Spring In The Hills 2022

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Wildlife survival strategies Decoding land acknowledgments An escarpment garden

Why Highway 413 is a bad idea

How does your garden grow?

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The rocky terrain on an escarpment precipice inspired rather than deterred the creation of this expansive Caledon garden

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There are many good reasons to be frightened by the “zombie” highway

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HAPPY TR AILS

The popularity of trail running races is surging in Headwaters, and this competition is all about having fun

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ADAP TING TO SURVIVE

Animals use camouflage, poison and deception to live another day

by Don Scallen

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?

A beginner’s guide to planning and planting your first vegetable garden

by Alison McGill

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We’ve all heard them. What is the purpose and history behind the words acknowledging local Indigenous lands?

by Erin Fitzgibbon

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Treasures worth saving

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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

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FIELD NOTES

Where to run, charge up, and gaze at art

by Johanna Bernhardt

Learning to visit again

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A DAY I N T H E L I F E

Construction entrepreneur Jenna Brooks

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MADE IN THE HILLS

Glass artist Beth Grant

by Gail Grant

AT HOME IN T HE HIL L S

A bold fusion of Victorian and Scandinavian styles

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TA K E A HIK E

Upper Credit Conservation Area

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FENCE POSTS

OVER THE (NE X T ) HILL

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A PUZ ZLING CONCLUSION

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LOCAL BUYS

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Felted treasures, pottery and hoodies

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FOOD + DRINK

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COUN T RY L I V ING 101

Happy returns

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Meet three of the creative people – Marion Hodgson, Erin Fitzgibbon and Alison McGill – behind the spring issue. marion hodgson Marion was born in Yorkshire, England and immigrated to Canada as a child. She studied design and illustration at Sheridan College and Ontario College of Art & Design.

After working as a creative director, she now enjoys the freedom associated with freelance work. She has worked for In The Hills designing advertisements for local businesses for more than 20 years.

Marion lives with her two dogs (a pug and a golden retriever) and two children in the Amaranth countryside, where she indulges her passion for gardening. “You can never have enough plants or trees,” she says. She can be seen hiking daily on the Island Lake Trail, where her love of animals inspires her to slow down and observe any wildlife she encounters. In her spare time, she is writing a book, planning her next travel adventure with her children, proceeding through several home renovation projects and sketching out her next creative project.

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erin fitzgibbon Erin is an artist, photographer, writer and teacher living in Orangeville. Her artistic work explores the use of art to help in the process of healing from trauma.

As a member of Headwaters Arts, you’ll often find her work in the Alton Mill. She’s also a member of Southampton Arts and the Ontario Society of Artists. Erin’s writing focuses on travel and adventure. Her latest book, 500 Hidden Secrets of Toronto, uncovers small out-of-the-way nooks and crannies of the city. Erin also leads art and yoga classes for adults and youth, combining the physical and meditative practices.

Erin is the magazine’s go-to photographer for our “At Home in the Hills” department. In this issue she also dives into the history, treaties and agreements behind local municipal land acknowledgments. It’s a topic Erin takes a personal interest in as her family history includes connections to Indigenous and French ancestors who worked as fur traders in present-day Algonquin Park and the Ottawa Valley.

Alison is an awardwinning editor, writer, brand strategist and podcast host.

She is the former editor-in-chief of Weddingbells and is a contributor to others including The Kit and MoneySense. Alison hosts a wedding and lifestyle podcast, Aisle Seat, and is a guest on TV’s Cityline, Breakfast Television and The Social.

Although her media career has always been city-based, home is in the countryside of Halton Hills. For this issue, Alison writes the inaugural Country Living 101, a new recurrent department, this one a primer on three ruralfocused tax incentive programs. She also tours a quiet yet powerful rocky flower garden in Caledon and interviews its creator. Finally, Alison canvases local vegetable gardening experts for advice on starting from scratch, advice she’s planning to put to good use. “As a person who has never grown anything but basil in a patio pot, I am ready to put my new gardening education to work. I’m currently calcu­ lating where to put a vegetable patch, and what to plant!”

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you say you want an evolution A little more than two years after it began, the ferocity of the pandemic seems at last to be subsiding. But the idea that spring may bring a return to normal remains elusive in a world now heaving with an unpredictable war, surging inflation and worsening climate change.

In fact, going back is never an option. Something happens and, for better or worse, things change. In this issue we look at some of the evolutions going on in our own small patch.

In “Adapting to Survive,” nature writer Don Scallen reminds us that humans are not the only creatures to have evolved clever strategies for protecting themselves from existential threats. He takes a walk through meadows and woods to reveal some of the astonishing survival tactics of local wildlife.

In “Why Highway 413 is a Bad Idea,” environmentalist Debbe Crandall reviews the provincial government’s plan to dial back time and resurrect the “zombie highway.” She argues the highway not only imperils the essential character of Caledon, but represents an outdated approach to planning that has emphatically failed to evolve along with the principles of smart growth and the challenges of climate change.

In a case of more positive evolutionary change, Erin Fitzgibbon provides an annotated guide to two local municipal land acknowledgments. Now commonly read at the start of council meetings and other public gatherings, the acknowledgments recognize the ancestral lands and rights of the Indigenous peoples who inhabited pre-colonial Caledon and Dufferin. Although the words cannot undo history, they are a first step in building the awareness required to move forward with truth and reconciliation.

On a lighter note, in a sea change accelerated by the pandemic, there has been a surge of interest in backyard vegetable gardens.

What’s not to like about this food-securing, inflation-battling, nature-nurturing and soul-satisfying way of putting fresh produce on your table? If you’re still trailing the trend, Alison McGill has interviewed several garden experts to help set you on your way.

With this first issue of the year, we’re also pleased to introduce some changes of our own – three new recurring departments.

Take a Hike, by longtime In The Hills contributor and hiking expert Nicola Ross, is a graphic guide to help you discover a specific local trail. Country Living 101, a primer on the insider secrets of country living, is aimed mostly at the region’s many newcomers to rural life, but we hope longtime residents will find it useful, too! And finally, A Day in the Life is inspired by the fascinating – but often little understood – careers of our neighbours. In each issue, we go behind the scenes to learn what a typical workday looks like for one of them.

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The Origins of TeleCheck Re “Local Heroes: Phone Friends” [winter ’21]: As I am the longest-running volunteer with TeleCheck Dufferin, I’d like to share how it all began. Frank Stoll, who lived in Mono, had been recently widowed and found himself with five cats to care for. Depressed by the death of his wife, he was also very concerned about the welfare of their cats should anything happen to him. He called Community Living’s Distress Line in Guelph and expressed his concerns to a volunteer who relayed them to Marg Starzynksi, who was part of the organization.

Marg recognized immediately that there was a need for seniors at risk. She consulted with Katherine Johnson and together they set up a program called TeleCheck, a daily phone call, or sometimes two or three, to check on seniors living alone in their own homes or caregiving a spouse. Katherine was TeleCheck’s first manager and held this position for many years until Jennifer McCallum capably took over this past year, allowing Katherine to retire.

Frank Stoll became one of our first volunteers. I served with him on Monday mornings for many years, as did Heather and Gerda, our steady foursome. When Frank retired, all three of us took over Frank’s care. It was because of Frank Stoll that TeleCheck began, along with Marg and Katherine who saw a need in the community and fulfilled it, along with Katherine’s dedication and enthusiasm for our program. Katherine was with Frank last December when he finally met his wish to join his wife, and we, the volunteers and Katherine, met at the graveside service overlooking Island Lake. Today TeleCheck serves well over 100 clients a day with our calls.

inspirational puppets The generous spirit of Jim Henson and Karen Ohland was too vibrant to be interred in 1990 [“No Strings Attached” winter ’21]. Thank you Jane Ohland Cameron and Community Living Dufferin for this most appropriate resurrection (and kudos to Tony Reynolds for exquisite research and writing).

Steven Hargraves, London

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A wonderful collaboration of our amazing community.

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Thank you, Jane Ohland Cameron, Community Living Dufferin, puppeteers, story-makers and all involved. A feel-good article.

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We love your magazine. However, we’ve left Caledon and have new community nooks and crannies to explore. But we’re one family happy to have the e-zine [at inthehills.ca]!

There’s a plus to everything. Keep up the great work.

Thank you for including my work in “The Year in Books” [winter ’21]. And special thanks to writer Tracey Fockler. I have so often struggled with how to describe my books as they are all so very different from each other. Tracey’s account made me gush with pride. To be included with so many other wonderful authors was beyond an honour.

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For more commentary from our readers, or to add your own thoughts on any We welcome your comments! of the stories in this issue, please visit inthehills.ca. You can also send your letters by e-mail to sball@inthehills.ca.

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jessica tamlin Creemore artist Jessica Tamlin distills the world around her into soft, silky-looking gouache landscapes, many of them only about six inches square. These diminutive canvases pack an emotional punch, though, as locals realize Jessica, who grew up in Mulmur, has captured not only their favourite country walk or hilly view, but their feelings about them. “Sometimes we are so busy we don’t stop to look at the fields we pass every day. When I paint them, people will say, ‘Oh, I really love that field,’ or, ‘I know those trees.’ That’s what I’m aiming for.”

(She couldn’t resist a more broadly known local landmark in Hockley valley, the fictional “Rosebud Motel” of Schitt’s Creek fame.) Jessica and other Creemore artists exhibit their work at Stonebridge Art Gallery in Wasaga Beach, April 2 to May 28. jessicatamlin.com

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Where to run, charge up, and gaze at art

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The show(s) must go on!

The meaning of hockey As it reopens to the public April 7, Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives is offering a thoughtprovoking take on Canadian cultural history. Just in time for NHL playoff season, PAMA has tapped curator and professor Jaclyn Meloche of the University of Windsor’s School of Creative Arts to examine the art world’s portrayal of one of our Hatshepsut’s Temple, Egypt, 1974, most beloved games. “I was coming

by Barrie Jones. Cibachrome print. across a variety of narratives that Collection of the Art Gallery of Windsor all travelled through hockey in Gift of the Artist, 1998 ©the Artist some shape or form, and each were piercing the stereotypes of what we know of hockey today,” says Meloche. Power Play: Hockey in Contemporary Canadian Art reaches beyond dated expectations of gender, race and masculinity, and instead positions hockey as a metaphor for inclusivity within the Canadian identity.

Theatre Orangeville is ramping back up with everything from rural comedy to mesmerizing rock performances.

More Confessions from the Ninth Concession by In The Hills columnist Dan Needles features Dan’s all-new (and always wry) guide to country living – until April 10. Up next, local chameleon songstress Leisa Way and the Wayward Wind Band take us on a romp through music history with Rock ’n’ Roll Is Here to Stay from April 27 to May 15. In late spring warm your heart with the new comedy Crees in the Caribbean, written by one of Canada’s foremost First Nations playwrights, Drew Hayden Taylor. It runs June 1 to 19.

The exhibit features 13 artists and more than 40 pieces including sculpture, video, paintings and even recycled hockey equipment. On loan from the Hockey Hall of Fame are items belonging to Bev Beaver, the first Indigenous woman recognized as a professional hockey player in Canada.

A companion travelling exhibit, We Are Hockey, from the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley, challenges the notion that hockey belongs solely to white Canadians. It traces a timeline of historical hockey moments involving people of colour and calls for an acknowledgment of their hardships and achievements in pursuing the sport.

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And dust off your camping chairs – live music is back! Orangeville Blues & Jazz Festival unveils its 18th event in early June. After a two-year hiatus, the festival will be bursting with foot-stomping blues and soothing jazz from June 3 to 5.

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Canada is setting a zero-emission target for cars and light-duty trucks by 2050, and to help get there Natural Resources Canada invested $289,000 in Dufferin County’s plan to create a network of charging stations for electric vehicles.

Last fall Dufferin unveiled 24 new municipally owned stations open to the public. The Charge Up in Dufferin network offers two charging levels. It takes about three hours to charge a car at what’s called level two. The first two hours are free, with a fee of $2 for each additional hour. The more rapid level-three chargers can charge a car in 30 minutes and cost $5 an hour.

In Caledon drivers can charge up at eight municipally owned stations – the last two were added in 2017 – at locations including Caledon Town Hall and Caledon Village Place.

And the town of Erin plans to install two stations by the end of 2022.

Find a map of Dufferin stations at dufferincounty.ca/chargeupindufferin and Caledon stations at caledon. ca/en/town-services/sustainabletransportation.aspx.

A second car-related project aims to revolutionize how we keep our windshields clean. Orangeville’s Jordon Francis and Robbie Mair were tired of seeing gas station garbage cans overflowing with empty wiper fluid containers.

After some research they found an existing company in Europe, EcoTank, a gas-pump-style system that avoids the use of jugs altogether. In January the pair oversaw EcoTank’s North American debut at Orangeville’s 7-Eleven on Broadway. Jordan says the pilot has been so successful that by the end of 2022 they plan to have over 200 EcoTank locations from New Brunswick to British Columbia – with expansion to the U.S after that. Bravo!

Bright ideas for tough times Since 2014 Compass Run for Food has raised more than $300,000 to support food banks and school breakfast programs in Dufferin County. This year’s event is on June 11 at Island Lake with a run or walk (there’s a 5k or 10.5k option) as well as a kids’ challenge.

Sign up online at Compass Community Church. And if you’ve wondered what’s best to take to the Orangeville Food Bank yourself, check out the “Food of the Month” campaign designed to fill their shelves with in-demand items. Donate canned pasta and stews in April, canned soup in May, and pasta and sauce in June.

Calling all eco-inspired wordsmiths As part of Dufferin County’s efforts on climate change, its Climate Stories of Dufferin project encourages residents to share their writing on the topic for publication on the county website. Among the stories now there, Debbie Gray of the Heritage Bee Company in Mulmur writes about her days “spent in endless wildflower meadows and naturalized, pesticide-free lands, while in other parts of the planet the situation is, sadly, quite different.” Where to start? Take a read of the first dozen or so stories collected so far on the site’s climate hub – then email them yours.

Don’t forget to breathe Did you know it’s World Breathing Day on April 11?

What a great excuse to consider how various techniques can make us more mindful of this basic act. Certified Buteyko educator Mary Rowan of Breathe Together in Orangeville, for instance, believes harnessing the power of breath is one way to combat the stress and fatigue of the last two years. The Buteyko method is a therapeutic approach to promote proper breathing patterns. “By incorporating simple breathing techniques, you have the power to mitigate stress, bolster your immune system, improve sleep and mental focus, and improve overall health.”

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few weeks ago, two old friends of mine turned up at the farm unannounced for a visit. Without thinking, I invited them into the house and they sat on the couch in the living room – the first visitors I have hosted inside in nearly two years. We sat there looking at each other, considering the enormity of what we had just done. No masks, no social distancing. Eventually we asked each other, “Is this how the pandemic ends?

Do we just get tired of being alone and throw the doors open?” The answer appeared to be yes.

It was not like old times. I didn’t have anything on hand to serve them, which wasn’t a problem because they had brought their own coffee. More importantly, I seemed to have forgotten how a visit is supposed to go. The conversation became oddly formal as we moved through the family news and brought each other up to date, being careful to share equal airtime and avoid all the subjects that have become so explo­ sive after two years of shrill debate on social media.

Isolation has always been one of the drawbacks of country life. When I first moved to this neighbour­ hood in the 1970s, there were still a few farm couples who disappeared down their lanes when the first snows set in and weren’t seen again until the spring melt. There was one pair of bachelor brothers who hauled their little wooden driveshed down their steep lane to the road and parked their car inside it for the occasional run into town. You knew it was finally spring when you saw them dragging the shed back up the hill behind the orange Case tractor to its customary place beside the house.

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Living down a dead-end road that the township snowplow often skips during winter storms, we learned early on to maintain a winter survival package that includes a crokinole board, jigsaw puzzles, tole-painting kits, wallpaper supplies and a stack of seed catalogues. And when spring arrived, we knew there would always be the April Problem, that period of adjustment as we learned to be “in company” again. Instead of checking my face for

I didn’t have anything on hand to serve them, which wasn’t a problem because they had brought their own coffee.

More importantly, I seemed to have forgotten how a visit is supposed to go. frostbite, my wife would switch to gentle reminders that I was holding a guest by the lapel as they tried politely to make their escape on the veranda.

Historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari says humans learned to co-operate with each other in extremely flexible ways by living in village settings for a hundred thousand years or more. This is where human consciousness is thought to have first appeared. Long before there was history, there was conversation. The oldest and largest part of the human brain is the limbic system, which regulates our emotions and helps us read each other’s faces

with extraordinary accuracy. When we are deprived of the company of other humans for an extended length of time, the effect on our limbic brain can be devastating. iPhones are not much help here. If evolution is any guide, we’re not likely to get really good at picking up social cues from a text message for another few thousand years.

Two years of isolation plus the incessant shouting on social media have given us all the April Problem, no matter where we live. It’s going to take some practice for us to relearn the social skills our grand­ mothers taught us. I bumped into a dairy farmer friend in Canadian Tire the other day. He has always been a writer of caustic letters to the editor of the local paper, but he suddenly stopped, and I asked him why. He confessed that he had grown tired of antagonizing people in print and wanted to make some friends.

“You’ve never been a shrill person in conversation,” I assured him. “You just need to get off the farm and out in company again. It shouldn’t be difficult.”

He liked that idea and we have arranged to take a walk down the main street of the village this Satur­ day, if the weather is mild, to practice the ancient art of visiting. If that works out well for us, we may take the next step and organize a potluck supper.

Dan Needles performs in his new play, More Confessions from the Ninth Concession, along with cowriter Ian Bell, presented on the Theatre Orangeville stage until April 10.

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The rocky terrain on an escarpment precipice inspired rather than deterred the creation of this expansive Caledon garden.

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et against a thickly wooded backdrop, Susanne McRoberts’ gardens imbue her country property with a Zen-like tranquility. “Experiencing a garden is a sensual experience that feeds my soul,” Susanne says of the gardenscape she has been creating for nearly 30 years. “It’s not just about what you see, it’s what you smell and what’s evoked inside you.”

The seven-acre property is perched on a rocky precipice of the Niagara Escarpment in Caledon and boasts long views of the Credit River valley. Three decades ago, Susanne and her husband, Bob, built their dream home here. Constructed of stone and stucco, its airy, elegantly simple design features enormous windows framing the compelling outdoor vistas.

The couple turned their creative attention to the gardens a couple of years after they moved in and today the gardens encompass just over half an acre.

Verdant shades pervade in a seemingly effortless flow, punctuated by both gentle and bold profusions of colour.

Pink primula float on a sea of green; long, furry tassels of burgundy amaranth dangle next to round, peachy blooms of dahlias. “I am not particularly rigid about a colour palette,” says the avid gardener. “I use colour to create a rhythm through repetition, harmony and drama that changes as the perennials have their moment during each season.”

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A stone stairway in Susanne McRoberts’ front garden carves a swath through mossy boulders and verdant plantings that include hostas, ferns, false spirea, hellebores, lobelia and lady’s mantle.

Eastern redbud and Amur maple trees stand at the top of the slope.

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Susanne’s earthly delights Susanne’s thoughtful companion plantings rely on two techniques. She plants some pairs to peak at the same time. Others are designed to bloom in succession. Here are four of her favourite combinations (left to right).

Amaranth and dahlias The deep red ‘Love-Lies-Bleeding’ and the light green ‘Viridis’ varieties of giant amaranth provide a junglelike backdrop to the soft petals of peach-coloured ‘Labyrinth’ dahlias.

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panicles can grow up to three feet long and drip from the branches in profusion throughout summer and early autumn. Be careful not to plant them too close together, Susanne says, as the amaranth could shade the sunloving dahlias. The two flowers also

work beautifully together in fresh and dried arrangements, she adds.

Pinellia and primula “These work beautifully together and have a complementary contrast,” Susanne says. “Pinellia tripartita ‘Polly

Spout’ is a standout specimen plant in the woodland garden. Its deeply divided green leaves resemble those of its cousin, Jack-in-the-pulpit.” An unusually long tongue, called a spadix, extends from its greenish calla lily-like bloom. Because it doesn’t emerge until

Against a lush, wooded backdrop, ‘Ruffled Velvet’ Siberian irises, ‘Monsieur Jules Elie’ peonies and gas plants greet guests on the front walkway.

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The couple began the project all those years ago by mining their property, handexcavating their way through piles of limestone and granite rocks using a shovel and a crowbar – a daunting task that might have discouraged the ambitions of many gardeners, but served only to fuel those of the McRoberts. “We had a lot of work to do to get things in order and treated it as an exploration mission,” Susanne says. “It was an exciting way to build things because we didn’t know what we would unearth – I love the unexpected.

We took things slowly, working on completing one small 10- to 12-foot section a year.”

Along the way, maintaining a natural aesthetic was of utmost importance. “I wanted everything we designed to fit with what we were given. We were gifted with some incredible attributes on this property – the woodland, the rocks and the moss. The configurations we chose, and the plants we populated the gardens with, were carefully considered – we wanted things to look as they would in nature.”

The natural effect holds even as Susanne combines exotic perennials with native ones to create fanciful vignettes.

late spring, Susanne has underplanted it with an earlier-blooming Primula sieboldii that has umbels of dainty snowflake-like flowers.

Gas plant and peonies These peak together in June and create a moment as beautiful bedmates, Susanne says. “The gas plant (Dictamnus albus) has tall spikes of delicate white flowers that sit on top of citrus-scented foliage.” White and yellow peonies play well here – Susanne is fond of the ‘Krinkled White’ and ‘Green Lotus’ varieties.

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Shooting star and sumac “These maintain a succession of interest over the garden season,” Susanne explains. “Shooting star (Dodecatheon meadia) is a spring ephemeral with pretty pink cyclamenlike blooms that grow up to a foot tall.

Planted in a drift, shooting star makes a beautiful show in the woodland garden among the still mostly bare stems of the sumac variety ‘Gro-Low’, a cultivar of the native shrub Rhus aromatica. When the sumac leaves appear later, they mask the dying foliage of the spent shooting stars.

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At the front of the house is a magical spot she affectionately refers to as Top of the Rockpile. An expansive mosscovered berm was the first portion of the garden to be completed. Standout features include a stone staircase built by Bob, and what Susanne calls her “mirage garden,” a hollowed-out natural rock bed lined with moss and dotted with low plants.

At first glance, it looks like a miniature green pond. When it came to planting this partly shaded area – the mix includes Japanese painted ferns, native ferns such as maidenhair spleenwort, and hellebores – Susanne says the natural crevices among the rocks drove the design. “The soil is naturally packed with roots and rocks, so where planting holes could be delved, soil was amended with compost and triple mix.” A stone Buddha is tucked into the garden for good measure.

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vegetables with other plants at various heights, including the very tall amaranth.

“There’s something special about the feel of undulation in the garden, when your eyes move up and down, in and out.”

(And in case you’re wondering, no, these companion plantings are not primarily for pest control; the blooms are largely “ignored by the deer who regularly visit my garden buffet,” Susanne says.)

Around the back of the house, the shaded woodland environment is a place of quiet contemplation. Susanne says she particularly delights in immersing herself in this wilder space and experiencing its wonders. A few years ago, a friend made her a large backless bench and installed it for her on a stone patio. From it she can look out into the woods, across the valley or back into the garden. She says, “I also love to lie down on it, look up at the tall trees above, and enjoy everything we have created.”

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top Behind the house, formidable hosta ‘Elegans’ plays well with clustered bellflower and ‘Red Sentinel’ Japanese astilbe.

In the background, bright green Japanese forest grass pops. above At the back of the property, a rustic patio on the cliff’s edge overlooks the Credit valley. Moss and ferns are among the native woodland plants growing wild between the rocks, including Jack-in-the-pulpit and trilliums.

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Land Acknowledgments 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. But what history lies behind the words? To find out, we parse two Headwaters land acknowledgments here.

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Respectfully acknowledging the original and longstanding connection of Indigenous peoples to the land we all now occupy is central to land acknowledgments. But are these words sincere pledges that will bring about change? Or are they, as some critics contend, mere tokenism in lieu of meaningful action? 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.

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The Tionontati, or People of the Hills, were called Pétun by early French fur traders. Most Tionontati lived in longhouses in walled villages southwest of Nottawasaga Bay in the lee of the Niagara Escarpment, but archeological evidence of a Tionontati village has been found as far south as northern Mulmur Township, and their hunting range included Dufferin County. As allies and trading partners of the Wendat, the Tionontati were nearly wiped out during wars with the Haudenosaunee (1649–50) over control of the fur trade. Survivors joined other First Nation refugees displaced by the wars and eventually migrated to presentday Oklahoma, where they formed the Wyandotte Nation.

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acknowledging 1 that Dufferin County resides within the traditional territory and ancestral lands of the Tionontati (Pétun) 2,

Attawandaron (Neutral) 3, Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) 4, and Anishinaabe 5 peoples.

We also acknowledge that various municipalities within the County of Dufferin reside within the

treaty 6 lands named under the Haldimand Deed 7 of 1784 and two of the Williams Treaties of 1818: Treaty 18: the Nottawasaga Purchase 8, and Treaty 19: The Ajetance Treaty 9.

These traditional territories upon which we live and learn are steeped in rich Indigenous history and traditions. It is with this statement that we declare to honour and respect the past and present connection of Indigenous peoples with this land, its waterways and resources.

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Also known as Iroquois, the Haudenosaunee of the Six Nations of the Grand River near Brantford consist of the Kanienkahagen (Mohawk), Onondowahgah (Seneca), Guyohkohnyoh (Cayuga), Onundagaono (Onondaga), Onayotekaono (Oneida) and As SkaRuh-Reh (Tuscarora) nations. Their traditional territory was located south of Lake Ontario in northern New York State.

During the peace negotiations that ended the American Revolution (1775–83), the British released these Haudenosaunee lands to the Americans without consulting Indigenous leaders. As a result, many Haudenosaunee migrated north to present-day southern Ontario.

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For British officials negotiating early treaties, a treaty was a legal record of a real estate transaction that gave them ownership of Indigenous land in return for specific considerations. But Indigenous nations also had a long tradition of negotiating treaties with other Indigenous nations. Their oral tradition focused on the words spoken during negotiations, and the treaties were understood to be declarations of friendship and sharing between separate nations, not a surrendering of Indigenous sovereignty. These differing perspectives echo today in conflicts over the interpretation of treaties.

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Hoping to protect their homelands from encroachment by settlers, most Haudenosaunee nations supported the British during the American Revolution. When defeated, the British purchased 950,000 acres from the Mississaugas in present-day southern Ontario. The Haldimand Deed (1784) granted this land to the Haudenosaunee, who had little choice but to accept. The Haldimand Tract extended six miles on each side of the Grand River from Lake Erie to the river’s source near Dundalk. But at the time, the British didn’t know the location of the source.

Later, the British unilaterally excluded the northern reaches of the Grand, about 275,000 acres, much of it in Dufferin County.

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Anishinaabe is the singular form of “Anishinabek,” an encompassing name for Indigenous nations that share similar languages and cultural traditions. Nations such as the Odawa, Bodaywadami (Potawatomi) and Ojibwe/Chippewa, including the Mississauga, are Anishinabek peoples. Their traditional territory extends from the Ottawa River Valley to the Great Lakes and into Saskatchewan. Active fur trading partners of both the French and British, Anishinabek nations often clashed with the Haudenosaunee.

Treaty lands of both the Mississaugas of the Credit and the Saugeen Ojibway are located within Caledon, Erin and Dufferin.

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The Nottawasaga Purchase (1818) included nearly 1.6 million acres purchased from the Chippewa nation in return for annual payments of £1,200 in goods. The purchase covered most of present-day Dufferin County, including the land the British had earlier excluded from the Haldimand Tract (see Haldimand Deed).

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The Ajetance Treaty (1818), signed by Chief Ajetance of the Mississaugas of the Credit, released 648,000 acres of land for British settlement. Devastated by European diseases and forced off their land by settlers, the Mississaugas sold this land under duress. In return, the Mississaugas were promised annual payments of £522 in goods. The treaty territory included present-day Caledon, Erin, East Garafraxa and part of Orangeville, and like the Nottawasaga Purchase, land the British had earlier excluded from the Haldimand Tract.

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For Indigenous peoples, the values of reciprocity, balance and respect are inextricably intertwined with their unique and enduring relationships with the land. But these relationships were brutally disrupted by colonization, with its forced relocations and territorial seizures, residential schools, compelled assimilation, and genocide. Land acknowledgments recognize that the ancestral and continuing connection of Indigenous peoples to the land is embedded in their cultural and spiritual identity. The Canadian Constitution affirms these relationships by acknowledging Indigenous peoples’ “Aboriginal rights” – inherent rights that flow from their ancestors’ traditions and culture. These rights may be different from the rights defined in treaties and can, for example, include the right to self-government.

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We acknowledge this and we recognize the significance of the land on which we gather and

Many Anishinabek nations have roots in Erin, Caledon and Dufferin County. After about 1650, when the Haudenosaunee drove the Wendat out of Ontario, the Odawa, Bodaywadami (Potawatomi) and Ojibwe/ Chippewa, including the Mississaugas, began moving into present-day southern Ontario. By 1700, the Mississaugas and their allies had driven the Haudenosaunee back to their homelands in northern New York State.

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Haudenosaunee 4 and Ojibway/ Chippewa peoples 5, and the land of the Métis 6. This land is part of the Treaty and

Named Hurons by early French traders because of the way they wore their hair, the Huron-Wendat call themselves Wendat. Though most Wendat villages were located north, east and south of Headwaters, the land and waterways of Caledon, Erin and Dufferin made up the westerly reaches of the nation’s vast hunting and trading territory. By 1650, however, European diseases and the brutal trade wars with the Haudenosaunee had nearly wiped out the Wendat. Along with refugees from other nations, including the Tionontati, some Wendat migrated to Oklahoma. Others migrated to Québec, where the community of Wendake became their home.

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Credit First Nation 7. We honour and respect Indigenous heritage and the long-lasting history of the land and strive to protect 8 the land, water, plants and animals that have inhabited this land for generations yet to come.

In 2018, the Town of Caledon presented a wampum belt to the Mississaugas of the Credit to mark the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Ajetance Treaty. Indigenous nations used wampum belts to symbolize important agreements between peoples.

Among its symbols, this belt shows two figures that represent Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals working together.

The Haudenosaunee and the Mississaugas were rivals who had fought bitterly over territory in southern Ontario. But by 1847, the Mississaugas of the Credit River area were in dire straits. Ravaged

by European diseases and facing continued encroachment by settlers, who had depleted the area’s game, fish and wood, they could not sustain their traditional way of life. So the Haudenosaunee, recalling that their home on the Haldimand Tract had been purchased from the Mississaugas, offered them territory on the tract. This became the new home of the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the two nations formed a close relationship.

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Closely related to the Mississaugas through shared language and cultural traditions, the Ojibway/Chippewa are Anishinabek peoples who ranged through the present-day Headwaters region after migrating in the late 1600s to the territory of the dispersed Wendat, Tionantati and Attawandaron. During the fur-trade era, the Ojibwe and Chippewa often acted as “middlemen” between Europeans seeking furs and more distant Indigenous nations eager to trade the furs they had harvested.

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Métis people consider themselves to be a unique Indigenous nation. They trace their ancestry to marriages between Indigenous women and European men. These marriages often helped facilitate the expansion of the fur trade, and distinct Métis communities arose in which the two cultures mixed to create a unique history and identity. Efforts have been made to strengthen the Métis language, Michif, and encourage its use by Métis people.

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The Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation originally migrated from the Mississagi River area on the north shore of Lake Huron. Many believe the name “Mississauga” originated in their association with the river. After about 1650, many Mississaugas began migrating south, gradually pushing the Haudenosaunee back to their homelands in northern New York State. Mississauga territory covered a large area radiating outward from the western end of Lake Ontario and included Caledon and Erin. The mouth of the Credit River – the name “Credit” reflects the European approach of using credit when trading with Indigenous people – was an important focus of the Mississaugas’ trading relationships and became part of the nation’s name.

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Commitments to strive to protect the natural environment, as well as to honour and respect Indigenous heritage, suggest good intentions. And both the federal and Ontario governments have enshrined in law a “duty to consult” Indigenous peoples when government actions affect their inherent or treaty rights. Caledon and the Mississaugas, for example, have worked together to develop a protocol to seek and incorporate Indigenous perspectives into town policies and planning. But it remains to be seen whether protocols such as this will translate into the sincere and meaningful engagement necessary to open the way to true reconciliation.

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8 learn more Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, mncfn.ca Dufferin County Cultural Resource Circle, dccrc.ca Indigenous History and Treaty Lands in Dufferin County, a history prepared by the Museum of Dufferin, available at dufferinmuseum.com Town of Caledon: A Guide to Meaningful Engagement with Indigenous Neighbours, a municipal protocol for consulting with the Indigenous community.

Erin Fitzgibbon is a photographer, artist, author and educator of French Canadian, Irish and Indigenous heritage. Her first book, Hidden Secrets of Toronto, was published in 2020.

Note: Land acknowledgments are living documents, subject to change as additional research and perspectives become available. The wording presented here reflects the Dufferin County and Town of Caledon land acknowledgments as of March 2022.

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TO SURVIVE Composite photo showing a monarch butterfly (left) and the monarch-like mimicry of a viceroy butterfly (right). The similar colouring warns predators of their toxicity.

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Animals use camouflage, poison and deception to live another day.

STORY AND PHOTOS BY DON SCALLEN

Faced with a life-threatening coronavirus, we humans have used the evolutionary advantage of our big brains to promote our survival. With extraordinary speed, we have altered our behaviour and developed vaccines. Our response to the menace is an example of how similar humans often are to other animals on this planet. All of us have evolved particular attributes to adapt and survive.

These survival traits are wonderfully diverse and creative. Many animals are masters of disguise, employing camouflage to avoid being eaten or to secure a good meal. In Headwaters, for example, there are animals that look like sticks, leaves, or bird droppings (really!). Rather than disguise themselves, other animals opt for a flashy display of colour to announce they are poisonous. Still others are poseurs, palatable creatures that discourage predators by looking like poisonous ones.

The drive to survive makes for animals that delight and amaze. Here are a few local examples.

Monarchs and vaccination passports Last July, I watched as monarch butterflies sailed over the milkweed-filled meadows of Forks of the Credit Provincial Park. Close observation revealed females touching down, curling their black and white abdomens, and depositing eggs on the underside of milkweed leaves. Soon another generation of caterpillars would emerge and, if very lucky, survive to butterflyhood and then participate in one of the most improbable journeys in all of nature – a 4,000-kilometre flight to the state of Michoacán in Mexico.

For Headwaters-born monarchs, the odds of making it to their overwintering sites in Michoacán’s endan­ gered oyamel fir forests are low. These butterflies run a gauntlet of hazards on the way. Violent storms take a toll, as do collisions with cars and trucks on the roads that crisscross their migratory paths.

But to assist their travels, monarchs carry a pass­ port that proves they have been inoculated against bird predation: the colour orange. This vibrant hue advertises a monarch’s toxicity. The toxicity comes from the cardiac glycosides in the milkweed sap that monarch caterpillars ingest as they feed on the plant’s leaves and stems. These glycosides do not exist in milkweed pollen or nectar, which are safe for bees and other pollinators to feed on.

Like Covid vaccinations, cardiac glycosides don’t confer complete protection. Some birds, usually

those with no previous experience of monarchs, will attempt to eat the butterflies. But without these poisons and the orange passports that advertise them, the wondrous spectacle of monarch migration likely wouldn’t exist.

A study of blue jays showed they may vomit after eating monarchs. Of course, a vomited monarch is a dead monarch, and this seems to contradict the proposition that toxicity helps monarchs survive. But the price paid by sacrificial monarchs contributes to the overall fitness of the species. The blue jays that ignored the orange warning will henceforth associate that colour with nausea. Surviving monarchs will benefit, and this umbrella of protection will likely safeguard other orange creatures as well.

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heart. In fact, cardiac glycosides have been used to treat heart disease in humans by enhancing heart contractions, but these plant-based compounds can cause serious side effects if improperly administered.

These serious effects are one reason few herbivorous insects have mastered the ability to eat milkweed leaves and stems. Common milkweed, abundant in fields and meadows throughout Headwaters, is eaten by only 11 or so insect species. This may sound like a lot, but in a world of thousands of plant-eating insects, the number is small.

Like monarch butterflies, other milkweed specialists benefit from sequestering the poison in their bodies, and like monarch adults, most warn of their toxicity by displaying the same orange and black. These insects include milkweed leaf beetles, milkweed bugs and milkweed tussock moth caterpillars. As with monarchs, their survival requires a display of their trump card.

Curiously, two species of birds – avian outliers that have evolved ways to eat monarchs without getting sick – are also orange and black.

Black-headed grosbeaks and black-backed orioles live in the oyamel forests where monarchs overwinter. Both are major monarch predators.

Perhaps wearing the same colours as their monarch prey is an improbable coincidence. Or perhaps there is a biological explanation.

Could they be toxic as well?

(Lest the foregoing makes you think I’m the one consuming too many drugs, know that poisonous birds do exist. The skin and feathers of the pitohui, for example, a robin-sized bird from Papua New Guinea, contain potent toxic alkaloids. Native New Guineans call them “rubbish birds” because they can’t be eaten, at least without heroic efforts to detoxify them.)

A fascinating relationship exists between monarch butterflies and the very similar-looking viceroy butterflies. In Headwaters, viceroys are usually seen near wetlands with willows, the food their caterpillars thrive on. So close is the resemblance between monarchs and viceroys that most of us can’t tell the difference. And this is exactly the point.

Other animals, such as birds, can’t distinguish them either. Scientists long assumed viceroys were “freeloaders,” insects of choice edibility posing as poisonous monarchs. A relationship like this is called Batesian mimicry: the mimic – the viceroy in this case – protects itself by looking like a noxious counterpart.

But in science, as in other areas of life, we need to be careful about making assumptions. Research has found that viceroys can also be toxic. They sequester distasteful chemicals their caterpillars metabolize from the willow leaves they eat. This has led scientists to reclassify the relationship between monarchs and viceroys as “Mullerian mimicry,” which occurs when two or more different noxious organisms evolve to look like each other. If true, monarchs and viceroys both amplify the

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This conclusion appears credible, but the stunning complexity of the natural world might demand another reworking of the monarchviceroy relationship. In Florida, viceroys mimic queen butterflies, close relatives of monarchs. Researchers have found that Floridian viceroys juggle their toxin production according to the number of queen butterflies found in their habitat. If there are lots of queens, viceroys dampen their toxicity, rendering them more palatable. It’s speculated that more queens bestow more protection on the viceroys, making it a good “decision” for them to ride on the queen butterflies’ toxic coattails without resorting to a broader defence. On the other hand, in habitats with fewer queens, viceroys protect themselves by boosting their toxicity. Could this flexible gambit also define the relationship between viceroys and monarchs? Perhaps viceroys are more – or less – toxic according to the number of monarchs around.

Another reason viceroys might vary their toxicity? Apparently, ingesting and living with toxins uses a lot of energy. If an organism can get away with fewer toxins in its system, so much the better. This explains why only a subset of creatures is poisonous. To put it in human terms, toxins cost money.

Red efts and fugu chefs Last spring, I walked in a misty rain along a trail deep in the Credit River Valley north of Belfountain. The dark green fronds of hemlock shed water on the path below.

Small, vivid forms moved among the glistening moss and the mushrooms rising from the sodden earth. Red efts.

Despite their name, red efts aren’t red, but a lovely monarch orange.

On wet days, these small salamanders often wander the forest floor in search of the tiny invertebrates they eat. For such colourful animals, this behavior would, at first, suggest suicidal tendencies. Their Day-Glo coloration makes them obvious to potential predators.

But as with monarch butterflies, this is precisely the point. And it reveals a truism in biology – small, brightly coloured creatures are not recommended as part of a healthy diet. Obvious examples from the tropics are the tiny, but deadly, poison dart frogs. Red efts aren’t as toxic as these frogs, but they still pack a wallop.

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Newts are protected by a potent nerve poison called tetrodotoxin throughout their lives, but the landlubbing efts contain the highest concentration. This is probably because they encounter more predatory birds and mammals than the aquatic adults. Tetrodotoxin blocks signals between nerves and muscles, leading to paralysis and sometimes death.

In their red eft stage, Headwaters newts have at least enough of this poison to kill small mammals like mice and shrews, but the roughskinned newts of the West Coast of North America broadcast their toxicity by flashing bright orange bellies – and they can kill people.

One incident serves as a sorry testament to male bravado. On a dare, a 29-year-old Oregon man chased some whisky with a rough-skinned newt. He felt sick afterwards but refused to go to a hospital and died when his heart stopped beating.

A well-known animal that shares a newt’s tetrodotoxin is the fugu or pufferfish. In Japan, this fish is considered a delicacy, but it is so dangerous that chefs must be licensed to prepare it. They carefully remove its toxic tissues before serving it to patrons. Mistakes – and fatalities – are mercifully rare.

Anyone who has raised monarch butterflies to adulthood knows the caterpillars aren’t orange, but rather yellow and black. Like the black and orange of the adults, this is a warning coloration, primarily intended to deter predatory birds and other vertebrates. Invertebrates appear unaffected. Stink bugs, spiders, flies and wasps eat monarch caterpillars with gusto.

Speaking of wasps, yellow and black is also the warning coloration of choice in many species. And this colour combination, unlike the orange and black of monarchs, can make us shudder. This is because we have learned to associate yellow-and-black insects with danger, just as other animals have.

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A wasp’s hypodermic-like stinger can deliver a cocktail of chemicals specially concocted to inflict maximum pain. For me, a long-lasting and intense fear of wasps was the legacy of watching my mother get stung by yellow jackets when I was a boy. As an adult, I finally made peace with these insects, so I hesitate to stoke the fires of their largely undeserved notoriety. Wasps (almost) never sting unless their nests are threatened. But of course, if you suffer anaphylactic shock from stings, there is good reason to be fearful and cautious around them.

Wasps, like toxic butterflies, also serve as models for mimicry, so much so that many of the “wasps” we see aren’t wasps at all, but inoffensive flies, such as the hover fly, or even moths. As a common phenomenon, this widespread wasp mimicry must improve the life chances of the wasp pretenders. Deceiving hungry birds that have learned to associate yellow-and-black insects with a painful jolt likely serves the pretenders well.

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One evening, with a few like-minded friends, I shone my flashlight into the tangled branches of a hedgerow, peering intently in a search for animals cloaked to near invisibility by their resemblance to leaves and branches. Looking for cryptic creatures after dark usually works better than daytime searches. Under cover of darkness such creatures are more active, and a flashlight’s narrow beam focuses a searcher’s vision on a specific field of view.

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Our search soon yielded an exciting find: a female walking stick. These harmless herbivores are truly impressive. Mature females can reach 10 centimetres in length, but the most salient — and astonishing — characteristic of walking sticks is their camouflage. So accurate is their disguise, it’s easy to imagine that a sylvan fairy has waved a wand and brought a stick to life.

Camouflaged animals are ubiquitous. Hiding in plain sight works.

And a great way to pull this off is to look like something inedible.

Science uses the apt term “masquerade” to describe this kind of deception, and walking sticks are perfect examples. So good is their ruse that we seldom see them, yet these insects are common in Headwaters.

Camouflage serves two general purposes. Most commonly, as with walking sticks, it conceals animals from predators. Other examples include moths that meld into the bark of trees, grasshoppers with exoskeletons precisely matching the colour and texture of lichens, and woodcock mothers, mottled brown on mottled brown as they brood their eggs on the forest floor.

The other purpose of camouflage is more devious. Predators may use it to conceal themselves from prey. Ambush bugs are an example. These small predators are often yellow and brown, and can be very difficult to see when they crouch among similarly coloured flowers. There they wait with Popeye-like forearms ready to grab bees or wasps that land within reach. Or consider a bullfrog, the colour of cattails and lily pads, sitting for hours like an amphibian Buddha, then lunging with a great open gape when an unsuspecting dragonfly alights nearby.

Some predators tap into both benefits of camouflage, enhancing their hunting success as well as protecting themselves from larger predators. Praying mantises are green or brown, allowing them to hide among grasses and goldenrod as they wait for grasshoppers and other small prey to wander within reach of their raptorial front legs. But their camouflage also protects them from avian predators such as kingbirds and kestrels.

The sheer numbers of camouflaged animals, especially insects, offers some interesting insights into ecology. One is that small, camouflaged herbivores are good eating. Why hide if you’re not on anyone’s menu?

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Another insight is perhaps less obvious. Camouflaged insects provide excellent evidence of the visual acuity of the birds that hunt them. The spectacular camouflage of a walking stick is no accident. It looks as it does because of an eons-long arms race with birds. As bird vision improves, walking sticks are forced to rejig their guise to look even more like – well – sticks. In turn, birds are forced to up their game by further enhancing their vision.

Other wonderful, if slightly unsettling, examples of masquerade are creatures that look like poop. In Headwaters, many moths and caterpillars “choose” this ploy to befuddle potential predators. Giant swallowtail caterpillars look so much like bird droppings, right down to a gag-inducing sliminess, that by day, they don’t bother concealing themselves like other caterpillars. Rather, they often sit atop leaves in plain view. This tells us that bird vision, while impressive, can be fooled by a clever disguise. And of course, it also tells us that few selfrespecting birds would ever stoop to coprophagy!

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The drive to survive is powerful, and evolution has come up with a catalogue of wildly diverse, often outlandish, innovations to meet the challenges faced by both the hunter and the hunted. We humans benefit from this creativity when we admire the beauty of a monarch butterfly or the extraordinary structure of a walking stick, both wondrous animals, but only two of the many that employ poison, camouflage and deception to live another day.

Don Scallen is the author of Nature Where We Live: Activities to Engage Your Inner Scientist from Pond Dipping to Animal Tracking. You can read more of his observations on local flora and fauna in his “Notes from the Wild” at inthehills.ca.

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WHY HIGHWAY 413 IS A BAD IDEA

BY DEBBE CRANDALL

The spectre of a 400-series highway slicing through the south Caledon

In November 2021 Caledon residents participated in a protest in Bolton calling on the Ford government to cancel Highway 413. Organized

by Environmental Defence, protests against 413 and the Bradford Bypass were held the same day in Holland Landing, King City and Mississauga.

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First proposed in 2007, the 413 has been dubbed the “zombie highway” for good reason. In 2016 the then Liberal government of premier Kathleen Wynne suspended the environmental assessment of the highway and appointed an expert panel to consider its future. The panel found that the environmental assessment had fatal flaws in how it determined the need for the highway and that it gave short shrift to a suite of alternatives.

The highway seemed as good as dead. But three years later, premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government not only revived the environmental assessment, it passed legislation to fast-track it. This would allow early works such as bridge building over watercourses to proceed prior to the completion of the assessment.

The government’s rationale for resurrecting the highway was twofold. The highway would reduce the acute congestion on Highway 401 that hampers the movement of goods and people, and this massive infrastructure project would inject an estimated $350 million in real GDP for every year of construction over five years.

Who could argue with that?

Well, a lot of people, it seems. Here’s a summary of the case against the 413.

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countryside has been hanging over our heads since it was brought back to life in 2019. The proposed GTA West Transportation Corridor, aka Highway 413, would span 59 kilometres from Highway 401 in Halton to Highway 400 in Vaughan.

Caledon will host the longest section of the highway which also crosses the northwest corner of Brampton and a swath of the Greenbelt in Vaughan.

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It’s old-style planning The provincial Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, which governs how and where growth is to occur, sets out goals for curbing urban sprawl in favour of complete communities, revitalized downtowns, and protecting natural spaces and farmland. Highway 413 advances none of these goals.

Instead, the construction of a $6−10 billion highway locks us into a road-oriented future that moves away from planning and building compact, transit-oriented communities. The 14 interchanges proposed along the length of the 413 will become meccas of truck-related industry and car-dependent subdivisions that will coalesce and expand outward.

The expert panel pointed out that in the years since the highway was first proposed, the basis for predicting future travel has evolved – a result of new technologies (automated cars and digital tools), remote working (a trend accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic), and policy priorities related to climate change adaptation and mitigation, including smart growth and complete communities. All these under­ mine the originally conceived benefits of the high­ way in reducing congestion and saving travel time.

It is now also widely understood that building new highways to relieve congestion has the poten­ tial to make it worse. Called “induced demand,” in essence new highways create new commuters and, in as few as five years, congestion reaches the same levels as before, making any savings in travel time short-lived.

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It’s bad for the environment and agriculture Along its route, Highway 413 will cut across four watersheds including the Humber and Credit rivers and Etobicoke and Sixteen Mile creeks.

Within its jurisdiction, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority says the highway will cross at least 85 streams and impact more than 220 wetlands, dozens of forests, woodlots and wildlife habitats, as well as cultural heritage sites of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

The highway will also remove more than 400 acres of Greenbelt, including a portion of the Nashville Conservation Reserve in Vaughan – reversing a promise Premier Ford made in 2018.

“The people have spoken,” he said. “I’m going to listen to them. They don’t want me to touch the Greenbelt, we won’t touch the Greenbelt.”

Thousands of acres of prime agricultural land will also be destroyed inside and outside the

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Greenbelt. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture estimates that 175 acres of the province’s farm­ land are already lost daily to development, a trend that threatens the long-term stability of the agri­ cultural sector and food security in the GGH. “We try to promote homegrown food …

How are we going to feed people? Once the land is gone, it’s gone forever” says Allan Ehrlick, president of the Halton Region Federation of Agriculture. (In late February, Halton Region voted to reject any urban boundary expansion that would allow growth onto farmland.)

The OFA estimates farmland in the GGH contributes $1.6 billion in ecological services annually. These services include carbon seques­ tration in soils and biomass, habitat for wildlife including species at risk and pollinators, erosion control and recreational activities. The loss of these services, in addition to the estimated 17.4 million tonnes of greenhouse gases that will be produced over 30 years by cars and trucks using the 413, will challenge Ontario’s ability to meet its mandated targets in response to climate change.

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Transportation is also one of the primary sources of air pollution in the GTA. “People who live close to highways suffer greater health impacts from air pollution, and will experience higher risk of diseases like asthma, lung cancer and heart disease,” according to the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.

In many ways, Highway 413 is the poster child for Premier Ford’s “open for business” agenda – an agenda that has steadily and significantly undermined Ontario’s regulatory system for protecting the environment.

The government has curtailed conservation authorities’ ability to protect ecologically signi­ ficant features and gutted legislation for the protection of species at risk. It has weakened policies and standards in the Growth Plan to curb urban sprawl. And it has accelerated more than 40 development applications through the use of Minister’s Zoning Orders, effectively circumventing local planning control, public consultation and powers of appeal.

Sweeping changes to the Environmental Assessment Act (appended into the govern­

ment’s omnibus 2020 Covid-19 Economic Recovery Act) are aimed at fast-tracking major projects such as Highway 413 and the Bradford Bypass, another major highway in the Greenbelt, similarly revived by the Ford government.

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An online petition from the David Suzuki Foundation has garnered over 11,750 signatures so far, and an active coalition of community groups has formed in opposition to the highway.

The Ontario Federation of Agriculture and its Peel chapter have called for an agricultural impact assessment. Other farming organizations,

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such as the Ontario Farmland Trust, Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario and the National Farmers Union, have also registered their strong opposition to the highway.

“The 413 infrastructure project constructed right through the Greenbelt will only lead to the eventual chipping away of protected lands,” says Janet Horner, Mulmur mayor and executive director of the Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance. Although the GHFFA is not mandated to take a position on the 413, Horner personally notes, “Its construction will lead to a complete disregard of the natural heritage and agricultural systems in Peel and Halton regions.”

Even among the municipalities that would arguably benefit economically from the highway, support is emphatically divided. Along the high­ way’s route, Halton and Vaughan are opposed to it, as are the Region of Peel and neighbouring municipalities of Orangeville, Mono, King, Mississauga and Toronto.

Caledon and Brampton remain officially on­ side with the highway, but their councils are split.

In late January, Brampton council voted on a motion to reverse its support for the highway, in part because the route cuts through the heart of Heritage Heights, a new town centre proposed as a complete, mixed-use, high-density community that integrates natural spaces. The council vote was evenly split, but the motion was lost when mayor, and former provincial Conservative leader, Patrick Brown cast the deciding ballot.

Caledon Mayor Allan Thompson is likewise a vocal supporter of the 413. With Caledon’s population slated to skyrocket to 300,000 by 2051, most of it at the south end, he asks, “How can we accommodate so many people without having some kind of infrastructure corridor?”

Still, with three of the town’s eight councillors adamantly opposed – Annette Groves, Ian Sinclair and Tony Rosa – as well as another, Christina Early, declaring a conflict of interest, and with a municipal election set for this fall, the town’s continued support for the highway is not a given.

In the meantime, both Caledon and Brampton did support the call for a federal environmental review, which was granted in May 2021 and will determine if a full federal impact assessment is warranted.

Not one to bow to public pressure, and with all three opposition parties vowing to kill the highway (again), Ford seems to be positioning the highway as a wedge issue that would gain him support in the coming election from the critical 905 region.

But the 905ers may not be the folks Ford thinks he knows. An Ekos poll conducted in December 2021 shows that 72 per cent of the cardriving population in the 905 area agree there’s a climate emergency and 74 per cent said the Greenbelt is no place for a 400-series highway.

So if not voters, who is Ford listening to?

Of eight prominent GTA land developers who own thousands of acres near the proposed

highway, at least four have close ties to the Ford government, according to a Toronto Star/ National Observer investigative report published in April 2021. The report notes, “Most of the developers in the group are also prolific PC donors, contributing at least $813,000 to support the party since 2014.” The highway and its asso­ ciated urban growth would represent a huge windfall to speculators, many of whom are likely to underwrite the upcoming provincial election.

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It will change Caledon forever Caledon has a lot to lose if Highway 413 is built.

The highway will sterilize and pave the way for development on a quarter of the town’s prime agricultural land – close to 10,600 acres.

And with half the total length of the 413 located in Caledon, the town will effectively be split in two, isolating southern communities from the rest of the town. Mayfield West, for example, will be completely encircled by 400-series highways.

And in spite of the protections afforded by the Greenbelt, the Niagara Escarpment and the Oak Ridges Moraine planning areas, residents in the northern part of Caledon will not escape the impact of the highway.

Thirty-nine per cent of the province’s active pits are located in the Greenbelt and Caledon is one of the top producing municipalities within 50 kilometres of the proposed highway. With an estimated 2.4 million tonnes of aggregate, or 104,000 truckloads, needed to build the 413, the town will face increased pressure to open up new pits and quarries. This is bad news for citizens already battling applications for new and expanded operations near the villages of Alton, Belfountain and Cataract.

Furthermore, with eight of the 14 interchanges on Highway 413 connecting to Caledon’s road system, the town can expect a marked increase in flow-through traffic along its north-south roads. A City of Vaughan transportation study, for example, looked at the effect of the 413 on its internal transportation network and found that two indicators of congestion – total vehiclekilometres travelled and total vehicle-hours travelled – would increase by 40 per cent and 35 per cent respectively.

As a Caledon staff report warned, the extra traffic will require substantial upgrades and maintenance on the town’s roads. Peel and Caledon’s taxpayers will be on the hook for the costs. The additional traffic will also exacerbate noise, light and air pollution, salt runoff and wildlife collisions.

However, even more than the physical impact of increased traffic and aggregate mining, the highway threatens a deeper, almost existential

assault on the essential character of Caledon that residents treasure and visitors seek – its open countryside, the sense of connection to an agrar­ ian past, and the prevailing reverence for nature.

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There is a better way Investing in a highway is not the only way to create jobs and move goods and people.

Perhaps most notably, the expert panel found that adding dedicated truck lanes on Highway 407 would “deliver significant travel time savings, especially for the goods movement sector.”

The chronically underutilized toll highway, privatized by the provincial government in 1999, is just 14 kilometres south of the proposed 413 at its farthest point. A report from Transport Action Ontario calculates that subsidizing truck tolls on the 407 over the next 30 years would cost the province half that of constructing and maintaining Highway 413.

As for moving people, the Metrolinx Regional Transportation Plan, includes seven unfunded rapid transit projects that together cost roughly the same as Highway 413. Collectively these pro­ jects would link the outer and inner ring GGH communities of Milton, Kitchener, Brampton, Dundas, Vaughan and Bolton, and move 22,000 to 29,000 people per hour compared to 7,000 people per hour using the 413.

“Investing in these rapid transit projects would move four times as many people as the highway for a comparable price,” says Peter Miasek, president of Transport Action Ontario.

These transit projects would go a long way to taking thousands of commuters off GGH highways and opening up existing highways for goods movement while contributing the same economic value as building the highway with far fewer social and environmental costs.

— Caledon has long prided itself on being an environmental leader. It has declared a climate emergency and set a carbon target of net zero by 2050. Its Climate Action Plan calls for the dev­ elopment of low carbon transportation alterna­ tives, protection of natural lands and a resilient food and agriculture sector. If this is the Caledon residents want and are proud to call home, how then is there a place in it for Highway 413?

Longtime Caledon resident Debbe Crandall is the former executive director of the Save the Oak Ridges Moraine Coalition and former chair of the Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation.

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BETH GRANT The East Garafraxa glass artist imbues her glossy beads with the colours and feel of the great outdoors, especially the expansive Far North.

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Artist Beth Grant creates lampwork beads at her worktable inside Orangeville’s Dragonfly Arts. above Swirls of colour are a hallmark of Beth’s jewelry designs.

espite the biting cold outside artist Beth Grant’s cozy workspace at Orangeville’s Dragonfly Arts on Broadway on a recent January morning, the colours the artist is shaping into glass beads easily conjure up warm summer landscapes and long blue rivers. Indeed, Beth’s mind is never far from such natural beauty.

“Often, during the creative process, I am transported back to the sights and scenery of one of my northern canoe trips, and I find the shapes and colours reflected in my work,” she says of the beads that go on to become jewelry and other artful objects.

For the past 30 years, Beth – a mother and grand­mother – has lived on seven acres of an East Garafraxa sugar maple bush backing onto the Grand River. Still, she says, “The farther north I travel, the happier I become.”

Beth attributes her passion for the North to an image of an iglu she saw in a book as a young girl.

She built on that fascination during undergraduate studies at York University, when the department of biology offered the opportunity to join a field trip to what is now Nunavut. After that, she made

the trek north for seven summers while in her 20s, earning a master’s degree in plant microbiology and conducting research for various universities and federal departments. As she studied the flora of the Melville Peninsula, the area that was the focus of her research, she immersed herself in the culture, colours and moods of the region.

Years later, Beth’s obsession would find an outlet in a modern take on the centuries-old Italian glass-blowing traditions of Murano, Italy. She had worked with stained glass for many years, but in 2005 she and her friend, Dragonfly Arts owner Joan Hope, rented torch time at a glass-blowing studio in Beaver Valley and started to experiment with making lampwork beads.

Centuries ago the glass for these beads was heated over a small oil-burning lamp, hence the term “lampwork.”

“During the initial learning stages, our focus was so intense that Joan and I would drive home from Beaver Valley in a state of total exhaustion after spending just a few hours working with torches and glass,” says Beth. Now her time with the studio torch is a more meditative experience.

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steel rod about nine inches long. The mandrel has been dipped into “bead release,” a liquid coating that keeps the glass adhered to the rod while it’s shaped, but releases it once the bead is cooled in a kiln.

Removing the rod creates a hole that allows a cord or wire to be threaded through the bead.

Holding the mandrel in her left hand, Beth heats it in the 2,000F flame blasting from the torch sitting on the steel-topped table in front of her. With her right hand, she chooses a stick of coloured glass.

Working slowly, she softens the glass in the torch flame, then – still working in the flame – she carefully winds the molten glass onto the mandrel and repeats this process with different-coloured glass sticks.

On this day, Beth slowly layers on a variety of colours – blues, greens, a beige and a white – one at a time. She is delighted when she traps a bubble while applying blue glass. “Most lampwork artists would be horrified if they trapped a bubble, but with my end design in mind, this is a bonus.”

Once she has applied the final colour to the bead, she smooths and shapes the molten glass (at this stage, about the size of the tip of a baby finger) by turning it in the flame. Then, in this case, she drops the bead into a press to create the final lentil shape destined to become a pendant for a necklace. From there, the bead, still attached to the mandrel, will go into the kiln that sits next to her worktable and is about the size of a small microwave.

As Beth creates more beads, she will add them to the kiln, which is kept at a temperature of about 920F. She will program the kiln to first raise the temperature to about 960F, then start a gradual cooling process to prevent the beads from becoming brittle or breaking. It will be about seven hours before she can open the kiln to see the finished products.

To keep her studio organized, Beth sorts her creations into categories such as Beach, Wild, Spring Rain and Keele River, named for a Northwest Territories river she has paddled. “Tropical Storm is my first and most popular collection. It features warm shades of aqua, green and turquoise with a few snowflakes mixed in for contrast,” she says.

There’s no doubt northern palettes will continue to show up in Beth’s work. Though the past two years have been quiet because of the pandemic, she plans to get back to her travel guide work for the Hockley-based Canoe North Adventures, which she has been involved in since 2009. In addition to the Keele river, Beth has paddled the Yukon, Horton and Great Bear rivers with clients. This work, she said, “has kept my love of the Arctic real and current, and through that, my creative inspirations flowing.”

Those inspirations have created a bounty of wearable, evocative mementoes for Beth’s clients and fans.

Gail Grant is a freelance writer who shares a last name with lampwork artist Beth Grant, though they are not related.

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GARDEN GROW? Creating your first vegetable garden can seem like a daunting task.

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rowing up in North York, Julia Dimakos says she remembers her yard had “maybe had a few tulips.” As an adult she had no gardening experience and had never considered growing her own food – until she and her husband left their downtown Toronto condo in 2006 and moved to Shelburne to start a family.

When their second child was born four years later, Dimakos started to pay more attention to the food they were eating. “I wanted to feed my kids organic foods and understand where it came from,” she says.

It was a visit to the parents of her child­ ren’s nanny that proved to be the push Dimakos needed to get her hands dirty and try vegetable gardening. The parents’ 300-acre property in Grey County included a simple farm garden – no fancy planters or raised beds, just rows in a field. “I stayed for dinner and everything we ate was fresh from the garden – it was so delicious. In that moment, I fell completely in love with the idea of growing my own food.”

Back home (and with a later gift of llama manure compost from her nanny’s parents), Dimakos started small, eventually installing a 4-by-16-foot raised garden bed on the south side of her home. “I took courses and spent tons of time researching and planning,” she says. “I can’t tell you how exciting and rewarding it was for me to see food come up from the ground, produced from the tiniest little seed that I planted.”

Dimakos and her family have since moved to a 24-acre property in Mono and she’s upped her game to a 7,000-square-foot formal potager of raised beds, pathways, and

Amateur gardener Emily Quinton grows vegetables in her backyard and in the Alton Village Square community garden.

fencing to keep the deer out. She starts plants in her greenhouse in March and produces food from early spring through November.

Her zeal for growing has also resulted in a new career as a gardening expert, speaker and writer. She shares gardening hacks and experiments with her 17,000-plus Instagram followers, offers inexpensive tools such as seed starting and outdoor planting calculators on her website, and is a brand ambassador for a seed company and a local worm manure company.

Dimakos says she has seen a dramatic uptick in new gardeners since the beginning of the pandemic. “Seed companies were completely sold out of everything, and it was difficult to get wood, tools and supplies because everyone wanted a garden. So many people fell in love with growing their own food and the idea of having something so safe and self-sufficient in their lives.”

Dimakos’ trajectory over the last decade is proof positive that novices needn’t be intimidated by vegetable gardening. We asked her and others for their best advice on the basics of getting started.

Location, location, location

Before you start digging, experts agree sunshine and water top the list, so choose your location with those in mind. Most vegetables need at least six hours of direct sunlight a day, or more if possible, says Mark Gorski, owner of Erin-based Gourmet Garden Organics. “I prioritize morning sun because it will dry up any dew and minimize the risk of fungal plant disease.”

At the same time, for watering, you don’t want to be too far from an outdoor tap. Gorski, whose business is focused on creating and maintaining custom vegetable gardens, says that usually means having a garden close to the house – where easy proximity to your kitchen is also a plus.

“When food starts coming in, you will begin planning your meals around what foods you must use from the garden, rather than what you need to buy.”

Gorski is an advocate of timed sprinklers and drip irrigation systems, but for small beginner gardens he recommends using a watering can with a long neck to reach under leaves to the base of the plants.

Size and style

Once you have a general idea of where to lay down roots and where your water will come from, it’s time to map out the plot. Experts advise starting small – as small as growing a few herbs and tomatoes in pots on your patio, which many seasoned veggie garden­ ers will tell you is how they got started.

When you are ready to commit, Gorski recommends raised beds because they give you the best control over the environment, most importantly the soil you start with.

(Raised beds are also a bit friendlier on the back and offer an easy perch.)

In a controlled environment you’ll have fewer weeds, Gorski says. So instead of weeding you’ll have more time for harvest­ ing, pruning and replanting. “If you give your garden the full attention it needs, it will naturally prosper and your yield per square foot will be noticeably more.” And he offers other clever ways to use every inch. Building a trellis at one end will keep climbing tomatoes or beans out of other vegetables’ airspace. Crops can trail over the edge of a box – zucchinis, for instance, can rest on the ground outside the box.

Easy raised beds kits are available to purchase, but if you’re framing your own, the design can be simple and straight­ forward. Gorski advises going no wider than four feet, so you can always reach the centre.

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your budget and motivation allow, he says two 4-by-8-foot beds provide space for enough variety and volume to “make a meal out of it.”

Gorski recommends using twoby-eight cedar boards. Cedar is rot resistant and will last longer than standard construction lumber. Aim for a depth of 10 to 16 inches – deeper if you are installing in an area that has minimal existing soil depth. If you line the bottom to block weeds, don’t use landscape fabric. It will block vegetable roots from fully growing down and out, he says, and it gets stringy and messy as it breaks down. “I like to use kraft paper, which is not only highly effective, but also decomposes naturally.”

If you don’t want raised beds and are starting a new garden, or rehabilitating a fallow one, plan on deep digging to remove as much of the grass and weed root mass as possible. Then layer in fresh soil and composted manure without mixing it in. (Think a layer cake, not a well-mixed batter.) “This will limit competition between your vegetable

seeds and existing weed seeds present in the original soil,” says Gorski.

Similar layering is also at the heart of what’s called no-dig, sheetcomposting or “lasagna” gardening.

It involves laying down a layer of damp cardboard, leaves or newspaper directly on top of a lawn or an old garden before adding layers of soil and compost. Check out instruction videos online if you’re curious.

A word on soil

Dumping a heap of topsoil into your vegetable garden is not how it’s done.

You need to use proper gardening soil that contains nutrient-dense organic matter such as compost and manure.

“I generally avoid bagged soil and instead buy it in bulk by the cubic yard, which means you can then create the perfect garden mix,” Gorski says.

Ask your garden centre what kind of soil they supply and whether there’s compost mixed in. If not, you can ask them to add it to your order. “Using the proper soil will set your garden up for growth success and eliminate excessive weeds,” says Gorski.

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right Gardening expert Julia Dimakos’s Mono garden features a formal design, walkways and raised beds – and simple mesh wastebaskets she uses to protect her seedlings from squirrels.

the source of your soil is crucial; she’s had bad experiences with soil and compost deliveries that contain bits of garbage that hadn’t been properly screened out. (She notes that bagged soil is fine for small gardens and pots.) And though you may have heard chatter about testing pH levels and mineral content of your soil, it’s not often required. “You only need to test if you are growing something specific that requires acidic soil, like blueberries,” she says.

After you add soil, top dress it with composted manure (sheep manure is common at garden centres) to keep nu­ trient levels up. This can be done in the fall or spring. If you have space, think about starting your own loose compost pile immediately, using plant material, kitchen scraps – no oils, meat or dairy

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because they attract critters – and paper products. If you want to include a wider variety of food waste, Dimakos suggests buying a sealed compost tumbler. This will also speed up the process due to its ability to hold heat.

If you want to know more about soil specifics, study up. Owen Goltz and Susan Graham of Riverdale Farm and Forest in Inglewood – a community farm which sells fresh produce onsite from May to December – are cham­ pions of sustainable farming and are among those who offer classes and workshops for home gardeners.

Theirs cover the relationship between photosynthesis, soil microbes and soil nutrients; the dos and don’ts of tillage; soil remineralization; and compost basics. “Each one of these is an important aspect of growing food and they’re interconnected with each other,” says Goltz.

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I learned that I like the way many things look, like rainbow chard, but actually don’t love eating them,” says Emily Quinton, an avid food grower and a garden care volunteer at the Alton Village Square community garden. “I love peas and carrots, so I grow lots of those throughout the season.”

Quinton, who maintains three 3-by-6-foot raised beds at her home in Alton, says the beginner crops she recommends are popular, fast growing and resilient – such as radishes, lettuces, peas and kale. She notes these are also good vegetables to plant from seed. More delicate heat-loving plants such as tomatoes, eggplants and peppers are best planted as seedlings to give them a head start. All are also smart choices for novices because they tend to be compact, easy growers.

How to avoid too much of one crop or crops that mature all at once are topics running through the coaching and workshops of commercial farmer Jamie Richards of Mono’s Am Braigh Farm. One approach he takes with folks just starting out is to help them create a “backward design.” Gardeners identify what they want out of their garden, and he works backward with

them to achieve it over the course of the entire season. Building on this, like other experts, he shares the gospel of succession planting.

Quinton says this is a topic that can “sound a lot more intimidating than it really is. What it means is refreshing what you plant in your garden to ensure you have some core favourites growing all season. Salad greens, herbs, carrots, beans and peas can be planted multiple times throughout the spring, summer and early fall – as often as every two or three weeks.”

As for when to plant, in a mild spring you may be able to get a few cool-season vegetables like spinach, arugula, onions and collards into the ground as early as April, says Quinton.

As the days warm into May, finish putting in the rest of your first seeds and seedlings. Your seed packets will include detailed instructions. If seedlings don’t come with any growing information, ask an expert at the garden centre where you buy them.

You might want to plot it all out on paper with an eye to the ideal spacing requirements for each plant. The standard garden spacing scale ranges from extra small (imagine 16 plants or seeds in four rows of four per square

foot) for compact veggies like radishes and carrots to extra large (one plant per four square feet) for summer squash and zucchini.

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Sorry, there’s no resting on your laurels now. For a small new garden, Gorski says plan to spend time watering almost daily, and at least two to four hours a week on weeding, pruning and pulling plants that have finished their production cycle.

To help cut down on weeding time, Dimakos recommends mulching with chopped leaves or straw. “Put it down around young plants right away so no unwanted growth can establish itself.

In garden beds I use mulch not just to prevent weeds, but also moisture loss.” (A bonus of leaf mulch: You can eventually work it in to augment the soil, says Dimakos.)

You may also have to do battle with natural garden pests. Gorski removes bugs and slugs by hand and puts them in a bucket of soapy water.

Chipmunks, rabbits and deer are also

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first-class enemies. Try companion planting marigolds on the perimeter of your garden as well as between rows of veggies to ward off rodents and insects. Fencing is the best way to dissuade deer.

And Gorski has another garden hack he says works well. “Dog hair is a natural repellent for four-legged garden pests. I put a small amount around plants and the scent drives animals away. It’s compostable and you can fold it into the soil when it’s done its job. Contact a local dog groomer and pick up a bag for free.”

Now, your success will also rely on factors you can’t control, most notably, the weather. But Quinton says it’s important to celebrate your wins, no matter how small they are, then tweak your plan for ways to enhance your success the next season.

“Every year I try something new and aim to get a variety of veggies, colours and heights established,” she says. “As most gardeners will attest, growing your own produce is rewarding, but it’s also a bit of a trial by fire in terms of learning and making the most out of everything you grow.”

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Grammy Di first started baking the moist, luscious cakes 55 years ago and they continue to be beloved by her children, grandchildren and friends. Jackson launched the business in October after graduating from university. One of Dianna’s sons, Jackson’s Uncle Chris, is the CFO. The moist, rich Bundt works as an everyday dessert or a special occasion treat, he says.

“When I was a kid, birthdays at Grammy’s were the best because that meant Grammy Di’s chocolate cake with a twist – she baked money inside, so we were always searching for toonies and loonies,” says Jackson. “My favourite way to enjoy a slice is with a scoop of vanilla ice cream – Kawartha Dairy complements it the best.”

The Grammy Di chocolate Bundt cakes are available in an original iced version or the “Plain Jane” as shown here.

Now we can all enjoy frosted or unfrosted chocolate Bundt cakes for birthdays, Sunday night dinners or other celebrations. Cakes come in 7-inch and 10-inch sizes. Want to try it before buying a whole one? It’s coming soon to the dessert menu at Rustik Local Bistro in Orangeville. Delivery is available within a 20-kilometre radius of the bakery at Airport Road and 5 Sideroad. Cakes can be frozen and are peanut- and nut-free, with no added preservatives or artificial flavours, of course – Grammy Di knows what she’s doing.

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Garlic tasting kit Albion Hills Community Farm now has an online store featuring winter produce and baked goods.

We’re tempted by the Garlic Tasting kit with six of the farm’s organic garlic bulbs labelled by variety, including Ukrainian, Italian, Sicilian, Korean, Persian and Salt Spring. Sounds to us like a garlic bread taste test waiting to happen.

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Mulmur’s Jackson Oswald so believes in the chocolate Bundt cakes his grandmother, Dianna Oswald, makes, he started a business – Grammy Di Cakes – to share them with others.

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Shelburne’s Shine Baking Co. has made a name for itself as a local go-to for vegan, gluten-free and nut-free breads, cookies and cakes. Now they’re moving beyond their farmers’ market work to offer a wider range of pickup and delivery fare.

Owner Rosie Cornelius has added pizzas, quiches, soups, Buddha bowls, “cheese” sauces for pasta and much more to her menu of bakery hits.

Our favourite beer makers now offer delivery across Headwaters – some with fees waived for minimum orders. In addition to the lagers, ales and sours you’re after, watch for clever subscription packages from Caledon Hills Brewing Co., Sonnen Hill Brewery and Badlands Brewing Company to keep you in the know about new brews. At GoodLot Farmstead Brewing Co.’s site, you can add merchandise to your cart, including caps, T-shirts and branded golf discs (they’ll be useful when GoodLot’s recently expanded disc golf course reopens in May).

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Mushroom mavens Creemore has a new stop for fungi fans. Renee and Antony Brlec opened Whispering Pines Mushrooms on Mill Street in Creemore in December 2021 after connecting with shoppers at the Creemore Farmers’ Market.

The couple started growing on a large scale about two years earlier and now also sells wholesale to restaurants and CSA programs.

The store offers a dizzying array of fresh-picked mushrooms, which are cultivated indoors on organic and sterile substrates in controlled environ­ ments, and then packaged in market boxes to extend shelf life. Intriguing – and visually stunning – varieties include the bright yellow sun oyster mushroom, which Renee and Antony say has a buttery flavour, and the cherry blossom oyster mushroom, which is pink, dense and meaty.

The shop also stocks mushroom coffee and tea blends, powders, tinctures, pickled mushrooms, grow kits, chocolates, honey, black fermented garlic and artisanal drinks.

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Come for the yoga and osteopathy, stay for lunch and coffee. Natalie and Craig Kipling recently added a full café to their Headwaters Wellness in Alton.

Gather Café features wood-fired pizza, salads, wraps and breakfast items. This version of wellness includes a coffee bar, sweet treats and ice cream too.

“Gather Café is a neighbourhood café where happiness, health and community come together,” says Natalie.

At Avani Rolls and Bowls on Main Street East in Shelburne, customers choose from a range of burrito-inspired bowls and poutine, but with savoury toppings such as tikka masala and butter chicken. Packed with protein and vegetables, these are fun and satisfying takeaway meals.

Alton’s new Gather Café at Headwaters Wellness offers salads, wraps and wood-fired pizza.

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Inglewood’s new Lost Bear Market – a sister operation to the village’s Coywolf Coffee also on McLaughlin Road – is a one-stop shop for homemade soup, freshly made sandwiches, and frozen stews and lasagnes. You’ll also find local and artisanal staples including milk, eggs, cereal and nut butters – and don’t miss the refrigerated jars of Inglewood-made Wild Culture Ferments sauerkraut and kimchi.

After 20 years of bringing roasted coffee to Creemore and area, the Creemore Coffee Company is setting up shop. You’ll find Creemore Coffee Roastery Store at the old community centre beside the post office in New Lowell. Owner Louise Priest has gath­ ered local hits – Alba Lisa Mexican products out of Alliston and Creemore’s Damn Good Dips – and sourced others from out of area: bagels and blueberry buns from Toronto-based Gryfe’s Bagel Bakery, Scarborough’s Fahmee Bakery Jamaican patties, Parviz Bakery African hand pies from Oakville, pizzas from Barrie’s Pie Wood Fired Pizza Joint.

Drop by for a fresh cup of java, roasted by Louise’s husband, Trevor, paired with a quick bite and takehome gourmet picks for later. “The delicious smell overload coupled with the education on coffee is what makes coming here so much fun,” says Louise.

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A shift at Spirit Tree Change is in the air at Caledon’s Spirit Tree Estate Cidery.

Owner Tom Wilson recently announced the shop’s indoor bistro space will now hold only private events. They’ll host their own ticketed dinners – think inventive menus paired with ciders – and offer the space for private functions.

Until the weather warms up, the ever-changing bistro menu – and their regular Friday and Saturday pizza nights – is entirely takeaway. Order everything from a burger with aged cheddar on a brioche bun and housemade frites to a charcuterie box online or at the bar in the shop.

By late spring, the cidery’s outdoor bistro bar will be open and ready for customers with service at two dozen picnic tables, each seating up to six guests. About 10 tables will be under a marquee tent. A covered porch area will also be available for private functions of up to 30 guests. “This latest evolution we are announcing will continue that long tradi­ tion of great products and knowledgeable service to our faithful customers,” says Tom.

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or most active kids, trail running doesn’t need a name – it’s just the natural way to navigate a forest path. As a sport that has been taken up by adults, however, trail running gets called cross-country running, mountain running, hill running, fell running or even, in German, traillauf. But no matter what the moniker, this sport combines hiking and running – so maybe “hunning” or “riking” or “runking.” It usually involves trotting along flats and scrambling up and down hills.

Yes, hills are part of the fun, which makes the rolling landscape of Mono and Mulmur, as well as the local residents’ fun-loving friendliness, a hit with trail runners from across the Greater Toronto Area and beyond.

The enjoyment of being in nature is a common thread among trail runners. Erin resident Neil Baird says, “I’m happiest when running on the trails. It’s something that uses all my senses.”

Given a choice between running indoors on a treadmill or outside in −20C weather, he would always choose the latter.

And Creemore resident Kathy Webber, who organizes trail runs called North of 89 Outdoors, or N89, often slips on her trail-running shoes early in the morning. “Watching the sun come up over the hills and hearing the birds waking up. That’s a gift,” she says.

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came about because of a global surge of interest in the sport. Between 2013 and 2019, 195 countries hosted 25,700 competitions with a total of about 5 million entrants. And though the pandemic put a damper on competitions, the sport seems to be bouncing back more strongly than ever. This season, at least eight trail-running events are already in the works in Dufferin County alone.

Three of these competitions will take place at the Mansfield Outdoor Centre, where Johnny Yeaman and a team of volunteers, mostly from the mountain-biking community, have been working to revive 20-yearold overgrown trails and open new ones on the hill-rich property.

Along with his wife, Karen Gillies, Yeaman is best known as the force behind the Team Van Go mountain biking club, but he is spearheading the preparation of trails for a host of both trail-running and mountainbiking events.

When Covid forced the cancellation of most competitions in 2020, Jodi McNeill, well-known proprietor of the now-closed Running Free store in Orangeville, found it hard to get out running. “There are people like my husband, Norm, who just run; then there are people like me who need the motivation of competition,” she says. “In 2020, I nearly didn’t run at all. Why bother if there’s no race in my schedule?”

Rather than becoming a couch potato, however, McNeill changed gears. In 2021, she resurrected as virtual events a trio of Gotta Run Racing trail-running competitions she had been organizing for some time: The Rainbow Trail Run, the Island Lake Classic and the Chase the Coyote Trail Race. Even before the pandemic there had been a virtual option for Chase the Coyote. Runners didn’t need to turn up on a specific day; they could complete the course at their leisure and then

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Scenes from the popular Chase the Coyote trail race in Mono Cliffs Park: (top) Participants traverse a field of asters and goldenrod. (bottom, left to right) Vanessa White of Grand Valley leads a group past a beaver pond; an enthusiastic runner is colour-co-ordinated with the wildflowers; swag is part of the fun.

send in their results. They still had to enter and were still eligible to win prizes and, of special importance to McNeill, they still got swag.

McNeill loves the swag, or the Stuff We All Get, that comes in a race kit. Generally, it comprises promotional material and free products, ranging from shoelaces to a hat or gloves. She puts a lot of effort into what goes into a Gotta Run kit, saying, “The worst swag is an ill-fitting T-shirt.” On the other hand, one of the most popular items she included in a 2016 race kit was a trucker hat. “We still have people asking if we have any left to purchase,” she says.

Webber, too, loves swag. After organizing virtual-only events last year, N89 will launch its first in-person event on June 4 this year.

The in-person component of the Great Mansfield Outdoors race will take place at the Mansfield Outdoor Centre and offer distances of 5 kilometres, 10 kilometres and a half marathon (21.1k). The swag will include prizes made by local artists, local food and, importantly, local breweries. Four breweries have already signed up, including Creemore Springs and Caledon’s Goodlot Farmstead Brewing Co. Flights of their local brews will be offered as part of the post-race festi­v ities. A 6k virtual version of the race will take place at the Main Tract of the Dufferin County Forest.

Like the events organized by McNeill, the Great Mansfield Outdoors race is a chance for trail runners, their family and friends to enjoy a great day in Dufferin’s hills. These competitions are more about cros­ sing the finish line and having fun than about posting the fastest time.

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Camaraderie is also an important aspect of the sport. Steve Hunter leads the Dufferin Dirt Runners, a group of trail runners who meet weekly to head out together. Participation bloomed during the pandemic.

“2020 was our biggest year,” says Hunter. “On our largest nights, we had 40 runners.” As a result, he separated runners into three groups: fast, faster and fastest. Despite his focus on fun, he says, “No one wants to be in a ‘slow’ group.”

At 6 p.m. on Thursday evenings from May to October, the runners meet at a different spot near Orangeville for a 5k to 8k run followed by a chance to socialize and share stories. Every March 14 – or 3.14 – the group holds a “Pi Run.” Afterwards, they enjoy a variety of sweet and savoury “pi(e)s,” including pizzas. On Truth and Reconciliation Day, the Dufferin Dirt For more Runners wear orange, and on Canada Day information they sport red and white. on trail Trish Teeter of Erin doesn’t worry running much about pace, but she is a bit obsessed with distance. Since starting out at one of N89 Trail Series Running Free’s learn-to-run clinics, Teeter n89.ca has graduated to what’s referred to as an “ultra” distance: anything more than a Gotta Run marathon (42.2k). In October, she’ll enter Racing her second 50k trail run. gottarunracing.com Ditto Baird. He recently signed up for the 50k option at McNeill’s Chase the Coyote Trail Race, which will take place in Mono 5 Peaks Trail Cliffs Park on Septem­ber 17. Runners have Running Series eight hours – yes, eight hours – to finish the 5peaks.com/ course, nearly twice the time needed to run 2022-ontario-bonus this distance in a road race. Winning is not Billed as an “Ontario on Baird’s radar. His goal, he says, is simply bonus event” by 5 to finish. “I would be happy to be listed as Peaks, which organizes competitions across DFL [or dead f-ing last] rather than DNF Canada, this is the [did not finish].” third of the trailMcNeill acknowledges her emphasis on running races slated experience rather than speed is not un­ to take place this related to the fact that she isn’t a particularly season at Mansfield fast runner herself. “I don’t see a whole Outdoor Centre. lot of podiums,” she says. She’s drawn to fun events, ones that have a theme, which Compass accounts for the latest addition to the lineup Run for Food of Gotta Run competitions. compassrun.com The Lost Treasure Trail Race debuts May

14 at Mansfield Outdoor Centre. What gives Dufferin this race an extra sparkle is a little-known Dirt Runners story about Jesse James – yes, that Jesse Steve Hunter James, the outlaw. According to local lore, 647-638-4723 James hid out for a time in Dufferin County and left his gold buried on a farm near Mansfield.

On hearing this tale, McNeill got a bit of gold fever herself. More important, she had the theme for a new race.

And what could be more fun than coming up with treasure-themed swag? The race medals, for instance, resemble gold coins, and the ribbons are stamped with either 5k or 10k, the distances you can choose to run in person on May 14 – or anytime virtually if you can’t make it to Mansfield on race day.

Being a race director is a lot like managing a running store, says McNeill, only better. “It’s more fun because when we sold a pair of shoes to someone who was training for their first marathon, we didn’t always get to hear how their experience was,” she says. “Whereas at the races, we work and plan for months in advance, and then it all culminates at the finish line where we get to see the joy – and some­ times pain! – on their faces as they finish and receive their medal.”

She adds, “After all, we really are in the experience business.”

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Kids’ Summer Camps 2022 For parents and caregivers spring heralds a seasonal ritual many of us have missed these last two years – booking summer camp! Our Kids’ Camps in the Hills page at inthehills.ca/kidscamps-in-headwaters is your go-to guide to what’s available across the Headwaters region.

Here’s a sampling of what’s already available – check in with us regularly for updates.

Traditional and Nature Camps Teen Ranch is known for its riding programs on its sprawling Caledon property. Palgrave United Community Kitchen’s Dirt2Delicious camp leans into local, sustainable food and environmental issues.

Albion Hills Conservation Park hosts a day camp in July for kids ages 5 to 9 with swimming, campfire cooking – even catching crayfish in a stream. For older kids 9 to 12, Albion Hills Field Centre is home base to overnight camp weeks in August. Kids Inc. Camp in Erin buses in lucky kids from across Headwaters to its expansive camp property.

Town of Orangeville’s Camp Aliquam brings songs, games and crafts to various facilities across town including Alder Recreation Centre and Tony Rose Memorial Sports Centre. The Ecology Day Camp (EcoCamp) at Island Lake Conservation Area fills the day with canoeing, environmental studies and fishing. Expect orienteering, music, trampoline parks and more at Compass Community Church’s

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Compass Camps at its Orangeville, Shelburne and Grand Valley locations. And Mansfield Outdoor Centre keeps it old school with campfires, nature programs and outdoor games.

Town of Caledon’s Stage Kids Camp comprises workshop-style classes aimed at building confidence on stage, screen and at public speaking events. Cartoon computer animation and interactive coding are two of the cool technology camps also held by the town.

Sports Camps Caledon Equestrian School woos young riders to weeklong programs in which they learn to ride, care for their mounts and prepare for a horse show. The perfect serve awaits at tennis camps dotted around the region. The Caledon Tennis Club and Orangeville Tennis Club camps promise skills training and match play in small settings. In Amaranth, Headwaters Fitness and Racquet Club adds archery to their busy tennis camps.

Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives isn’t holding on-site camps due to renovations, but they’re bulking up their family staycation lineup – step-by-step artsy activities such as 3D clay art, pinhole cameras and more.

The Athlete Institute in Mono offers elite basketball training at their summer basketball academy. If your child is more about open water, Crew Camp at Island Lake Rowing Club puts tweens in single sculls and crew boats. And junior golfers polish their skills at the Shelburne Golf and Country Club.

Tweens and teens audition for spots in Theatre Orangeville’s Musical Young Company and Drama Young Company, then spend the summer prepping for full-scale productions.

Campers work clay at Pottery Summer Camp at Orangeville’s Pottery Parties Studio.

In Shelburne, Streams Community Hub serves its arts and music-centred camps with a healthy dose of self-confidence.

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Julie is a former social worker, while her husband, Steven, owned and ran a manufacturing company.

“Julie and I both grew up in houses where philanthropy was a focus,” says Steven. “So when we became parents, it was important to give our kids the same awareness.” Along with their two sons, Cameron and James, Julie and Steven set family donation goals, which were divided between local and national causes. Cameron and James donated a third of their allowances and were involved in volunteering throughout their childhood.

When Steven sold his interest in the manufacturing business last year, the couple felt they wanted to do something more substantive. And after reviewing their options, they decided to make a lump-sum donation through the Dufferin Community Foundation, creating the Woodlot Endowment Fund.

The idea behind community foundations is fairly simple: a pool of money is donated, creating an entity called an “endow­ ment fund.” The capital from this fund is then invested. The return on the investment is granted to charities and other qualifying organizations year after year, while the capital is preserved forever.

Launched in 2018, the Dufferin Community Foundation is a relatively new name on the list of 191 community foun­dations across Canada. Most are organized according to municipal boundaries, and some date back nearly a century.

Next door in Caledon, the Brampton and Caledon Com­ munity Foundation is in its 20th year. To date it has built a portfolio of about $11 million, a figure that fluctuates with market conditions.

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BACCF currently has about 110 endowment funds.

“Generally speaking, they’re mostly individuals who want to leave a legacy recognizing their family’s history and involve­ ment in the community,” says Jim Boyd, who has been the foundation’s president and CEO since 2004. Some funds have also been created by charities themselves. The income from the charities’ investments is returned to them in the form of grants to support their programs and operations.

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Caledon Meals on Wheels, for exam­ple, has received grants over several years from BACCF to support its health and wellness program for seniors. Last year, the organization also received assistance from DCF for its meals service in Orangeville.

“Community foundations are great supporters of small and medium-sized organizations,” says CMOW executive director Christine Sevigny. “The people who work and volunteer for the founda­ tions are building bridges within the community. They know what the needs are, and they work hard to help organi­ zations like ours meet those needs.”

Boyd says, “Charities appreciate any donation, but they particularly appreciate it when they themselves can direct how the money is spent.”

Many donors make their contribu­ tions as part of estate planning. “They might start with $5,000 today, and then leave a larger sum in their estate,” says Boyd. These donors often want to make their donations in a pragmatic way that enables them to maximize the benefits and see the results while they’re still alive. And though most BACCF fund­ ing comes from large donations, Boyd stresses that the foundation welcomes donations of any size.

Gord Gallaugher is a founding director, president and chair of the Dufferin Community Foundation. The former Mulmur councillor and mayor, who also served as Dufferin County warden, engaged with many charities during his years of municipal service, and he realized they all struggled with fundraising. “I thought, There must be a better way,” he says.

Of the DCF’s 2018 launch, Gallau­ gher adds, “The timing was right. We know there are a considerable number of people with resources in the county, especially these days, when almost every home is worth a million dollars.”

Funds invested through the initiative already exceed $1.25 million, and that figure is expected to surpass $1.5 million by the end of this year. The return on the investments made with these funds means that, this year, up to $30,000 will be disbursed among Dufferin charities. In 2023, the foundation expects to disburse about $50,000.

Like their sister foundation in Caledon, DCF also disbursed money from the Emergency Community Support Fund.

“For high net-worth people, a com­ munity foundation is an alternative to starting their own family foundation.” says Gallaugher. Philanthropy doesn’t come cheap, and meeting annual legal and auditing requirements results in

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high operating costs for family founda­ tions. “The accounting people say that, to make sense, a family foundation needs to start with $5 million,” he says.

“Within the Dufferin Community Foundation, we can do it for much less.”

Boyd echoes this sentiment and adds, “A challenge for family foundations is to sustain their operations over time.

Should interest lag or other concerns intrude, many family foundations get folded into community foundations.”

There’s no cost to creating a family endowment fund within a commu­ nity foundation. Donors usually have several charitable goals, often naming three or four types of charities, and the community foundation model enables them to have a say, if they wish, in where the investment income goes. The foundation also absorbs the auditing costs. In Dufferin to date, says Gallaugher, “All the families that have come have done it on the recommen­ dation of their professional advisers.”

Julie and Steven Wood were attracted to the community foundation model in part because it creates sustainable funding. Julie says, “We also liked that it isn’t a fixed list of recipients, versus just giving money to one organization, like, say, the hospital.” Other appealing features include the ability to be as hands-on as they wish when it comes to where the grants are directed.

The couple also appreciates that, through having many minds at the table, the community foundation has a strong grasp of local needs and how these may change over time. Or as Steven puts it, the foundation has “umbrella awareness.”

Income tax deductions were also a consideration. With the sale of his company, Steven would have faced a significant tax bill, which he was able to reduce through the charitable donation. “My understanding is that it isn’t quite dollar for dollar,” he says, “but in a sense, it’s a situation where you can either pay the Canada Revenue Agency or you can pay the charity.”

The Woods are focused on two primary areas: physical and mental health, and family supports. Secondary focus areas will be the arts, education, scholarships and athletics.

Both Julie and Steven stress the sense of personal reward philanthropy provides. “I feel like I’m not being so self-focused,” Steven says. “It makes me aware of the community. There are a lot of people who worked just as hard as I did, but things didn’t play out the same way for them.” Julie adds, “It gives extra meaning to day-to-day life.

I feel like I’m thinking about the world beyond our four walls.”

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manager. When a large project came up to build and install warehouse racking, the manager asked if Jenna wanted to take it on herself rather than the company outsourcing the work. Her maintenance partner had experience in racking and so they said yes. Jenna’s boss was so impressed, he told her that if she started a company, he would hire her for all upcoming racking projects.

That was the push she needed to reg­ ister her business in November 2014 at the age of 21. The next year Jenna hired 10 staff, mostly women. “It was fun.

We worked all day and made money.

We soon had more job requests than we could handle.”

In those days Jenna recalls working all the time. If she didn’t now have a young child and two on the way, she imagines she might still be putting in those extremely long days. “My family definitely modelled a strong work ethic as I was growing up,” she says of her parents’ factory and cleaning jobs. “They went to work every day, no matter the conditions.”

To most observers Jenna’s work schedule is anything but cushy, even if she isn’t up on that scissor lift every day. Three of her weekdays can take her to far-flung job sites, then to her office in Mississauga, and back to job sites again before she signs off. (Two days a week she works from home.)

Here’s what a typical daily schedule looks like for her.

4:30 a.m. Jenna wakes up first, gets her coffee and plans her day.

5 a.m. Sophie wakes up and has a bottle, and they hang out in the living room. Jenna makes breakfast and gets ready.

6:45 a.m. Jenna’s mom arrives to watch Sophie and Jenna leaves to drop in on one of her job sites. Even though she works with Tyler, they don’t see that much of each other as he is a project foreman and on the job site five or six days a week. He leaves after she does.

Today, Jenna visits a food storage facility in Milton. Ten of her 15 crew members are working there, setting up storage racks. Jenna uses this face time to make sure everything is set for the day and to handle communications

between the client and her staff. Ulti­ mately, Jenna is responsible for all operations and client relations. “The best part of the job is when we’ve really delivered, and a client is happy.

The worst part is if, for some reason, we’ve disappointed a client. If that ever happens, we do everything possible to make it up to them.”

If her staff are, “being good little kittens, I’ll bring them doughnuts.”

Jenna says she has an open-door policy – even if that means mostly virtually by phone. “My team and I are constantly discussing project management details to ensure every­ thing is running smoothly. And, of course, they know they can contact me anytime, even on the days when I’m at home with my daughter.”

9 a.m. Jenna arrives at her office in Mississauga. The day’s meetings with her office manager and co-ordinator are a chance to troubleshoot and get caught up on administration.

Right now, a staffing wrinkle takes priority. “I’ve had a guy call in sick the entire week,” she says. “We’re heading into a meeting now to figure out where we move bodies. Do we cancel a job?

Push a job? We have to put our heads together.”

She also touches base with the office manager on regular tasks like payroll.

(On Thursdays Jenna does the bank run.)

Some mornings she has time to head down the street to squeeze in a workout at the gym, but not today.

Prepandemic and prepregnancy, one of Jenna’s passions was bodybuilding and entering bikini fitness stage shows.

“My team came out to cheer me on at a show in November 2019. Then Christmas came, then Covid, then Sophie,” she says. “After the twins are born, I’ll get back out there.”

11 a.m. onward Jenna heads out to meet a long-term client for an inspection to see if it’s time to upgrade the systems Racked Out installed for them a while back. She says maintaining relationships like this is key to her business.

Back in the office, she meets with her co-ordinator for the rest of the workday. They cover upcoming projects and review files, quotes, rentals and materials.

The Milton job will take the com­ pany well into the spring. Smaller jobs can take as little as a day. Jenna usually juggles between two and four jobs – which can range from smaller retail operations who need their back rooms kitted out to enormous warehouse spaces.

She says the latter can be tough environments – especially if they’re not cooled in the summer or heated in the winter. Still, she is in her element.

“We’re busy all the time and have had to turn down work. I would never want to do anything else.”

Indeed, Jenna marvels that most people don’t know her field of work exists. “Even though the racking industry requires skilled people, including engineers, it’s not even classified as a trade. Our installers are in high demand.”

3 p.m. Jenna leaves the office to swing by the job site in Milton again to review the day’s progress.

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4:30 p.m. Jenna arrives back home and her mom leaves. Depending on the job Tyler is on, he may not be home until 7. She spends time with Sophie, playing and preparing dinner. Jenna cooks and Tyler cleans. On the two days she doesn’t go to the office, she takes care of the home front. When the family is together, they enjoy hiking and walking their dog, a golden retriever named Charlie, or going for a swim in their pool in summer.

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7 p.m. It’s finally downtime. As spring approaches and the sun sets later, Jenna and Tyler will tackle the significant outdoor tasks, gardening and cutting the grass on the two-acre property they moved to in July 2021. No surprise: Jenna is at home on a tractor.

She’s also very gratified to be a home­ owner. One of her epiphanies about her career came in 2019 when, at the age of 27, she was able to buy a house in Orangeville. “As a result of all that hard work, I was so proud to be able to buy my first home at an early age.

That really meant a lot to me.”

Janice Quirt is a freelance writer who lives in Orangeville.

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As a country property owner you may be eligible to apply for one of three Ontario tax savings programs – and start your journey as a steward of the landscape.

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f you’re new to the countryside, you’ve probably already encountered a few of the clever insider secrets of rural living. The best local farm stand for fresh eggs. The art of the low-key hand wave to neighbours as you pass in a car. And the least busy Bruce Trail entrance points.

If you own an acreage, we have three more for you – money-saving tax incentive programs which may put a smile on your face. That they happen to help preserve some of the most beautiful natural landscapes, farmland and forests in Headwaters is an excellent bonus. You may be a contender for multiple programs, but you’ll have to ask program administrators directly about applying for more than one. Here’s some information to get you started.

Conservation Land Tax Incentive Program This program supports the long-term private stewardship of Ontario’s most important natural areas. Administered by the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry, this program could mean a tax exemption if at least a half acre has eligible features mapped by the province. These include areas of natural and scientific interest (ANSI), significant wetlands or a designation as part of the Niagara Escarpment Plan (NEP). You may be eligible for a 100 per cent exemption on the eligible portions of land.

If approved, you agree to protect the designated area and allow the ministry to inspect if requested. There is no cost to apply – the deadline is July 31 for the following tax year – and if accepted you must reapply annually. The ministry mails applications to eligible homeowners. If you think you’re eligible, but haven’t received one, visit ontario.ca/page/conservation-landtax-incentive-program or email cltip@ontario.ca.

Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program This initiative, which also falls under the natural resources ministry, recruits eligible property owners to take good care of their wooded areas. Once your property is classified as “managed forest,” you will pay only 25 per cent of your usual tax rate. Among the criteria: You must own 9.88 acres or more of forested land on a single property and have a minimum number of trees – 400 trees per acre is the general requirement, but varies with tree size.

You will need to hire a professional managed forest planner to draft a 10-year plan detailing how you will conscientiously manage your property with activities that may include planting native tree species, thinning, harvesting, and limiting disturbances in environmentally-sensitive areas.

Your managed forest planner will work with you to develop a plan and help submit your application to the ministry. The deadline is June 30 for the following tax year. You are required to provide a progress report every five years and a new management plan every 10 years. Visit ontario.ca/document/managed-forest-taxincentive-program-guide or email mftip@ontario.ca.

Farm Tax Program Agricorp is the provincial government agency created to provide risk management programs and services to the agricultural industry. It oversees the Farm Tax Program – which can significantly reduce property taxes if you own farmland that you or a tenant farmer works professionally.

Usually the sale of a property will trigger an application being sent to you. There is no application fee, but you’ll need to submit the farm’s most recent Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) assessment of value (due to the pandemic,

assessments for the 2022 and 2023 property tax years will continue to be based on January 1, 2016 values), and information on who is farming. You or the tenant should be making a minimum annual gross farming income of $7,000, although there are some exceptions to this rule. (One is if you are a startup business.)

If your property is deemed eligible Agricorp will inform MPAC of the change and MPAC will inform your municipality. Your residence and one acre of land surrounding it will be taxed at your municipality’s residential tax rate. The farmland and associated outbuildings considered part of the farm tax class will be taxed at no more than 25 per cent of that rate. (According to MPAC, depending on your use of the land, portions of your farm property may be assigned other classifications, which will affect your property’s overall valuation.)

You do not need to reapply annually if you keep your or your tenant’s Farm Business Registration (FBR) number current and meet other requirements.

You do need to inform Agricorp of any changes that could affect your property’s eligibility (i.e., land use, property rental arrangements, farm business structure), and in most cases they will assist in determining what’s required for you to remain in the program. Visit agricorp.com or email contact@ agricorp.com.

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Orangeville’s “Stolen” Election Angry crowds, a mishandled ballot box, cries of voter suppression and a legal challenge rocked the election for Orangeville’s reeve in 1909.

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Riddell ticket, while in the east ward, a mistake had been corrected to give Riddell two votes originally marked for Hewson. This meant the actual winner – and reeve-elect for 1909 – was W.H. Riddell by a margin of two.

An inevitable protest The angry outcry from Hewson’s supporters was no surprise. Although the 1909 municipal election had been a calm affair – Mayor McKitrick was acclaimed and the town’s six councillors along with the deputy reeve had all won in campaigns marked by mutual respect – the contest for reeve had been a boisterous exception.

All the ruckus had come from one camp. In an overabundance of confidence, Dr. Riddell, a veterinarian and widely respected horseman, had not bothered to campaign, while Mr. Hewson, a local blacksmith and respected town councillor, had pulled out all the stops, backed by a cadre of raucous supporters who clearly believed he was the better choice.

Hewson was not the type to accept a narrow defeat easily, and over the

next few days fact and rumour combined to reinforce a conviction that victory had really been his.

A slim two-vote margin automatic­ ally triggered a recount and the town clerk prepared to act that very night.

Over the next few days, three official recounts confirmed Riddell’s slim victory. However, the findings did nothing to quell rumours that voters had been intimidated by aggressive scrutineers (an accusation made by both sides) and that voting booths had been poorly managed.

Most controversial was the discovery that the elderly returning officer in charge of the west ward had not turned in the ballot box as protocol required, but had taken it home. Arguably, he had made an innocent mistake, but suspicions were further aroused when it was revealed that two voters from the ward had visited his house late on election night.

The incident gave fuel to Hewson’s accusations, not only transforming a close election into a dubious one, but casting a shadow over the entire elected slate as well. In February, as expected, the Hewson camp launched

a challenge that turned the validity of the election into a legal matter.

Do it over!

Both parties engaged counsel from Orangeville and Toronto, and both had enough witnesses and affidavits to make for a lengthy and complex hearing. Yet the ruling that came down in mid-May was limited and very specific. Because of the mishandled ballot box, the January 4 election for reeve was declared void, and a new one was ordered. All other elected positions were allowed to stand and – important to the community’s future peace – allegations from both sides about voter suppression and other irregularities were not mentioned.

That future peace took a while to materialize. Riddell and Hewson had to be nominated once again for the new election and the public meeting held to accomplish this was marked by unrestrained partisanship. (The chair of the meeting, Dr. Tom Henry Jr., despite the required neutrality of the position, told the noisy crowd he was voting for Riddell!) Ironically,

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It had been a close shave. Hewson had defeated the incumbent reeve, Dr. William Henry Riddell, by a mere four votes! Still, a win is a win, and from his front porch, a beaming Hewson, caught up in the enthusiasm of his noisy supporters, told the gathering how proud he was to be Orangeville’s new mayor [sic] and handed the Citizens’ Band a five dollar tip.

Encouraged by this unexpected generosity, the revellers hurried off to try their luck at the homes of other victors on the slate, leaving Hewson’s supporters to hear a disturbing update from a late arrival.

It seems the band had only picked up results from the north and south wards, so were unaware that the returning officer in the west ward had restored two spoiled ballots to the

Then and now Municipal elections in Ontario today are held every four years, but for years following Confederation the frequency was yearly, with voting usually in early January.

A municipality may have a mayor or reeve as head of local government. It may also have both, as Orangeville did in 1909. In such cases, mayor is the higher rank, but the arrangement is rare today.

Historically, smaller rural communities have been headed by reeves and larger urban ones by mayors, but in recent times the office of reeve has often been set aside in favour of mayor.

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The legacy A scan of press coverage over the next several municipal elections suggests it had not, despite lingering discord between Hewson and Riddell. The two men were often philosophically at odds on policy (not least on prohibition and temperance) and they had different positions on governance. Yet it seems they found enough common ground to get them and their supporters past it. Both names regularly show up in support of projects like the Orangeville

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Fair, paving the town’s streets, etc. The election conflict never seemed to merit mention again – at least in the press.

Indeed, each of the men later made successful runs for mayor with neither opposing the other, Riddell the very next year and Hewson twice in the 1920s.

The number of ballots cast in the June rerun may also be telling. It was almost identical to that in January, suggesting the controversy had not made voters cynical. If letters to the editor are an indication, the local citizenry was more bothered by the existence of the disagreement than by its substance, along with the fact that as taxpayers they’d had to bear the cost, possibly as much as $100, of holding a second election.

Nevertheless, there was one player in the 1909 election drama who might have enjoyed a continuation of the dispute – Orangeville Sun editor John Foley. A full-throated supporter of Riddell, Foley had been especially harsh toward the Hewson camp (see sidebar) and now had to dial back.

Still, he did get in one last dig. In his told-you-so account of Riddell’s victory in June, he suggested Hewson should ask the Citizens’ Band for his five dollars back.

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according to the Orangeville Sun, the only consensus that emerged from the heckling and booing was that the town acquired a reputation for holding badly managed elections.

This perception seems to have affected the new election held on June 7 when adherence to proper procedures was rigorous. Ballot boxes got special attention and voting protocols were observed precisely. (The Orangeville Banner deemed it worth reporting that voters were allowed into booths only one at a time!)

By the end of a glitch-free day, after all the votes had been counted – very carefully – W.H. Riddell had carried all four wards by a margin of 94, emphatically settling who would be reeve for 1909. But a key question remained. Had the divisive “stolen” election left a bad taste in the community?

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We have some In The Hills news to share with you!

The results of two surveys are in and they confirm – In The Hills is your favourite local magazine.

A telephone readership survey we commissioned last fall compared four local magazines. In the blind portion of the survey, respondents rated In The Hills the top magazine brand across the Headwaters region by a wide margin.*

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In The Hills is kept the longest by 78% of readers In The Hills was also overwhelmingly rated the magazine that is most trustworthy, relates most to readers’ life in Headwaters, and makes readers most proud to live here.

— In our own survey at inthehills.ca, readers told us what they enjoyed in the magazine and what they’d like to see more of.

here ’ s a s a mpl e of w h at you t ol d us: Caledon writer Ken Weber is author of the internationally best-selling Five-Minute Mysteries series.

Punch-up on Broadway Thomas Smith Hewson was not the only politician that Orangeville Sun editor John Foley roasted in print. Foley also published less than positive opinions about Thomas Arnott, the successful 1909 candidate for deputy reeve. When Arnott called in at the Sun after the election, ostensibly to pay his yearly subscription to the paper, the visit turned into a spat, then a challenge to “take it outside,” and finally an awkward set-to on Broadway. Foley duly reported the incident on the front page of the next issue and noted that Mr. Arnott had now cancelled his subscription to the Sun.

“Love your features on small businesses. It’s one of the ways we get to know who is in the community and where to find them.”

“I think you’ve got it right. In The Hills is my go-to and I hang on to each issue for some time as a reference for services in the area. I appreciate your continued balanced presentation of social justice and environmental protection issues.”

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Unearthing local history The Unearth Uncover Historical Plaque Project began as an act of protest. In the summer and fall of 2021, signs appeared in Toronto and Peel, commemorating significant people, places and events in Black Canadian history. The signs looked a lot like the ones you’ve seen installed in hamlets and towns by the Ontario Heritage Trust, but these signs are not filled with the usual white-based history. How did these signs, topped by a strong, raised Black-power fist, come to be? A passionate group of teachers and students has been bringing light to these local but lesser-known histories that aren’t taught in schools. Visit the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives virtual tour, or grab the addresses and take a daytrip and tour them one by one this spring. pama.peelregion.ca

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was recently on a road trip with some of my best girlfriends, in a big pearlized-red rented van we named Cherry. It had been a while, but Covid restrictions had lifted enough that we could get out and have some fun. We were cruising down the highway and playing “get to know you” via text messages with a fellow one of our group was considering dating.

“Okay, girls, what do we want to know about him?” she asked, prompting us for some good questions to pepper him with. He was good-natured about it and said he was ready to respond as best he could.

We leaned in and discussed our questions. Mine was a classic, a good one to warm him up, I thought. “If your house was on fire, what treasured possessions would you grab as you ran out the door?”

The little texting caterpillar crawled away for a long time as he composed an answer to send to our friend’s small screen. We waited. Bing! – his answer came in. He would take his photo albums. They contained photos of his kids, photos from high school, good times over the years with his best pals. He sent a photo of himself: a lovely pic showing his full head of hair and sweet, slightly shy smile. He shared some of his other favourites, describing them in a way that revealed he was also an excellent writer. We nodded in appreciation.

Our friend’s pretty nails flicked and scrolled as she texted back and forth with him.

I looked out the window and pondered my own answer to the question I’d asked.

I had a vision of my arms overflowing with treasures as I ran from the imaginary house that was

on imaginary fire. I thought, I’ll sweep the jewelry displayed on my dresser into a bag (note to self: place a bag nearby). If I wasn’t able to grab the silver bracelets my aunt had given me in time, I wondered, would they melt into a messy mass? What about the ring my mom had given me when it no longer fit her? I’d stopped wearing it during the pandemic for fear it would come off during all that slippery handwashing and sanitizing.

At first, jewelry seemed like the logical thing to save, but would it really be what I wanted most if I had just my two arms to carry goods from the impending disaster?

I closed my eyes and mentally surveyed my house.

I could see very clearly two small paintings, signed simply, “Carol.” As they came into focus, I imagined flames licking the edges of their brittle black frames – and my heart hurt.

Carol is my mom, and these are her paintings. I inherited them when her mom, my Nan, died and my Papa moved to long-term care. She’d painted them in high school – still lifes of pretty, fresh veggies. Simple black lines confidently drawn in India ink, then washed with watercolour. They’re vibrant but simple enough to suit a kitchen wall and they have since blended into

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Story time a number of my spaces. Nan’s kitchen is where I first saw them – up high, a display of her eldest daughter’s casually perfect studies. My mom had probably brought them home to show her mom and dad, who were immensely proud of her skills, I’m sure. She was a talented artist.

Around the time my son, Adrian, was five years old, my mom and I decided to take watercolour classes to pass some winter days and nights together. I’m so glad we did. Sure enough, while the rest of us struggled to apply our background washes without muddying the paper, Mom’s mastery flowed across multiple pages. Splashes of colour, with tiny expressions of joy at the edges, tints of complementary or contrasting shades that added interest and depth. Our classmates looked on, knowing their paintings were flat by comparison.

She expressed herself with strong and confident lines, pretty scenes, challenging colour balances.

As I mused, Cherry drove on. The girls kept chattering, but my eyes stayed shut. I thought about other pieces of art I cherished – one that Adrian had done as a toddler, stamping little circles over and over in an abstract pattern.

It hangs by my bed and looks oh-somodern, but it is also a bittersweet reminder of a time when parts of our family life fell apart for a while.

And there’s one of mine, a university assignment to create a “tiny perfect painting.” It’s of a tea set, classic blue and white. I gave it to Mom after spending weeks making tiny brush strokes, standing back and going in close for detail. She framed it in curlicue gold leaf, like a small treasure.

I felt proud she had hung it up, and now it’s boomeranged back to me and hangs on my wall.

Still, I realized it’s the two paintings of my mom’s I would save first from the flames. They are the ones filled with cherished memories – memories of my Nan’s kitchen, memories of a time when Mom’s lines were confident and cool and captured her world perfectly. I miss watching her draw and paint. I miss those lines. Life has changed for her. Now the lines she draws are blurrier, and there are days she struggles to express herself with confidence.

Bethany Lee is a freelance writer who lives in Mono.

Cuddle up for story time in Caledon – you can do it in person again! The gorgeous Southfields library opened during the pandemic, and this is your chance to get out of the house and check out the light-filled space and kid-friendly nooks and crannies. It’s worth the trip to the south end of our hills for a look around. (P.S., the lovely Butter & Cup café and bakery is very close by and their pastries are divine!) The library is located at 225 Dougall Avenue, off Kennedy Road. Visit the website for current events and to register for story time. caledon.library.on.ca —

Explore the wonders right outside your window!

It’s a long journey from Canada to Mexico.

Monarch butterflies, like people, sometimes need a little help.

We’re not just planting a tree. We’re building an ecosystem.

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Ready to dig in with your kids this summer? Consider this: the town of Shelburne started a community garden in 2020 for residents to grow veggies, herbs, fruits and flowers in a safe, accessible, community space. Rent an individual garden bed – starting at just $15 for the season! The garden is located in Fiddle Park and offers inground and raised beds. You can register and find out more at the town’s website or visit town hall in person at 203 Main Street East in Shelburne. shelburne.ca

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The ways we meet may change, but the laws of attraction never grow old.

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o you remember your first crush? Your first kiss? How about “going steady”? I’m guessing these are memories we have all stored away to revisit occasionally.

Those of us who grew up in the 1950s and ’60s met and mingled in our neighbourhoods, our community halls and churches, our schools and universities. Later, we hooked up in watering holes, or perhaps at work.

The fallback position was the newspaper personals column. Though the social accep­ tance of these ads has waxed and waned with the times, “matrimonial” agencies were helping lonely bachelors find wives through printed ads as long ago as the 1700s.

I remember helping my widowed mother move into her retirement residence many years ago. We finished the heavy lifting, tidied ourselves up and headed to the dining room for dinner. As we walked to our table, I was keenly aware that all eyes, particularly

male eyes, were directed toward Mum. “Sizing her up” came to mind – and it dawned on me that the laws of attraction never change.

They might take slightly different forms, but they’re definitely there. Always.

Just as we interact at many of our online meetings and classes, so it is with the current digital dating scene. There’s no dress code, and if you time it right, you can enjoy a martini while browsing through pictures and bios of other singles – without the need for a designated driver.

So are you a single senior interested in a relationship and curious about the process? Are you being nudged toward dating sites by friends and family? Or do you think of internet dating as more like a downed power line, inherently dangerous and unpredictable? Many of us probably know online dating stories that fall on both ends of the spectrum, from horror to happiness forever.

In 2021, Kathy Anderson and Michael Coombs, who met through an online dating site, celebrated their eighth wedding anniversary on their sailboat Escape.

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When he retired in 2012 from a distinguished academic career, Imtiaz and his wife, Rita, moved to Caledon to be closer to their children, who live in Toronto. In Caledon he has continued the volunteer work that has been a touchstone of his life. He is now the international service chair of the Palgrave Rotary Club, a position that involves supporting worldwide humanitarian projects.

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Born in India but raised in Pakistan, Imtiaz first came to Canada to do graduate work in electrical engineering at the University of Ottawa. University computer science departments were nonexistent at the time, but computers were the coming thing – and the focus of his electrical engineering studies.

Several years later, with doctorate in hand and married to Rita, a Franco-Ontarian, he moved back to Pakistan to resume his career. But Imtiaz was uncomfortable with the social norms he encountered there. So in 1970, he and Rita, now with two children, returned to Ottawa, where he was welcomed to a faculty position at his alma mater.

With his computer skills in great demand, he moved

For those ready to try digital dating, several sites cater specifically to seniors, including seniors who identify as 2SLGBTQ. Silver Singles, for example, has been around for more than 20 years, and according to its website, it takes about an hour to complete the questionnaire and get started. Another site, eHar­ mony, claims its users send 2.3 million messages a week (wow!) and it offers a section dedicated to seniors.

Both Silver Singles and eHarmony offer a free basic membership, as do most dating sites. But most also offer features available only by paying a monthly fee, ranging from about $10 to more than $50.

Mono resident Kathy Anderson, now 67 and retired, was doing well on her own after her marriage unravelled. The principal of a French immersion school in Peel Region, she had developed a strong support group called the First Wives Club. Unlike the movie of the same name that inspired them, the group was not interested in revenge, but rather in supporting one another through the peaks and valleys of single life.

“My life was busy with work, raising children, skiing and adventure travel,” says Kathy. “But I eventually realized I was missing the companionship and continuity offered by a life partner.” As part of a First Wives Club activity, she posted a profile on the dating site Plenty of Fish, mostly because it was free.

Not expecting much, she turned to other interests – for months. When she finally checked the site, she was attracted to the kind eyes of a widower who indicated an interest in her.

Kathy connected with Michael Coombs, initially for a walk, then dinner. She laughs heartily as she recalls his insistence on being her plusone at an upcoming wedding.

The seasons changed. Michael bought secondhand skis, took lessons and became competent enough to join her on a ski weekend in Banff that Easter.

Again the seasons changed. Kathy and Michael signed up for sailing lessons and bought a sailboat together.

They began to plan their wedding. On the second anniversary of their first date, they married and have now been married for eight years.

“Kathy says we’re lucky. I say we’re blessed,” says Michael. “We come from different places, different life experiences, but it works. And if there’s anything I’ve learned in my 72 years, it’s that doing it ‘someday’ doesn’t cut it. Do it now.”

A footnote about my mum: She met a very nice man who also lived in her retirement residence. They spent the last years of their lives together in a strong and loving relationship.

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Along with his Islamic faith, a focus on helping others has defined Imtiaz Ahmad’s life purpose.

to the University of Windsor, where he and Rita celebrated the birth of their third child, and then on to Eastern Michigan University in Ann Arbor, where he is now professor emeritus.

“The commute from Windsor to Ann Arbor could be tedious, but it also gave me thinking time,” he says.

Along the way, Imtiaz experienced a revival of his Muslim faith and its focus on helping others. He served as president of the Windsor Islamic Association and president of the Association of Muslim Scientists and Engineers of North America. He was also instrumental in creating the Islamic Society of North America, one of whose goals is to foster understanding of Islam.

Calling himself a dreamer, he says that he never felt denied opportunities in Canada because he was born elsewhere. “As humans, our real value comes from what we do for others,” he says.

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Something old, something new How a Creemore designer reimagined his family’s century home, marrying Victorian substance with minimalist, Scandinavian style.

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The Sopinka family’s life in this town began in the summer of 2010, when Steve and Gillian were looking to move from the North Bay area to somewhere

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less remote, but still not entirely urban.

Gillian grew up in Toronto and Steve in Oakville, and while the couple has always appreciated city life, they were drawn to small town living.

“We looked in Collingwood and Thornbury, and then saw this house in Creemore, a town we were familiar with because my parents have lived in Beaver Valley for the last 25 years,” Steve recalls. “At the time there was very little for sale – just this house

and one other, which was $50,000 more. That made it an easy decision.”

(They’re now friends with the buyers of the other house.)

Steve owns Fieldesign Architecture Studio in Creemore, which specializes in custom contemporary residential design. He worked on designs for an addition to the circa 1885 Victorian almost from day one, with the aim of marrying the heritage feel of the original home with the couple’s

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opposite Steve Sopinka of Creemore’s Fieldesign Architecture Studio left the street side of his family’s Victorian home mostly untouched and added a sleekly minimalist addition to the back. top The home’s front porch now joins into a new deck, seating area and mudroom entrance to the addition. above Inside the front door, a bench made by Steve’s mother with wood from her old barn contrasts with the crisp white paint Steve and his wife, Gillian, chose for the interiors.

minimalist, Scandinavian aesthetic.

(Living in Reykjavik, Iceland prior to North Bay cemented that sensibility.)

The 1,200-square-foot home had an existing back section very common to old farmhouses – meaning unheated, uninsulated and with no proper, wel­ coming entrance. (“There was nothing redeeming about it,” says Steve.) But other changes took precedence, includ­ ing landscaping the outdoors, redoing the kitchen with white shaker cabinets

and wood countertops, adding radiant heating under wood floors throughout the house, and covering the dated 1950s stone surrounding the bay window at the front of the house with cedar shakes.

Steve, who holds a degree in landscape architecture from the University of Guelph and a master of architecture from the University of Toronto, started his business in 2012, working out of the property’s detached garage.

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top left The family gathers for meals at a well-worn harvest table paired with modern seating.

Hits of teal and orange are cheerful additions. top centre One of the first updates the Sopinkas made to the house was to redo the kitchen with shaker cabinets and wood countertops. top right Shades of teal, turquoise and sky blue add lively accents to a nook in the living area. The wood floors are recycled pine from a barn near Meaford.

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Ultimately, Steve and Gillian started work on the 1,000-square-foot project in 2019 as they and their daughters, Yarrow, now 15, and Frida, now 11, started to feel the need for more space.

That same year, Steve moved out of the garage to his nearby Caroline Street West office. (The garage now houses a climbing wall and home gym.)

The addition was designed to be energy efficient with insulation in the floors, walls and roof – and tripleglazed windows. It’s not only comfort­ able, Steve says, but very economical to heat and cool. At first glance, the windows may seem fewer and smaller than in many new builds. But Steve had

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to weigh just how hot the rear rooms would get in the summer months because most of them face south.

The construction was finished in 2020, just in time for the family to hunker down and use every inch during the pandemic. One of the key new spaces is the back sitting room under a sloped birch plywood ceiling.

“It’s the Swiss army knife of rooms,” says Steve. “It just has so many uses.”

Home to a stylish pink sofa studded with cushions from Norway, the room is where the family watches TV. A simple floating desk tucked against a wall also serves as Gillian’s home office – she’s a social worker with a private counselling practice in Collingwood.

Another welcome element is the new mudroom with abundant closets and storage using material such as steel, hexagonal mesh and birch plywood for cubbies. Radiant heating makes an appearance again, this time under the polished concrete floors.

On the second floor of the new addition is the primary bedroom and modern ensuite – accessible via the existing staircase. Walls throughout are painted Architectural White by Benjamin Moore – a more neutral, less creamy white than its predecessor that fits better with the pared-back Scandinavian style.

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through beloved old and new pieces, some purchased at nearby village shops including Eastwood Vintage and Scandinavian furniture experts Lagom 142. (The couple is taken with the shop’s moniker – lagom means “just the right amount” in Swedish.)

Midcentury modern credenzas appear in both the new back sitting room and the primary suite. An acrylic coffee table with a glass top is also treasured. The most recent purchase has been a matching, ’70s-style brown leather chair and sofa by the Belgian company Ethnicraft, ordered from Lagom 142. Hits of saturated colour in the form of vibrant woven C O N T I N U E D O N N E X T PA G E

bottom left Steve, Gillian and their daughters Yarrow (left) and Frida spread out in the airy space. Chic new brown leather seating from local store Lagom 142 lends a 1970s ease to the room. bottom right Punchy woven pieces by the couple’s good friend Emily Worts are among their eyecatching art collection.

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wall hangings, artwork, books and ceramics make for a space that is anything but sterile.

Exterior materials on the addition include cedar one-by-six boards on the lower portion while the upper is fibre cement panels made with Portland cement reinforced with synthetic fibres and additives compressed into a medium to high density fibreboard.

“I had never used this material before and I’m glad I tried it out,” Steve says. “The inherent colour of the panels picks up on the colour and texture of the mortar between the bricks of the original house. Some people do ask when we’re going to

paint the exterior and I explain they’re seeing the completed look!

“Our intention was always to leave the panels untreated – they can be oiled – as we really liked the contrast of this raw, more unfinished look with the warmth of the cedar we chose, as well as the red brick of the original house.”

The addition sits amiably in a backyard that has undergone its own transformation. “When we bought the property, it had nothing in the way of gardens or landscaping,” says Steve. It’s a nice custom in Creemore to have wide-open, unfenced backyards, allowing people to pop in and out, he says, but the couple wanted a little more privacy. “So we put in a fence,

www.milllanesaunas.com top left An arched bookcase holds some of Gillian and Steve’s colourful book collection. top right The new principal bedroom Steve created as part of the addition features a lowslung bed and one of the couple’s midcentury modern credenzas.

perennial and native plantings, larger trees and raised planters.”

Connecting the front and back of the house, the original wraparound covered porch now links to a new deck and side entrance into the mudroom, which the family uses as their primary entrance. Other outdoor seating areas include a stone patio with a fire pit.

Despite the challenges of the past two years, Steve, Gillian and the girls have been busy deepening their connections in the Creemore area. “The outdoors forms a significant part of our life as a family,” Gillian says. “Steve is an avid cyclist, the girls ski and snowboard, and I enjoy hiking and cross-country C O N T I N U E D O N N E X T PA G E

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skiing on our local trails – and now I’m an avid gardener.” Town pursuits include visiting the new YF Patissier Chocolatier (coincidentally matching Yarrow and Frida’s first initials), the 100 Mile Store and the Creemore Echo and Newsstand, which in addition to being the headquarters of the local independent newspaper is also a stationery and artisanal objects shop.

The family’s premier destination, however, might be another new attrac­ tion in their own backyard. Steve designed and built a traditional Finnishinspired wood-burning sauna in 2020, using up leftover materials from the addition. Gillian says the sauna has been a restorative hideout during the pandemic, a hideout that also took the edge off not being able to celebrate that Christmas with extended family. “We inaugurated the sauna instead and created a new family tradition.” Nota­

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CUSTOM BUNGALOW – 50 ACRES This spacious custom bungalow with top finishes on 50 acres boasts an open kitchen/great room with fireplace, 3 main floor bedrooms, office, dining and laundry. The lower level walkout with high ceilings provides great extra living space for extended family. Heated 40x64 shop with oversized doors for trucks/tractors. Additional small barn and fenced paddocks with water for the critters. North of Orangeville. $2,950,000

above A handsome Finnish-style, wood-burning sauna was built using leftover materials from the construction of the addition.

ble features include the flat roof with skylight (it is designed to eventually be a green, planted surface) – and a glass door which affords a view back across the yard and the updated house.

What does Steve see when he gazes in that direction? “It’s not necessarily the most provocative design,” he says.

“But the challenge was to create some­ thing that respected the scale, mater­ ials and integrity of the existing house while creating a new contemporary space that aligned with our own aesthetic, which is decidedly more urban than the 1880s farmhouse we were adding to. We’re very happy with what was achieved and what we have gained both inside and out.”

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ESTATE BUNGALOW This sun-filled custom 4-bedroom home sits on an acre lot in the desirable hamlet of Ballinafad. Perfect street for kids, pets and quiet walks. The neighbours are close but not too close. Great kitchen with patio walkout and finished lower level with extra bedroom and family room. The pride of ownership shows with many recent upgrades including bathroom, flooring, generator, the list goes on. Here’s your opportunity. $1,799,000

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100-ACRE WORKING FARM – ESSA Approximately 80 acres of workable land with great access to Hwy 400 and 27. Well kept 1-1/2 storey farm home with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Solid hip roof bank barn with stalls, 200 amps of hydro and good-sized drive shed. Gentle rolling land. Currently a mixed-use farm. $3,950,000

100 ROLLING ACRES – SOUTH NEW TECUMSETH Large 4-bedroom home with separate 2nd level, 2-bedroom apartment perfect for extended family.

Several outbuildings. Great insulated shops. 80 acres of arable land. Natural gas. Minutes to Highway 9, 40 minutes to Toronto Pearson Airport. $4,500,000

88-ACRE FARM – CLOSE TO COLLINGWOOD/WASAGA BEACH Features 2018 stone bungalow, 3+3 bedrooms, custom finishes top to bottom. 11-stall barn and 120x60 ft arena, 30 acres of pasture, round pen, 3 outdoor rings, 45+ acres in hay, forest trails.

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CUSTOM-BUILT LOG HOME ON LAKE SIMCOE 1.4 acres with 103' deep water shoreline nestled amongst mature trees. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms with amazing lake views from every room. Separate bunkie and Arctic swim spa included. Short drive to Barrie or Orillia, golf courses, and approximately 1 hour from GTA. $2,975,000

40 MINUTES TO WOODBINE Spectacular horse facility on 100 acres on the edge of Caledon. 4-bedroom, 3-bath renovated Century home with 3-bedroom in-law suite over the 3-car garage. Main barn with 42 stalls, 60x140 ft arena, indoor equisizer and viewing room. 23 paddocks, 100x400 ft sand ring. 3/4-mile dirt track (6 furlong). $5,500,000

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10.6-ACRE ESTATE – KING TOWNSHIP Energy efficient passive solar design home with stunning south views of meadows and mixed bush. Unique and tastefully refinished. This home boasts a massive entertainer’s kitchen, open to living area and walkout to large balcony overlooking pool and rolling landscape. $2,195,000

FULLY RENOVATED 1888 CHURCH – RURAL DUFFERIN Stunning home offering high-end finishes throughout. Large inviting foyer leading to open-concept main level. Douglas fir post/beams. Brand new oversized 2-car garage with loft, fireplace, wet bar and separate entrance. $1,699,500

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EQUESTRIAN FACILITY – BRADFORD WEST GWILLIMBURY Private and picturesque horse and hobby farm set up on rolling 30 acres, north edge of Bradford.

Timber frame home with walkout lower level. 6-stall horse barn with wash stall, heated tack room, feed room, laundry, 60x120 ft indoor sand arena and 90x160 ft outdoor sand ring. $3,650,000

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CASTLE IN THE WOODS Through the gates, over the stone bridge and up the interlock driveway sits this castle in the woods. Breathtaking views overlooking 10+ acres, 3 ponds, a waterfall, tennis court and gazebo at the water’s edge. 20,000 sq ft of finished living space. Grand entry with secret doors, 7 bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, 2-storey library with spiral staircase and balcony, 2nd kitchen designed like a retro 50’s diner, home theatre/recording studio, indoor pool, indoor firing range, solarium with floor-to-ceiling windows, 5-car garage with nanny suite above. Very private setting surrounded by nature and the rolling hills of Caledon. $6,799,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

NO NEED FOR A COTTAGE WHEN YOU OWN YOUR OWN LAKE Tucked away, only 10 minutes north of Elora on 53 acres, with Windo’er Lake (approximately 4.5 acres), stream, forest and fruit trees. Approximately 12 workable acres currently used for hay and plenty of space for paddocks. Large open-concept bungalow with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the rolling hills and pond. Soaring cathedral ceilings, 3+2 bedrooms, finished lower level with walkout and in-law potential. Special and rare. Come for a stunning walk and start planning your dreams. $2,399,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

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VERSATILE COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT This mixed-use property offers a century dwelling/retail building; 3 detached garages providing +/- 5,000 sq ft of storage & retail uses all on a 3/4-acre lot. The stately converted heritage brick family home is equipped with an operating licensed commercial kitchen & restaurant with 2 upper rooms for retail service uses or an accessory apartment. Equipped with two separate hydro and natural gas meters, radiant & gas forced air natural gas heating and 2 bathrooms (3rd rough-in). Village setting on paved road. This property is ideal for a studio, beauty services, car enthusiast, day nursery, offices, beer & wine store, clinic, retail, and anyone wanting a work-from-home space with lots of vehicle and RV parking w/ no homes behind. MLS $1,899,000

HISTORIC DOWNTOWN Formerly the Post Office, this heritage stone 9,474 sq ft structure has 11 residential units with parking and the adjoining mixed-use 11,542 sq ft building by a shared right of way offers 8 commercial and 4 residential units with both owned and public parking. A rare opportunity to purchase two income-producing investment properties for a combined acre site in a growing downtown core of Halton Hills. MLS $4,400,000

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RENOVATED CENTURY HOME 7 possible bedrooms (most with ensuite). Overlooks the escarpment, with views from every window. Private tennis court and inground pool. Country kitchen (Sub Zero fridge, Wolf ovens).

Huge great room with fireplace, games area, pool table and second kitchen. Separate 1-bdrm coach house apartment. Workable farm with bank barn, 87 acres workable. $5,250,000 MULMUR BUILDING LOT At the end of a private road with no neighbours behind or to the south. Close to Bruce Trail for hiking and biking. Easily accessible skiing and golf makes for a wonderful 4-season getaway. Perfect spot to build your forever home. $350,000

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VIEWS FOR MILES – HIGHLANDS OF HILLSBURGH Loved by one family since new, this 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath bungaloft offers a functional open-concept floor plan, spacious sun-filled rooms and a finished walkout lower level. Enjoy estate subdivision living with gas, cable and town water on a spectacular 1-acre property surrounded by towering trees, adorned with perennials and a veggie garden through the arbor. $1,400,000

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HIGH CREST HIDEAWAY 6 acres, 2 bdrms, 2 baths. Private log cabin.

Spacious loft bdrm with 3-pc ensuite. Open concept kitchen & living room. Flagstone fireplace & chimney. Firewood included.

Garden & trails to ravine. $3800/month

LOVELY 10 ACRES 9.78-acre piece of vacant land with mixed bush and open meadows making for wonderful privacy in a quiet area on a paved road. Currently under conservation land tax incentive program. Easy commute to Shelburne, Collingwood, Dundalk. $399,000

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160-ACRE ESTATE An iconic Canadian country home. 28,000 sq ft, 10-bedroom residence overlooks trout pond.

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GEORGIAN HIGHLANDS, 150 ACRES 9000+ sq ft William Grierson masterpiece perfectly positioned high atop the escarpment with vast views over Georgian Bay. Pool, pool house, ponds. Classical Georgian design. $15,000,000

COUNTRY HOME, NEAR PALGRAVE Fully restored log home with a beautiful board and batten addition. 4-bedroom, 4-bathroom country property. 7 acres. Asking $2,200,000

KING, 100 ACRES Premier location. 100 acres on Dufferin Street. High elevation with views. Superb outbuildings.

Pond. 2 entrances. Well-appointed gate house. $12,800,000

THE STONE POULTRY FARM, ERIN Lucrative income producing farm just minutes south of Erin’s Main Street. 5-bedroom, 3-bath residence. 25 acres. 18,000 sq ft insulated poultry barns. $5,000,000

HIGHPOINT RETREAT, CALEDON Rare 100-acre property. Update current 80’s ranch bungalow or create a new residence.

Rolling hills, large pond, pastures, hardwood forest. $4,750,000

MOUNT ALBERT INVESTMENT 85 acres. 2 houses, barns. Not in the Moraine. A strategic landholding. Exceptionally well located for the next urban expansion. Corner property with 3835 ft frontage. $8,000,000

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

STONE HOUSE FARM, KING AAA location. Over 1300 ft frontage on Keele Street. Original stone house. Pond. Rolling hills.

Stable and indoor arena. 2nd house. 93 acres. $11,500,000

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THE SCOTCH ESTATE, HALTON Three residences. 185 acres of farmland.

Three possible severances. Several dwellings and farm buildings. Private access to the Scotch Block reservoir. $12,990,000

12 ACRES, KING 5500 sq ft home with separate 1-bedroom apartment over 3-car garage. 30x50 heated workshop. Great location near Bolton.

Asking $2,850,000

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GROUND LEVEL IN-LAW SUITE Situated on 1 acre near Hillsburgh this totally updated 3+1-bedroom home with an attached, yet separate 2-bedroom in-law suite is perfect for an extended family or extra income.

Multiple walkouts upstairs and down. Inground pool, detached 2-car garage. Gorgeous country views from every window. $1,100,000

MONO MILLS BEAUTY This 4-level backsplit has been beautifully upgraded and maintained over the last 17 years by the current owner. Situated on a large lot it features a bright open-concept kitchen, family room with walkout, huge living room and 3+1 bedrooms. Finished basement, tons of parking and so much more. Exclusive listing. Call for details.

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ONE-OF-A-KIND PROPERTY! We dare you to find another one like this – 3200+ sq ft renovated log home plus separate approx 350 sq ft log studio plus a free-standing approx 4500 sq ft office building – with highway commercial zoning – all on 10 gently rolling treed acres only 5 minutes from Orangeville! Why pay for a home plus an off-site office space when you can live/work/play all on this spectacular property which has Rogers gigabit fibre high speed internet – wow!

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MOVE-IN READY TOWNHOUSE Built in 2015 this 3-bdrm, 4-bath townhouse is sure to impress! Custom deck in low maintenance back yard. Primary with walkin closet and ensuite. Finished basement with bar featuring built-in fridge. $799,900

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MULMUR WOODLANDS Arrive via stone/iron gates and through a hardwood forest to this magnificent custom-built home designed with west coast architectural vibe. West wing primary bedroom is complete with ensuite whirlpool tub, fireplace and walkout to screened-in porch with northern views of Pine River Valley and Georgian Bay beyond. White oak plank flooring laid on main floor. Great room with ledgerock fireplace connects to spacious, separate dining room and eat-in kitchen with walkout to deck. East wing offers 3 additional ensuite bedrooms, main floor laundry, powder room and entry to 3-car insulated/heated garage. Lower level walkout to flagstone patios and beautifully landscaped gardens, private office with fireplace, games room, 2 additional powder rooms, workshop and amazing wine cellar/cold room. Secluded country living just minutes from Creemore, golf/ski clubs and so much more for you to enjoy. $2,999,999

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LESS THAN 1 YEAR OLD! Situated on a premium lot in one of the newest neighbourhoods in Fergus, this 4+1-bedroom, 4-bathroom home finished in 2021 offers 2500+ sq ft of total living space including a separate living suite in the walkout basement. High quality finishes, smart appliances, wifi security system and stylish design throughout. $1,299,900

BRIGHT BUNGALOW Detached 3+1-bdrm, 2-bath bungalow in downtown Shelburne. Large fully fenced lot.

Bright open main floor. Newly updated 5-pc bath. Could possibly convert basement into self-contained living space. $699,900

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www.remaxinthehills.com

It’s the MARKETING, the EXPOSURE, the RESULTS!

92 ACRES WITH 70 ACRES OF FLAT WORKABLE LAND AND CUSTOM-BUILT BUNGALOW The home has been engineered with quality materials & over 8000 sq ft of living space. 6 bedrooms, 6 baths, high ceilings, hrdwd & ceramic flr give the home a palatial feel. The kit is open to a vast light filled great rm & features b/i appliances, custom island, exhaust fan 1200 CFM & has the ability for a wood-burning fp. Fully fin bsmt has its own kit, spacious rec rm, its own furnace & multiple w/o’s. Long driveway has been wired for lighting, entryway gates & security cameras. Fruit trees & gardens are serviced by a drip irrigation system. Tankless hot water heater & water treatment all new in the last 6 months, Bell high-speed internet. Nicely landscaped property close to Orangeville for shopping, Headwaters Hospital, schools & Highways 9 & 10. Don't miss this opportunity! Caledon $6,279,000

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A CAPTIVATING CALEDON HERITAGE HOME Experience charm & character with the deep history of yesteryear in every room. This beautiful home is set on half an acre surrounded by picturesque countryside on the edge of Caledon East. The detached 2-car garage also has an attached workshop great for the hobbyist or car buff. Lush gardens with plenty of space for vegetables and still have room to play. Full of the details you hope to find in a heritage home like high baseboards, tall ceilings and pine floors. As well the interior offers a fabulous addition which created some modern amenities like a bright eat-in kitchen and large primary bedroom with ensuite. The full foundation of the addition provides a walkout basement for easy access and usable storage! This home has a rich history of families that have cared for and treasured this property; this is your chance to be part of something special! Caledon $999,000

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SOLD IN JANUARY 2022 FOR OUR SELLER TO OUR BUYER Phenomenal country & serene cottage property all in one! Who wants to drive thru traffic every weekend when you can have it all on 50 acres. Meander down a winding tree-lined driveway that leads to a spectacular 5 bedroom, 7 bath, completely renovated home w/ luxury finishes, massive windows, heated flrs, b/i appliances, multiple w/o’s, LED lighting, vaulted ceilings, Sonos throughout whole home as well as outside speakers to enjoy while swimming in the 14’ deep pool or chilling out in the hot tub. Climb into the copper Japanese soaker tub or the sauna so many choices! 10-stall heated barn w/ extra stalls & wash rack, 10kw microfit solar, huge utility/storage building, multiple paddocks, run-ins, sep entrance to barn area, pond, creek, trails, geothermal, guest house & bunkie – all tucked away in a gorgeous private quiet setting. You will never want to leave! Caledon $7,100,000

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9.59 ACRES OF LAND IN ADJALA Mature trees dot the front lot line but quickly opens up to a perfect mix of flat workable area and then gently rising to mixed forest. Trails lead to the back fence line where a small stream crosses the property. Stands of birch trees give way to a canopy of cedars – a nature lover’s recipe to enjoy the diverse wildlife and flora that reside. The lot does not have a driveway entrance, but the road is paved and just by the 5th Sideroad of Adjala which has natural gas and high-speed internet. Close to but far enough away from Highway 9 for peace and quiet. Great commuting access to the city, Tottenham, Bolton and Orangeville! Build your country escape and enjoy the life you have dreamed about! Adjala $1,109,000

SOLD IN NOVEMBER 2021 FOR OUR SELLER TO OUR BUYER 1.5-storey home on beautiful rolling 99.4 acres of land. Views as far as the eye can see in almost every direction. Watch the sun rise in the morning from your private patio or watch it go down in the evening from your front step. Long tree-lined driveway leads to a large interlock parking area, 2-car garage and a wonderful detached shop to store all your toys. Wonderful perennial gardens with vast array of blooming flowers all summer long. Enjoy your own getaway with extreme privacy, what more could you want! Mono List Price $2,999,000

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As the pandemic evolves, many familiar events have moved online while others have instituted Covid-19 protocols. When planning to participate, please check the websites or social media platforms of your favourite performers and organizations for updates.

arts+letters

APR 14 : INDIGENOUS SERIES: BOOK CLUB Five Little Indians by Michelle

Good. Reserve a copy at the library.

Free, virtual.7pm. Caledon Library, 905857-1400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca

NOW – APR 24 : SYMPHONY OF SEASONS Artists explore life’s

joys,changes and discoveries. WedSun 10am-5pm. Free. Alton Mill Arts Centre, 1402 Queen St, Alton.

Headwaters Arts Gallery, 519943-1149; headwatersarts.org

APR 20 : ADULT CR AF T CLUB: DIY BL ACKOUT POETRY FR AMED ART

Virtual tour examines hockey’s role in nationalism, gender, race, physical and mental health. PAMA, 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca APR 7 : ELIZ ABETH SCAVET TA TEEN WRITING SERIES PRESENTS AUTHOR JASMIN K AUR Explore the art of

creating poetry and free verse novels.

7pm. Free, virtual. Caledon Library, 905857-1400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca APR 9 : EASTER COOKIE DECOR ATING

Each time slot hosts 10 participants for 25 minutes. 11am-1:30pm. $5, register in person at Bike Shop Café or evocycles.ca. Bike Shop Café, Inglewood. 905-838-1698; evocycles.ca

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APR 21 : CRICUT 101: PERSONALIZE YOUR REUSABLE MUG Make vinyl

decals with a Cricut. No experience necessary. Supplies provided, bring your own mug or water bottle. 6:30pm. Free.

Caledon Library – Southfields Village,

APR 23 – JUL 2 : THE WORKS OF STEVEN VOLPE Orangeville artist

uses a narrative, realist style to convey irony, metaphor, social commentary and human psychology. Tue-Sat 11am-4pm. Silo Gallery, Museum of Dufferin, Airport Rd & Hwy 89. 1-877941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com APR 30 : DREAM BIG MARKET Youth

makers, bakers, creators and artists from Dufferin County, aged 12 to 25 sell their wares. Free with food bank donation. 10am-2pm. Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville. Dufferin Board of Trade, 519-941-0490; dufferinbot.ca

APR 30 – MAY 1 : SPRING THAW: NEW BEGINNINGS OPEN HOUSE

Open studios, marketplace and live music. 10am-5pm. Alton Mill Arts Centre, 1402 Queen St, Alton.

519-941-9300; altonmill.ca MAY 3 : IN CONVERSATION WITH BIDEMI OLOYEDE The human

subject as a focus for photography.

Noon-1pm. Free, register; held using Microsoft Teams. PAMA, 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca JUN 1 – JUL 3: REFLEC TIONS Artists

visually depict their reflections on Canada. Wed-Sun 10am-5pm. Alton Mill Arts Centre, 1402 Queen St, Alton. Headwaters Arts Gallery, 519-943-1149; headwatersarts.org C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 114

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NOW – JUN 1 : POWER PL AY: HOCKEY IN CONTEMPOR ARY ART

Create with different materials.

18+. Free, register for Zoom link and supplies pickup details. 6:30pm.

Caledon Library, 905-857-1400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca

225 Dougall Ave, Caledon. 905-8571400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca

CCS Caledon Community Services

DCAFS Dufferin Child

CPCC Caledon Parent-Child Centre

DPSN Dufferin Parent

CVC Credit Valley

EWCS East Wellington Community Services

Conservation

and Family Services Support Network

MOD Museum of Dufferin – Regular admission: $5; seniors $4; children 5-14 $2; under 5 free; family $12 PAMA Peel Art Gallery, Museum and

Archives – Regular admission: $5; students, seniors $4; family (2 adults & 5 children) $12

NVCA Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority OAS Orangeville Agricultural

Society Event Centre SBEC Orangeville & District Small Business Enterprise Centre

THE WASHBOARD UNION APRIL 24, 2022

Three-time reigning CCMA Group of the Year and five-time CCMA Roots Artist/Album of the Year, The Washboard Union are among Canada’s preeminent country bands. Led by step-brothers Aaron Grain & Chris Duncombe and their best friend David John Roberts.

DWAYNE GRETZKY APRIL 29, 2022

A can’t-miss live music experience! Take a curated nostalgia trip that captures the unique joy of turning a radio dial and being surprised by the familiar. This 10+ piece juggernaut of Toronto musicians brings to life the greatest songs of all time, and ignites audiences with their charm, fidelity, and theatrical flair.

6 GUITARS MAY 12, 2022

BERNADETTE PETERS MAY 28, 2022

Written by Chase Padgett & Jay Hopkins. Performed

by Chase Padgett. Breathtaking musicianship, beautiful storytelling, and top-notch comedy.

Broadway’s brightest star, in a glamorous evening of song. Performing from the Broadway shows she’s received accolades for, as well as from her Grammy Award winning albums, including standards, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, and more.

“Six Guitars is nothing short of a storytelling masterpiece. It will leave you laughing until you cry and lifting your jaw to its proper position.”

-Edmonton Sun

www.therosebrampton.ca 905 874 2800

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1:30-4pm. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca

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JUN 2 : CONNEC TIONS ART & BOOK CLUB The Way the Crow Flies by AnnMarie MacDonald. Free, register with Brampton Library and pick up the book.

7-8:30pm. Brampton Library, PAMA, 905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

MAY 7 : MOTHER’S DAY PL ANT & BAKE SALE Pre-order hanging baskets,

community

APR 4, 11 &, 25; MAY 2 : CONNEC TING

OR ANGEVILLE WINTER APRIL 2 – 23 : Saturdays, 9am-1pm.

Orangeville Town Hall, 87 Broadway. orangevillefarmersmarket.ca

and practise with the take-home laptop kit. Register with Kelly at 905-857-1400 ext. 218. 2pm. Free. Caledon Library – Southfields Village branch, Caledon. 905857-1400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca

CREEMORE EASTER MARKET

APR 6 : LIVING WITH ADVANCED

APRIL 16 : 9am-1pm. Station on the

CANCER Options and strategies for

Green, 10 Caroline St, Creemore. creemorefarmersmarket.ca

healthy coping. Free, register; virtual event. 7pm. Caledon Library, 905-8571400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca

CALEDON SENIORS PROGR AM 55+ (IN-PERSON) Learn computer basics

FARMERS’ MARKET

SUMMER FARMERS’ MARKETS APR 7 : PAMA REOPENING

MAY 7: OR ANGEVILLE Saturdays,

New hours: Thu 11am-7pm. Sat 10am-5pm. Sun 1-5pm. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

8am-1pm. 90 Broadway parking lot. orangevillefarmersmarket.ca MAY 21: CREEMORE Saturdays, 8:30am-12:30pm. Station on the Green, 10 Caroline St, Creemore. creemorefarmersmarket.ca

APR 10 & MAY 14 : WHOLE VILL AGE ORIENTATION Tour the farm and ecoresidence virtually or in person. 1-4pm. $10. 20725 Shaws Creek Road, Caledon.

519-941-1099; wholevillage.org

JUN 11: BOLTON Saturdays, 9am-

1pm. The Royal Courtyards, 18 King St. E. downtownbolton.ca JUNE 23: ERIN Thursdays, 3-6:30pm.

APR 13 : 10 KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Erin Fairgrounds, 184 Main St, Erin. erinfarmersmarket.ca

YOU NEED TO KNOW! Make your online

NOW – MAY 9 (MONDAYS) : EXPLORER’S BIBLE STUDY Series on

life more efficient. Free, register; virtual event. 7pm. Caledon Library, 905-8571400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca

the Prophets of Israel explores 17 books from the Old Testament. Newcomers welcome. Online or in person. 7-8pm.

Brampton Christian School, 12480 Hutchinson Farm Ln, Caledon. 905484-1263; ebsbramptonontpm2034. churchcenter.com

APR 13 : SENIORS’ EASTER LUNCHEON

NOW – MAY 31: THROUGH THE

APR 14, MAY 12 & JUN 9 : PROBUS

LOOKING GL ASS Examine Dufferin

CLUB OF OR ANGEVILLE MONTHLY

County’s rare artifacts and archival documents up close. Tue-Sat 11am-4pm. Museum of Dufferin, Airport Rd & Hwy 89. 1-877-9417787; dufferinmuseum.com

MEETINGS Apr 14: 25th anniversary

APR 2 – AUG 6 (FIRST SATURDAYS) :

& BINGO Ham and dessert. Pick-up

11:30-noon. Sit-in noon. $10 for lunch, register; $5 for 3 Bingo cards; local delivery $2. In-person Bingo 1pm.

11:30am-2:30pm. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton. 905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca

of the Probus Club of Orangeville with Deb Sherwood, Orangeville Historical Society. May 12 & Jun 9: Speakers TBA. 10am-noon. New Hope Community Church, 690 Riddell Rd, Orangeville.

519-307-2887; probusorangeville.club

POP-UP DONATION STATION See

website for acceptable items. 11am3pm. Headwaters Home Improvement Centre, 4 Shamrock Rd, Erin. Habitat for Humanity Guelph Wellington, 519-767-9752; habitatgw.ca 114

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APR 23 : CHRIST CHURCH BOLTON GAR AGE SALE Deals on household

goods, antiques, furniture and more. 8am1pm. Christ Church Bolton, 22 Nancy St. 905-857-0433; christchurchbolton.ca

APR 23 : FUNDR AISING BREAKFAST SPECIAL Peameal bacon. Sit-in 9 and

10:30am. Curbside pick-up 10am. $15; children 10 & under $10; register.

9am-noon. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca APR 23 & MAY 28 : FOOD + CLIMATE – HOW TO EAT TO SAVE THE PL ANET

The consequences of our meals – Project Drawdown. 10am-noon.

Free. Palgrave United Church, 34 Pine Ave. ecoCaledon, Palgrave United Community Kitchen, 905880-0303; palgravekitchen.org APR 27 : LOOKING AHEAD TO RETIRE­ MENT Make every dollar count.

Presented by the Credit Counselling Society. 6pm. Free, register; virtual.

Caledon Library, 905-857-1400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca APR 29, 30 & MAY 1 : 2022 HOME & LIFEST YLE SHOW Everything for

urns, flowers and herbs, pick up in time for Mother’s Day. Craft vendors.

8-11am. Primrose United Church, 486281 30 Sdrd Mono. 519-9252397; shelburneprimrose.com MAY 12 : UNCOVERING HISTORY: AN INTER AC TIVE SCAVENGER HUNT Challenges and puzzles.

$8; $25 group rate (up to 4 adults), register; timeslots every 15 minutes; last timeslot 8pm. 6-9pm. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca MAY 14 : TRUNK SALE, BOOK ODDS’N ENDS FUNDR AISING SALE Book

your rental space – 2 parking spots for $30. Bring your goods and sell!

Breakfast, BBQ and goodies available.

8am-1pm. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca MAY 18 & JUN 15 : CALEDON SENIORS’ CENTRE SPECIAL LUNCH

May 18: Quiche. Call by May 16 at 3:30. Jun 15: BBQ. Call by Jun 13 at 3:30. Pickup 11:30-noon. Sit-in noon. $10; local delivery $2. 11:30am12:30pm. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca

the home, plus artisans and wellness experts. Pet-friendly. Fri 4-9pm. Sat 10am-6pm. Sun 10am-5pm. Entrance and parking by donation to Caledon Meals on Wheels. Albion Bolton Community Centre, Bolton. 705-7732512; homeandlifestyleshow.ca

MAY 28 : GR AND VALLEY LIONS DUCK R ACE Live entertainment,

APR 29, MAY 27 & JUN 24 : CALEDON SENIORS’ CENTRE MONTHLY DINNERS Apr 29: Stuffed chicken

children’s activities. Food available.

Noon-4pm. Free; ducks $5. Hereward Park, 200 Main St S, Grand Valley.

519-943-5471; grandvalleylions.com

breast. Call by Apr 27. May 27: BBQ hamburger or hotdog. Call by May 25. Jun 24: Chicken kebab. Call by Jun 22. Pick-up 4:30-5:30pm. Sit-in 5:30pm. $15; local delivery $2. 4:306:30pm. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca

Truck and tractor pull, demo derby, entertainment and more! Caledon Fairgrounds, 18297 Hurontario St, Caledon Village. Caledon Agricultural Society, 519-927-5730; caledonfair.ca

MAY 6 : MOTHER’S DAY AF TERNOON TEA Fancy sandwiches, scones, clotted

JUN 17 : STR AWBERRY SOCIAL & ENTERTAINMENT Take-out 1:30-2pm.

cream, jam and assorted desserts.

Local delivery $2. Call to register. 1:304pm. Free. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca

JUN 10 – 12 : CALEDON FAIR

JUN 23 : AN EVENING UNDER THE STARS A casually elegant outdoor fête

at a private property in Mono. Proceeds to Dufferin Community Foundation.

Table of 8 $1,200. 5:30-11pm. 519-9380780; dufferincommunityfoundation.ca C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 117

www.theatreorangeville.ca

Locally-sourced, world-class theatre.

519 · 942 · 3423 theatreorangeville.ca

Join us in-person — or stream on-demand via StageTOScreen!

www.dufferinmuseum.com THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS The exhibit case resembles a magnifying glass, blocking out visual distractions, providing you with an opportunity to get up-close to rare artifacts and archival documents. As you explore, take a moment to reflect: What speaks to you? What questions do you have? What do you think the future holds?

ON NOW AT THE MUSEUM OF DUFFERIN Tuesday to Saturday 11:00AM to 4:00PM | 936029 Airport Road, Mulmur Visit our website for up-to-date COVID-19 visitor guidelines. @MuseumofDufferin

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A.M. Korsten Jewellers 53 Amorettos 39 Gallery Gemma 62 Hannah’s 38 Renaissance 38 Scented Drawer Fine Lingerie Boutique 53 Seconds Count Hospital Thrift Store 53 Sweet B Studio 39

he a lt h + w e l l ne s s Avita Integrated Health 78 Dr. Richard Pragnell 76 Headwaters Health Care Centre 97 Healing Moon 52 Lia Falzon, Registered Psychotherapist 82

Am Braigh Farms 24 Bloom Green Garden Centre 33 GB Stone 14 Hill’N Dale Landscaping 17 Jay’s Custom Sheds 90 Leaves & Petals Garden Maintenance 102 Matthew Gove & Co. 36 Peel Landscaping 28 Raymar Landscape Design Build 80 River Ridge 5 Sinovi Masonry & Stonescapes 101 Stephanie’s Country Greenhouse 36 Tumber Landscape Design & Build 7

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Arseneau Home Comfort 77 Bryan’s Fuel 19

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m o v in g s e r v i c e s Downsizing Diva Dufferin-Caledon 78

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f il m p ro d u c t i o n Drew Morey Productions 97

c h a r i ta b l e o rg a ni z at i o n s Dufferin Community Foundation 46 Headwaters Health Care Foundation 97

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BMO Nesbitt Burns Wealth Management, N. Meek 84 RBC Dominion Securities, S. Roud 82

Caledon Lighting 51 Framed X Design 52 Granny Taught Us How 22 Heidi’s Room 22 Orangeville Furniture 124 Revival Furniture 103 Sproule’s Emporium 53 The Weathervane 39

mu s i c Gerbers Pianoworks 102

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JUL 1 : CALEDON CANADA DAY STR AWBERRY FESTIVAL Food,

SHINE Sign up online to clean up

entertainment, displays and more!

8am-4pm. Free. Caledon Fairgrounds, 18297 Hurontario St, Caledon Village. Caledon Agricultural Society, 519-927-5730; caledonfair.ca

outdoor+sport APR 20, MAY 18 & JUN 15 : CREEMORE HORTICULTUR AL SOCIET Y MEETINGS

Apr 20: General meeting and Bring a Friend Night. Bees in Our Environment and Ways We Can Support Them. May 18: Floral Design. Jun 15: Allotment Gardens of Europe. 7:30-9pm. St. Luke’s Anglican Church Hall, 22 Caroline St W, Creemore. Creemore Horticultural Society, gardenontario.org

our town. Noon-4pm. Rotary Park, 2nd Ave & 4th St, Orangeville. The Rotary Club of Orangeville, 519939-1298; orangevillerotary.ca

schooling before their A Shows. Teen Ranch, 20682 Hurontario St, Caledon.

519-941-4501; teenranch.com JUN 9 : SHELBURNE EDC & ROTARY

5K, 10K in-person. Virtual 10K run/ walk/hike. 9:30am. Mansfield Outdoor Centre, 937365 Airport Rd, Mulmur.

Gotta Run Racing, gottarunracing.com

GOLF CL ASSIC Celebrate successes within our business community.

Proceeds to Shelburne Splash Pad. $150. 11am-10pm. Shelburne Golf & Country Club, 516423 Cty Rd 124, Melancthon. Rotary Club of Shelburne, 519-278-4578; shelburnerotaryclub.com

MAY 15 : MONO ON A BIKE Safety, tuning, rodeo, riding and a BBQ. $5; register, 519-941-3599 x221. 9am12:30pm. Monora Park Pavilion, 500 Monora Park Dr, Mono. Town of Mono, 519-941-3599; townofmono.com

In-person 5K run/walk, 10.5K run and kids’ fun run. Or run virtually in June.

Proceeds to food programs in Dufferin.

8am. 246289 Hockley Rd, Mono.

519-941-4790; compassrun.com

MAY 28 : NATIONAL COME & TRY

JUN 12 : HIKE FOR HOSPICE DUFFERIN

ROWING DAY Tour our boathouse, learn

& BUT TERFLY RELEASE Walk 5k while remembering a loved one. Staggered participation times. Register. 9am-2pm.

Monora Park Pavilion, 500 Monora Park Dr, Mono. hospicedufferin.com

MAY 14 : LOST TREASURE TR AIL R ACE

techniques and join a rower for a paddle on the lake. 8am-2pm. Free. Island Lake Rowing Club, islandlakerowing.com

JUN 11 : COMPASS RUN FOR FOOD

MAY 28 : FRIENDSHIP GARDENS ANNUAL PL ANT SALE Excellent

JUN 17 – 19 : FATHER/SON HOCKEY

perennial plants at reasonable prices.

Free entrance and parking. 8:30-11am.

Friendship Gardens – Headwaters Health Care Centre, 140 Rolling Hills Dr, Orangeville. friendshipgardens.ca

WEEKEND! Enjoy bonding over

APR 23 : MAKE MONO SHINE

Collect litter, bags supplied. Prizes, entertainment, walks and BBQ by Mono Cliffs Inn. Proceeds to Mono Tennis Club’s new tennis courts. Bring your own cup. 9am-1:30pm. Mono Community Centre, Mono Centre.

519-941-3599; townofmono.com APR 23 & 24 : PINE RIVER NATURE RESERVE CLEANUP Wear gloves and

bring bags, disposal bin on site. 2nd Line W at 15 Sdrd, Mulmur. 9:30am3:30pm. dufferinbrucetrailclub.org MAY 1 : HIKE FOR BETHELL HOSPICE

In-person or virtual options. $25, register. 8am-5pm. $25. Lloyd Wilson Arena, Inglewood. Bethell Hospice Foundation, 905-838-3534; foundation.bethellhospice.org MAY 5 – OC T 27 (THURSDAYS) : DUFFERIN DIRT RUNNERS Meet

near Orangeville for a 5k to 8k run followed by social time. 6pm.

Steve Hunter, 647-638-4723.

JUN 4 : CREEMORE HORTICULTUR AL SOCIET Y PL ANT SALE Plants donated

from the community. 8:30am-noon.

Station on the Green, 10 Caroline St E, Creemore. gardenontario.org JUN 4 : GREAT MANSFIELD OUTDOORS R ACE 5K, 10K and half marathon follow­

ed by a beerfest. Also virtual races 6K and 11K. Camping at MOC at a reduced rate. 7am. Mansfield Outdoor Centre, 937365 Airport Rd, Mulmur. North of 89 Outdoors, 604-644-3504; n89.ca JUN 5 & 26; JUL 10 & 24, AUG 7 & 21 : HUNTER/JUMPER HORSE SHOWS

Professional courses and divisions for first-time competitors to those

hockey, waterslide, trail rides, incredible food and more. Teen Ranch, 20682 Hurontario St, Caledon.

519-941-4501; teenranch.com

kids APR 4 – MAY 9 (MONDAYS) : STORY TIME LIVE! (IN-PERSON) Interactive

songs, stories and rhymes. 10am. Free, register. Caledon Library – Southfields Village, 225 Dougall Ave, Caledon. 905857-1400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca APR 5 : BUNNY PNEUMATICS Make

paper bunnies that poke their heads out of the grass! Free, virtual. Register for Zoom link and supplies pickup details.

4:30pm. Caledon Library, 905-8571400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca APR 12 : T WEEN CHOCOL ATE SMASH EGGS Don’t just crack your eggs. Smash

them! Allergy alert. Free, virtual. Register for Zoom link and supplies pickup details.

4:30pm. Caledon Library, 905-8571400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca APR 14 : DUNGEONS & DR AGONS VIRTUAL GAMING CLUB – AGES 13 TO

MAY 13 – 15 : MOTHER/DAUGHTER EQUINE ESCAPE Share your common

love of horses and adventure. Teen Ranch, 20682 Hurontario St, Caledon.

519-941-4501; teenranch.com

17 Players will learn to create discord and Roll20 accounts. See our Dungeons and Dragons Virtual Gaming Club page.

Free, register. Caledon Library, 905857-1400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca

APR 23 : FAMILY FUN AC TIVIT Y: SCULP T A TEAM MASCOT – AGES 6 TO 12 Drop in and make a team

mascot! Free, donations welcome.

All children with an adult. 1-4:30pm.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca APR 25 : TEEN CAFÉ @CPL – CAKE POP CAFÉ Make your own cake pops

with Mia and Juliane! Allergy alert.

Free, virtual. Register for Zoom link and supplies pickup details. 7pm.

Caledon Library, 905-857-1400 x228; caledon.library.on.ca APR 23 : FAMILY FUN AC TIVIT Y: SCULP T A TEAM MASCOT – AGES 6 TO 12 Drop in and make a team

mascot! Free, donations welcome.

All children with an adult. 1-4:30pm.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca MAY 14 : HANDS - ON HISTORY: A FAMILY CHALLENGE A series of

missions and tasks. 10:30am-4pm. $8; $25 group rate (up to 2 adults and 3 children or 4 adults), register.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca MAY 28 : FAMILY FUN AC TIVIT Y: THE ART OF PHOTOGR APHY – AGES 6 TO 12 Drop in and create artwork

inspired by Bidemi Oloyede’s photos.

All children with an adult. 1-4:30pm.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca JUN 4 : HOCKEY ART WORKSHOP – AGES 8 TO 12 Recycle hockey

gear into art with Liz Pead.

1:30pm. $12.50, register. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca JUN 10 : JUST LIKE “UNDER THE BIG TOP” FUNDR AISING EVENT

Stage Academy followed by Aristov Circus. Gates open 5:30pm, show 7pm. $24, call for tickets; seniors, children 12 & under $20. Proceeds to Caledon Seniors’ Centre Expansion Project. 5:30-10pm. Albion & Bolton Fairgrounds, 150 Queen St S, Bolton.

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p o o l s & s aun a s AquaVac Essentials 76 D&D Pools & Spas 58 Mill Lane Saunas 103 New Wave Pools & Spas 88

p ro f e s s i o n a l s e r v i c e s Carters Law Firm 19 Town of Caledon 62

r e a l e s tat e + h o me in s p e c t i o n s Bosley Real Estate 90 Velvet Alcorn Century 21 Millennium Inc. 4 Lorraine Mondello, Terry McCue, Nicolas Currie Century 21 Millennium Inc.​ 12 Mary Klein, Kaitlan Klein Chestnut Park Real Estate​ 28 Leah Wilkins Chestnut Park Real Estate 105 ​Sue Collis, Sarah MacLean Coldwell Banker, Ronan Realty​ 106 Britton Ronan, Marc Ronan, Sarah Lunn Coldwell Banker, Ronan Realty​ 102 Colleen Kearns Coldwell Banker Select Realty 18 Verona Teskey Cornerstone Realty 48 Nancy Urekar Moffat Dunlap Real Estate 109 Moffat Dunlap, John Dunlap, Murray Snider, Nik Bonellos, Elizabeth Campbell, Courtney Murgatroyd, Sean Wynn, Mark Campbell, David Warren ReMax In The Hills 111 Chris Richie, Sean Anderson, Dale Poremba, Jennifer Unger ReMax Real Estate Centre 85 ​Ann Shanahan, Bonnie Sturgeon, Sarah Anthon ReMax Real Estate Centre 77 Radha Diaram ReMax Realty Specialists Inc. 50 Sigrid Doherty Royal LePage Credit Valley 89 Rita Lange

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music APR–JUN: LIVE MUSIC AT ROSE THEATRE All performances at 8pm unless noted. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. 905874-2800; rosetheatre.ca APR 4 : ANY DREAM WILL DO The

Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. 7pm.

APR 7 : JOHNNY RIVEX A rousing country

music night you won’t want to miss.

APR 20 : DRIVEWIRE Soundrive Records is an indie record label curating all genres of music.

APR 23 : A TRIBUTE TO THE GREATEST SONGWRITERS OF ALL TIME

Brampton Concert Band performs with jazz artist Micah Barnes.

APR 24 : THE WASHBOARD UNION

An irresistible blend of roof-raising anthems and poignant ballads.

APR 29 : DWAYNE GRETZK Y Celebrating

classic pop with electrifying renditions of over 700 songs.

APR 30 : A GR AND DECADE Celebrate the successful culmination of ten seasons with The Rose Orchestra. 7:30pm.

MAY 12 : 6 GUITARS A single

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performer embodies six different guitar-playing characters, each representing a genre of music.

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MAY 19 : CL ASSIC ALBUMS LIVE:

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for note, cut for cut.

s e ni o r s ’ s e r v i c e s

Broadway’s brightest star, in an evening of song.

BILLY JOEL The Stranger, note

MAY 28 : BERNADET TE PETERS TRIO

Ailsa Craig at the Village of Arbour Trails 36 Avalon Retirement Lodge 13 Headwaters Home Care 77 Lord Dufferin Centre 97

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NOW – JUN 27 (MONDAYS) : FREE BAGPIPES & DRUM LESSONS Learn

with band members. 6-7pm. Sandhill Pipes and Drums Practice Hall, 13899 Airport Rd, Caledon. 519-2158569; sandhillpipesanddrums.ca APR 23 : CALEDON CHAMBER CONCERTS PRESENTS THE VENUTI STRING QUARTET A highly versatile

group comfortable in many genres. 7:309pm. $35; 16 & under $15. 905-8380888; caledonchamberconcerts.com APR 27 – MAY 15 : ROCK ’N’ ROLL IS HERE TO STAY Leisa Way and the

Wayward Wind Band keep the classic rock flame burning. Apr 28 & May 7: Talk Back performance. May 11: Relaxed performance at 7pm, not 8pm. Wed-Fri 8pm. Sat 7pm. Sun 2pm.

Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. Theatre Orangeville, 519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca MAY 2 – 4 : OR ANGEVILLE & DISTRIC T MUSIC FESTIVAL Performance

opportunities in all disciplines. Register online or at Westminster. Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville. 519-941-4334; odmf.ca JUN 3 – 5 : THE OR ANGEVILLE BLUES & JA Z Z FESTIVAL Outstanding

local and international talent on multiple stages and venues around town. Friday Night Blues Cruise, the Saturday Ramble on Broadway, the Sunday Blues & Bikes event and more. orangevillebluesandjazz.ca

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The Inglewood fence #4 in A, #3 in B, #5 in C. Every second slat is a longer one and they altern­ ate yellow and white. Shorter slats alternate pointed and round in a sequence of blue, yellow and white.

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House numbers Osman’s house number is 19 and Wally’s 91.

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The answer is in the letters 3, 7, 8, 40, 50, 60: Written out, all of them are five letters long.

Ought is the word: Ring, earth, windless, tops and ought each make a new word when their last letter comes first (grin, heart, swindles, stop, tough).

Water: H to O; H2O

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Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. Theatre Orangeville, 519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca APR 1 – 3 : THE SOUND OF MUSIC An ebullient postulate serves as governess to the seven children of the imperious Captain von Trapp in this classic musical. Brampton Music Theatre, Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton.

905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca APR 14 : BROMANCE BARELY METHOD­ ICAL TROUPE A tour de force of cuttingedge physical heroics, wittily exploring male companionship and its limits. 8pm.

Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton.

905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca APR 19 : THE MUSH HOLE Also known as The Mohawk Institute, the Mush Hole, the oldest residential school in Canada, is examined through survivors’ memories. A story of finding light. 8pm.

Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton.

905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca APR 21 : JUST FOR L AUGHS 2022 ROADSHOW A night of side-splitting

www.altonmill.ca

comedy. Note: Mature content. 8pm.

Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton.

905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca

theatre+film NOW – APR 10 : MORE CONFESSIONS FROM THE NINTH CONCESSION An

all-new Field Guide to Rural Living in story and song, written and performed

by Dan Needles and Ian Bell. Wed-Fri 8pm. Sat 7pm. Sun 2pm. Apr 3: Talk Back performance. Apr 6: Relaxed performance at 7pm, talk back follows.

JUN 1 – 19 : CREES IN THE CARIBBEAN

Two imperfect people who are perfect together celebrate their 35th anniversary with a first trip abroad in this comedy by Drew Hayden Taylor.

Wed-Fri 8pm. Sat 7pm. Sun 2pm. Jun 15: Relaxed Performance at 7pm. Jun 16 & 19: Talk Back performances.

Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. Theatre Orangeville, 519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca

Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf, Peinture canadienne (Riopelle) (detail), © the artist

Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives

Welcomes you back this April!

PAMA is thrilled to

Rhyming outside the box Blackbirds: Twice four is eight plus twenty is twenty eight.

Feet on the hillside: Two. Sheep have hooves and dogs have paws.

Make the number 7 even: Drop the ‘s’ on seven.

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re-open the art gallery with the feature exhibition Power Play: Hockey in Contemporary Art.

www.pama.peelregion.ca Visit pama.peelregion.ca to learn more.

The Museum and Archives remain closed for construction until Winter 2022.

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BY KEN WEBER

The Inglewood fence A landscape contractor was called away from construction of a decorative fence on a property in Inglewood with just three slats left to install. If you were tasked with completing the fence, which of slats 1 to 6 would you install at points A, B and C to produce a consistently alternating pattern from left to right?

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House numbers Wally and Osman are good friends who live on the same street in Grand Valley. They enjoy amusing people by telling them that Osman’s house number is the reverse of the number on Wally’s, and that subtracting Osman’s house number from Wally’s number produces a difference ending in 2.

What are the smallest possible numbers on their respective houses?

C

On the blackboard at S.S.#15 Mulmur in Kilgorie

Rhyming outside the box Twice four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.

I don’t have forty-eight of them!

Can you tell me why?

Mr. Stuart, the teacher at S.S.#15, was notorious for presenting difficult number problems to his students, so when the school inspector visited, he was surprised to find this relatively simple challenge on the blackboard.

The answer is in the letters A careful examination of the numbers 1 to 1000 reveals that 3, 7, 8, 40, 50 and 60 share a distinction not found in any other number.

What is it?

The words ring, earth, windless, and tops share a common feature found in only one of these words: error, pale, abject, ought.

What is that one word?

If you think about this string of letters you might hear what they represent.

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Observing a distant hillside, a biologist makes note of five sheep, two dogs and a shepherd.

How many feet does she record?

Without adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing, how can an editor make the number 7 even?

On the face of it, there is only one place where 2 can be added to 11 to come up with one. Where?

Arrange the numbers

123 45 678 in the pattern above. No number may appear diagonally to or beside numbers that come before or after it.

(E.g., the number 4 may not appear diagonally to or beside 3 or 5.)

Can you solve Mr. Stuart’s simple challenge?

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