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Growing up in the country, canning and preserving was a way of life, according to Irma Flack. “I guess I learned from my mother. It had to be done, so I helped. It wasn’t a special thing,” she [...]

I don’t know about you, but the past few weeks have brought a lot of messy situations and “crunchy” feelings to the surface for me. The negative voice in my head has been quite loud and I’ve been [...]

Graeme Foers became a beekeeper after a quarter-life crisis. At the age of 21, he found himself living in Toronto, working for a large advertising agency and decided that he was enjoying neither. [...]

When eight-year-old Ivy Millsap and her sister Charlotte, 10, told their dad they wanted a puppy, he responded by asking how they intended to pay for it. The girls purchased $181 worth of pumpkin [...]

Moms and dads may get excited by the fresh produce, baking and farm- to-table meals at Maple Grove Farm, but for the kids it’s all about the Fall Festival. Since late September, the farm has been [...]

Fox hunting is intrinsic to life in the English countryside, says Huntsman Andrew Marren. Where it is seen as novel, even posh, for rural Ontarians, fox hunting has been a way of life for Marren. [...]

A shared dream of one day owning a bookshop is the ‘why.’ A couple who grew up in Creemore is the ‘who.’ A lot of hard work and an industrious nature is the ‘how.’ A quaint Nottawa cottage is the [...]

Mansfield Women’s Institute presented the Township of Mulmur with a $1,000 donation on Oct. 2 in support of repairs to the ice pad and coolant system at the North Dufferin Community Centre in [...]

Maja Spyrc and Fairgrounds Bellwether have returned from The Equine Choice Silver Playoffs with four ribbons, a podium finish earning them a sash, three medals (one silver and two bronze), and a [...]