The Hip rocks in support of good-food initiative

Despite last Saturday’s heat warning and threats of thunderstorms, The New Farm’s annual fundraiser in support of Grow for The Stop went off without a hitch. The evening brought fantastic food, music, friends and community together to celebrate and support access to...

Creemore Vertical Challenge

On Saturday, nearly 200 ultra runners will descend on Creemore for the ninth annual Creemore Vertical Challenge (CVC). There will be three different races run along a combination of private trails and roads – a 25-km, 50-km or 75-km. The 25-km is part of the Ontario...

1-in-3 bites of the food made possible by pollinators

As part of North America’s National Pollinator Week June 15-21, Mulmur’s own Not So Hollow Farm and their event partner, The North American Native Plant Society, are hosting the first, and hopefully annual, “Bees to Butterflies and Beyond” event. It is an all-day...

Spring Peepers: Heard, but not seen

They are one of the first harbingers of spring – the ongoing chorus of loud, high pitched peeps coming from our wooded areas and grassy wetlands.  Although they sound like sleigh bells, they are the mating calls of tiny male frogs called Spring Peepers (Pseudacris...

SCI students have fun while getting their hands dirty

Mike Wheatcroft, a teacher at Stayner Collegiate Institute (SCI), speaks to his class of Grade 10 students, explaining what they need to get done. He assigns some students to watering the hundreds of vegetables and herbs that are growing throughout the school’s new...