views from every rm. $2,495,000

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5 unit retail/commercial bldg & one 2 bdrm. This well-known property has income potential of $12K/month, ample parking & street exposure w/ thousands of commuters & tourists passing by daily. Property frontage of 233. $2,449,000

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Set on 16 private acres with 180-degree southern views. 4+1 bedroom, 6+2 bath.

Thoughtfully renovated with exceptional vistas from every room. 3-season cabana, tennis court, pool, ATV trails. $6,450,000

Peaceful and private century home on 8 acres. 5 bdrms, 3 baths, wood-burning fieldstone fireplace, country kitchen and main floor primary suite. Woods, walking trails, 3 golf holes, workshop. $2,250,000

Close to the GTA, this is an amazing recreation property with a 2-3-acre pond for canoeing, kayaking, skating in the winter. Driveway off Heart Lake Road to access the open space behind. $899,000

C E DA R D R I V E , C A L E D O N Call Jim Wallace to inquire.

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4 MCGREGOR DRIVE – CALEDON

A unique country package offering much, much, much more than just a house! 4-bdrm splitlevel home, 2-car garage, 12x16 storage shed, 12x16 workshop heated by woodstove, paved double drive with pickle-ball court, double lot (1.45 ac), natural gas, municipal H20, paved road with school bus route and best of all – 30x40 detached insulated building currently used as man cave/gym but would make a fabulous vehicle or toys storage space or large workshop!

S P E C TAC U L A R C U S T O M H O M E O N 2 5 AC R E S

This 4-bedroom, 3-bath custom-built bungalow sits pretty on a hill with stunning views over the pond and the 25-acre rolling treed property. Finished lower level has high ceilings and walkouts to inground pool, outdoor kitchen and lovely gardens. Detached 2-car garage with loft space above. So many decks and terraces to chase the sun or shade if you prefer – enjoy a quiet drink and relax in a beautiful private retreat. 2456 Con Rd 3, Adjala

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Paul Richardson SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Royal LePage Meadowtowne 17228 Mississauga Rd, Caledon

RICHARDSONTOWNANDCOUNTRY.CA 866-865-8262 paul@richardsontownandcountry.ca

B E L A I N FA R M

E XQ U I S I T E B U N G A L O W

As featured in film productions, this 4 bdrm, 3.5 bath, w/ main floor in-law suite pot, has views of rolling countryside & 2+ ac pond w/ weeping willow. 10-stall barn, 5 paddocks w/ run-ins, sand ring, 3-car grg, sep 1-bdrm apt.

Majestic trails. 45 mins to TO. $5,800,000

Custom 3+2 bdrm on 15 acres w/ oversized 3-car garage w/ 12' ceilings. Coffered and tray ceilings, plaster crown mldings, gourmet chef’s kit, covered patio w/ outdoor fp. Mono Cliffs Park & Bruce Trail across the street! Mins to Orangeville. 1 hr 15 mins to TO. $3,999,000

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C A L E D O N C O U N T R Y AC R E

Incredibly rare offering, this 4 bdrm offers peace and tranquility at the end of a quiet court, on a 1.27-acre lot. Fin w/o bsmt, i/g saltwater pool, perennial grdns, greenhouse and more! Mins to trails, Devil’s Pulpit Golf, ski club. 45 min NW of TO. $2,948,000

O R A N G E V I L L E B U N GA L O F T

Luxurious 2+2 bdrm, 3.5 bath bungaloft w/ fin w/o bsmt on a quiet cul-de-sac, o/l & backing to conservation. Chef’s kitchen, t/g vaulted ceiling, Timber frame beam archway. New ultra private composite deck, glass railings, stone patio. No expense spared! $1,599,000

“ G I N G E R B R E A D C O T TAG E ”

1-1/2 storey, 4 bdrm, 2 bath in gothic revival style in Belfountain, on 1/2-acre w/ gardens, stream, small pond, gazebo. Pine & hardwood floor, stamped tin clad in kit, Eastlake-style covered verandah. Det 1-bdrm timber frame coach house w/ sep septic, hydro. $1,299,000

Bright and spacious 4-bdrm sidesplit w/ picturesque views on enchanting 1-ac setting.

Gated entry w/ pro-landscaped stone patios, ornamental ponds, a screened-in gazebo, and gorgeous perennial grdns. Wildlife abounds!

Mins to Orangeville for shopping. 1 hour to TO.

H O C K L E Y AC R E AG E

On a quiet road, mins to Adamo Estate Winery & Hockley Valley Golf & Ski, Bruce Trail & Mono Cliffs Park. Approx 20 acres of land w/ turn-of-the-century uninhabitable house, mature trees, trails and forest. Call L/A for details. 5 mins to Orangeville. 1:15 to TO.

B E L F O U N TA I N C E N T U R Y

Excellent in-law/income potential. On 78 ft x 90 ft lot. Two, 2-bedroom units with two driveways, carport, garage with a studio.

Near Caledon Ski Club, public school and conservation area. New septic 2022. 45 minutes northwest of Toronto. $799,000

S P E C TAC U L A R H O R S E S H O E VA L L E Y

Magnificent, newly constructed home on 10 picturesque, private acres in Horseshoe Valley.

Top-of-the-line finishes with 20 ft ceilings, wide plank oak flooring, and European windows.

Main floor kitchen/great room with primary suite, 2nd bedroom and valley views. Lower level walkout with room for additional bedrooms. Family room, gym, 2nd kitchen, double deep 4-car garage, steel roof and ICF foundation. Your own trails! The list goes on! Near skiing, golf, boating, trails, you won't be disappointed! $2,499,999

M U L M U R H O R S E FA R M

Two homes! Two barns! Situated on 28 private acres, this fabulous property offers flexibility of a personal stable and/or income. Restored 4-bdrm main home with large principle rooms including lrg kit, fin bsmt & pool. 2-bdrm second home with great room/kitchen & family rm.

New HFH barn with 100x200 sand ring, 8 paddocks with waterers. Second barn with 16 stalls perfect for boarding or breeding operation. Set up for easy maintenance, great opportunity for income generation & family home! Quiet road near highway access. $2,750,000

T W O T E R R A C O T TA H O M E S

Welcome to Blackrock House – two homes on 12 private acres near Terra Cotta. Income property! 4-bdrm main house; sun-filled w/ numerous w/o’s. Large primary suite & sep living room w/ fp, dining & lrg kitchen. Above grade family rm w/ 2nd fp. Legal 2-bdrm 2nd home w/ living room, kitchen & bath. Oversized 2-car garage, 2 add’l workshops/barn including a 4-stall barn w/ paddock. Hike the trails or sit by the large pool & hear the quiet. GO train, Hwy 410 & Trafalgar Rd are nearby when the city calls but you'll never want to leave home. $2,250,000

H A LT O N H I L L S E Q U E S T R I A N E S TAT E

Equestrian estate on over 100 acres. 7-bdrm Georgian style renovated throughout; chef's kit, entertainer's dining room, main flr family & living room w/ fireplaces, large principal suite w/ spa bath, sep nanny quarters, home theatre room. Updated large windows offer views from every room. Trails & pond, geothermal heating, slate roof. Income property w/ 40-stall barn complex; indoor & outdoor arenas, viewing rm, paddocks w/ water & run-in sheds, staff apts, sep workshop, storage shed, isolation barn. Main house private from complex. $6,950,000

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2-4pm. $15, register, ages 18+. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca DEC 7 : HOLIDAY FLORAL DESIGN CLASS Create a beautiful holiday

centrepiece to take home. 10am-1pm. $12, call 905-584-2300 x273 to register.

The Exchange, 55 Healey Rd, Bolton.

CCS, 905-584-2300 x230; ccs4u.org

DEC 7 : CPL MAKERS: EMBROIDER A TEA TOWEL Design with a Janome

Embroidery Machine. Supplies included.

6:30pm. Free, register. Caledon Library, 20 Snelcrest Dr, Caledon. 905-8571400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca DEC 13 : CPL MAKERS: DIY ORNA­ MENTS Use your imagination, a Cricut

and acrylic or natural wood bases.

6-7pm. Free. Caledon Library, 6500 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. 905857-1400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca

DEC 14 : PRIDE BOOK CLUB – VIRTUAL

A C A L E N DAR OF WI N TE R HA P P E N I N GS COMPILED BY JANET KERR

ARTS & LET TERS NOW 5 – DEC 17 (SUNDAYS) : MEET THE ARTIST POP-UP New and

favourite artists, jewellers and potters.

Noon-4pm. Free. Dragonfly Arts on Broadway, 189 Broadway, Orangeville.

519-941-5249; dragonflyarts.ca NOV 8 – JAN 7 : ARTFUL GIVING – ARTISAN GIFT & FINE ART SALE

Unique, handcrafted gifts from 30+ vendors in various mediums. Wed-Sun 10am-5pm. Alton Mill Arts Centre, 1402 Queen St, Alton. Headwaters Arts Gallery, 519-943-1149; headwatersarts.org

NOV 25 : EMBROIDERED BOTANY WORKSHOP WITH AMANDA McCAVOUR Explore the vibrant

world of textile art, hand stitching and water soluble stabilizer. No experience necessary. Lunch out or bring your own. 10am-4pm. $85, includes $25 material fee, register.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

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NOV 27 : CPL MAKERS: MAKE A MARVELLOUS MUG WITH CRICUT

Learn to create a design in Cricut Design Space. Supplies included. 6-7:30pm.

Free, register. Caledon Library, 225 Dougall Ave, Caledon. 905-8571400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca

NOV 28 : CPL MAKERS: MOBILE MAKERSPACE WINTERCRAFT SPECIAL Make a wood cross-stitch

ornament or bookmark, greeting card or gift tags, or customize a zippered pouch. Supplies included. 6-7:30pm.

Free, register. Caledon Library, 18313 Hurontario St, Caledon. 905-8571400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca NOV 29 – DEC 10 : HOLIDAY TREASURES ARTS & CRAFTS SALE AT THE MOD Featuring 65+ artists

and makers in various media. Nov 30 & Dec 8: Garland workshop; Dec 1 & 10: Centrepiece workshop. Wed-Sun 10am-4pm. Admission by donation.

Museum of Dufferin, Airport Rd & Hwy 89. 1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com

NOV 30 & DEC 8 : GARLAND WORK­ SHOPS AT THE MUSEUM OF DUFFERIN Use materials including

dried oranges, evergreen boughs, herbs and more. 2pm. $20, register, ages 16+. Airport Rd & Hwy 89. 1-877941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com

DEC 1 & 10 : CENTREPIECE WORK­ SHOP AT MUSEUM OF DUFFERIN Use

foliage from Dufferin County Forest and other festive materials. 2pm. $20, register, ages 16+. Airport Rd & Hwy 89.

1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com

DEC 2 & 3 : CHRISTMAS MARKET AT WILLIAMS MILL Unique gifts from 22

artisans and a Kids’ Market. 10am-5pm.

Dec 2: Christmas on the Credit at St. Alban’s Church 10am-1pm. Dec 3: Main Street hosts 30 more vendors and craftspeople. 10am. Free. 515 Main St, Glen Williams. 416-938-8851; williamsmill.com

Meet and discuss books with LGBTQ+ themes or by LGBTQ+ authors. This month’s book is The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang. Place a hold on the book at the library’s catalogue.

7-8:30pm. Free, ages 16+. Caledon Library, 905-857-1400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca JAN 10 – FEB 11 : RELAUNCH 2024

Exceptional artwork by 20+ artists in a variety of mediums. Wed-Sun 10am-5pm.

Free. Alton Mill Arts Centre, 1402 Queen St, Alton. Headwaters Arts Gallery, 519-943-1149; headwatersarts.org

COMMUNIT Y SANTA CLAUS PARADES & EVENTS 2023 NOV 17 : ERIN Tree lighting. 6pm.

McMillan Park, 109 Main St. erin.ca

NOV 18 : ORANGEVILLE Parade.

4-6pm. downtownorangeville.ca NOV 25 : GRAND VALLEY Parade and activities. 1-8:30pm. townofgrandvalley.ca DEC 2 : CALEDON VILLAGE Parade, then tree lighting and activities.

5-8pm. Hwy 10 and Charleston Sdrd. caledonvillage.org

DEC 2 : WATERCOLOUR BOTANICAL CARDS WORKSHOP A variety of

watercolour techniques for all levels.

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Caledon Community Services CPCC

Caledon Parent-Child Centre

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DEC 2 : SHELBURNE Parade.

6-7pm. shelburnebia.ca DEC 2 : CREEMORE Parade. 1:30-

2:30pm. Mill St. creemore.com

DEC 2: BOLTON Parade. 11am2pm. Hwy 50. boltonkin.com DEC 9 : PALGRAVE Tree lighting and

activities. Enter home decorating contest by Dec 8. 5:30-8:30pm.

Stationlands Park, 45 Brawton Dr & Hwy 50. facebook.com

NOV 25 : BUTTER TARTS & MORE MARKET Mouthwatering treats,

freshly baked goods and market­ place merchandise. 9am-3pm.

Orangeville Curling Club, 76 Fifth Ave. Gotta Luv Butter Tarts Events, gottaluvbuttertarts.ca NOW – DEC 24 : THE SISTERS TOUCH OF CHRISTMAS (THURSDAYS TO SUNDAYS) An exclusive fundraising

store featuring one-of-a-kind, handpainted, personalized ornaments, bakery and Christmas decor. Thu Fri 10am-7pm.

Sat 10am-6pm. Sun 11am-4pm (Dec 24 11am-3pm). St. Kosmas Aitolos Greek Orthodox Monastery, 14155 Caledon King Town Ln S, Bolton. thesisterstoc.com NOW – MAR 17 : BETWEEN THE CLOUDS & THE STARS: INNOVA­ TIONS IN AEROSPACE Impacts local companies have made to international space exploration.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca NOW – APR 20 (SATURDAYS) : ORANGEVILLE WINTER MARKET

Fresh, delicious food year-round direct from local growers, producers and makers. Closed Dec 30. 9am-1pm. Town Hall, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. 519942-0087; downtownorangeville.ca NOV 25 : BETHELL HOSPICE HOLIDAY BAZAAR Baking, jams, quilts, jewellery, unique gifts and more! All proceeds to Bethell Hospice Foundation. Contact Lynn at cl.dobson@hotmail.com.

9am-1:30pm. Inglewood Community Centre, 15825 McLaughlin Rd. 905-8383534; foundation.bethellhospice.org NOV 25 : SILENT AUCTION & BOOK SALE Find the perfect

treasure! Bidding ends 3:30pm. Email rdotten@shelburnelibrary.ca for more info. 10am-4pm. Free. Shelburne Library, 201 Owen Sound St. 519925-2168; shelburnelibrary.ca

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fun, a shopping extravaganza and delicious baking. 10am-1pm. St. Andrew’s Hillsburgh, 83 Trafalgar Rd. 519-855-6216

NOV 25 & 26 : ALTON LEGION CHRIST­ MAS MARKET Support your talented

neighbours. 10am-4pm. Free, food bank donations appreciated. Alton Legion Br 449, 1267 Queen St, Alton. altonlegion.ca NOV 25 – DEC 17 (SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS): BRUCE TRAIL WINTER MARKET Natural Christmas trees

$65 (6-8 ft) or $95 (8-10 ft). Boughs, planters, wreaths, Grinch trees and more.

Sale lasts until sold out. Proceeds to Caledon Hills Bruce Trail Club. Sat Sun 10am-4pm. Hockleycrest Farm, 933445 Airport Rd, Mono. caledonbrucetrail.ca NOV 25 – DEC 17 : CHRISTMAS AT THE FARM Wagon rides, scavenger hunt, live

entertainment, Frozen Fairways, Santa visits. 9:30am-4pm. $27.10, register.

12 & under with adult. Downey’s Farm Market, 13682 Heart Lake Rd, Caledon.

905-838-2990; downeysfarm.com

Caledon Parent-Child Centre CPL

Caledon Public Library DCAFS

Dufferin Child and Family Services DCCRC

Dufferin County Community Resource Circle DPSN

Dufferin Parent Support Network EWCS

East Wellington Community Services MOD

Museum of Dufferin NVCA

Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority OAS

Orangeville Agricultural Society Event Centre PAMA

Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives SBEC

Orangeville & District Small Business Enterprise Centre

NOV 27, JAN 29, FEB 26 & MAR 25 : STIR THE POT Prepare soup for

local food bank and shelters. $60, includes wine, dinner, helps purchase ingredients and packaging. 6:30-9pm.

Lavender Blue Catering and Café, 125 Broadway, Orangeville. 519-9393663; lavenderbluecatering.com

NOV 28 : GETTING STARTED WITH TECHNOLOGY Navigate new

technology by learning to think like a computer. 7pm. Free. Caledon Library, 225 Dougall Ave, Caledon. 905-8571400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca NOV 30 : BETHELL HOSPICE CELE­ BRATION OF LIGHT & LOVE Donate

a light in memory of someone special.

Tree lighting at Inglewood Community Centre 6:30pm. Candlelight procession to Bethell Hospice 7pm. Dress warmly.

7-9pm. Free. Bethell Hospice, 15835 McLaughlin Rd, Inglewood. 905-8383534; foundation.bethellhospice.org

DEC 1 & 2 : THE VERY MERRY MARKET AT STREAMS HUB Decorate

cookies, local vendors and artisans, holiday photos and more. Fri 4-8pm.

Sat 11am-5pm. Free, nonperishable food appreciated for Shepherd’s Cupboard. 305 Col. Phillips Dr, Shelburne.

289-203-8202; streamshub.org DEC 2 : KNOX CHRISTMAS MARKET & BAKE SALE Jewellery, fabric

crafts, artwork, bake table and more from 16+ vendors. 9am-2pm. Free.

Knox United Church, 2976 Charleston Sdrd, Caledon Village. 519-9273320; knox-united-church.org DEC 2 : CELEBRATING SEASON OF HOPE – FAMILY DAY AT THE EXCHANGE Bring nonperishable

food items and cook something delicious in our kitchen to support 900+ neighbours in need. Call 905584-2300 x276 to reserve. 1-4pm. The Exchange, 55 Healey Rd, Bolton. CCS, 905-584-2300 x230; ccs4u.org

DEC 2 : LAVENDER LOUNGE + BOUTIQUE SIP + SHOP Local vendors

NOV 25 & MAR 16 : CALEDON SENIORS’ CENTRE LUNCH & BID EUCHRE TOURNAMENTS

Check-in at 11:15am, lunch at noon, tournament 1pm. Menu TBD. Prizes and more! Lunch only $15; tournament only $15; tournament and lunch $20, call to register.

11:15am-4:30pm. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton. 905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca

Lake Rd, Caledon East. 905-584-2300 x230; ccshome4theholidays.com

and artisans, music, charcuterie and wine. Swag bags for the first 25 people.

Prizes. Guests receive $5 off coupon to shop in our boutique. All fees donated to Family Transition Place. 1-6pm. $10. 141051 15 Sdrd, East Garafraxa.

226-779-4973; herewardfarm.com DEC 1 : CALEDON SENIORS’ CENTRE CHRISTMAS DINNER & DANCE

Turkey with all the trimmings and dessert. Pick-up 5-6pm. Dine-in 6:30pm.

Entertainment by the Trio Kings. $50; local delivery $2, call to register.

5-10:30pm. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca

DEC 1 : PROCYON WILDLIFE FUND­ RAISING GALA Fabulous dinner

by Gourmandissimo, silent and live auctions, great music and dancing.

Cash bar. Andi Petrillo (emcee). Michael Pape (artist and guest speaker).

5:30-11:30pm. $200, includes $50 tax receipt, at canadahelps.org. Best Western, 7 Buena Vista Dr, Orangeville.

905-729-0033; procyonwildlife.com DEC 1 : CCS’ HOME FOR THE HOLI­ DAYS GALA “Hope Under the Stars.”

Live and silent auctions, spectacular menu and live entertainment. Proceeds to CCS programs. 6pm. $200. The Royal Ambassador Event Centre, 15430 Innis

DEC 1 – 31 : CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK A magical world of lights, exhibits

and entertainment. Opening night: Dec 1: 6:30pm. Dec 2-31: 5:30-10pm (weather permitting). Free. Kay Cee Gardens, 29 Bythia St, Orangeville.

Optimist Club of Orangeville, 519278-6100; orangevilleoptimists.ca

DEC 3 : A HOLLY JOLLY COUNTRY CHRISTMAS Tractor rides, roast

marshmallows, vendor market and more. 10:30am-4:30pm. Free; Marshmallow World Experience $19.95, register. 3634 King St, Caledon. 416294-7642; campbellscrossfarm.com DEC 9 : CHRISTMAS AT THE RANCH

Skate, hayride, Santa visits, pony rides and more. Trees and evergreen bundles for sale. 11:30am-3pm. $19.95.

Teen Ranch, 20682 Hurontario St, Caledon. 519-941-4501; teenranch.com

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FEB 8-25

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DEC 9 & 10 : ORANGEVILLE MYSTIC MARKET First 30 shoppers get a free

mystery bag! Workshops and 20+ vendors. Readers, healers, crystals, Gothic wedding accessories and more.

Sat noon-10pm. Sun 11am-5pm. Free.

Orangeville Curling Club, 76 Fifth Ave. 519-501-1581; canadiancovenjewelry.com DEC 12 : INSTAGRAM REELS FOR SMALL BUSINESS Hands-on course and

practical tips with Leah Brakke. 10:30amnoon. Free, register. 200 Lakeview Crt, Orangeville. Orangeville SBEC, 519-941-0440; orangevillebusiness.ca DEC 12 : FROM THE ARCHIVES WITH ARCHIVIST LAURA CAMILLERI OF MOD See some of the interesting

items. 2-3pm. Free. Shelburne Library, 201 Owen Sound St. 519925-2168; shelburnelibrary.ca

DEC 13 : COPING WITH GRIEF DURING THE HOLIDAYS Strategies to honour

loved ones, including art therapy. Inperson or virtual. 7pm. Free, register.

Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. foundation.bethellhospice.org

DEC 14 : CALEDON SENIORS’ CENTRE CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON Roast beef

and all the trimmings with dessert.

Pick-up 11:30am, dine-in 12:30pm. $40; local delivery $2, call to register.

11:30am-2:30pm. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca DEC 14, JAN 11 & FEB 8 : PROBUS CLUB OF ORANGEVILLE MONTHLY MEETINGS Social club for those in

their active retirement years. Dec 14: Christmas entertainment. Jan 11: Author Nancy Early on Historic Orangeville.

Feb 8: TBA. 10am-noon. The Salvation Army New Hope Community Church, 690 Riddell Rd, Orangeville. 519-9388934; probusorangeville.club DEC 16 : CHRISTMAS VILLAGE MARKET Hot cocoa bar, 100+ local

vendors, gift-wrapping station (monetary donations to Orangeville Food Bank).

10am-5pm. OAS Event Centre, 247090 5 Sdrd, Mono. thehometownmarket.biz JAN 1 : GRAND VALLEY LIONS POLAR BEAR DIP Dippers need at

least $20 in pledges, but please try for more. All pledges to the Grand Valley Food Bank. Registration at noon, dip at 1pm. Pledge forms on website or email Lion Randy at randymcc@rogers.com.

Stuckey Park, Mill St E, Grand Valley.

519-943-5471; grandvalleylions.com

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JAN 9, FEB 13 & MAR 12 : ORANGE­ VILLE & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MEETINGS Jan 9: Climate-

Resilient Trees. Feb 13: Landscaping with Native Plants. Mar 12: Square-Foot Gardening and Raised Beds. Guests welcome, draw prizes, refreshments, bring a mug. 6:30-8:30pm. Orangeville and District Seniors Centre, 26 Bythia St. orangevillehort.org

JAN 13 : CALEDON SENIORS’ CENTRE BINGO TOURNAMENT & LUNCH

Check-in 9:30am, Bingo play 10am followed by lunch of lasagna and all the trimmings. Bingo only $17; lunch only $15; Bingo & lunch $22, call to register.

9:30am-1:30pm. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca

JAN 17 : CREEMORE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY AGM Please join us. 7pm.

Station on the Green, 10 Caroline St E, Creemore. creemorehort.com

JAN 17 & FEB 14 : CALEDON SENIORS’ CENTRE SPECIAL LUNCHES Jan 17:

Turkey à la king. Feb 14: Peameal bacon on a bun. Pick-up 11:30am, dine-in noon. $11; local delivery $2. Call to register two days prior at noon.

11:30am-1pm. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca

JAN 20 : SHELBURNE HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO Features 40+

registered practitioners, alternative healers, fitness professionals, health and wellness products, workshops and live demos. 10am-3pm. Free. Centre Dufferin District High School, 150 4th Ave, Shelburne. 519-939-6861; theshwe.com JAN 26 : CALEDON SENIORS’ CENTRE ROBBIE BURNS DINNER & ENTERTAINMENT Roast beef, haggis,

all the trimmings and dessert. Pickup 4:30pm, dine-in 5:30pm. Everyone welcome! $40; local delivery $2, call to register. 4:30-6:30pm. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton. 905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca JAN 27 & 28 : FIRE & ICE Pond hockey, skating, children’s activities including “the super snow slide,” ice carving, comedy show, hot food and drink, and Paul Morin’s fire sculpture. Sat noon8pm. Sun noon-5pm. Pay what you can.

Alton Mill Arts Centre, 1402 Queen St, Alton. 519-941-9300; altonmill.ca FEB 4 : MONO WINTERFEST Sleigh

rides, winter activities. Lunch counter and Snowflake Draw are cash only.

No ATM on site. Noon-4pm. Mono Community Centre, Mono. Town of Mono, 519-941-3599; townofmono.com

jokes and audience involvement. Fri 8pm. Sat 2:30 & 8pm. Sun 2:30pm.

72 Trafalgar Rd, Hillsburgh. 519-8554586; centurychurchtheatre.com NOV 25 & 26, DEC 2 – 29 (SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS) : DIY STUDIO TIME – AGES 5+ Explore exhibitions and

FEB 10 : CALEDON SENIORS’ CENTRE BRIDGE & OH HELL TOURNAMENTS & LUNCH Check-in 11:15am, lunch

noon, tournament 1pm. Prizes and more! Meatball sub, salad and dessert.

Lunch only $15; tournament only $15; tournament and lunch $20, call to register. 11am-5pm. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton. 905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca

FEB 21 : CREEMORE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MEETING – VIRTUAL

Kevin Kavanaugh speaks on Selecting Trees and Shrubs in Response to Our Changing Climate. Email 01jmonahan@gmail.com for the Zoom link. 7-9pm. Station on the Green, 10 Caroline St E. creemorehort.com

FEB 23 : CALEDON SENIORS’ CENTRE MONTHLY DINNER Ham and all the

trimmings with dessert. Pick-up 4:30pm, dine-in 5:30pm. Everyone welcome! $16; local delivery $2, call to register.

4:30-6:30pm. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca

FEB 24 : ORANGEVILLE FOOD BANK’S COLDEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR Donate,

team up, and join this family-friendly walk to raise money for those less fortunate.

4-7pm. 3 Commerce Rd, Orangeville.

519-942-0638; orangevillefoodbank.org

KIDS NOV 25 : CP-CC’S SNOWFLAKE SOCIAL Crafts, games, photos with

Santa, scavenger hunt and more. 10amnoon. $10; children 12 months & under free. Caledon Centre for Recreation and Wellness, 14111 Hwy 50, Bolton.

Caledon Parent-Child Centre/EarlyON Centre, 905-857-0090; cp-cc.org

NOV 25 & 26, DEC 1 – 3 : BUGSY MALONE JR Parody of gangster movies

featuring silly string, catchy music and choreography. Fri Sat 7:30. Sun 2pm. $18. Grace Tipling Hall, 203 Main St E, Shelburne. LP Stage Productions Inc, 519939-9038; lpstageproductionsinc.com NOV 25 & 26, DEC 2 & 3, 8 – 10 : BEAUTY & THE BEAST A traditional

English pantomime by Jo Phenix. Songs,

connect over self-guided art projects that inspire creativity. Nov: Design a collage. Dec: Make your own 3D world.

All children with an adult. 1-4:30pm.

Included with general admission.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

NOV 30 – DEC 23 (WEDNESDAYS TO SUNDAYS): CINDERELLA ... IF THE SHOE FITS Featuring a raucous live band,

this enchanting show lets you cheer the hero and boo the villain. Thur-Sat 7:30pm.

Wed Sun 2pm. Dec 6: 2pm Talk Back event. Dec 14: 11am relaxed performance.

Dec 14 7:30pm Talk Back event. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville.

519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca DEC 2 & 9 : SNOW MUCH FUN – KIDS’ WORKSHOP – AGES 7 TO 12

Make homemade snow globes, participate in snow-themed indoor games and activities. 11am. $15, register. MOD, Airport Rd & Hwy 89.

1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com DEC 9 : BAKING ODYSSEY’S GINGER­ BREAD HOUSE WORKSHOP – GRADES 5 TO 7 Build and decorate

a traditional gingerbread house from scratch. Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville. facebook.com

DEC 18 : TWEEN DISCOVERY CLUB – DISCOVER WINTER STEM! Drop

in with other teens who love to tinker and learn. 4:30-5:30pm. Free. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905857-1400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca

DEC 27 – 29, JAN 2 – 5 : WINTER BREAK: MAGICAL WORLDS – AGES 5 TO 12 Drop in and engage in hands-on

projects. Dec 27: Learn about astronomer Caroline Herschel. All children with an adult. Included in general admission.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca FEB 19 : FAMILY DAY AT PAMA

Events, creative activities, tours and more! 10am-4:30pm. Free. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

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ON SALE NOW

CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE: PINK FLOYD, DARK SIDE OF THE MOON JANUARY 26, 2024 MIDDLE RAGED GERI HALL & GARY PEARSON FEBRUARY 1, 2024 AN EVENING WITH EVA NOBLEZADA FEBRUARY 9, 2024 CHOIR! CHOIR! CHOIR! FEBRUARY 23, 2024 ERTH’S DINOSAUR ZOO LIVE! MARCH 13, 2024 AND MORE!

www.bramptononstage.ca

BOX OFFICE: 905 874 2800

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FEB 19 : FAMILY DAY ACTIVITIES AT MUSEUM OF DUFFERIN Crafts,

scavenger hunts and family-friendly activities. 11am-4pm. Free, register to reserve your timeslot. Airport Rd & Hwy 89. 1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com

WINTER OPEN HOUSE

FEB 19 : SPLASH ‘N BOOTS A show

filled with connection, music and heart.

2-3pm. The Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905-874-2800; tickets.brampton.ca

POND HOCKEY + ICE SK ATING

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MAR 11 – 15 : MARCH BREAK AT STREAMS HUB Art Quest. Blissful

CARVING CREATIVE WORKSHOPS FOOD + DRINK

Baking. Musical Magic. A week of learning and fun. Register today.

Before and after care $5/hour. 9am3pm. 305 Col. Phillips Dr, Shelburne.

289-203-8202; streamshub.org MAR 11 – 15 : MARCH BREAK AT PAMA Family fun with creative drop-

www.altonmill.ca

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JANUARY 27 & 28, 2024 1402 QUEEN ST W, ALTON, CALEDON • ALTONMILL .CA • 519.941.9300

Plan a WINTER adventure that’s

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- Between the Clouds and the Stars - This is How We Do It

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DEC 17 : A NEXT GENERATION LEAHY CHRISTMAS High-energy Celtic

music, song and dance. 7pm

DEC 19 : B-JAZZED: BROADSWAY – THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME ... MAYBE!

Canada’s leading ladies of theatre, jazz and cabaret celebrate the season.

JAN 20 : THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE CINE-CONCERT Benoit Charest

brings his music to life as the film is beamed onto the big screen. 7pm.

JAN 25 : WALKING THROUGH THE FIRE

From Métis fiddling, an East Coast kitchen party, rumba to rock, to the drumming of the Pacific Northwest.

JAN 26 : CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE: PINK FLOYD – DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

The album that shaped a generation, note for note, cut for cut.

NOV 29 : BLUEBIRD BRAMPTON

FEB 1 : BLUEBIRD BRAMPTON CURATED

CURATED BY JOHNNY RIVEX An

acoustic country music night of bands, ballads and dance songs.

BY JOHNNY RIVEX An acoustic country music night of bands, ballads, dance songs and duos.

NOV 30 : HYPE CURATED BY JEMANE

FEB 2 : PIMENTO FEATURING KING

KENT A high-energy event featuring

COSMOS: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF

CHRISTMAS AT THE ROSE ‘Tis a season

of happy traditions and special guests.

DEC 5 : STAGEDOOR STORIES: SUSAN AGLUKARK – CANADA’S ARCTIC ROSE An intimate concert,

conversation, and meet and greet.

9 Wellington St. E., Brampton, ON L6W 1Y1 • 905-791-4055

MUSICAL MAGIC OF ALAN MENKEN One

JAN 27 : RISING VIBES A hip-hop and R&B

DEC 2 : BRAMPTON CONCERT BAND:

www.pama.peelregion.ca

DEC 16 : A WHOLE NEW WORLD: THE

unless noted. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. 905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca

TCSPADES A hip-hop and R&B showcase of emerging local talent.

© MDA Space

pama.peelregion.ca

Meet and interact with amazing lifelike dinosaurs and other creatures brought to life by a team of skilled puppeteers. 2 & 6:30pm. The Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905-874-2800; tickets.brampton.ca

DEC 1 : RISING VIBES CURATED BY

Magical Worlds: Winter Break Activities

Delicious and dangerous music of the Film Noir era.

MAR 13 : ERTH’S DINOSAUR ZOO LIVE!

local singers and dancers.

- Dec. 27-29 and Jan. 2-5

DEC 14 : ADI BRAUN QUARTET – NOIR

in activities, daily tours and special guests. 10am-4:30pm. $12, family of 2 adults and 5 children. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

NOV – MAR: LIVE MUSIC AT ROSE THEATRE All performances at 8pm

New Exhibitions

sweet treats, smiles and the sparkle of new-fallen snow. 7:30pm.

showcase of emerging local talent.

HARRY BELAFONTE Journey through the Jamaican folk and calypso Belafonte recorded while sharing intimate chats.

FEB 9 : AN EVENING WITH EVA NOBLEZADA

Class, quirkiness and heartbreak in classic musicals and pop hits reimagined.

FEB 10 : THE ROSE ORCHESTRA: SHE WILL BE HEARD Featured artists are

viola soloist Stephanie Scholman, flute soloist Anya Podrezo and violin soloist Julia Mirzoev. 7:30pm

DEC 9 : THE ROSE ORCHESTRA’S GINGERBREAD JOY Festive music,

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$200. 11:30am-3pm. Hockley Valley Resort, 793522 3rd Ln Mono. 519-9424122 x243, familytransitionplace.ca

FEB 13 : B-JAZZED CURATED BY CARMEN SPADA Concerts and Q&A with some of

the very best jazz musicians in Canada.

FEB 15 : KANDACE SPRINGS

“Kandace Springs has a voice that could melt snow.” – Prince

OUTDOOR

FEB 15 : THE TREWS PRESENTS THE

JAN 6 – FEB 24 (SATURDAYS) : IGNITE THE NIGHT AT TERRA COTTA CONSERVATION AREA Enjoy a winter

HOUSE OF ILL FAME 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR Their debut album in its entirety, plus other hits and fan favourites.

walk on an illuminated forest trail.

Headlamps/flashlights recommended.

5-8pm. CVC, 1-800-668-5557; cvc.ca

FEB 16 : HYPE CURATED BY JEMANE KENT A high-energy event featuring local singers and dancers.

FEB 22 : FLAVOURS & VIBES – THE PEACE, LOVE, UNITY EDITION Uplifting sounds featuring international roots, rock and reggae sensation Jesse Royal and guests. 7pm

$35. Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville. 519-9418971; communitylivingdufferin.ca

FEB 23 : CHOIR! CHOIR! CHOIR! Join

800 others to become one epic choir singing a song you love, led by Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman.

FEB 23 : DRIVEWIRE CURATED BY SOUNDRIVE RECORDS Bringing the best emerging indie rock talent from across the nation.

MAR 1 : BECOMING THE BEATLES

Backed by her band, Yale-educated musician Haley Marie shares in-depth analysis through stories and video.

MAR 8 : RISING VIBES CURATED

BY TCSPADES A hip-hop and R&B

showcase of emerging local talent.

MAR 9 : CHERISH THE LADIES Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this Grammy Awardnominated Irish American supergroup.

MAR 15 : CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE:

DEC 9 : ORANGEVILLE COMMUNITY BAND CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Join the band and the Joyful Sound Gospel Choir for a festive afternoon.

3-5pm. 14 & under free; 15-18 $5; 19-64 $20; 65+ $15, from BookLore or band members. New Hope Community Church, 690 Riddell Rd, Orangeville. orangevillecommunityband.ca

DEC 9 : LET US MAKE MERRY – CHATEAU WINDRUSH’S HOLIDAY CHEER Delicacies by chef Mike

Thompson, fine VQA wines, gift ideas and music with the young Koski Family. Proceeds to help empower underserved kids at youthLEADarts.

3pm. $45, register. Chateau Windrush, 3030 Concession Rd 3 Adjala, Palgrave. windrushestatewinery.com

FLEETWOOD MAC’S RUMOURS

Sing along to this masterpiece, note for note, cut for cut.

NOV 25 & DEC 2 : LET’S CELEBRATE 40! Celebrate Achill Choir’s 40th

season with treasures and memories.

Nov 25: Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville. Dec 2: Knox Presbyterian Church, 160 King St S, Alliston. 3-4:30pm. $30; $15 for youth 17 & under. Achill Choral Society, achill.ca

DEC 2 : A SCRUMPDILLYICIOUS CHRISTMAS A concert of “sweet”

Christmas selections and refreshments.

1 & 3:30pm. $30. Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville.

Orangeville Show Chorus – Sweet Adelines, osc.choirgenius.com DEC 9 : TORONTO WELSH MALE CHOIR Achingly beautiful Welsh

and Christmas songs. Proceeds to Community Living Dufferin. 2-4:30pm.

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Carols, fiddle tunes, step dancing, traditional country and gospel songs. 7-9pm. $45. Grace Tipling Hall, 203 Main St E, Shelburne. 519-2784578; shelburnerotaryclub.com

DEC 14 : MUSIC NIGHT FEATURING THE BRAMPTON FOLK CLUB

Changing Landscapes with the duos Ablett & Cooper and Mark Yan & Barry Mulcahy. Recommended for adults, all music lovers welcome. 7-8:30pm.

Included in general admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca DEC 17 : ‘TIS THE SEASON OF SONG Soprano sensation Alexandra

Teske and pianist Emily Morrison.

Proceeds to help empower underserved kids at youthLEADarts. 3pm. $45, register. Chateau Windrush, 3030

Concession Rd 3 Adjala, Palgrave. windrushestatewinery.com JAN 1 – FEB 28 : ORANGEVILLE & DISTRICT MUSIC FESTIVAL REGISTRATION Adjudicated,

non-competitive performance opportunities in all disciplines and levels. Festival is Apr 29, 30 and May 1, Gala Concert later in May. Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville. 519-941-4334; odmf.ca JAN 10 : ACHILL CHORAL SOCIETY WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS Learn

FEB 10 – 19 : ICE FISHING DERBY AT ISLAND LAKE CONSERVATION AREA Enjoy the beautiful scenery

with prizes in youth and adult categories. 8am-3pm. Register.

1-800-668-5557; islandlakederby.ca

THEATRE & FILM NOW – DEC 31 : DUFFERIN FILM FESTIVAL SCREENWRITING COMPETITION Submit your script

by Dec 31. Winner’s script will be made into a captivating short film.

Deadline for submissions Dec 31.

Free. dufferinfilmfest.com.

to sing classical, contemporary and traditional works. Rehearsals Wed 7-9:30pm. First three rehearsals free, then membership fee is due. Email to register. 7-9:30pm.

Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville. achill.ca

NOV 25 : THE JAY MARTIN COMEDY SERIES Come for the standup, stay for

FEB 3 : CALEDON CHAMBER CONCERTS PRESENTS PAYADORA TANGO ENSEMBLE Argentinian/

NOV 25 : TALES FROM THE JOKE KEEPERS Entertainment and comedy

Uruguayan traditions and folk music with Rebekah Wolkstein, Drew Jurecka, Joseph Phillips, Robert Horvath and Elbio Fernandez. 7:30-9:30pm. $40; 16 & under free. St. James Anglican Church, 6025 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. 905-8380888; caledonchamberconcerts.com MAR 2 : CALEDON CHAMBER CONCERTS PRESENTS DREW JURECKA JAZZ TRIO Drew Jurecka is an

accomplished jazz and session violinist, arranger, producer, composer and multiinstrumentalist. 7:30-9:30pm. $40; 16 & under free. St. James Anglican Church, 6025 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. 905857-7393; caledonchamberconcerts.com

MAR 8 : CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY WITH SERENA RYDER An intimate time in support

of Family Transition Place. Early bird tickets Jan 2-Feb 1: $175. Regular

the games, skits and crowd involvement with Dean Edwards and Ronald Hae. 8pm.

Lester B. Pearson Theatre, 150 Central Park Dr, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905-874-2800; tickets.brampton.ca

from top talents in music and standup.

8pm. The Rose Studio, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905874-2800; tickets.brampton.ca DEC 2 : STAND-UP STITCHES CURATED BY KEESHA BROWNIE

Featuring some of the funniest standup comics and comedians from all over the globe. 8pm. The Rose Studio, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905-874-2800; tickets.brampton.ca DEC 5 : IN MY BODY BBOYIZM DANCE COMPANY/CRAZY SMOOTH An

athletic investigation of the evolution of self and the effects of aging on street dancers. 7pm. The Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905-874-2800; tickets.brampton.ca

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LITTLE SPROUTS FARM New to the museum! Little Sprouts Farm is a hands-on play area for toddlers and children. Plant vegetables and sell them at your own market! This farm-to-table interactive is sure to keep your little one busy.

WORKSHOPS Shop and craft! During the Holiday Treasures Arts & Crafts Sale we’re offering 3 unique workshops: Garland Workshops Nov. 30th & Dec. 8th Centrepiece Workshops Dec. 1st & 10th

Included with regular admission.

Snow Much Fun - Kids Workshops Dec. 2nd & 9th

BOOK A GROUP TOUR

FAMILY DAY 2024

Go behind the velvet rope on a MoD Behind-The-Scenes tour!

Book a guided tour with your friends, co-workers or a club.

Catch a glimpse of the work that goes into curating our collection, building our exhibits, and telling our stories.

Contact us to customize your experience.

Mark your calendars! Join us for our FREE Family Day event.

With crafts, scavenger hunts and family-friendly activities.

The entire museum is open for you to explore.

February 19th - 11am to 4pm Schedule of events to be announced in 2024.

www.dufferinmuseum.com OPEN TUESDAY TO SATURDAY

11AM TO 4PM

936029 AIRPORT ROAD, MULMUR, ON

FOR FULL DETAILS &

REGISTRATION INFORMATION VISIT: WWW.DUFFERINMUSEUM.COM

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DEC 13 : THE NUTCRACKER: A CANADIAN TRADITION The

traditional story of Klara’s magical journey with a Canadian twist. 7pm.

The Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905874-2800; tickets.brampton.ca DEC 15 : AFTERNOON FILM CLUB – JUNIPER Sam returns from boarding school to find his wheelchair-bound English grandmother has moved in.

Films may contain mature subject matters. 2-4pm. Free. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905-8571400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca DEC 22 : MILF & COOKIES Three BFFs navigate dating, life choices, ghosts of boyfriends past and an UBER ride to the mall to see Santa. Starring Anne Marie Scheffler. 8pm. Lester B. Pearson Theatre, 150 Central Park Dr, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905-874-2800; tickets.brampton.ca

Holiday treat time Get started on your holiday baking with our recipes for dreamy treats from local baking experts. We cover everything from the perfect sugar cookie to a must-try jam sandwich.

Submit your event To submit your community, arts or nonprofit event: Select “What’s On” from the menu bar at www.inthehills.ca.

That will take you to the listings page. Select “Add Your Community Event” and complete the easy form.

Submit by February 9, 2024 for the spring (March) issue.

For up-to-date listings between issues, go to inthehills.ca/events.

We reserve the right to edit submissions for print and web.

www.inthehills.ca

JAN 17, 19 – 21, 26 – 28, FEB 2 – 4 : WILLOW QUARTET – A DRAMA With

Jim, Kim navigates unresolved grief and explores buried feelings until she finds her new normal. Fri Sat 8:15pm. Sun 2:15pm.

Tickets online or at the door, cash only concession. Blackhorse Village Players, 17272 Mt Wolfe Rd & Hwy 9, Caledon.

905-880-5002; blackhorsetheatre.ca

Snow time like the present

Winter wonderlands Take some inspiration from the tenacity of the rabbits, foxes and ruffed grouse, and their knack for getting through these cold, dark months. If they can do it, you can.

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live sketch comedy revue with Geri Hall (22 Minutes, Second City) and Gary Pearson (MadTV, Corner Gas). 8pm.

Lester B. Pearson Theatre, 150 Central Park Dr, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905-874-2800; tickets.brampton.ca FEB 2 : AN EVENING WITH TYNOMI BANKS Canada’s legendary queen

welcomes you inside the life and career of a superstar drag performer.

8pm. The Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905874-2800; tickets.brampton.ca FEB 3 : STAND-UP STITCHES Featuring some of the funniest stand-up comics and comedians from all over the globe.

7:30 & 10pm. The Rose Studio, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905-874-2800; tickets.brampton.ca FEB 4 : HUMANS 2.0 BY CIRCA

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FEB 1 : MIDDLE RAGED A hilarious R O B E R T M C C AW . S TO C K . P E T E PAT E R S O N

Sharpen those skates and wax that snowboard – the snow sports season is about to start! Read up on some of our favourite spots to embrace winter.

INTHEHILL SMAG

A symphony of acrobatics, sound and light. 8pm. The Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905-874-2800; tickets.brampton.ca

FEB 8 – 11, 14 – 18, 21 – 25 : DORIS & IVEY IN THE HOME Love, gossip and

sex behind the compost heap, Norm Foster at his hilarious best! Thu-Sat 7:30pm. Sun Wed 2pm. Feb 22: 11am relaxed performance. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. 519942-3423; theathreorangeville.ca FEB 8 – 10 : LESSONS IN TEMPERA­ MENT – AN OUTSIDE THE MARCH PRODUCTION Story of four

neurodiverse brothers told through a theatrical escape into the art and science of piano tuning. 8:30pm. The Rose Studio, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905-874-2800; brampton.ca

FEB 8 – 11, 14 – 18, 21 – 25 : DORIS & IVY IN THE HOME Love, gossip and

sex behind the compost heap, Norm

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L I NK TO OU R A DV E RT I S E RS AT INTHE HILLS.CA ACCOMMODATION Foster at his hilarious best! Thu-Sat 7:30pm. Sun Wed 2pm. Feb 22: 11am relaxed performance. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. 519942-3423; theathreorangeville.ca FEB 17 & 18, 23 & 24 : A BENCH IN THE SUN Polar opposites and lifetime

friends spend their days bickering until a new resident arrives. Fri 8:15pm.

Sat 2 & 8:15pm. Sun 2:15pm. Dinner theatre Feb 17 & 24 6:30pm. 18365 Hurontario St, Caledon Village. 519-9275460; caledontownhallplayers.com FEB 17 : THE JAY MARTIN COMEDY SERIES A night of nonstop laughter to

celebrate Black History Month. 8pm.

Lester B. Pearson Theatre, 150 Central Park Dr, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905-874-2800; tickets.brampton.ca

MAR 2 : MURRAY THE MAGICIAN DIRECT FROM LAS VEGAS & THE PAWN STARS – ALL AGES Comedy

and magic to blow your mind. 8pm.

The Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905874-2800; tickets.brampton.ca MAR 2 : QUEERIAHCITY CURATED

BY ANU RADHA VERMA A multi­

disciplinary and cabaret-style show creating space for 2SLGBTQ+ communities, artists and supporters.

8pm. The Rose Studio, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905874-2800; tickets.brampton.ca

MAR 3, 9 & 10, 15 – 17 : AN ACT OF THE IMAGINATION A gripping British

who-done-it involving a successful mystery writer. Fri & Sat 8pm. Sun 2:30pm. 72 Trafalgar Rd, Hillsburgh. 519855-4586; centurychurchtheatre.com

MAR 7 – 10, 13 – 17, 20 – 24 : BY THE LIGHT OF A STORY Madeline is at a

crossroads after losing her novelist husband. Thur-Sat 7:30pm. Wed Sun 2pm. Mar 14: 7:30 Talk Back event.

Mar 20: 2pm Talk Back event. Mar 21: 11am relaxed performance. Mar 23: 7:30 Talk Back event. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville, 519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca

MAR 9 : BRUCE McCULLOCH’S TALES OF BRAVERY & STUPIDITY – AGES 18+

Using music, standup and storytelling, this Kids in the Hall star takes us on a poetic flyover of his life. 8pm. Lester B. Pearson Theatre, 150 Central Park Dr, Brampton. Brampton On Stage, 905874-2800; tickets.brampton.ca

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A “ S N OW B LO C K A D E ” W R E A KS H AVO C engine forward to smash through the drift. If this didn’t work, another engine might be dispatched to give the snowbound train an extra power boost.

And if this, too, proved futile – as it did that longago February – well, the coming spring would solve the problem. Eventually.

In the meantime, nearby residents would hitch up their teams and set out with sleighs to rescue the passengers. In 1904, the Orangeville Sun reported that the CPR owed local hotels between $700 and $800 for sheltering the stranded during that winter’s blockades. (This at a time when the rate for an overnight hotel stay was probably a dollar or less.)

Needless to say, hotel owners enjoyed the windfall.

— DYA N N E R I V E R S

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By all accounts, the snowstorm of early February 1904 was a doozy. By February 5, nearly 5.5 metres of snow (about 18 feet) had fallen, creating what residents called a “snow blockade.” And blockade was surely apt, for all travel ground to a halt, including the CPR trains that linked Owen Sound and Toronto.

This wasn’t unprecedented, as the howling winds that regularly sweep across Melancthon often buried the tracks between Shelburne and Melancthon Station in deep snow.

That was exactly the situation when photo­grapher David Reid snapped this photo of a snowbound train on the troublesome stretch north of Shelburne.

Engineers would often try to bulldoze their way through a clog by backing up, then driving the

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