by Trina Berlo | May 18, 2018 | News
You can grow a lot in a relatively small space. The Hoviuses are proving that to be true. Having gone beyond basic gardening, they are into the realm of urban agriculture. Strawberries in pots, row upon row of perfectly aligned vegetables, fruit vines cover the lawn...
by Trina Berlo | May 18, 2018 | News
The Hort Park is constantly evolving as a place to educate and inspire visitors. A vertical planter and green roof are additions people may have noticed last year. Well, there is still more to come. Charlotte Vorstermans said her hope is that eventually the park...
by Trina Berlo | May 18, 2018 | News
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are two simple things people can do for the environment when it comes to their own yards and both require choosing to do nothing. Don’t be so quick to mow down those dandelions in the spring and hold off on hacking away at the...
by Trina Berlo | May 18, 2018 | News
Police responded to a single motor vehicle collision at the Highway 26 and Mosley Street roundabout west of Stayner at about 8 p.m. on May 16. When officers arrived they observed a full sized yellow school bus with front end damage. The investigation revealed the...
by Trina Berlo | May 18, 2018 | News
Cartoonist Jeff Wilson has published two new books about farm life: The Complete Flatt’s Farm and The Avridge Farm Companion. In the 90s both comic strips were published in newspapers in Barrie, Dundalk, Flesherton, Durham, Markdale, Toronto, Hamilton and Owen Sound...
by Trina Berlo | May 18, 2018 | News
Paul Eprile has won the French-American Foundation 2018 Translation Prize for fiction for his translation of Melville: A Novel by Jean Giono. In the fall of 1849, Herman Melville traveled to London to deliver his novel White-Jacket to his publisher. On his return to...
