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26 Childhood of a Galactic Metropolis
14 Letters
Places to Grow turns 10 by Jeff Rollings
19 Artist in Residence
Shawn Murenbeeld
36 10 Years of the Greenbelt
Environmental success, farming challenge by Tim Shuff 36
70 Headwaters Nest
Our readers write
20 Must Do
Our favourite picks for summer
Finding a balance in Caledon by Nicola Ross
A favourite duck by Dan Needles
50 Discovering Caledon on Foot
55 Made In The Hills
An excerpt from Caledon Hikes by Nicola Ross
5,000 miles in a sulky by Ken Weber 78 over the (next) hill
80 Good Sport
A moveable feast by Tralee Pearce
Paddleboard Zen by Nicola Ross 85 Cooking Class
The Globe’s raspberry pie by Cecily Ross
58 Countdown to the Pan Am
Ready, set, enjoy! by Cecily Ross 58
76 Historic Hills
Cleaning out the closets by Gail Grant
23 Fence Posts
46 Urban/Rural Divide
Up, up and away! by Bethany Lee
88 At Home in the Hills
The little house down the lane by Pam Purves
62 Nellie and Winston
A poem by Paul Aird
104 What’s On in the Hills
A calendar of summer happenings
64 The Nature Fix
Get the kids outside this summer by Tralee Pearce
114 A Puzzling Conclusion
by Ken Weber
72 Tick Talk
Lyme disease moves in by Tralee Pearce
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volume 22 number 2 2015 publisher and editor Signe Ball design and art direction Kim van Oosterom Wallflower Design editorial Gail Grant Bethany Lee Dan Needles Tralee Pearce Pam Purves Jeff Rollings Cecily Ross Nicola Ross Don Scallen Tim Shuff Ken Weber
a s so ciate editors Tralee Pearce Dyanne Rivers oper ations and adminis tr ation Kirsten Ball Cindy Caines advertising sales Roberta Fracassi Erin Woodley advertising production Marion Hodgson Type & Images events and copy editor Janet Dimond
photography Grant Ellis Rosemary Hasner Robert McCaw Pete Paterson Food styling: Jane Fellowes illus tr ation Shelagh Armstrong Jane Fellowes Jim Stewart
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A different perspective on this place we call home My son-in-law has a drone. You may well raise a quizzical eyebrow, as I did, about this latest “toy.” But when he set it loose over our little village, the view that magically popped onto the screen of his handheld device was entirely fascin ating. Suddenly there was a brand new perspective on the small cluster of houses and surrounding fields and woods we had only seen previously from our lowly and segmented viewpoint anchored firmly to the ground. Soaring high, then swooping low, the drone offered a bird’s-eye view, and who, in the history of humanity, has not dreamed of seeing like a bird? In this issue, visually and thematically, we do our own version of soaring high then swooping close to examine this place we call home. This year, the province is undertaking what it calls a Co-ordinated Land Use Planning Review – which includes assessments of its Growth Plan, along with its environmental plans for the Greenbelt, the Oak Ridges Moraine and the Niagara Escarpment. More than just a field day for obsessive policy wonks, the four plans have an enormous impact on the way life in our hills will evolve. So we asked Jeff Rollings, Tim Shuff and Nicola Ross to assess that impact in words, and Rosemary Hasner to put it in pictures. In particular, Rosemary’s splendid aerial photos dramatically convey the whole cloth of our landscape, its rivers and forests, its farmland and pits, and the definitive line where urban and rural divide. For Jeff ’s story on the Growth Plan, we pulled up even higher, with a NASA satellite view showing how Headwaters fits into the “galactic metropolis” of the Greater Golden Horseshoe and beyond. But lest all that altitude is making you queasy, we then settle back down to earth with two more contributions from Nicola Ross: her account of a leisurely paddleboard down the Credit and an excerpt from her new book on hiking in Caledon. In both, she gets up close and personal with the f lora and fauna, woods and waterways – and village cafés – that define our landscape. As does Tralee Pearce with her 12 excellent tips on how to engage kids with the riches of outdoor discovery. For most of us “home” is a mythical place – constructed from a collective idea of who we are and how we live. It can be a very comfortable place and well worth celebrating. But sometimes it’s also worth standing back to determine if the structure is still sound. In the pages of this issue, we hope we’ve done both.
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Re: “Bobolinks and Meadowlarks: In Search of Some Breeding Space” (spring’15). After watching a Dr. Suzuki documentary on the songbirds’ decline, there are other culprits that are rarely mentioned as to why there are fewer songbirds alive. Now, let’s talk about crows and ravens. I have been living on our farm in Caledon East for more than 30 years, and you do not know how many times I have seen these destroyers swoop into our barns and pull back in the blue sky with young chicks in their long beaks. In the summer months I have also seen clouds of crows. Our songbirds do not stand a chance of surviving an attack from these carnivores. Their breed is flourishing, and if we do not join forces to find a better way on behalf of our songbirds, the future will have no songs, no colours – just black birds. What will they eat next ? I am a conservationist and we face a very delicate balance in nature, but if we look, examine and act on all possibilities, we could do more good than harm. Let’s take some sensible actions right now. These beautiful songbirds never took music lessons, yet it is music to our ears when they sing. They must keep on singing. We can help. Anthony Noris, Caledon East
I read with considerable interest the excellent article by Don Scallen regarding the restriction on field-crop harvests to save the bobolinks and meadowlarks. It is ironic that these birds were never native to Ontario until Europeans came to farm the forests. Now we have a conflict between the Ontario government’s Municipal Act encour agement to impose tree-cutting bylaws on farmers and its Endangered Species Act encouragement to prevent timely hay harvests. Two facts are evident from this report. First, the ban on hay harvests till mid-July will come into force in December 2015. Second, non-native species are being protected at the expense of family farmers. It sounds as if the UN’s Agenda 21 [on sustain able development] is alive and well in Ontario, where the policy appears to be to cram humans into high-rise cities while converting family farms into wind turbine farms. Charles Hooker East Garafraxa
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Thank you very much for your response to my article. What is notable about this issue is how diverse groups, through the Bobolink Round Table, are collaborating to seek solutions to the decline of bobolinks and meadowlarks. It is heartening, in this era of confrontational politics, that the round table – comprising representatives from government, agriculture, industry and environmental groups – can talk respectfully and reach consensus. Part of that consensus is to allow farmers an exemption from the protective provisions of the Endangered Species Act. This doesn’t necessarily make naturalist groups happy, but it is recognized as the only reasonable approach. There is little chance farmers will ever be forced to wait until mid-July to harvest hay. There would, justifiably, be a huge outcry if this happened. Instead, there will likely be a continued focus on incentives to harvest hay later along with continued acknowledge ment that some types of farming (dairy farming, for example) will never be able to do this. As for bobolinks and meadowlarks as non-natives, please consider that they were almost certainly here in smaller numbers prior to European settlement, in beaver meadows and open landscapes created by Aboriginal peoples. But even if it could be proven they arrived only after Europeans cleared the land, that still means they have been living here 200 years or so. If that isn’t enough to qualify them as natives, then most of us are equally “non-native.” Most of us have lineages in Ontario far shorter than those of bobolinks and meadowlarks. Compromise and respectful dialogue are necessary to address this issue. Bobolinks and meadowlarks will never trump the interests of the family farm. But I hope we can find creative solutions to allow them their place in the sun.
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Re: “The Value of Farmland” by Rene van Acker (summer ’14). We have the same problem as Caledon in Centre Wellington Township, with agricultural land falling to the forces of giantism, cupidity and “progress.” In other words, the province’s Places to Grow mandate, a complete disaster for rural communities, essentially endorses the destruction of our agricultural heritage. The sad thing is that a recent poll on culture in Centre Wellington placed heritage as the number one priority of its residents, yet
the bureaucratic ministries of this province, working in tandem with acquiescent municipalities, are running slipshod over the wishes of taxpayers and constituents. Apparently, in Ontario, there is simply no limit to the rape of our agricultural heritage. It is not an overstate ment to call this a tragedy. Daniel Bratton, Centre Wellington continued on next page
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“Love you, Dan! ” I love to read. I spent my youth staying up nights reading as much as I could. After I had my children that stopped, but I’m slowly getting back to it and I have to say that one of my favourite things to read is an article by Dan Needles. He has a way of capturing exactly what I search to find the right words to say. His column in the recent spring issue (“A Blast from the Past”), about how Canada is a land of committees and that sometimes you just have to go ahead and blow up a church in broad daylight, was right on the money. I love Dan Needles and I just wanted him to know that. As a writer and somebody who does my own share of blowing up churches in broad daylight, I aspire to his heights. Yevgenia Casale, Caledon
Trevor Cole’s Dad Re: Interview with author Trevor Cole, “Bill’s Glorious Comeback” by Jeff Rollings (spring’15). Having grown up with Trevor’s father Bill Cole, been best man at his wedding, been tempted to join his plan to go to Chicago and get jobs as singing waiters, and having exchanged a feeble high five with him as he lay dying, I’ve been fascinated by what Trevor’s done with his father’s history. Bill would have been proud, and very envious! Richard Capling (web comment)
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Re: “Sowing the Seeds of Family Life / A Son’s Memoir” (spring’15). My common-law husband introduced me to Ron, the Sant family and their tire guy Bob over 25 years ago. We watched the nursery grow from a small family business into some thing much larger. Many times we would go just to visit the family. I remember holding Ron’s oldest son when he was just a few months old. My husband, Dan, Rick, Doug, Jim, Ron, Bob and their friends would moose hunt together when they could – and the stories they would tell when they got home! We were always treated as part of the family. When my husband passed, I wasn’t forgotten. They make me feel like a sister. This family has worked very hard to build their legacy. My hope is that not only Mark, but all the children can appreciate what their fathers and grandfather built for them. Helen (condensed web comment)
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The sepia images from the old days may seem a little drab, but the stories they allude to would be paparazzi-worthy today. In a talk called Beds, Booze & Busy Bodies: Tales of Dufferin County Hotels, curator Sarah Robinson exposes just how much drinking, gossiping and politicking was really going on at area hotels during the years of the temperance movement of the late 19th century. Get in the mood with food from Rosemont’s historic Globe Restaurant, beer from the Hockley Valley Brewing Company and cider from Spirit Tree Estate Cidery. Looking over your shoulder won’t be necessary. The talk is the evening of August 15. Tickets are $17. Call 1-877-941-7787, visit www.dufferinmuseum.com
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Do you need a dose of gardening inspiration? If your flowerbeds could use a boost, tour the breathtaking summer flora at Caledon’s Plant Paradise Country Gardens during their annual Delphinium Festival and Art in the Garden Show & Sale, July 4 and 5. Delphiniums will be the stars, but co-owner Lorraine Roberts will also dish on other celebrities of her hardy perennial collection, including native blooms such as echinacea and phlox. She’ll also share her organic gardening wisdom on how to work without herbicides, pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. At the same time, you can take in the outdoor art show of works by local artists who will be on hand during the festivities. Tickets are free. Call 905880-9090 for information or visit www.plantparadisecountrygardens.ca
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If you’re itching for a carnival that goes beyond Ferris wheels and cotton candy, the Bizarre Bazaar is for you. Modelled on an event in Kenya, founders Vandi Hill and Heidi von der Gathen have gathered an eclectic collection of activities, artists, demonstrations, food and drink.
Archers and beekeepers will show off their skills. You can get a dainty mehndi painted on your hand, nibble crickets, fly a drone, sample food trucks, sip alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks, and peruse all manner of art and artisanal products. BizBaz runs the weekend of July 25 and 26 at Osprey Valley Golf Course in Alton. Entrance is free. 905-587-0205 or visit www.bizbaz.ca for information
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Now this is our kind of literary salon. Relaxed summer reading is on the agenda at the Authors in the Hills of Mulmur Festival taking place August 23 with the green acres of Pegram Farm as a backdrop. You’ll meet the authors up close and personal, so here’s your cheat sheet: Plum Johnson’s insightful memoir They Left Us Everything was written as she sorted through her late parents’ home and belongings. Catherine Gildiner’s last installment of her memoir series is called Coming Ashore and starts when she’s 21. Trevor Cole adapted the novel inspired by his actor dad, Norman Bray in the Performance of His Life, for a recent eponymous play at Theatre Orangeville. And if you’re a fan of CBC Radio personality Terry O’Reilly’s show Under The Influence, you’ll gobble up his book The Age of Persuasion: How Marketing Ate Our Culture. Tickets are $35 and available at BookLore in Orangeville (booklore.ca), the Mulmur Township Office (mulmurtownship.ca), and soon at www.pegrampicnics.com
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Music lovers, mark your calendars. Don’t miss the Belfountain Music Festival, which takes place from July 30 until August 9 at the Melville White Church. The festival features eight chamber music concerts and four student concerts. The festivities kick off with a concert called Welcome Bach to Belfountain! Zachary Ebin and Urszula Zielinski Brock play violin and Mark Chambers plays the cello in a trio of Bach pieces. For something more raucous, the venue hosts The Golden Country Classics on August 1 – bring your dancing shoes (or cowboy boots, as the case may be). On August 3, music nerds can meet violin expert Jaime Weisenblum as he lectures about violins and cellos ranging in value from $1,000 to over $100,000. Audience members will be able to listen to each instrument and ask questions. And music students will be invited to play them. Tickets for individual events are $20 for adults and $5 for kids, or buy a festival pass. Call the Belfountain Heritage Society at 647-7060554 or visit www.belfountainmusic.com ≈ IN THE HILLS Summer 2015
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have learned the hard way that writing about a favourite animal can be dangerous, even fatal. Any attempt to preserve the image of a furry friend for posterity always ends in tears. I once transferred a photo of a dear dog onto a coffee cup for my wife, and we buried the dog within the year. One summer, two artists came to the farm, one to paint our black sheep in egg tempera and the other used acrylics to immortalize Mrs. Trotter, the nanny goat who nursed all of our children. By the time those paintings were hung on the wall, both animals had entered into rest. The rule only applies to animals I like. We in herited a despotic Appaloosa mare named Zooey who ate all the boards off the barn and beat up every companion horse we gave her. She was an escape artist and a fence jumper and a tree eater and a complete pain. For years we maintained the public fiction that she was “a dear old thing.” But I quietly painted and photographed and wrote about that horse for 15 years hoping to do her in. She was indestructible. A sculptor working life-size in bronze could not have killed that horse. Zooey lived to be 35 and died a completely natural death. Many years ago, when my daughter Hannah was five years old, she took her pet duck Ferdinand to the fair and won first prize. We were all thrilled for her, but when she stuck Ferd’s picture up on the fridge with the red ribbon, I had an ominous feel ing. I knew Ferdinand kept strange company. He
thought he was best friends with Duke, the old collie dog who lived in the barn. Ferd followed Duke around all day, trying to chase cats with him and bark when visitors arrived. Duke did his best to tolerate this, but he made it clear that he would rather not be seen with a duck. One night, when Ferd climbed into Duke’s bed in the barn and tucked himself in beside him, I noticed the dog’s lip
Ferdinand followed Duke around all day, trying to chase cats with him and bark when visitors arrived. start to curl. I worried I might come out in the morning to find a mauled duck on the floor, so I took Ferd to the other barn. He promptly decided he was best friends with a sheep. This, too, was risky behaviour. A sheep is not careful about when and where it decides to f lop down for the night, and once down it is deaf to all suggestions about getting up. Sure enough, one morning after the sheep had struggled to their feet and gone out to the barnyard, I found poor Ferd pressed flat into the straw and very stiff. Hannah was heartbroken. She sat for a long time on the garden wall cradling Ferdinand in her arms,
tears rolling down her cheeks, begging him to wake up again. We buried him under the crabapple tree in a moving ceremony attended by all staff and planted crocus bulbs over him that continue to bloom to this day. A short time after Ferdinand’s passing, Hannah and I were sitting in the dentist’s waiting room, reading one of those New Age children’s books out of Kansas City, the type that celebrates uplifting examples of sharing and goodness. This thin vol ume had reworked the story of Humpty Dumpty to give it a happy ending, showing how all the king’s horses and all the king’s men, using teamwork, cooperation and respect, managed to repair Humpty and set him back on his wall. The story failed to impress Hannah who, at age five, already knew that when eggs break there is nothing to be done. Stuff happens. A favourite duck dies and you must gather yourself up and go on. Very rarely do we get a chance to put the Humpty Dumpties of the world back together again. It was an important lesson and although it was painful to watch it happen to a child, I knew I must not try to shield her from it. The Stoic writer Epictetus told us that we should be careful not to hold those things we love too closely, for the day may come when we have to live without them. If Epictetus had owned a duck like Ferdinand, he might have added that it is also important not to date outside your species. ≈
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As Places to Grow turns 10, the Neptis Foundation checks in with some disturbing questions BY JEFF RO L L IN GS
Geographer Peirce Lewis coined the term “galactic metropolis” to define a region with a number of developing edge nodes, where urban centres are widely dispersed like stars, often without a single, obvious core or centre. In a nutshell, that’s what the Ontario government was aiming for in 2006, when it released Places to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, a framework for handling development over the next 25 years.
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he Growth Plan was an attempt to rein in the low-density sprawl that was a signature of development in the 1980s and 1990s. It sets out policies governing infrastructure and the environment, as well as where and how development can occur. Most notably, it establishes population and employ ment growth projections, and allocates this growth chunk by chunk to the 21 upper- and single-tier municipalities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. The numbers are eye-popping. The original pro jections in Places to Grow suggested the population of the Greater Golden Horseshoe would swell to 11.5 million in 2031 from 8.1 million in 2006, an increase of 3.4 million. Then, in 2013, the province extended the planning horizon by a decade to 2041 and added 2 million people, bringing the current projected total to 13.5 million. This amounts to building a city bigger than Oshawa every year for 35 years. Put another way, it means more than 420 new people – the student body of an average elementary school – must be housed and fed, and kept healthy, educated and employed every single day for the next three and a half decades.
Though Places to Grow speaks to growth, it was developed to work in concert with the Niagara Escarpment Plan, the Oak Ridges Moraine Con servation Plan, and the Greenbelt Plan, which deal with conservation. Places to Grow and the Greenbelt Plan are now approaching their 10th anniversaries, the point at which both are slated for significant review. As a result, the province announced the Co-ordinated Land Use Planning Review, which will look at all four plans over the course of 2015 and make recommendations. With an advisory panel chaired by former federal cabinet minister and Toronto mayor David Crombie, the review has gathered input at public meetings across the region. A second round of meetings will take place in the fall, when draft changes will be presented. The Neptis Foundation is a Toronto think tank that focuses specifically on growth. The privately capitalized charitable organization conducts and disseminates nonpartisan research, analysis and mapping related to the design and function of Canadian urban regions. Neptis participated extensively in the initial dev elopment of both Places to Grow and the Greenbelt continued on next page
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Plan, so the foundation’s perspective is particularly valuable to the 10-year review. In March this year, the group released a discussion paper titled Understanding the Fundamentals of the Growth Plan. It examines the challenges and opportunities for im provement as Places to Grow enters its second decade. The document raises some disturb ing questions about the effectiveness of Places to Grow. In particular, it notes the scope for creative inter pretation and rule-bending at the municipal level that undermines the grand plan to stem sprawl. But first, Neptis executive director
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Marcy Burchfield stresses it’s impor tant to place these concerns in con text: “The Growth Plan was really the first approach to growth management for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, a very large, very fast-growing region. Prior to the Growth Plan, all munici palities were doing their own thing, often in isolation. So the real success is just having the Growth Plan to begin with, so that there are a set of rules and an approach and a framework for a broad regional vision. “One of the primary things to get across is that it’s a good thing to have the Growth Plan.” Although the plan’s concept is com mendable, Burchfield says, “the point
of the Neptis report was to take the reader through where the Growth Plan had its challenges, and those are truly in the implementation. Even though there was this wide regional vision … everything went back down to the municipalities in terms of allo cating the population and employ ment projections. The upper-tier municipalities were responsible for allocating that growth across their lower-tier municipalities and in doing so, there was judgement within the municipality, but not necessarily in consideration of the Greater Golden Horseshoe as a whole, of who gets how much where.”
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understanding the fundamentals of the growth plan The Neptis Foundation’s discussion paper (which can be accessed at neptis.org) examines three broad themes: the municipal land budgeting process, which is used to designate land to accommodate growth the amount of land already available, and whether the Greater Golden Horseshoe is running out of land for development whether the Growth Plan is reducing the rate of land consumption.
neptis on land budgeting “It’s no wonder that people find this process difficult to understand and that the outcomes can vary widely. To summarize, the final land budget, which determines how much land gets designated, varies according to: assumptions about housing diversity (more or fewer detached houses or apartments) assumptions about expected types of employment and their land requirements variations in the intensification target in outer-ring municipalities variations in the amount of land considered undevelopable and omitted from the calculations (“takeouts”)
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these broad goals, municipalities were not provided with any clear rules on how to achieve them. Burchfield says, “There’s always this tension between local autonomy and the big, heavy hand of the province, but when you have a plan for the whole Greater Golden Horseshoe, there needs to be a bit more direction to matching future growth to where the infra structure is. Lack of guidelines in the implementation of the plan led to all sorts of problems.” Using a planning tool known as land budgeting, planners in each munici pality made a variety of assumptions that have a dramatic impact on the amount of land finally set aside for
urbanization. As an example, Neptis researchers point out that Halton and York regions set aside land on the assumption that demand for single-family homes would remain strong. Waterloo, meanwhile, forecast greater demand for medium- and high-density hous ing, assuming that, as baby-boomer owners age and downsize, much of the demand for single-family homes would be met by existing units. In Halton and York this meant slating large tracts of land for devel opment, while in Waterloo, the amount was relatively little. Yet all three will accommodate their popu
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lation targets. (It’s worth noting that developers took Waterloo Region to the Ontario Municipal Board over the issue and won. The decision is currently under appeal.) The alchemy of figuring out how much land is enough is critical because billions of dollars must be invested in infrastructure – and these investments are made based on get ting the projections right. In addition, municipal budgets rely heavily on property taxes. If estimates don’t materialize or there’s a big shift in the economy, projections for future mun icipal revenues could be off by miles. The rule directing 40 per cent of all new residential development to al ready urbanized areas is itself prob lematic. Both Neptis and Gord Miller, Ontario’s former environmental com missioner, have pointed out that nine of the 15 outer-ring municipalities – those outside the Greenbelt – have received exemptions from the in tensification target. In Brant County, the target was lowered to just 15 per cent. Peel Region proposes to exceed the target, gradually increasing to 50 per cent by 2026. As for greenfield development, the plan’s fungible requirement for a combined average density of 50 people and jobs per hectare is ill-defined. For
starters, adding jobs to the mix makes the whole thing a wild guess at best, because very little is known about existing employment densities or how these will change if Ontario’s economy continues to shift from manufacturing to a more knowledgebased economy. And just as with the intensification targets, several outerring municipalities have been granted lower average densities. Though Peel plans to meet the target, Dufferin’s was lowered to 44 combined people and jobs per hectare. “We could find no hard evidence as to why these municipalities got lower targets,” says Burchfield. “There was just a request and the request was granted, essentially.” She adds, “Low ering the intensification and density targets while leaving the population forecasts unchanged results in using more land to accommodate the same number of people.”
Going for takeout Neptis researchers also demonstrate how density targets are easily mani pulated through what are known as “takeouts.” The Growth Plan allows environ mentally sensitive land – wetlands, woodlands, valleys and the like – to be taken out of land budget calcu
pulling the levers lations. But each municipality made its own assumptions about what land was unavailable for development. Some included things like road and hydro corridors, golf courses and cemeteries; others didn’t. Some drew generous boundaries around features, while others were more precise. Though all this may sound like an administrative detail or mapping ex ercise, takeouts throw the whole no tion of calculating density into doubt. The greater the area of takeouts, the higher the density of people and jobs per hectare a municipality can claim. Using one method, Neptis researchers calculated a combined density of 23 people and jobs per hec tare. Using another method results in a combined total of more than 50 people. Yet in both cases, the same number of people occupy the same amount of land – only the way den sity is calculated has changed. (See graphic, facing page.)
The back fifty Examining the official plans of mun icipalities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe, Neptis calculates that about 107,000 hectares (1,071 square kilometres) have been designated for future development in this area. By way of comparison, the current city of Toronto measures about 63,000 hectares (630 square kilometres). About 88,000 of those 107,000 hec tares had been designated for develop ment before the Growth Plan came into existence, with the remainder added as part of the land budgeting process. Nearly half (50,900 hectares) lies in the outer ring. But because of the lowered targets, outer-ring muni cipalities are expected to attract only one-third as many new people and only one-quarter as many jobs as inner-ring municipalities. Many outer-ring municipalities offer little in the way of public transit or municipal infrastructure such as sewers, and the reduced outer-ring density and intensification targets make provision of that infrastructure impractical. This suggests the type of development that takes place in the outer ring is likely to be exactly the sort of low-density, car-oriented sprawl the Growth Plan was intended to prevent. “There’s still an over-allocation or an over-designation of land out there, given the number of people who will be accommodated,” says Burchfield. continued on next page
The province’s 10-year review is an opportunity to refine Places to Grow to better achieve its goals. It is also an opportunity to more closely integrate the plan with the province’s transit plan, known as The Big Move. The Neptis brief raises eight key questions it says must be answered by the 10-year review: As municipalities begin to plan for the population and employment forecasts in the amended Growth Plan, is it necessary to designate more land for development, given evidence that outward expansion has already slowed down? How can we better integrate and align the region’s land use and transportation plans? Should municipalities that make their land supply last beyond 2031 be rewarded with priorities in transit investment? Linking infrastructure with the implementation of Growth Plan priorities was part of the early conversation around the Growth Plan. How can municipalities account for shifting demographic trends in their land budgets and make the process more transparent and understandable?
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Are the targets helping municipalities achieve the wider goals of the plan? How can policies encourage a greater diversity of housing forms, including those that may be more affordable than the current stock? What research is needed on the relationship between population and employment forecasting and municipal debt if Ontario is to continue its approach to planning for future growth in a fiscally responsible fashion? How will the province begin to monitor the implementa tion of the Growth Plan in future? Will a monitoring framework be one outcome of the Growth Plan review?
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Tick... tock... tick... tock... There are few places where the gears move more slowly than land develop ment, and stretches of more than a decade between urban designation and ultimate development are com mon. Even if a municipality designates land, many official plans are appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board, where they can sit in limbo for years. Though Dufferin, Peel and Welling ton have put in place Growth Plan provisions (Dufferin had to create its first official plan to do this), Neptis research points out that even a decade after Places to Grow was enacted, there are still many municipalities where the Growth Plan is not yet in effect.
In the meantime, local planning decisions in those places must be made based on outdated official plans. Because most of these old plans set maximum densities, not minimum, nothing stops developers from down zoning projects – going from apart ment blocks to townhomes, for ex ample – further eroding progress on increasing density.
S-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g it out Though the volume of land desig nated for development seems huge, perhaps the more relevant concern is how long it will last. Data show how much inner-ring land was developed between 2006 and 2011, but figures are not yet available
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achieving the vision of the Nancy Tuckett, Orangeville’s director of economic development, planning and innovation, has a front-row seat on how Places to Grow is playing out in the real world. Tuckett took over as head of planning in Orangeville two years ago, after a long career in rapidly developing Simcoe County. She believes Orangeville is developing into a good example of the sort of urban centre the Growth Plan envisions. “I think it works in Orangeville,” Tuckett says. “This community is very much a mixed-use, livable, workable, walkable community. Whether that’s a result of the Growth Plan, or it happened on its own, I think it has really worked. On my lunch hour, I can walk from the town hall to almost anywhere in town and back again. That’s a walkable community.” Right now, Orangeville’s population is about 29,000. Surrounded by the Greenbelt, the town is hemmed in and can only grow so much. The projected built-out population is currently 36,490. Orangeville’s planning department has long been working to accommodate growth, and Tuckett says, “A lot had been done developing policies for the official plan, to set the stage for where intensification should happen, and also looking at the greenfield areas [developable land within the town limit, but beyond the current built boundary], and where that development can occur. I think we’re seeing the effects of it now.” Dufferin County will meet Growth Plan requirements that upper-tier municipalities achieve an intensification target of 40 per cent of new development within existing built urban boundaries, averaged over the county. With an intensification target of 50 per cent, Orangeville is expected to exceed that. Orangeville’s density target, which sets the number of people and jobs combined per hectare on greenfield development, will come in at 46, slightly less than the provincial requirement of 50 but still the highest in the county. Combined, the two factors mean Orangeville is taking some of the development pressure off the rural municipalities. Echoing findings of the Neptis Foundation, Tuckett says trends have changed since the days when developers focused nearly exclusively on building single-family detached homes in town. Pointing to 150 new
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for the outer ring. Neptis calculates that about 5,200 hectares, or about 9 per cent, of the 56,200 hectares designated for devel opment within the inner ring, were built on during this period. Places to Grow was envisioned as a response to the development trends of the 1980s and 1990s, but those trends were changing. Neptis research demonstrates that the rate at which new land was being consumed began slowing down after 2001, five years before Places to Grow came into effect. If developers were already creating more compact communities before the Growth Plan, Neptis says, “This finding raises questions about wheth er the Growth Plan could have been more ambitious with its targets for
intensification and new development on greenfields.” Though the rate of land consump tion may be declining, the composi tion of housing stock is not changing along with it. Even if developments are more compact and lot sizes smal ler, the single-family detached dwel ling remains king. But there is signi ficant demand for more affordable accommodation, usually found in higher density development such as townhomes and midrise apartments. As Neptis points out, by building affordable smaller units, municipal ities might be able to kill two birds with one stone: make the land supply last longer and increase affordability. Neptis research from 2013 conclu ded that “in fact, sufficient land has
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growth plan in orangeville townhouses approved since she was appointed, and a stack of applications for more townhouses and condo units in the works, she says, “We’ve seen mostly medium-density development.” Like other communities identified by Neptis, Orangeville has also struggled with implementation issues stemming from the Growth Plan. Part of Island Lake Conservation Area is within the town’s urban settlement area, but it is outside the “built boundary,” which means that land counts toward Orangeville’s greenfield area calculation. Tuckett, however, calls this area “a false greenfield” because it can never be developed. If it were not included in the calculations, Orangeville’s density would be even higher. And there are other snags. Other parts of the greenfield area are now built out. Orangeville’s downtown is a heritage conservation district, so knocking down a few old buildings to put up a five- or six-storey apartment block isn’t an option. And, says Tuckett, “Orangeville doesn’t really have much brownfield land [sites that have had a previous use but are ripe for redevelopment].” So calculating and achieving density and intensification are tricky. The town will also undertake a five-year review of its official plan this year. As part of this review, it will examine its employment and residential land needs to determine how best to develop its ultimate settlement area boundary. Tuckett also calls for better guidelines from the province, in particular minimum standards for employment density. Of the requirement for a combined 50 people and jobs per hectare, she says, “I think they may need to be separated so they give a minimum density target for residential and also a minimum density target for employment.” Has the Growth Plan been a success? “To the degree that for this community in particular, what it was supposed to achieve was develop ment within the built boundary, a mixed range of housing, a live/work community, a walkable community, then yes, I think that has happened,” says Tuckett. “But again, is it a result of the Growth Plan, or has it happened because it was going to happen anyway?”
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no more for mono While Orangeville is hard at work packing in people, things are more serene in the rural town of Mono. As Mono’s director of planning Mark Early says, “From a rural perspective, it’s a lot different from what Orangeville’s going through.” “In Dufferin,” says Early, “the Growth Plan puts the onus on the serviced communities – Orangeville, Shelburne and Grand Valley – to take on the growth. There are no built boundaries in any of the rural areas, so all of the intensification requirements have to be accommodated in those three serviced areas. Our hamlets are defined in Mono’s official plan, and we do have fixed limits, unlike a lot of the other municipalities, so that sets out the limit of where they can grow. But all our hamlets are essentially built out.” Several subdivisions outside Orangeville are technically within Mono, but they were already taken into account. “We had already designated those lands before the Growth Plan and the Greenbelt Plan came out,” says Early. “And they’re
all on full services – in fact, all the developments we’ve done since 2000 have been on full services – meeting the intent of the Growth Plan.” Between now and 2031, Mono’s population is forecast to grow by only 875 people, to 9,770 from 8,895. “From our perspective in Mono,” Early says, “the Growth Plan really had very little impact. With our more recent developments, we knew we had to increase density, and some residents complained about it, but high density in Mono is low density everywhere else. I mean, we’re talking 60- and 70-foot lots.” Though there may be a tendency to think of the Growth Plan as sweeping change, Early says that, in fact, the plan came late to the party. “A lot of our policies were already in place,” he says. “Then it was, ‘Here’s the plan, now implement it.’ For us, there was not a lot to do because we were already there. We saw that with the Greenbelt Plan as well.” Mono currently has only two small
development areas remaining, and neither is proposed for full services. One in Hockley Village is a plan from 1990 that doesn’t have a sunset clause, and the other is just north of Orangeville in the vicinity of Robinson Road. It was designated in the 1970s. Though Mono may be full, the same is not true of the rest of Dufferin County. “There is land throughout rural Dufferin where there is still some potential for growth, in some of the hamlets,” says Early. Describing the Growth Plan as “more provincial rhetoric than anything tangible,” Early believes the plan needs to be more mindful of the rural areas of the outer ring. “What works in Mississauga is not going to work in Grand Valley, yet the plan applies the same everywhere,” he says. “That’s the shortcoming of the Growth Plan … there was no allowance in that regard. It’s one cookie cutter for everybody. There needs to be something put in there for rural Ontario.”
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been set aside to accommodate popu lation and employment at average densities similar to those that are typical today.” So it appears that if municipalities carry on business more or less as usual, there’s room for everyone until at least 2031 – even while most munici palities adopted intensification and density targets that were either at or below the minimum. If that were to change, the current land supply would last even longer, helping to accommodate at least some of the additional two million people fore cast to swell the population in the decade after 2031.
For the record “Another real challenge in under standing the success of the plan is that there was no framework for monitoring how the policies were being implemented along the way,” says Burchfield. “So you have no indi cation of whether your plan is work ing or not.” Even though the plan has been in place for a decade, much of the data the province presents in the docu mentation for the 10-year review is baseline, so there are few comparisons to be made. “If you go to other jurisdictions,” says Burchfield, “that baseline infor mation is one of the key things they collect at the very beginning of the implementation of a plan, or even prior to a plan, so that you can bench 34
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mark how your plan is doing along the way. In some cases, maybe policies have to be tweaked or changed com pletely because they’re not working. But if you haven’t measured, you’re not going to know.”
Hit the road, Jack Another wrinkle in implementing the Growth Plan came in 2008, when the province released its regional trans portation plan called The Big Move. The Big Move sets out a long-term framework for developing the trans portation network in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. It’s sup ported by $11.5 billion in committed funding and calls for a total of $50 billion in funding over 25 years. Among other things, the funds will go toward building and upgrading roads, as well as 1,200 kilometres of new rapid transit – more than triple what now exists – so eventually more than 80 per cent of residents of the GTHA will live within two kilometres of rapid transit. The problem is that the transpor tation plan didn’t exist when Places to Grow was developed, so the Growth
Plan makes no attempt to direct dev elopment toward planned transit and transportation routes. As Burchfield says, “It needs to be aligned with The Big Move.”
Dad, can I borrow the car? As our galactic metropolis heads into its tumultuous teen years, it is exper iencing its share of gawky incoordination, the acne of strip malls, and some unfortunate fashion choices in the latest architectural trends. But the plan has also begun to show signs of maturity and achieved some goals. “The biggest success would be that the Growth Plan has cemented in people’s minds – the planners’ minds, and in municipal politicians’ minds as well – that we need to plan at the broad regional level,” says Burchfield. “Also, 80 per cent of the land desig nated for urbanization was already designated before the Growth Plan. Only 20 per cent more was added to that. So at least it stopped that process of over-designation of land. Or if not stopped it, kept it in check. I think that’s a success in its own right.”
Where will it end? When residents of these hills talk about population growth, one ques tion comes up again and again: When does it stop? The short answer? Maybe never. The United Nations estimates hu manity expands by about 75 million people a year. The world’s population ticked past 7 billion in 2011 and is expected to peak at 10.1 billion in 2100. It’s probably not possible to build a wall around the Greater Golden Horseshoe to keep the world at bay, but even if it were, the theory is that Canada needs immigration and young workers to support the social services, health care and pensions of the aging population. So, as Burchfield says, “The Greater Golden Horseshoe has been adding about 100,000 people every year for the last 15 or 20 years. That’s just the reality. To have a plan in place to accommodate that growth in a way that makes sense is extremely im portant. If the growth doesn’t come … well, the growth doesn’t come. But this is a very attractive region … It’s a historical fact that this is a region people want to come to, to immigrate and settle here. The best thing we can do is plan for that.” ≈
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Environmental success, farming challenge The Greenbelt is largely working to protect land – so much so that many want it expanded. Now the trick is to sustain the people and communities who live within it.
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n an unpaved road in the town of Mono, where the waters of the Humber and Credit rivers rise in the shadow of the Niagara Escarpment, Gerry Reid oper ates Reid’s Potatoes and Farm Market. The Reid farm is in the Greenbelt near the intersection of three conservation authority jurisdictions. He grows potatoes and a cornucopia of other seasonal vegetables, some of which he sells directly from his farm via a selfserve market. Reid is not the farmer in the Ontario government’s Greenbelt promotional videos, but he might as well be. His operation – a family farm that grows fresh produce for the Greater Toronto market – is just what the Greenbelt was created to encourage. So it’s surprising to learn that Reid is, at best, lukewarm about the Greenbelt concept. Ten years after the Greenbelt Act protected his land for farming forever, primarily through rules stating it cannot be severed into residential lots or developed for nonagricultural uses, Reid believes the legislation hasn’t made a speck of difference in his day-to-day operations. “Made another layer of bureaucracy is really what it’s done,” he says. “I know they’re trying to save the planet, but I think agriculture was maybe doing that before any way. And the plan hasn’t shown us any great benefits.” This spring, the province launched the Greenbelt Plan’s mandated 10-year review, which is taking place con currently with reviews of the Niagara Escarpment Plan, the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan and Places to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe. To gather input from citizens, 17 town hall meetings were held at various Greenbelt locations, including Caledon, where about 400 people turned out. Written submissions were collected through the end of May. A six-member expert advisory panel, chaired by former Toronto mayor and MP David Crombie, will spend this summer poring over the input and preparing advice on proposed amendments. These will be brought back to the public for comment this fall and finalized by mid-2016. Predicting the policy tweaks the panel will recommend is impossible. But recommended revisions are likely to reflect that the Greenbelt has been a success in protecting land and water, while farmers either give it a failing grade or, like Reid, regard it with a shrug. Unlike a few years ago, when those who opposed the Greenbelt’s creation were getting all the press, the plan’s detractors accept that the 1.8 million acres (about 728,460 hectares) of protected area is here to stay. More than its
aggregate resources or agricultural wealth, the Greenbelt is political gold, consistently enjoying more than 90 per cent support province-wide. And yet, in the blunt words of Ontario Federation of Agriculture president Don McCabe, “The Greenbelt is not working for Ontario farmers and change needs to be made. Ontario farms need to be profitable and the Greenbelt as it is currently structured is not assisting in giving key policy direction to allow that.” For this reason, the OFA recently decided not to support any expansion of the Greenbelt, even though the organization officially supports the longterm protection of all prime farmland in the province. To preserve farming in the Greenbelt, much more needs to be done than simply protecting it from housing develop ment. If the first decade of the Greenbelt Plan was about stopping sprawl, agricultural survival is the challenge of the next.
A complicated relationship with the Greenbelt Randy McLeod, president of the Peel Federation of Agri culture, farms 350 acres (about 142 hectares) of Greenbelt land in Caledon East. Like Reid, he says he has seen “no benefit” to being in the Greenbelt. At the Caledon meeting, says McLeod, “the majority of people stood up and said, ‘Save the farmland, save the farmland, save the farmland.’ What I said was that’s a really good first step, but what you really need to do is save the farmer.” Land prices are one problem. Many farmers continue to resent the “greenbelting” of their land because its value took a hit, for which they were never compensated. According to Tom Dolson, a Caledon farmer and real estate agent with the aptly named EXIT Realty, farmland on the urban edge of the Greenbelt can be worth as little as one-quarter as much as developable acreage right across the road in the so-called whitebelt, unprotected land that falls between the urban fringe and the Greenbelt. In this area, sprawl has continued apace. According to Environmental Defence, 18 per cent (about 47,000 acres or 19,000 hectares) of the whitebelt’s remaining farmland disappeared between 2002 and 2014. The land price question is more complicated, however, than simply a lost opportunity to sell to developers, which most, such as Janet Horner of the Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance, accept as a price of protecting land for the greater good. “As a society we have to understand whether we’re protecting agricultural land or protecting continued on next page
top : Housing developments push hard against farmland at the south end of Headwaters. centre : Mount Kolb Dairy Farm in Caledon is one of a diminishing number of large farm operations in the Greenbelt. It’s open to the public on June 27 as part of Ontario’s Dairy Days. (See What’s On listing, page 107.) bottom : A scenic spot on the Credit River near Belfountain. Four watersheds have their sources in Headwaters, giving the region its name. IN THE HILLS Summer 2015
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Gerry Reid of Reid’s Potatoes and Farm Market, Mono: “I know they’re trying to save the planet, but I think agriculture was maybe doing that before anyway.”
farmed in the Greenbelt decreased by 10 per cent, nearly twice the rate of de cline recorded in the rest of Ontario.
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the speculators,” Horner says. “In the end, what we should be doing is protecting the best agricultural land that has been disappearing at such a rate that it’s mind-boggling.” Discussing property values with farmers in the Greenbelt may seem confusing, because after complaining they can no longer sell their land to developers for $100,000 an acre, they are likely to say that Greenbelt land is too expensive. Their point is that, though sub division development may be off the table, proximity to Toronto’s wealth still buoys Greenbelt prices higher than the land’s productive value for agri culture. Farmland in Caledon sells for $25,000 to $40,000 an acre, according to Dolson, which means the price of a 100-acre farm can run as high as $4 million. That’s several times the cost of prime agricultural land north of the Greenbelt and well out of the reach of young farmers, who could look to a place such as Melancthon Township where prime farmland was selling last year for about $8,500 an acre. “I can’t see any farmer that’s able to buy land in Caledon in the Greenbelt and pay for it strictly through agricul ture,” says McLeod. So Greenbelt land is caught in the middle. A farmer can’t get rich quick by selling it to develop ers, but other farmers can’t afford to buy it. As a result, instead of going to a new generation of farmers, land is being snatched up by city dwellers looking for trophy properties, taking farms out of production and driving up prices even further. The high value of land brings with it higher municipal property taxes, along with complaining neighbours, trespassing, traffic-clogged roads, high labour costs and vanishing agricul tural infrastructure. These factors add to the many challenges and costs of doing business close to the city.
“Consumers see the tremendous bounty that’s in our local grocery stores and equate that with the eco nomic well-being of agriculture in this area,” says McLeod. “But when you dig down a little bit deeper and look at where this stuff is coming from, very little of it is sourced from Ontario.” He’s talking about the disconnect between the public perception of the Greenbelt and what it’s actually able to do for farmers, which seldom trans lates into any added premium to make up for the costs of being close to cities. Most of the current farming in the Greenbelt is not the type that benefits from being close to markets. Accord ing to research by the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation, crops that do benefit from market proximity are primarily fruit and vegetables, as well as “f lowers and other nursery pro ducts, Christmas tree operations, and sod.” Thanks to the specialty crop areas of the Niagara Peninsula and the Holland Marsh, the Greenbelt does account for a large percentage of On tario’s fresh produce: 55 per cent of the province’s fruit-growing acreage,
60 per cent of its celery and 35 per cent of its carrots and onions. But more than 60 per cent of Green belt agricultural land is planted in field crops such as soybeans and corn, which don’t show up at local farmers’ markets and don’t command a prem ium for being fresh and local. Farmers must sell these products in a global marketplace, where they compete against producers who aren’t dealing with the Greater Golden Horseshoe’s high costs for land and labour. “We’re competing with the commo dity prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange,” says McLeod. “That’s what dictates the price for grains and oil seeds.” Despite their vast acreage, these grain and oilseed crops make up only 14 per cent of Greenbelt farm revenues. Partly as a result of these factors, agriculture in the Greenbelt, espe cially large-animal agriculture, has decreased – and the plan has failed to stop the decline. In 2006, more than 50 per cent of the Greenbelt was farm ed, and the area included more than 6,000 farms. Today, these numbers are closer to 43 per cent and 5,500 farms. Between 2001 and 2011, the acreage
To hear farmers tell it, what the farm ing community around Toronto needs is a zone of special economic stimulus. Instead, it got a constricting belt of bureaucracy. A sore point is the imposition of natural heritage corridors and buffer zones on farm property. Under the Greenbelt Plan, the presence of 13 possible “key natural heritage” or “key hydrologic features,” such as “signi ficant” woodlands or wetlands, trig gers a complex set of protections. (The Ministry of Natural Resources sets the criteria for what is signifi cant.) “Development or site altera tion” is mostly prohibited in these areas and in a surrounding 30-metre “vegetation protection zone.” “The lack of consultation in put ting these boundaries in is a main concern,” says McCabe. “If somebody came along and said one-third of your lawn is no longer your lawn and you can’t do what you want to do with it, and you can’t be compensated but you still need to pay taxes on it, how would you feel? There’s not a mech anism of appeal to say, ‘Why has this been put in place; why is this here?’” He adds, “Farmers are already stewards of their land and natural corridors already exist. You don’t need to draw lines on a map.” This resentment of Etch a Sketchstyle bureaucracy is a typical farmer’s complaint, partly because, as one landowner at the town hall meeting in Milton said, “The only reason there’s natural heritage in agricultur al areas is because the farmers looked after it.” If the government wants to continued on next page
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a “perfect storm” of environmental policy Many issues continue to threaten the ecological integrity of the Greenbelt. Dirt excavated by the building boom in the GTA – a direct side effect of Places to Grow’s mandated intensification – produces truckloads of often toxic fill that is dumped in the country with little regulation or oversight. Infrastructure gets a pass under Greenbelt legislation if it is deemed necessary. Large-scale energy projects are being approved on the Oak Ridges Moraine. And Ontario’s transportation ministry is currently setting the route for a new 400-series highway that will slash through the Greenbelt. Furthermore, aggregate mining is allowed to proceed and dig below the water table in many areas. New sprawl continues to pop up because no “sunset clause” shuts down applications that were submitted before the plans took effect – an example is the recently resurrected 16-year-old plan to build 28 luxury homes on the moraine at the corner of Mount Wolfe Road and Old Church Road in Caledon. And according to the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the Greenbelt does “nothing to address the leapfrogging of development activity and pressure onto lands immediately beyond the Greenbelt.” Despite this gloom, the Greenbelt Plan has been remarkably successful at slowing or stopping environmental decline within its borders. Though the plan has been in effect for a decade, the province has done little to monitor its success, only hastily producing a document in time for this year’s review. Noting that the rate of lot creation in the Greenbelt has slowed, the document concludes,“The majority of new lots and dwelling units are being directed to settlement areas and away from agricultural and environmentally sensitive lands.” Fortunately, other organizations have done a much better monitoring job. The Conservation Authorities Moraine Coalition, made up of the nine conservation authorities whose watershed boundaries cover the entire moraine, produced a detailed report card that gives both the Greenbelt Plan and the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan passing marks for environmental health – a B or “good” for forest conditions and a C or “fair” for surface water quality. (To earn an A, the environment would have had to show significant improvement.) The coalition also found that groundwater quality is “locally good.” Between 2008 and 2013, overall forest conditions and groundwater quality were comparable to those that existed in 2002 to 2004, suggesting the plans have helped maintain existing conditions, while leaving much room for improvement in repairing environmental damage and protecting against future threats, including the unpredictable outcomes of climate change. An exhaustive 2012 study of Greenbelt wetlands commis sioned by Ducks Unlimited Canada, Earthroots, Ecojustice and Ontario Nature reached a similar conclusion: “Land-use policy in effect across the Greenbelt is protecting wetlands from most forms of development.” Municipal planners interviewed for this study said the plans give their municipalities powerful tools for protecting the environment. One senior planner described these tools as “the perfect storm of policy” for those hoping to identify and protect natural heritage systems.
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step in now and make stewardship mandatory, farmers say, then show them the money. Rather than eliminating or re drawing the boundaries, which are based on sound ecological principles, one way forward might be to compen sate farmers for their role in protecting the natural heritage features that benefit everyone. Faisal Moola of the David Suzuki Foundation observes that farmers provide valuable environmental pro tection for free. The foundation esti mates that, every year, the Greenbelt as a whole provides at least $2.6 billion worth of “ecosystem services,” such as drinking water protection, flood control and climate stabiliza tion. Rural residents make up only 14 per cent of the provincial population; farmers, 1.4 per cent. So it may be time to find better ways to compensate the minority for taking on the stew ardship of the Greenbelt by creating policies that, as Moola says, encourage farmers to keep land in agriculture and to implement more sustainable
farm practices. The OFA is requesting that the government “develop an environmental goods and services program to compensate farmers who maintain land in long-term agricul tural production.” In 2004, the province’s Greenbelt Task Force made similar recommen dations, urging the “promotion of agricultural easements, and land trusts for farmers who participate in conservation activities and use best practices and management.” A decade later, you could cut and paste this in to the next set of recommendations.
Streamlining and harmonizing the plans One thing on which nearly everyone, including farmers and environment alists, can agree is that the rules in the next iteration of the various plans must be clearer and less restrictive for farmers than they were in the initial push to stop the GTA’s wildfire sprawl at the turn of this century. “The overriding threat in 2001 was not agriculture, it was urbanization,” says Debbe Crandall, a Caledon resi
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dent and policy analyst for STORM, the Save the Oak Ridges Moraine Co alition. “Development was completely out of control. That was the thing we were fighting against. Unfortunately, we used a very dull instrument and a sledgehammer approach. I think it’s fair to say we perhaps overreacted a bit. It was necessary at the time.” STORM partnered with three other environmental organizations – Earth roots, EcoSpark and Ontario Nature – to make a submission to the prov ince’s 2015 Co-ordinated Land Use Planning Review. Among the sub mission’s detailed recommendations, it notes that undue restrictions have prevented local businesses from thriving and growing. It also calls for policies to “support innovation for farmers and rural businesses through increased flexibility in permitted uses and their accessory uses.” Crandall cites the example of a farmer who wants to build a sugar shack in his woodlot, something that will have no significant impact but is prohibited under current policies. In 2014, the Provincial Policy State ment, which governs land-use plan ning province-wide, was revised to promote agricultural viability, in cluding permitting more diversified uses, such as agritourism, on farms. The idea was to make it easier for farmers to add something like a sausage-making facility and store or a cidery and restaurant to their farm. And yet, according to Caledon mayor Allan Thompson, a farmer with a long history of involvement in Peel Region’s agricultural community, the Spirit Tree Estate Cidery on Boston Mills Road was almost never built because it faced so many con fusing and restrictive policies, which are still in effect today. Caledon is unique because it includes areas in all three plans: the Greenbelt, the Oak Ridges Moraine and the Niagara Es
carpment. As a result, says Thompson, “People are drowning in restrictions.” “We have the Provincial Policy Statement that’s hammered out some really good policies for agriculture,” he adds. “It has everything that we’re looking for. It has everything dealing with environmental statutes, and yet the Oak Ridges Moraine doesn’t agree with it, the Niagara Escarpment does n’t agree with it, and the Greenbelt is far more restrictive.” Thompson’s solution? “Let’s har monize the plans,” he says, to create a “one-stop shop agricultural policy.” Others call this a “central desk” or “one-window approach.” What farm ers say they want is clarity – a single place to get a straight answer on what’s permitted, along with an appeal mech anism they have so far been denied. Harmonization is another thing on which municipal politicians, plan ners, environmentalists and farmers’ organizations agree. They want con sistency between the policies and language of the Provincial Policy Statement and the four land-use plans, which were written at different times and don’t even share common definitions of things such as wetlands. Updating the language and defini tions of the various plans to bring them into line with the Provincial Policy Statement is a key recommen dation of the Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance’s submission to the 2015 review. The alliance’s other recommendations include: • protecting agricultural land from fragmentation (i.e., maintaining the “connectivity” of farmland, to bor row language from natural heritage protection) • providing access to infrastructure such as natural gas, water, high-speed Internet and three-phase power • imposing buffer zones for devel opment around farmland. continued on next page
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The final point echoes OFA policy, which supports establishing perma nent boundaries for urban growth. In other words, farmers are saying that if you want to preserve farmland, don’t draw a line around it and make a Greenbelt to manage farmers. Draw a line around the cities instead. Keep development in its place and leave the farmers alone.
Dreams for improvement A few months before Gord Miller stepped away from his position as Ontario’s environmental commis sioner, he expressed support for a sweeping overhaul of Ontario’s clum sy patchwork of land-use planning laws. “The overall planning process of Ontario doesn’t work,” Miller told Steve Paikin, host of TVO’s The Agenda. “Every time we have a prob lem, we have to pass a piece of legis lation. The Greenbelt is a fix for a land-use planning process that was failing the GTA. I want a bigger change. I want a land-issue planning process for at least southern Ontario fixed in its entirety.” Many organizations share Miller’s view. In a joint submission to the review, the North Dufferin Agricul tural and Community Taskforce and Food & Water First, originally formed to fight The Highland Companies’ mega quarry, request a 10-year mor atorium on non-farm development of class 1 farmland across the entire province. Echoing Miller, the sub mission lists seven more land-use planning acts or documents, such as The Big Move and the Local Food Act, that it wants aligned with the
four main plans covered by the pro vince’s 2015 co-ordinated review. This harmonization may be the direction the province was going in its 2014 review of the Provincial Pol icy Statement. And this year’s coordinated review may bring it a step closer, though surely not all the way, to Miller’s utopian goal. Already, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing acknowledges that the gov ernment is hearing the farmers’ mes sage and says that preliminary con sultation feedback includes “support for strengthening agricultural land protection, providing flexibility for on-farm economic activities, support for farmers, and streamlining imple mentation/approvals processes that affect farming.” So watch for new policies to address those concerns to be drafted this fall. But Crandall hopes the review will do more. She hopes it will launch a “rural prosperity strategy” that pours more brainpower – like the work the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation have already been doing – into the question of what Greenbelt agricul ture and the whole rural economy will look like when the traditional livestock and cash-crop farmers retire and move away, and when rural com munities are no longer being sus tained by the revenues of boundless development. “What’s going to replace them?” Crandall asks. “What’s the next fron tier?” Without the answer, the Green belt Plan will be nothing more than a failed experiment. ≈ Tim Shuff is freelance writer and firefighter who lives in Toronto.
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or Yevgenia Casale, Caledon’s repeated designation as the safest community in Canada in an annual survey by Maclean’s magazine was key to the decision to move her family to South Fields Village five years ago. Situated on the urban/ rural divide on Caledon’s southern border, South Fields offered Casale a combination of proximity to city amenities and an opportunity to escape the rough edges she saw developing in her Brampton community. An advertorial in the Toronto Sun described SouthFields as a community where “residents enjoy a rich village life, where neighbours know each other by name and the community connects together. It’s the kind of life you want for your family. Children walk to SouthFields Village Public School or play outdoors at one of many community parks. Neigh bours gather at the Village Centre and, in winter, the parkside pond is a picture-perfect skating scene.” Demonstrating just how firmly SouthFields sits on the urban/rural divide, the advertorial went on, “Just up the road are the farmers’ markets and quaint country stores that define the Caledon life style, and the convenient city amenities of Brampton are nearby.” One of the first to move into the new subdivision that forms part of Caledon’s Mayfield West, Casale was an Energizer bunny of community activity. She organized a community day to bring her then small 46
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group of neighbours together with each other and local businesses. She sent out a newsletter called SouthFields Village Voice that morphed into a glossy magazine named Caledon Spectrum. She chaired the new school’s parent council, cofounded the Southfields Village residents’ association, and started the SouthFields farmers’ market. She har angued the Welcome Wagon for stuffing its newresident bags with coupons for Brampton rather than Caledon businesses. (She is also an occasional contributor to this magazine.) Casale now admits that when she moved to SouthFields she didn’t understand the sheer volume of population that would soon follow. Or that com pletion of the promised elements of the “walkable” community – a village shopping core, a school, a library – would fall so far down the priority list. Or that an industrial development was slated to go in cheek-by-jowl with the new houses. Concerned that “the town’s hunger for a com mercial-industrial tax base” trumped community building, she ran for Caledon council in the last election – and was soundly defeated by the incum bent Gord McClure, a local farmer. Disappointed, exhausted, and now set to move across the municipal border to Nobleton, Casale departs with a warning: “Farmers aren’t the future of Caledon. They want to sell and leave.” Then she drops the bomb: “SouthFields is the future of Caledon.”
For longtime Caledon residents, especially those who live rurally, it’s tempting to dismiss her message as sour grapes. That would be a mistake. She is quite right. Traditional farming is disap pearing from Caledon’s landscape. Particularly along a narrow strip on Caledon’s southern border – home to some of the best agricultural land in Canada – where the topsoil has been removed, woodlots cleared and sewers laid to make way for a combination of industrial/commercial develop ment and suburban housing. It is being turned into what the Toronto Sun advertorial described as “wide lots, smaller lots, green space lots, pie-shaped lots, ravine lots – lots of lots!” that are part of a dense “master-planned” community. Casale points out that because farmers with large holdings can benefit from sales to developers, they are often the most eager to relax development restrictions. Casale is also correct that, based on population distribution, Caledon can no longer claim to be a rural municipality. In growth mode since the early 1990s, by 2011 Bolton and Valleywood were already home to more than half the town’s 60,000 residents. Partly in response to the dictates of the province’s 2006 Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, the region of Peel has set a population target for Caledon of 108,000 by 2031 – a number the town is pushing to increase to 113,000. Either way, it means that in the not-too-distant future some 75 to 80 per cent of
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dustrial development, agricultural policies, heritage resources, tourism, aggregates, conservation and more. The effort before him will call upon the the oretical knowledge he gathered while completing his PhD in town and regional planning in the U.K., as well as the practical tools he’s assembled working in Caledon, Halton and Toronto.
“Farmers aren’t the future of Caledon. They want to sell and leave,” says Yevgenia Casale. “SouthFields is the future of Caledon.” Caledon’s countryside, some 80 per cent, is largely protected from residential and industrial develop ment. Caledon is the only jurisdiction in the Greater Toronto Area with such vast swaths of land subject to all four of these provincial plans, and certainly the only municipality that has to crowd tens of thous ands of people as well as considerable commercial/ industrial development into such a narrow strip of what was once prime agricultural land. Given this scenario, Caledon is a complex place to work as a planner. Haiqing Xu, Caledon’s manager of policy and sustainability, describes his work as “exciting.” He says, “There is no other place in the GTA that has all of the policies and issues.” The challenges that have Xu sitting on the edge of his chair include residential and commercial/in
Given his time spent in England, where country side thrives an hour’s train ride outside of London, along with his expertise and considerable enthu siasm, perhaps Xu, who was born in China and lives in Brampton, will be up to the nuanced task of finding a way forward in such a complicated envi ronment. Along with his colleagues at the town, Xu is fig uring out how best to cope with the two solitudes of urban and rural lifestyles, and all the intricacies in-between. To meet its population target – which Xu says is required “to complete the community and attract more employment to rationalize our tax base” – and with space limited by the three provincial con servation plans, Caledon is building dense suburbs
such as those that radiate out from Bolton’s historic core, as well as Mayfield West, which has three components: Valleyfield and Mayfield West Phase 1 (including SouthFields), both now built out, and Mayfield West Phase 2, on the west of side of Hur ontario, which has been approved for development. To help pay for new infrastructure and provide residential services such as sewers, treated water, gutters, paved streets, garbage pickup and fire protection, the town is filling in the gaps between subdivisions with mammoth factories such as the Canadian Tire warehouse near Bolton. The com pany paid a whopping $6.8 million in development charges and will be levied with annual municipal taxes of about $800,000. Monarch Plastics Group will be similarly charged if it goes ahead with a proposed 300,000-square-foot blow-molding plant which, much to the consternation of residents, is slated to be located directly across the street from some SouthFields homes. Even so, Caledon will have a tough time keeping its budget balanced. The expense just to keep up with these plans is considerable. Serving roughly the same population, there are 15 planners employed by Cale don, compared to only four in Dufferin County. Complicating things is Queen’s Park’s move from a bottom-up to a top-down approach to planning. Planners in Caledon have to comply with sometimes conflicting rules set out in the four provincial plan continued on next page IN THE HILLS Summer 2015
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Xu doesn’t agree with many of Queen’s Park’s strict rules. He says, “I feel the province needs to recognize the stewardship of the environment by the farming community.” With similar ideas about the socialecological role of rural Caledon, and backed by the town, University of Waterloo professor Stephen Quilley co-initiated a three-year study called “Hedgelaying in Ontario’s Greenbelt.” Quilley’s inspiration comes from his birthplace in England where thorny hedgerows regularly border farm fields, and where the simple use of the word “hedgerow” conjures up images of grazing sheep and hay-filled wagons.
Rural England’s natural hedges do a lot more than a page-wire fence. Traditionally they shelter livestock from wind, sun and rain, and demar cate property. More recently, resear chers report they also prevent soil loss, reduce flooding, moderate tempera ture, store greenhouse gases, provide natural snow fencing, and support pollinator species and other wildlife. Quilley writes, “Hedgerows are naturalized but fabricated features, which are recognized for their provi sion of ecosystem services, a tradi tional craft supporting skilled labour within local economies, and an em blem of local vernacular.” He hopes
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ning documents, as well as region of Peel and town of Caledon zoning bylaws, which the town’s new mayor Allan Thompson admits haven’t kept up with the frequent provincial policy changes. “The problem,” says Thompson, “is our [Caledon’s] zoning is so out of date that it is impeding progress.” Given what Xu describes as the “must comply” attitude of the pro vincial government, planners have to follow the rules much more closely than before, often being forced to apply urban standards to rural situa tions. One Belfountain resident likens the level of frustration that comes when you call the town’s planning department to that normally asso ciated with attempts to reason with your satellite TV provider. Located near Belfountain, Heather lea Farm Market – a popular on-farm retail store where you can buy meat, preserves, yogurt and other locally pro duced goods – illustrates the problem. Heatherlea owners Pat and Gord McArthur have been consumed by a two-year battle to obtain the approv als they need to move their business from their home to a larger, stand alone, roadside building. Potential fodder for a Dan Needles’ play, their experience would be comical if it weren’t so costly. Pat says, “It was as if the town looked for every obstacle it could find to put in our way.” The failure of planning policy and development approvals to align with one another, philosophically or tech nically, converged on Heatherlea as it did several years earlier on Spirit Tree Estate Cidery, the busy eatery, apple farm and local retailer on Boston Mills Road near Cheltenham. Despite town policies that specifically encourage onfarm businesses exactly like Heather lea and Spirit Tree, it took the personal involvement of Mayor Thompson and Xu to change the town’s attitude from what-rule-can-we-find-to-preventthis-business-from-succeeding to how-can-we-make-it-work. Long overdue and with the intent of avoiding such future debacles, the town is undertaking a comprehen sive study to identify and harmonize the zoning and policy conflicts that plagued Heatherlea, Spirit Tree and others, while still protecting neigh bours from the traffic and noise farm businesses may cause. That process was assisted last year when the Pro vincial Policy Statement was amended to support on-farm enterprises.
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by encouraging rural areas that are under mounting pressure from “pop ulation growth, urbanization, climate change and ecosystem stresses” to develop their own version of hedge rows, people will value and protect the countryside. Quilley notes that while the English cherish their countryside, Canadians romanticize wilderness. We identify with wolves and grizzly bears rather than cows and sheep. We prefer hik ing trails to footpaths. While England has William Wordsworth and John Constable, Canadians revere the land scapes depicted by Robert Service and the Group of Seven. Caledon falls somewhere between the two. It is more wild than Con stable’s England, but more pastoral than the Group of Seven’s windswept pines. Quilley’s project is intended to encourage Canadians to value and identify with such “emblems of the local vernacular” as split-rail fences, stone walls, farm markets, hiking trails and rural architecture. More over, in future phases, he hopes to build hedgerows – both actual and figurative. One of the best examples of what Quilley has in mind is Spirit Tree Estate Cidery. What seems to be a great place to pick up some apple juice and buy a Cider House Blues pizza topped with local wood-oven-roasted potatoes, fresh rosemary, honey and, of course, apples, is actually Caledon’s version of a hedgerow. Tom Wilson and Nicole Judge, who own the business, chose the site be cause of all the apple trees that natur ally populate the land. They added some new varieties and, like hedge rows, these trees supply pollinators, cleanse the air and store greenhouse gases. Made in their micro-cidery, Spirit Tree’s unique cider attracts a f lood of customers. The restaurant is a meeting place for locals and a destination for hikers and cyclists. Similarly, Heatherlea Farm Market sells beef raised on the farm, and if Gail and Phil Winters who own Winterbrook Farm succeed, they will be making beer from hops they al ready grow on their land north of Belfountain. Then there are wood turners who use fallen trees to create silky smooth bowls that attract people to the Alton Mill Arts Centre, syrup producers who distill their elixir from the “blood” of maple trees, makers of preserves who use fresh-picked ber ries from the rich soil on Caledon’s Peel Plain, and craftspeople who wat
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tle furniture from local willow. These too have the potential to become Caledon’s “hedgerows.” Focusing on these local crafts and foods, the trails that link them, the eco-services they provide and their economic contribution could go a long way toward nurturing the cliffs, forests, rolling kames and kettles, meadows, farmyards, and historic towns and villages that occupy the majority of Caledon’s 668 square kilometres. It could help the town actually become what many people think it is or want it to be.
retain the personalities they have developed organically over 150 years. That model of development is very different from the master-planned community of SouthFields where the residential population preceded the commercial centre. That centre where “neighbours gather” in the type of advertorial that attracted Casale is now conceived as a regional shopping centre similar to Brampton’s Trinity Common. Meanwhile, action on creating a smaller commercial area, of the sort more likely to attract in dependent businesses and act as a
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“I don’t believe planners should impose their ideas on a community. Our job is to facilitate and allow the community to envision and develop its own character.” In 2014, a Toronto Life article sug gested Caledon “is not so much a town as an evocation of a fantasy – a myth ological place that exists primarily in people’s imaginations.” That sort of place – the one that Caledon isn’t quite – is aptly described in the new visitors’ guide released by Headwaters Tourism. It reads, “This is where both arctic swans and hungry travellers stop on their way home. Where every creek, barn and chicken has a name.” Notably, the tourism association didn’t use “quaint,” an adjective that adorns Caledon’s blue roadside signs. Quaint means “attractively old-fash ioned” or “pleasantly strange,” which was not part of the vocabulary used by a small group of community-minded residents to describe Caledon’s future. Freed from having to focus on pro tecting Caledon’s green space, they went beyond the worthy platitudes of a safe, resilient and sustainable com munity that is innovative, inclusive and affordable. They want a living, working, environmentally and eco nomically productive landscape. Hedgerow businesses may never deliver $800,000 in municipal taxes, but collectively the levies they pay add up. They draw tourists and tourist dollars, provide ecosystem services, and cultivate community. But are Caledon’s “hedgerows” en ough to attract residents from Cale don’s burgeoning suburbs to visit, much less cherish the open spaces beyond their courts and crescents? Xu repeats the oft-quoted line that Caledon is a “community of commu nities.” He sincerely wants Belfoun tain, Inglewood and Cheltenham to
gathering place, is on hold because it is located in the planning zone for a 400-series highway. “I don’t believe planners should impose their ideas on a community,” says Xu. “Our job is to facilitate and allow the community to envision and develop its own character.” Fair enough, but if people are drawn to SouthFields for its proximity to the city, will they ever feel vested in Caledon’s countryside? As Xu said, such attitudes cannot be imposed, but perhaps they can be encouraged through such initiatives as Quilley’s. And such attitudes as Casale’s. While she is frustrated with the town’s planning process, Casale says people move to SouthFields because they want to be part of the safe, tran quil community advertised in the brochures. “Community is not about density,” she says. “It’s about how people live and engage together.” In his 1945 novel Two Solitudes, Hugh MacLennan explores tensions between the English and French in Canada. Attempts to homogenize the cultures of Canada’s founding nations ended long ago. Tensions remain, but we now celebrate and make allowances for our differences. Perhaps Caledon might be guided by the epigraph from MacLennan’s distinctly Canadian novel. It reads, simply, “Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect, and touch, and greet each other.” ≈
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Any route that combines a great lunch or latte with a walk through the dramatic Forks of the Credit Park is on my list of best hikes. You start and finish near Belfountain so coffee, ice cream or other treats beckon as you hike this energetic route. It takes you down into the Forks of the Credit, along the Trimble Side Trail named after Roy and Eleanor Trimble, longtime Belfountain residents. Roy and his brother John ran the gas station for years. The same building now houses Belfountain’s coffee and gift shops. Keep a lookout for a train as you pass under the trestle bridge. Then follow Dominion Street as it crosses over the spot where the Forks of the Credit gets its name, and meanders into Brimstone, a precious hamlet that was once home to some reputedly rough quarrymen. Your heart rate will rise as you climb up the Niagara Escarpment and then skirt some deep ravines before taking in the hummocky terrain of the Oak Ridges Moraine, since two of Southern Ontario’s major landforms cozy up in this park. Then it’s back down to the Credit River through what is arguably Caledon’s most beautiful valley.
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directions As Caledon Hikes went to press there was ongoing discussion about rerouting hikers to keep them off the gravel portion of Scott Street. Look for rerouting signs or check www.nicolaross.ca for route changes.
nicola’s insider info length: 13.3 kilometres level of difficulty: Moderate length of time: 3.5 to 4.5 hours number of steps: 18,103 kcal burned: 595 highlights: Forks of the Credit, best valley in Caledon, Brimstone, coffee, Credit River, trilliums in spring, Belfountain’s Salamander Festival takes place the last Saturday in September places to eat and drink: Higher Ground Coffee Co., Belfountain Inn, Caledon Hills Ice Cream Parlour entrance fee: n/a
1 Park on River Road where it meets Shaw’s Creek Road just west of Belfountain. 2 Walk east along River Road toward Belfountain. 3 When you come to the stop sign where River Road meets Old Main Street in the village, walk straight ahead down the hill past the Belfountain Inn and the Belfountain Conservation Area. 4 Cross over the West Credit River and up out of the valley. At the top of the hill veer right (straight) onto Scott Street. 5 Follow Scott Street to the gate at #100. You are entering the Willoughby Property, which is a lovely piece of public land managed by Credit Valley Conservation. Pedestrians are welcome. This land was quarried in the late 1880s, well before Bert Willoughby, of Gibson Willoughby Real Estate, built an enormous house at the end of the road near the Forks of the Credit.
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6 About 200m after the gate, the Crow’s Nest Side Trail crosses the road. Veer right onto the Crow’s Nest Side Trail, leaving the road and following the blue blazes. 7 Follow this trail for another 200m until you come to a confluence of the Crow’s Nest Side Trail and the Trimble Side Trail. As you walk on a long boardwalk look for the trail junction. 8 Turn right leaving the Crow’s Nest Side Trail and then almost immediately, turn left onto the Trimble Side Trail. Roy and John Trimble came to Belfountain because their father bought what is now the coffee shop and gift store. At the time, it was a blacksmith’s shop that the Trimble brothers turned into a gas station and mechanic shop when cars put horses out of business. I pumped gas there as a teenager. 9 Follow the blue blazes of the Trimble Side Trail as it makes its way through a cedar forest. You skirt the top of a cliff to your right. Along the way, there is a great lookout where you can gaze over the Credit River valley. This is especially beautiful in the spring as new leaves are forming and in the fall when the trees are alive with colour. 10 As you head steadily downhill, you pass by large mounds that are actually slag piles of rubble left over from quarrying days. 11 You pass by a wooden pump house below on your right. Just past it, look back behind the pump house. See if you can make out the remains of a stone bridge. It once had train tracks over it. Trains were used to transport the enormous rocks from the quarries to the railway station that was situated at the “S” turn on the Forks of the Credit Road. My mum, now in her 90s, used to flag down the train at this station and take it into Toronto. 12 A few metres farther along the trail look for a grove of bluebeech trees (Carpinus caroliniana). They are also known as musclewood trees because the
smooth ridges on their trunks make them look like muscles, and because blue-beech is very hard. It was used to make axe handles. The most noticeable one has been partly chopped down and overhangs the trail. 13 Look out for a sharp right-hand turn that goes down some stairs before the trail empties onto the Forks of the Credit Road at a bridge that passes over the gushing West Credit River. 14 Follow the Forks of the Credit Road for 300m, passing under the trestle bridge until you come to Dominion Street. Turn left here, picking up the white blazes of the main Bruce Trail. The road is narrow as it goes under the trestle. Best to walk on the right side of the road where there is a shoulder. 15 Follow Dominion Street over a small bridge. Upstream, the west and main branches of the Credit River join, giving the area its name. 16 Before entering the hamlet of Brimstone, you pass by a spot where several large concrete blocks line the right side of the road. On September 29, 2005 after a hard downpour, the side of the hill at this point gave way.
Muddy clay covered the road cutting off residents of Brimstone. Brimstone is quiet now, but it was once home to reputedly rowdy quarrymen, hence its name. 17 Just past Brimstone, you pass by a gate into the Forks of the Credit Park. 18 Almost immediately, the Dorothy Medhurst Side Trail leaves the main Bruce Trail. Take this side trail with its blue blazes as it goes to the right into the forest and begins to climb. Dorothy Medhurst was a Bruce Trail pioneer and tireless volunteer. She died in 2010, aged 95. 19 Your temples will pound as you climb up the escarpment for about 400m. Take a break when you pass by a lovely shaded “sitting rock.” 20 At a well-marked spot, the Dorothy Medhurst Side Trail ends and you pick up the white blazes of the main Bruce Trail. 21 Turn left here onto the main Bruce Trail and follow it as it dips up and down. Climb over a stile and walk along the edge of a steep valley just below and then on top of the ridge.
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22 After the stile there are several forks in the trail. Always stay left. About 1k after the stile, you come to The Quarryman’s Side Trail. Turn left, following its blue blazes down the escarpment. The forest here is full of wildflowers, especially in the spring when the trilliums and jack-in-the-pulpit are in their glory. 23 At the bottom of the hill, go straight past the washrooms across a lovely open valley – my favourite in all of Caledon. When I was a kid, we had an annual Thanksgiving Ride to this spot. Most of us would come on horseback. Meanwhile my dad and others had driven in and set up a huge cauldron that hung from a tripod over an open fire. Hot onion soup was on the menu along with crisp Macintosh apples. So stop here for a picnic while enjoying the rushing Credit River in a spot where the Oak Ridges Moraine cozies up to the Niagara Escarpment. 24 This is the end of The Quarryman’s Side Trail. Pick up the white blazes of the main Bruce Trail heading generally to the left (downstream) as you look at the river. 25 The main Bruce Trail follows the old road that my dad used to transport that big cauldron. At one point the trail splits. Either route ends up at the same spot, so take your pick. Next you have a second chance to look at the lovely little houses in Brimstone as you retrace this portion of the route. Note some of their mail boxes and other creative house art. 26 As you leave the village, look up to your left. This was the site of the Big Hill Quarry. A two-inch steel cable used to hang high above the valley joining this quarry to the railway tracks near the “S” turn. A steam-operated aerial tram carried the quarried stone to the train station.
27 Stay on Dominion Street (the road through Brimstone) until you come to a stop sign. Turn right onto the Forks of the Credit Road, leaving the main Bruce Trail. 28 Retrace your earlier route under the trestle bridge. If you are lucky, Forks of the Credit honey will be on sale at the only house on the right side of the road. Turn left onto the Trimble Side Trail where it leaves the road at the base of the hill just after the bridge over the West Credit River.
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29 Follow the Trimble Side Trail’s blue blazes for about 600m, most of it uphill through a cedar forest, until you arrive back at the confluence of the Trimble and Crow’s Nest side trails. This time, stay on the Trimble Side Trail, going straight ahead. DO NOT turn onto the Crow’s Nest Side Trail.
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Sprawling out on a patch of grass with a picnic spread before you is among the greatest pleasures of summer. By its very nature a meal you’ve planned and packed, carted to a scenic locale, unpacked, and laid out before your dining companions is a slow food moment. And we don’t have enough of them in our busy lives. Now, when it comes to filling your picnic basket, a number of local purveyors are ready to transform your meal from ordinary to gourmet. Sure, make your own sandwiches and squares if you like, but these local pies, produce and crisp beverages are worth a quick pit stop en route to your destination. Oh, and the ultimate picnic baskets – they’re crafted nearby too. Whether you’re hitting your favourite conservation area, a groomed lawn near a Pan Am horse show, or the wilds of your own backyard, enjoy your own contemporary and local déjeuner sur l’herbe. Cheers!
to market, to market This sturdy, handsome basket is made by Glen Williams resident Lynn Kennedy. She has been creating them for decades using traditional techniques and selling them at events such as the annual Holiday Treasures show at Dufferin County Museum & Archives. This basket is made of natural and hand-dyed reeds and sea grass, and comes with a reinforced oak handle. It’s perfect for market day or as a picnic tote. (Basket $85, Lynn Kennedy. Baguettes $2.80– $3.25, Spirit Tree Cidery. Tablecloth $17.95, The Sandra Shop.)
double vision berry wise laying the groundwork Will you take your picnic on a gingham, floral, or cheeky blue and white maple leaf print? After all, a stylish picnic requires the right foundation. These retro-patterned cotton (read: washable) tablecloths are handmade with mitred corners by Sandra Wood of The Sandra Shop in Hillsburgh. (42" x 42" tablecloths $17.95. Set of four 16 ½" x 16 ½" napkins, not shown, $15.95.)
Maybe you’re picnicking near a strawberry farm. This sculptural berry basket by Lynn Kennedy is made of natural and dyed reeds with a solid oak notched handle. She makes others in wild dogwood she collects in late winter and early spring. This one holds enough berries to make one pie or a batch of jam. Or, we’d add, one healthy picnic berry feast. (Basket $30, Lynn Kennedy. Pint of strawberries $6.95, Rock Garden Farms.)
Tote two pies, quiches or other baked goods in this charming pie carrier. It’s an old-timey design Lynn Kennedy keeps going back to, with enough space under the handle to tuck pies in easily. In addition to being picnicperfect, it’s also a great potluck tool if you’re always the one bringing the lasagne. Here, we’re recommending Rock Garden Farms’ apple caramel pie and Gabe’s spinach feta quiche. (Basket $65, Lynn Kennedy. Pie $11.50, Rock Garden Farms. Quiche $12.99, Gabe’s Country Bake Shoppe.)
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Farmers’ Markets working to find you the freshest local food Stayner Music and Market in the Park It! Thursdays 5:30–8:30pm from June 11 – August 27 Station Park Downtown Stayner
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Orangeville Farmers’ Market Saturdays 8am–1pm from May 9 – October 24 Beside Town Hall, 87 Broadway, Orangeville
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Don’t feel like cooking? Order ahead and swing by Pegram Farm in Mulmur to pick up one of five complete picnics for two. Shown here are a few mouthwatering elements of the “old-fashioned” picnic, with potato salad, corn salad and chicken skewers. Picnics include an appetizer, two side dishes, a main and a dessert. It’s all packed in an insulated bag and comes with two soft drinks of your choice, along with eco-friendly or biodegradable plates, cutlery, napkins, glassware and a freezer pack. Bonus: If you don’t have a picnic spot in mind, you can linger on the property and eat it there. (Picnic for two $66–$72, Pegram Picnics.)
bye-bye, bugs Mosquitoes and other bugs are the unwelcome guests you never invite. But if you’re looking for an alternative to DEET, Orangeville retailer Kendra Anderson’s all-natural bug repellent products fit the bill. She uses ingredients such as clove oil, lavender, peppermint, oregano, camphor and patchouli in her concoctions. The Nature’s Armor Protection is a roll-on to tuck into your picnic basket. Dab it behind ears, on wrists and anywhere else bugs like to bite. (It’s safe for kids.) Before you head out, scrub up with Anderson’s handmade bug-repellent soap too. It’s sold by weight at 70 cents a gram. (Roll-on $14.99, soap about $8, Just Be Customized.)
cool drinks Add a little sparkle to your picnic with two new products from Spirit Tree Estate Cidery in Caledon. Their hard apple cider now comes in cans and this blush-coloured cranberry and apple spritzer may deserve flutes. (Draught cider $3.15 per can, cranberry apple spritzer $9.50, Spirit Tree Estate Cidery.)
sources Gabe’s Country Bake Shoppe Lynn Kennedy 15977 Airport Rd, Caledon East lynnkenn@gmail.com www.gabescountrybakeshoppe.com Pegram Picnics 905-584-5360 558021 Mulmur Melancthon Townline www.pegrampicnics.com Just Be Customized 416-918-7956 117 Broadway, Orangeville www.justbecustomized.com Rock Garden Farms 519-217-5015 16930 Airport Rd, Caledon East www.rockgardenfarms.ca 905-584-9461
Spirit Tree Estate Cidery 1137 Boston Mills Rd, Caledon www.spirittreecider.com 905-838-2530 The Sandra Shop 5842 5th Line, Hillsburgh thesandrashop@gmail.com 519-855-6725
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If you have a short hike before you reach your picnic spot, you'll need to multitask. This open basket is designed to be worn with the strap across the chest and basket sitting on your hip. Made of reed, dogwood and sea grass, it’s inspired by a Nova Scotian Mi’kmaq design. ($85, Lynn Kennedy.) ≈
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he hills of Headwaters’ star turn on the global equestrian stage is imminent. From July 10 to 26, the quiet backroads and rolling fields of Caledon and Mono will welcome an invasion of competitors and spec tators from 41 countries for the equestrian events of the 2015 Pan American Games. As many as 3,200 people a day are expected to pass through the gates of the Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park in Palgrave to watch the dressage and stadium jumping events. And as many again will flock to Will O’Wind Farm in the town of Mono for the cross-country competition. And these numbers don’t include the competitors themselves. About
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Phase 1 of the cross-country course at Will O’ Wind Farm was completed last fall and the second phase – installation of the jumps – was well under way at press time. If you haven’t already snagged tickets for the equestrian events, you’re probably out of luck. Along with the opening and closing ceremonies, the horse shows were among the first to sell out. But even if you can’t attend the Games themselves, residents and businesses in these hills are going to feel the impact of the equestrian frenzy about to take place. On this and the following pages are a few things to watch out for and look forward to when the horsey set takes over.
EquiArt 2015 The Dufferin Arts Council has organized EquiArt 2015, a juried show and sale of equine-themed art to coincide with the Games and featuring some 60 works in a variety of media by area artists. Four selected works will hang in each of seven participating Headwaters restaurants (Black Birch,
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Bluebird Café and Grill, Forage, Mrs. Mitchell’s, The Globe, Rustik Bistro and Mono Cliffs Inn), and another 30 will be on display in a pop-up gallery at 17090 Highway 50 in Palgrave near the Caledon Equestrian Park. The show will run from July 8 to 25, with an open
ing reception on the evening of Saturday, July 11. “The main objective of the exhibition,” says or ganizer Harvey Kolodny, “is to give artists in the area a chance to display and sell their works to the people coming out to see the Games.” For more information, see dufferinartscouncil.com.
A Preview of EquiArt top left : Jennifer Osborn, Freedom #I (felted wool, silk fibre). above : Ann Clifford, Woven Steel Jumper (background; aluminum/steel wire); inset : Donna Greenstein, Schomberg Fair Belgians IV (oil). bottom, left to right : Ellen Cameron, Sunday Brunch (photography); Hugh Russel, At The Races (bronze); Diana Hillman, Carousel Horse (oil); Kai-Liis McInnes, Long, Long Ago (watercolour); Deborah Livingston-Lowe, Horse in Plain View (detail; cotton, wool, horse hair); Sara James, Fiera Cavalli di Verona (oil).
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Parade of Horses You may already have spotted some of them – 26 colourful, life-sized horse statues on display at various locations in the Headwaters region. This equine art exhibition is part of a Headwaters Horse Country ini tiative to celebrate horses in general and the region’s artists in particular. Each fibreglass statue was given a unique makeover by an individual artist or group of artists. The horses were sold for $3,500 each – and went like hotcakes. Most are now installed in their permanent location, ready for viewing. To find and see them follow the Headwaters Parade of Horses Trail at headwatershorsecountry.ca.
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Usually held in October, the annual Headwaters Stable Tour will coincide with the Games this year. Thirteen area horse farms will open their doors to the public on Saturdays and Sundays, July 11 through 26. Admission is free, and many venues have planned demonstrations and other events to entertain horse-loving visitors. “We hope people will enjoy watching the Games and then go out and tour some local stables,” says project manager Vicki Sword. Details and maps are available at headwatershorsecountry.ca.
Calendar of Equestrian Events Friday July 10 – 6:30pm – Pan Am Games Opening Ceremonies (Toronto) Saturday July 11 – 9:00am – Equestrian Dressage (Caledon) Sunday July 12 – 9:00am – Equestrian Dressage (Caledon) Tuesday July 14 – 11:00am – Equestrian Dressage (Caledon) Friday July 17 – 9:00am – Eventing Dressage (Caledon) Saturday July 18 – 11:00am – Eventing Cross Country (Mono) Sunday July 19 – 10:00am – Eventing Jumping (Caledon) Tuesday July 21 – 2:00pm – Stadium Jumping (Caledon) Thursday July 23 – 10:00am – Stadium Jumping (Caledon) Saturday July 25 – 11:00am – Stadium Jumping (Caledon) Sunday July 26 – 6:30pm – Pan Am Games Closing Ceremonies (Toronto)
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above : All is in readiness at the Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park in Palgrave. facing page, top : Ellen Cameron with her entry in the Parade of Horses, along with a steampunk-themed entry painted by Judy Sherman and Eva Folks. facing page, bottom : Mac Cone, Ian Millar and John Rumble were among the Canadian equestrians who added their signatures to Cameron’s horse.
Getting Around As thousands of spectators flood into Caledon and Mono, you can be sure there will be traffic congestion. Police are asking people to do their part by carpooling or, if possible, by just plain staying off the roads. To avoid gridlock in the village of Palgrave, where the equestrian park is located, parking will be provided at the Albion Hills Conservation Area to the north, and spectators will be shuttled to the venue. Accessible parking is available at both equestrian venues but must be booked in advance. Also be prepared for road closures. In Palgrave, for example, Pine Avenue will be closed at Highway 50 from July 10 to 25. In Mono, Fifth Line East will be closed between Mono Centre Road and 15 Sideroad from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on July 18, as will 15 Sideroad between Airport Road and Fourth Line East. For the latest on road closures, as well as helpful maps, click on “venues” at toronto2015.org.
Tourism Michele Harris, executive director of Headwaters Tourism, hopes these events and others, such as a recent short-story competition and the torch relay held earlier this month, will also shine a spotlight on the region’s many non-equine attractions. She says the area’s larger hotels, such as the Hockley Valley Resort, the Best Western in Orangeville and the new Hampton Inn & Suites in Bolton, are solidly booked. And B&Bs and motels are also filling up fast. In addition, Headwaters Tourism has signed up 20 restaurants to be part of the Pan Am Taste Trail. Participating restaurants will designate an item on their menu as a “signature Pan Am dish.” The local gastro expedition is outlined in a special Pan Am section of the Headwaters visitors’ guide. In addition to local distribution, the guide was included in The Globe and Mail, with 20,000 more copies placed in 160 GTA hotels and major travel information centres. You can find details about the Taste Trail at headwaterstourism.ca. Harris says the association’s goal is to draw tourists visiting the Games to ancillary attractions such as restaurants, hiking trails and art exhibits. “This is a big deal for our region because we are going to be in the inter national spotlight and we want to embrace that.”
Volunteers These Games would not be possible without a massive volunteer effort. Toronto 2015 access supervisor Willa Gauthier is in charge of an army of 1,400 volunteers for the equestrian events. They will act as everything from jump judges and dressage scribes, to stable supervisors and ticket takers. Throughout June, the troops have been undergoing training at the Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park and Will O’Wind Farm. In return for their unpaid work, the volunteers gain free entry to the grounds on the days they are working. “We had no trouble finding volunteers at all,” says Gauthier, even though they understand “it’s going to be long hours, a long haul.” ≈ Cecily Ross is a freelance writer who lives in Creemore. IN THE HILLS Summer 2015
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Like the two noble beasts who inspired it, the poem “Nellie and Winston” has a few miles on it. It started as a fictionalized tribute to two horses that retired forestry professor and poet Paul Aird knew and loved during his childhood. Nellie was a working horse on his family’s farm in Hudson Heights, Quebec. She had gone blind while working in a mine. Her owner had given her to Paul’s father for a working retirement. Winston had been a bakery delivery horse in Montreal and, after he developed a limp, the bakery owner gave him and his harness to Aird’s father in the hope that fields would be better underfoot than city pavement. Indeed, Winston recovered from his limp and took up his duties as a fine workhorse, just as Nellie had done before him. Although Winston didn’t arrive on the farm until years after she had died, Nellie did have a thoughtful companion horse who would nudge her away from barbed wire and toward a drink in the stream. Those images stayed with Aird. After a chance encounter with two other old white horses – when Aird took the photo that local artist Jane Fellowes interpreted for these pages – he wrote an emotional ode to his old friends Nellie and Winston, making them contemporaries and adding a dramatic narrow escape from the slaughterhouse. The poem was consigned to a drawer until another chance encounter, this time with the music of equineloving singer-songwriter Marie-Lynn Hammond. After hearing a song of hers on the radio, he offered up his poem as fodder. Hammond added a chorus and a tear-inducing coda, calling the song “Two Old White Horses.” It was first recorded in 2007. As the f lashy stars of the equine world gather in Headwaters for the Pan Am Games next month, Nellie and Winston remind us that even the most humble of these magnificent creatures deserve a place in our hearts.
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Nellie had worked all her life in a mine pulling the coal carts in shaft number nine day after day she leaned into her load pulling the carts on a black iron road never a pasture nor brook did she see just railways, bright lights and never let free many years later poor Nellie they find willing to work even though she was blind
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bidders were few and just butchers by trade each horse stood still, then the male turned and neighed they were alert with ears up and heads high a lovely pair and I wanted to buy just fit for horsemeat? I threw up my arm Nellie and Winston now live on our farm These two, a blind horse and one partly lame are a well-matched team, the finest I claim though they pull heavy loads over rough hauls she is so steady that he never falls though they pass close to deep holes and sharp rock he leads the way, she is safe, trot or walk
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Why not make it outside whenever possible? And for that matter, why not make it a group activity? A 2014 report from the nonprofit group Active Healthy Kids Canada pointed out that 64 per cent of parents often take (read, drive) their kids to physical activities, but only 37 per cent play actively with their children. If we have to make a stronger case for outdoor play, science is starting to offer us hard evidence of its health benefits. Numerous research studies have found a “green time” break can help improve focus and mood in school-aged children, espe cially those with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). One recent study suggested a lack of outdoor play is actually affecting kids’ eyesight – a lack of natural light and long views is increasing rates of myopia, or shortsightedness. What better metaphor could there be to spur all of us – parents, family members, educators and caregivers – to do better? As Louv put it, “A kid today can likely tell you about the Amazon rain forest, but not about the last time he or she explored the woods in solitude, or lay in a field listening to the wind and watching the clouds move.” Makes you want to head outside right this moment, doesn’t it?
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Times may have changed, but one thing remains constant in the Caledon village of Inglewood during the summer: older kids and adults carrying inner tubes down the main drag for a float on the river. On McLaughlin Road, at the south end of the village, there’s a small parking lot on the banks of the Credit River. Slip in there (don’t forget a life jacket!) or at other spots farther east, and float for a few minutes or spend a few hours being carried all the way to Cheltenham. Be sure to arrange to be picked up by a friend or family member there. The water is shallow and there may be small portages to traverse when the water level is too low. While the Credit Valley Conservation Authority does not endorse paddling or floating down the river, it has pulled together a guide to river access points, along with a list of specific warnings and hazards to watch for. See creditvalleyca.ca and search “navigating the Credit.”
in belfountain conservation area The Headwaters region is home to many idyllic parks and conservation areas, all of them great places to wander and refresh. If your young charges need a little more than nature to keep them engaged, check out the Belfountain Conservation Area for the circular trail leading to its swingy (but safe!) suspension bridge over a waterfall and Yellowstone Cave, a slightly eerie stone structure kids can duck inside. Both were built by Charles W. Mack, who invented the cushion-back rubber stamp. He purchased the property as a summer retreat in 1908 and opened it to the public a few years later. Older kids can do the loop themselves, while you kick back and relax. Read more about the park at creditvalleyca.ca
Do you have six square feet of lawn to spare? Planting a sunflower house is an activity that can literally grow to fill the summer. At first it’s a garden project, then it’s a delightful private space where the kiddos can hide away, have a tea party or, if you’re lucky, invite the grownups to visit. First, stake out the “walls,” leaving a space for the “door.” Then dig a shallow trench around the perimeter and plant the seeds. Choose a variety that grows to more than 8 feet. For thicker, lusher walls, add a shorter variety around the outside of the interior wall. (Once they germinate, thin the seedlings as necessary to allow for growing room.) If you like, as the taller plants reach full height, you can gently pull their tops together and fasten with sturdy string to form a “roof.”
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plan a magic forest picnic on the bruce trail Any section of the Bruce Trail is bound to delight, but Caledon insiders have one sweet route they keep coming back to. Join the Bruce Trail at the end of Caledon Mountain Drive, south of Belfountain off Mississauga Road. Then hike down the escarpment on a railway-tie staircase to Forks of the Credit Road via Chisholm Street for a picnic by the Credit River. Along the way you’ll see magical mossy boulders, a dense sun-dappled forest and sweeping views across the Credit River valley. The hike back up will be steep – so you’ll be thankful for good hiking shoes. For a much longer hike (two to three hours over 8.5 kilometres) suitable for adults and older kids, check out the Belfountain/Judy Charbonneau loop in Nicola Ross’s new book Caledon Hikes: Loops & Lattes. Or try another hike on an adjoining stretch of trail, excerpted from her book on page 50 of this issue. continued on next page IN THE HILLS Summer 2015
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become a caterpillar expert in your backyard Make this the summer of the caterpillar – and the moths and butterflies they become. First, if you can, plant caterpillar-friendly gardens known to attract particular species: pussytoes or pearly everlasting for American ladies, milkweed (common, butterfly or swamp) for monarchs, hops and elm for the delightfully named question marks (shown above) and commas, rue for giant swallowtails, cherry for tiger swallowtails, and nettle for red admirals. (Caution: nettle stings, so plant in a pot in an out-of-the-way corner and don’t let it go to seed.) When you find caterpillars, build one or more of them a home so you can observe them. You’ll need a cheap plastic terrarium (available in various sizes from pet stores) and a small, lidded container filled with water. It’s best to find a caterpillar eating, so you can identify its favoured food. Punch a small hole in the container, insert a stem of the food plant and place the caterpillar on the cutting. Replace wilted or eaten food as necessary, cutting from the same plant variety. (Caterpillars shed their skins a few times as they grow.) Most caterpillars will form pupae – cocoons (moths) or chrysalises (butterflies) – within two weeks or so, though some larger moth cater pillars take longer. Watch carefully for the emergence of the moth or the butterfly. This usually happens in about two weeks. But later in the sum mer a pupa may “choose” to overwinter. In this case, put it outside and let nature take its course. Or put the terrarium outdoors in a sheltered location (where it won’t fill with water). Come May, check it daily or bring it inside and watch the wonder of metamorphosis.
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look for chimney swifts in your backyard, parks and conservation areas Consider this birdwatching with a purpose for older, nature-conscious kids and teens. Chimney swifts were named for their fondness for nesting in chimneys. Brown all over, their closest living relatives are actually hummingbirds. Chimney swifts are suffering alarming declines. So the nonprofit Bird Studies Canada is co-ordinating SwiftWatch to survey swifts and monitor their nesting and roosting sites in towns and villages. They eagerly seek swift observers. Says our nature writer Don Scallen, “When I was researching my swift/swallow article (“Swifts and Swallows,” spring ’14), I found swifts flitting over Orangeville and Bolton. They are also found in Erin, Cataract and undoubtedly other places in the Headwaters. “ For more information, check out “swifts and swallows” at www.birdscanada.org.
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If you have room for a small plot or a few containers, enlist the kids as mini-gardeners. Start with some of the easier crops such as zucchini, cher ry tomatoes, herbs and lettuces, and watch them sprout, bloom, grow – and get plucked and, with luck, eaten for dinner. Don’t have a ton of space? Sign up for a plot in a community garden such as the nonprofit Albion Hills Com munity Farm near Palgrave, and make vegetable growing an ongoing activity throughout the summer. Rental prices at Albion Hills start at $35 for a 200 square-foot plot. You’ll be tending your garden next to the pros who run a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program out of the farm, so there may be great veggiegrowing tips to glean.
hunt for miniature delights While you plant kale and deadhead your geraniums, set your kids up with a garden ing project shrunk down to their size. Fairy gardens are miniature landscapes decked out with Lilliputian lawns, flower gardens, seats and other necessities. Garden centres carry all sorts of access ories for this popular pastime, but it’s fun to explore yards and woods for your own pretty stones, mosses, acorns, pine cones, twigs, bark and other natural building materials – searching for them is half the pleasure. Take a gallop through a few Pinterest sites for inspiration, then go on a scavenger hunt for your own supplies.
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Ideas we love: thimbles for flower pots a small clay pot on its side, carpeted in moss, pine cones and boughs as a home glass jars and tea cups made into fairy terrariums a tiered “fountain” made of sea shells No word on how to get the fairies to move in, but we’re sure they will.
Nothing says summer in Canada quite like a campfire. At the Mansfield Outdoor Centre, summer camp director Drew Gulyas says that prepping and cooking on an open fire gets kids working hard and achieving goals too. He recommends making this easy bannock for an outdoorsy treat. “Nothing tastes better,” he says. (Please enjoy your fire safely, with all the required permits. And make sure it’s extinguished properly when you’re done.) Drew’s recipe: Mix 3 cups of flour together with ½ cup sugar and 2 tablespoons baking powder. Once mixed, add 2 tablespoons vegetable oil or margarine and blend completely with the dry mixture until it’s crumbly in your fingers. Now take 2 ⁄3 cup water and add it slowly to the dry mixture until it’s the consistency of play dough. Take a hunk of the dough the size of a large plum and roll it in your hands until you’ve got a 12-inch-long “snake” with a diameter no larger than your index finger. Using a stick as long as your leg and with a diameter of about two fingers, coil the dough snake around the stick so that it covers the first 6 inches. Now hold it over the hot coals, turning slowly and constantly so it doesn’t burn. You’ll know it’s done when the bannock is golden brown. Slather on some butter or jam while you’re waiting for it to cool. Then eat it right off the stick! ≈
We’d love to hear how you inspire a love of the great outdoors with the kids in your life! What are your favourite childhood memories of summers in the hills? Visit this story online and leave us ideas in the comments at the bottom, or share with us on Twitter @inthehillsmag and Facebook, facebook.com/inthehills.
With thanks to this magazine’s regular nature writer Don Scallen, who contributed the items for raising caterpillars, counting chimney swifts, and pond dipping.
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This July the Credit Valley Conservation Authority, with the dedication of the community, the CVC Foundation and Friends of Island Lake, will open the final section of trail at Island Lake to complete the longawaited loop. A circuit on bike, with stroller, or on foot is now possible with your family and four-legged friends. Watch local media for the announcement. The loop will be a great way to burn off some steam and get active before or after those lazy, hazy barbeque-filled afternoons. www.creditvalleyca.ca
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write to you from high above the hills, 30,000 feet in the air, cruising along at 800 kilometres per hour. I’m on my way to a getaway, with absolutely no children on board, and it’s eerily quiet. All souls around me are quite well behaved, despite the
party destination that lies ahead.
My first flight was not such a sophisticated affair. I remember it distinctly, my 12-year-old senses on overload. My family had driven to Florida right after my mom had pretty major surgery. The trip had been a questionable decision, motivated by our collective affinity for the beach. Twenty-two hours of maniacal driving got us there. Heading to the beach for R and R seemed like a good idea at first, but the drive had left my mother in more pain and struggling to get comfortable in her woven beach chair. Our family decided she and I would fly back, and my dad would take the car home alone. We purchased a last-minute f light. I had never been to an airport, and a tropical one at that. This airport was open and breezy, but smelled of benzene and stripped my eyes of tears. Engines roared and reverse indicators beeped. I can’t remember what happened to my bag or if I even had one. I was terrified. We boarded the aircraft, my mom still tender and slow. She had only f lown once before, from Toronto to Montreal when she’d won an academic contest. Her blue eyes looked at me with a mixture of mirth and trepidation as we observed the assortment of passengers board ing around us: the crispy-burned-calamine-
lotioned, the leisure-suited-mirrored-glassed, the terrified-back-arching babies. People crush ed out their final cigarette before take-off. The seat beside us was empty. Maybe we would be lucky… But no. Passenger A to our B and C seats arrived, taking his aisle seat. He made it on board just as we were about to taxi to the runway, sweating profusely, his curly chest hair glisten ing out of the top of his shirt, tangled with his gold chain. Clearly agitated and nervous, he placed his arm above me and leaned over to the window to watch our take-off. His shirt was stained yellow, and sweat dripped off his nose onto my bare leg. My throat closed in with nausea from the cacophony of modern travel. My mom held my hand. People clapped when we landed. I felt as if we had cheated death. Since then, I can report that I have experienc ed many safe and uneventful flights. I have also experienced a few bad ones. One in particular stands out – a short f light from Toronto to Ottawa. A storm cell gathered suddenly over the Ottawa airport, and a clear and uneventful flight almost resulted in disaster. The 60-yearold man who screamed and grabbed my hand as we plunged later wrote me a thank-you letter for being kind as we hurtled downward.
I actually worked at Toronto’s Pearson Airport for a while in communications, and watched the planes come in, all day long. Big bird, after little bird, after big bird. One day someone ran in to ask us to turn on the TV – a plane had, unbelievably, crashed into the World Trade Center. That day changed air travel for ever. For many years the images from 9/11 replayed in my mind and I just didn’t want to fly as much anymore. I had read too many articles, I was afraid of my fellow passengers, and tried to guess who was the air marshal on board serving to protect us. I felt sick and scared whenever I got on a plane, and eventually asked my doctor for a sedative to calm my nerves on my next flight. Needless to say, I overdid it and drooled from Toronto to Vancouver to Hawaii. My in-f light lunch, then dinner, came and went, untouched. I in differently accepted a lei placed over my head just before landing. My next trip was to California and was my son Adrian’s first flight. He was about to turn three and his eyes twinkled as we read board books about “Airplanes” and “Airports” over and over. Take away the terrorists and media attention to such things as debris scatter, take away sweaty, smokey, nervous f lyers and you have a modern miracle. With my child in tow, I was determined to keep the mood light, my family relaxed and focused, and myself drug-free. The flight was fine. It was smooth and – as I experienced it through the eyes of my son – delightful. We counted down the seconds until the wheels left the ground – up, up, and away! Every day of every year, millions of passengers load into aircraft, and pilots, computers and crews fly us to new adventures. We shoot through the sky, and land safely at our destination. I’ve become a much better air traveller. Right now I’m looking out my window at the red clay hills rising to snowpeaked caps, thousands of feet below. It’s been a smooth flight. I can’t wait to get there. I also can’t wait to come home. The minute I land, I will use an other modern miracle to text that I have landed: I’m here, I’m alive, and I will see you in four days! I miss you already and will see you soon. ≈ Bethany Lee is a freelance writer who lives in Orangeville.
Splashing Around Need to cool off? Splash pads and outdoor pools are an easy and inexpensive way to beat the heat with your kids this summer. Here are a few options in our area – check in advance to confirm hours and admission fee, if any, and then pack your sunscreen! Free Splash Pads Orangeville’s Harvey Curry Park (also home to EVERYkids Park) 30 Lawrence Ave, Orangeville (parking lot located on Townline). Open daily for the season from 10am–8pm. 519-940-9092 Caledon’s RJA Potts Memorial Park 125 Pembrook St, Bolton. 905-584-2272 x 4235 Caledon’s Adam Wallace Memorial Park 128 Cedargrove Rd, Bolton. 905-584-2272 x 4235 Outdoor Pools (admission applies)
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Lyme disease was once all but unknown in Ontario. But as the offending ticks migrate north, health agencies warn it’s just a matter of time before Headwaters feels their bite. BY T RA L EE P E AR C E
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or someone with a needle in her arm, Suzanne McQueen looks amazingly relaxed. Sitting in a puffy leather chair in Wendy Davis’s Orangeville naturo pathic clinic, McQueen glances at the intravenous bag filled with a bright yellow solution. The fluid is designed to help mitigate the debilitating effects of the Lyme disease she has been fighting aggressively for the past year. “Some people get a huge response from the intra venous,” says the 50-year-old small-animal vet. “I don’t get that, but I’m up and moving around, so that’s a good thing.” Though McQueen isn’t completely free of the disease she figures she’s had for about eight years, she says continuing drug therapy and alternative health practices such as the IV have kept many of her symptoms – joint pain, skin problems and thy roid issues – in check. Many of us would not willingly submit to an IV needle every week, but McQueen and others like her are driven to try almost anything they can.
a growing concern As stories about the devastating effects of Lyme disease accumulate in communities like Head waters, public health officials are intensifying efforts to reduce the risk of infection and increase the chances of successful treatment. As with many diseases, early detection is best. A two- to four-week course of antibiotics can cure Lyme. However, lingering disease is more difficult to diagnose and treat – resulting in a wide-ranging debate on the most effective approach. In April, the Public Health Agency of Canada launched a three-year action plan on Lyme disease, which will include public education campaigns and focus on research and improved diagnosis. And new federal legislation may boost these efforts. Green Party leader Elizabeth May shep herded through Parliament an act that calls for the federal health minister to convene a conference of 72
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provincial and territorial health ministers, as well as stakeholders, to develop a national strategy for dealing with Lyme – a disease that threatens to curb our enjoyment of the outdoors. Once rare in Canada, Lyme disease is a growing concern, especially in the southern reaches of the country. By the 2020s, the number of cases in Canada is expected to rise to 10,000 a year. “We have been turning increased attention to Lyme disease as it has become more common in Ontario,” says Kate Bingham, Peel Region’s associate medical officer of health. Only 22 cases have been confirmed in Peel since 2009, the year Lyme became a reportable disease, and in the area covered by Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, just seven cases were confirmed during the same period. But the consensus is that the number of cases is under-reported – and likely to increase. McQueen, for one, doesn’t show up in the statistics because she was diagnosed years after her suspected infection. Nor does her friend, animal rescue worker Jan Hannah, who has also been actively fighting Lyme for the past year. Neither recalls being bitten by the villain of the piece: the black-legged tic (Ixodes scapularis), also called a deer tick. It can carry a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme, and is infectious even in the nymph stage, when it is no bigger than a poppy seed. With no known tick bite, no tell-tale “bull’s-eye” skin rash and no positive blood test from their doctors, McQueen and Hannah are among a growing number of Canadians who embark on a diagnosis and treatment path that veers into the United States and outside mainstream medicine. Hannah, who lives in Inglewood, was at her worst a few years ago. She had trouble climbing the stairs in her house and needed help from work colleagues to get dressed and function while on dog rescue missions in the Arctic. She stopped many of her favourite pursuits, including riding and biking. “I was exhausted. I never woke up refreshed,” she
says. “Three years ago I woke up with numbness all over my body.” Multiple sclerosis was one possible diagnosis, but Hannah didn’t fit the profile. Then Lyme was suspected, but when she tested negative, her doc tors abandoned this line of inquiry. So, like many Canadians in her situation, she turned to a private California laboratory that charges about $600 per test. Some Canadian experts say the methods such labs use to interpret blood tests are too liberal and result in false positives. In addition, some labs operate under the radar of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Both Hannah and McQueen tested positive in the California test. Their next step was to seek treatment by American “Lyme-literate” doctors who believe the tests are valid. These doctors often prescribe strict diets, aggressive drug cocktails, including antibiotics and antimalarials, and supplements to reduce the side effects of the drugs. These practices lie outside mainstream medicine in both Canada and the U.S., but they can offer patients hope after so many dead ends.
how early lyme is diagnosed in canada When patients come to Toronto family doctor Kathleen Kerr with a tick bite, a bull’s-eye rash or the summer “flu” without a cough, she asks more questions. “You check for rash, you check for ticks on the body,” she says. “You ask, ‘Where do you live? Where have you been? Is there Lyme in your community?’” Lyme disease shows up in areas where the deer tick is endemic in woods and brush. These ticks are widespread in the northeastern United States, and they have now become common in seven regions in Ontario, largely along the north shores of lakes Erie and Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. At press time, Toronto’s public health unit was conducting Lyme tests on deer ticks found on the city’s islands. Though no confirmed tick populations have been
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Lyme sufferer Jan Hannah doesn’t show up in the Peel statistics for the disease. After years of suffering a variety of difficult symptoms with no definitive diagnosis, the Inglewood resident eventually sought testing and treatment through controversial American clinics.
late lyme Much like the history of other emerging diseases, such as chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, our understanding of Lyme comes in fits and starts. Unfortunately, when a patient shows up with signs of later stage disease, their symptoms – which may include joint and back pain, severe fatigue, skin problems, nerve damage, and neurological and cognitive difficulties – can suggest other conditions such as arthritis, chronic fatigue, mental illness, multiple sclerosis and even herpes. For patients with no history of a tick bite and no early symptoms of Lyme, this can mean a prolonged process of lurching from one diagnosis to another. Just when one medication, such as an anti-inflam matory, alleviates a symptom such as joint pain, a new symptom may emerge. And if patients are tested for Lyme a long time after the initial infection, the blood test often comes back negative. Critics of the Canadian system say the standard blood tests used to detect Lyme are too narrow and may miss legitimate cases, leaving patients in the dark for years.
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found in Headwaters, this may change, thanks to rising temperatures that are luring ticks north and because these small arachnids can travel with their hosts. “Because ticks can hitch a ride on songbirds, you can technically get an infected tick anywhere those birds can fly,” says Bingham, adding some cases in Peel have turned up in people with no travel history to suggest they contracted the disease elsewhere. Canadian patients showing signs of Lyme are diagnosed both clinically – in a doctor’s office after a history is taken – and via two blood tests, called the ELISA and the Western blot. For a patient with a probable case, antibiotics can be prescribed before the blood tests come back, says
Kerr, who is affiliated with Women’s College Hospi tal and represents the College of Family Physicians of Canada on the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Lyme disease panel. A case is considered confirmed when a patient has been bitten by a tick, developed a bull’s-eye rash, and tested positive for Lyme antibodies in the blood. But diagnosis isn’t always that straightforward. About 20 per cent of patients never develop the rash, and the Lyme-fighting antibodies that show up in the blood can take a few weeks to appear, so may be missed by early testing. Furthermore, in rare cases, use of antibiotics before blood testing can result in a negative Lyme test.
What’s in a name? A can of worms, in the case of Lyme. The term “chronic Lyme” is used widely by patients and Lyme advocacy groups to describe the later stages of the disease. But in mainstream medical circles, “chronic Lyme” often acts as shorthand for patients and doctors committed to unproven testing and treat ment. Infectious disease experts prefer the term “post-Lyme treatment syndrome” to describe the symptoms experienced by confirmed Lyme patients who do not seem to respond to standard treatment or who relapse. The syndrome may account for some cases of “chronic Lyme” but not all. Elizabeth May believes that the disagreement over the language of Lyme and treatment protocols illustrates the need for the various camps to sit down together. “That’s why we need a strategy,” she says. “We need to share best practices. Whatever you call it, we need more research to figure out what is occurring. What do you do to restore [patients] to health?” The reigning theory in the chronic-Lyme com munity is that long-term antibiotics and other drugs are necessary, as outlined in the guidelines of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society. Lyme-literate doctors currently treat patients with these drugs for six months to more than a year. continued on next page IN THE HILLS Summer 2015
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Mainstream medical professionals, however, favour guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of Amer ica. It does not support the long-term use of antibiotics because of the risk of serious side effects (including liver and bowel damage, and dangerous infections such as C. difficile at the IV site) and the broader problem of antibiotic resistance in a growing number of superbugs. Another worry is that long-term antibiotic treatment may mask the symptoms of other serious diseases. And then there’s the controversy over whether long-term antibiotics work. Some research suggests anti biotic treatment for post-Lyme treat ment syndrome is no better than a placebo, though one study found that a few extra months on antibiotics did help reduce fatigue. But it didn’t help with another major complaint: decreased mental clarity or cognitive function. Kerr hopes the future holds more co-operation and a greater focus on effective research. For now, she dis
courages patients from seeking treat ment beyond what is documented to work. But, she says, patients “have the right to make the choice. I would tell them I’m not convinced it’s going to help.” Of Lyme sufferers with ongoing symptoms, Kerr says, “Those people, similar to chronic fatigue, need more rest. They need a lot of accommo dations in their life, a lot of support. Their immune system has taken a heavy hit and it hasn’t fully recovered. Like anyone, they will convalesce with all the good lifestyle support, including support from the medical community.” That’s what Mariah Craig is hoping for. The 24-year-old Toronto film producer started noticing fatigue, joint pain and other health changes five years ago. During her worst mo ments she moved back to her parents’ home in Orangeville. Like McQueen and Hannah, Craig was tested and sought antibiotic treatment in the U.S. She estimates she has been on 20 different antibio tics over three years and believes they
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have allowed her to continue to func tion, though she still struggles with Lyme every day. Her experience in spired her to launch a vegan catering company and recipe-writing business to help others adhere to a healthy diet. Jan Hannah also says long-term antibiotic treatment has improved, if not cured, her situation. She says many of her symptoms are gone and on most days she feels 60 to 70 per cent well, which she’ll take.
the consensus Until medical science knows more about Lyme, the one thing on which everyone agrees is the importance of educating the public about how to avoid tick bites – and, if bitten, getting early treatment. Back in Davis’s clinic, McQueen’s IV bag continues to drain. In addition to the B-complex vitamins that turn the solution bright yellow, the mixture includes additional B5, B6 and B12, as well as calcium, magnesium, zinc, selenium, trace minerals and gluta thione, an antioxidant. Davis makes no claim that this
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50,000 Miles in a Sulky Over a lifetime devoted to harness racing, veterinarian William Henry Riddell became a premier race driver, built a nationally renowned standardbred stable, and still had time to serve as mayor of Orangeville.
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eptember 5, 1934. Every seat in the grandstand at the Canadian National Exhibition is filled. Down front by the finish line, spectators stand three deep. There is a buzz in the crowd as the horses line up to run for the Futurity Cup, the richest harness racing stakes in Canada. Many in the crowd are watching Al McKillop. He has won this race twice before. McKillop is in the sulky behind a speedy trotter named Iroquois. Other eyes are on a filly named Dolly Peters – she’s been burning up the tracks at Ontario fairs all summer. Some of the fans, seriously tuned in to the standardbred world, are also studying Reta R., a three-year-old from Orangeville they know is almost sure to be in the money. But they are hesitant. These insiders know that underneath her driver’s cap, the hair is white. Henry (a.k.a. Harry) Riddell is 75 years old, and in their minds that’s over the hill for races like this one. All eyes are on the starting gate. The field is set. A filly named Widow er Evans jumps into the lead and McKillop settles Iroquois comfortably behind her. Reta R. and four others line up behind. When the horses round the half-mile track for the first time, the insiders begin shaking their 76
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heads for the field is strung out now and Reta R. is running dead last. But Harry Riddell (pronounced “Riddle”) knows what he’s got in front of him. At the far turn the field bunches, so he takes Reta R. way wide and blows past all of them, crossing the finish line three lengths ahead of Dolly Peters. (Iroquois finishes last.) The insiders are impressed now but still wary. The Futurity is a three-heat race. Reta R. seems up to the task, but can Riddell do it again today? Twice? In the second heat it seems as if the aging veterinarian has a point to prove – right off the start he puts his little filly out front and leads all the way home. Then, just in case there’s any lingering doubt – about him or the filly – he does it all over again in the third. Harry Riddell has just shown a CNE crowd why he’s called “The Dean of Ontario Harness Racing.”
“The Dean of Ontario Harness Racing” “Dean” was not an official title but rather a tribute by which Riddell became known not just for his am azing skill in the sulky (even at age 75), but more so for the many ways he promoted – some say revived, even rescued – Ontario harness racing in the 1920s and ’30s. Although his skill was legendary in the sport, the more
fundamental and lasting element of Riddell’s legacy is what he did over several decades to improve the quality of standardbred horses in Ontario and beyond. In World War I huge numbers of Canadian horses of every breed had been conscripted to the battlefields of Europe and never came back, so pressure to rebuild stock after the war often meant less attention was paid to breeding and lineage. Standardbreds in particular were pressed into service because they are hardier, more man ageable and versatile than their highstrung, high-maintenance thorough bred cousins. Among other reasons, that led to a decline in the quality of the breed by the 1920s, with a parallel drop in interest in harness racing. Riddell committed himself to re versing that trend by seeking out proven breeding stock from around North America for his growing stable in Orangeville, stock with document ed and proven lineage. By the time he drove Reta R. to victory at the CNE in 1934, Riddell’s stable had successfully raised the bar. At that very same “Ex,” a stallion from his stable (the sire of Reta R.) not only won a three-heat race but took first prize in the show ring. Adding to that accomplishment, three other Riddell horses took prizes for best in breed.
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A Dying Wish Van Riddell was the most promising foal of 1943 in Harry Riddell’s stable. As Riddell lay dying in November that year, he extracted a promise from its owner, the Hon. Earl Rowe, to race the foal in the Hambletonian, a feature race in the U.S. for three-year-old trotters. Three years later, in 1946, despite an already successful racing career, Van Riddell ran poorly in the Hambletonian. Local lore has it the colt was sick that day, but to honour his friend, Earl Rowe dutifully kept his promise. (The painting is by Charles W. Kettlewell who painted Queen’s Plate winners through the 1950s and ’60s.)
Orangeville Loved Racing When the Fairgrounds Shopping Centre greeted the 21st century on the site of the former Orangeville Raceway, it marked the end of a century and a half of horse racing in Orangeville. As early as the 1850s, Orangeville enjoyed horse races every Friday and Saturday night on a straight track that ran from near present-day Forest Lawn Cemetery to a finish line near the current location of McDonald’s on Broadway. In 1877, a half-mile oval track was built on the exhibition grounds that featured races at every fall fair and Dominion Day celebration and other occasions. The Orangeville Raceway, an Ontario “B” track, opened on the site in 1970. For nearly three decades it ran some of the most popular Sunday afternoon race cards in Ontario.
“A wonderfully generous man” In 1938, during a ceremony honour ing Riddell with a plaque at the gates of Orangeville’s Exhibition Park, MP Earl Rowe (later lieutenant governor of Ontario and himself a prominent horseman) praised Riddell’s contri bution to harness racing, pointing out how freely and generously the Riddell breeding stock had been made avail able to standardbred stables around Ontario, thus elevating the level of the sport throughout the province. But Earl Rowe was also talking about another side of Riddell’s gen erosity. To burnish the image of stan dardbred racing and raise its profile, he regularly established eye-popping purses from his own bank account. And the days surrounding that 1938 ceremony provided a classic example. Between Dominion Day on July 1 and Orangemen’s Day on July 12 (in Orangeville, these were pretty much occasions of equal importance), Riddell sponsored three days of har ness racing with a purse of $3,400 entirely from his own pocket. (To put that in perspective, the CNE’s purse for the Futurity Cup won by Reta R. in 1934 was only $100 more.) Crowds totalling about 15,000 flooded into Orangeville throughout the celebrations. There was a baseball tournament, a track meet, four bands, a midway and an Orange Parade with 68 lodges marching, but it was racing that stole the show. Drivers brought their standardbreds from top stables in New York, Quebec
and all over Ontario, and put on a competition that, at least temporarily, moved harness racing from the sports section to the front page of major newspapers. Harry Riddell, “The Dean,” had scored again.
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A man loyal to our hills Despite repeated offers from stables in New York, New Jersey and elsewhere, Riddell never left these hills. He was born in Caledon Township in 1860 and left just long enough to get a veterin arian degree in Guelph in 1886 before moving to Orangeville to practise. By 1906 he was on town council and in 1910 began a three-year term as mayor. Riddell’s public spirit was almost as great as his love for harness racing. He took a particular interest in im proving the waterworks system and other infrastructure in Orangeville. He was a baseball fan and had a particular passion for lawn bowling. Nothing, however, surpassed his commitment to standardbreds. Riddell never married. Perhaps there just wasn’t time – not if, by his own claim, he’d covered 50,000 miles or more in a sulky over his career. At a dinner in his honour, shortly before his death in 1943, he acknowledged that although he no longer drove in races, he was still training some 20 standardbreds at his stable. Even at the end, Harry Riddell was working on his next 50,000 miles. ≈
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Trotter or Pacer? Like most horses in Harry Riddell’s stable, Reta R. was a trotter. Standardbred horses race as trotters or pacers (in separate classes). A pacer moves both legs on the same side forward in unison. Trotters move right fore and left rear legs together and then left fore and right rear. Most pacers wear hopples – straps that connect the front and rear legs on the same side – to help them keep stride without limiting their speed in a race. To trot or pace is generally inbred and instinctive in a standardbred, but to maintain the respective gait at top speed without bursting into a gallop or canter requires much training. Failing to maintain the gait during a race is called “breaking stride” and disqualifies the horse.
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shoes and ruffled shirts with ersatz gold cuff links the size of Oreo cookies. Flowing hair, on bald heads or worked into grey bobs, was every where, not to mention a fabulous pink chignon. Cat’s-eye glasses were as ubiquitous as peace symbol medal lions. From the get-go, blistering dance music had some guests making moves that could easily have resulted in a trip to the emergency room. Favour ites from the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, John Denver and Elvis kept the beat pounding and the bodies gyrating.
Today, my back demands that I move gingerly, or it will make me pay. Funny, I don’t remember having any problem dancing all night in high heels when I was in my 20s. But perhaps it’s time to come to grips with the fact that I’m no longer in my 20s, or 40s, or even 60s for that matter. As each decade has clicked into the next, one thing in my life has re mained constant: lack of adequate closet space. Even making the tran sition from career clothing to more casual retirement duds didn’t seem to free up closet space.
If the item hadn’t been worn in the past two years, it hit one of three piles: recycle (on its way to a consignment store), reuse (heading for Bolton’s Chez Thrift) or the refuse pile.
Now, rather than weekday and weekend clothing, my closets over flow with gardening clothes, lunchwith-the-girls clothes and clothes for dinner and the theatre, the golf course, the fundraiser, the travellingafar attire. Then there are the mem ory clothes, the hanging-around-thehouse duds, hiking and biking wear and trips-to-the-city outfits. And of course, there are clothes that don’t fit at the moment but will, I’m sure, be fine after I lose a few pounds, clothes I’m plain tired of but haven’t yet recycled, and clothes I’m amazed I bought in the first place. My friend Barb Goodhand, for many years the owner and operator of the Clothes to Perfect consignment store in Bolton, has been recycling her wardrobe, consistently and con sciously, her entire adult life. She al ways looks chic, classy and up to date. “We hear a lot about dressing ‘age appropriately’ these days,” says Barb. “Knowing your own style and stick ing to it is vital at every stage of your life, but it’s even more important as we hit our 60s and 70s.” Dressing our age means feeling comfortable in our own skin and working with what we’ve got. By the time we reach our retirement years, we have usually threaded our way through the various uniforms of childhood, the rebellious stage, stiff career conformity, and perhaps we’ve even made an environmental state ment by choosing 100 per cent wool fabrics or hemp. But as we head into our final decades, it’s time to relax our style choices a bit. “I think we have been guilty of trying to please others with our fashion choices,” says Barb. “If we now look for the winning combo of both chic and comfort, pieces that complement our lifestyle, our age and our body,
we’re heading in the right direction. If we please ourselves with colour and texture, always strive for comfort, and perhaps add a blowout accessory or an exquisite blazer, we’ll hit the mark.” With this in mind the two of us spent a rainy afternoon tackling my closets. Barb was brutal and stuck strictly to the two-year rule. If the item hadn’t been worn in the past two years, it hit one of three piles: recycle (on its way to a consignment store), reuse (heading for Bolton’s Chez Thrift) or the refuse pile. One of these three fates also applied if the colour no longer flattered, if the item didn’t fit properly, or if it was simply tired looking. Three hours later, we were ready for a glass of wine and a gloat ing look through organized closets with actual space between hangers. Barb also plays a role in ensuring that her 92-year-old mother, who lives in an assisted-living retirement resi dence, dresses for comfort, in clothes that are easy for her to manage. “Adaptive clothing, designed for people with handicaps or physical limitations, can be stylish and com fortable, and most are easy to launder,” says Barb. “Hook-and-loop closures, snaps or Velcro are so much easier for Mum to handle than tra ditional buttons and shoelaces. We are finding ways to compensate for her limited dexterity, while keeping her looking beautiful and comfort able.” Though we may have left behind the pink chignon and the spike heels, with a little help from our friends, we can be at ease with our own com fortable, vital and timeless style as we venture into the future. ≈ Gail Grant is a 71-year-old writer and adventurer who lives in Palgrave.
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he verb “to paddleboard” is not included in the MerriamWebster dictionary, but given the activity’s rising popularity the world over, that’s likely to change. Better known as stand up pad dleboarding or SUP, it even has its own magazine. A recent issue of SUP World Mag features stories about “SUPing” on the Amazon and rivers in India and the U.S. It follows SUP races, SUP surfing, SUP fitness and the latest SUP boards and accessories. You can even sign up for SUP multi day wilderness trips. And now Trans port Canada is in on the game with regulations requiring paddlers to have a lifejacket on board when they travel outside the surf zone. SUP World Mag doesn’t mention Caron Shepley’s SUP yoga classes on the quarry lake south of Caledon Village, nor does it describe SUPing down the Credit River from Ingle wood to Terra Cotta – but it could. SUPing is the ideal way to get outside for a yoga class. A paddleboard also outcompetes canoes, kayaks and
even inner tubes when it comes to exploring our local rivers. Ranging in length from about 2.5 to 3.5 metres, and nearly a metre wide, paddleboards are stable and perform well in shallow rivers. The standing position allows you to see rocks and sandbars lurking below the water’s surface, as well as peer over the top of riverbanks. In this way, you can take in the villages and countryside from a whole new perspective. With the sun filtering through a thin cloak of morning mist last August, I climbed onto a paddleboard on the Credit River in Inglewood. Don and Paula Coats, owners of Caledon Hills Cycling, and a friend Karen Bolliger were already on their boards. We took a short practice run, paddling upstream against a surging current – at least it was surging rel ative to most of the river – before heading cautiously downstream. Don warned, “If the fins on the bottom of your board hit a rock, it will jolt you forward onto your knees.” The dry late-summer conditions
meant that despite only needing a few inches of water, we had to be on the lookout for fin-catching rocks and sandbars. I couldn’t avoid them all, so I ended up in the prayer position on occasion, and we were all gently cata pulted into the warmish river at least once. But getting wet was part of the fun. Travelling on top of the Credit River added another dimension. From my lofty position I could see a side of Caledon new to me. We passed pairs of Muskoka chairs set out on the riverbank waiting patiently for their custodians to enjoy a morning’s coffee or an evening’s glass of wine. Thick forests gave way to farmers’ fields, and we drifted by the rich, green fairways of the Caledon Country Club. This trip was pure enjoyment. Cal ories burned and muscles strength ened were just an added perk. Taking me out of my reverie, Don explained that f lat, shallow rivers aren’t the only way to use a paddle board. His eyes sparkled as he de scribed his journey from Charleston
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board straight in the small rapids and away from fallen and overhanging trees jutting from the banks. People along the shore recognized our upright passage with a curious wave. For the most part, however, we floated along in the trail of a pair of great blue herons. We startled a few ducks, scared up a cormorant, and felt very Zen-like as the warm sun burned through the morning mist. When we arrived in Terra Cotta, I reluctantly pulled my paddleboard ashore. Intrigued by the idea of downward dogs and triangle poses while floating on a lake, and because my regular yoga instructor raved about it, I also attended a SUP yoga class. Caron Shepley, who calls her company Blue Dog Yoga, told me, “It’s my new passion. It’s fantastic.” With her en thusiastic words spurring me on, I continued on page 83 IN THE HILLS Summer 2015
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Needing to maintain my balance added an interesting dimension to traditional yoga, but what appealed to me most was the fresh breeze and warm sunshine in our open-air “stu dio.” SUP yoga was easier than I’d expected – though I’ll leave yoga headstands on a paddleboard to those with a sense of adventure that differs from my own. As for that magical paddleboard down the Credit, that wonderful memory has become bittersweet for those who travelled together that day. Tragically, Paula Coats, our vibrant leader, died suddenly in March this year. ≈
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t is 8:30 on a Thursday morning and the kitchen staff at The Globe Restaurant in Rosemont are busy chopping fresh herbs and stirring stock in preparation for the lunchtime crowd that will descend upon them in a few hours. In the meantime, chef and co-owner Beth Hunt is preparing one of the restaurant’s signature sweets, a raspberry cream meringue pie. A showcase for whatever fresh Ontario fruit is at its peak (strawberries, blueberries, peaches and, of course, raspberries), the pie appears on The Globe’s menu all summer long. “It has great wow factor,” says Beth, adding that they also make it into pretty tarts for teas and weddings. The creator of this spectacular summer dessert is The Globe’s longtime pastry chef Lee Shaw. At the age of 82, Lee still comes into the restaurant one day a week to make all the pastry needed for both the restaurant and Rosemont’s weekly farm ers’ market, which Beth and her business partner David McCracken also organize. “It frees me up so much to have Lee here for a day,” says Beth. “She’ll make the pastry as well as
roll out 25 quiche shells and all the butter tarts for the Friday market.” The pastry shell is baked first and allowed to cool, then filled with fresh fruit. Beth pours a velvety vanilla custard over the fruit and tops this with a frothy meringue. The final step is to brown the meringue in a hot oven, then refrigerate the pie for at least an hour to allow it to set. She advises serving it right away as it does not have a long shelf life. “My mum was an unbelievable cook,” says Beth, as she pulls a finished raspberry pie from the oven. “And because of her all I ever wanted to do was work in a restaurant.” Beth and David purchased The Globe 26 years ago. The pair had known each other since they worked there themselves as kids, Beth in the kit chen and David out front. At the time, The Globe was owned by the Needles family, who had bought the derelict former hotel and stage-coach stop in the late 1960s. The Needles restored the 19thcentury building and turned it into a thriving restaurant that provided Beth with her first job.
The Globe Restaurant’s co-owner and chef Beth Hunt: “There’s never a day I don’t wake up and think this is exactly what I want to be doing.”
She eventually went away to university where she studied English, but she never doubted her true vocation was cooking. “I came home and I said to my dad, ‘When can I start?’” During the week she travelled to Ottawa to take a Cordon Bleu course, returning home to work at nearby Mono Cliffs Inn on weekends. “It was one of the happiest periods of my life,” says Beth, who is a busy mother of two girls aged 11 and 17, as well as a full-time chef. Leaning against one of the kitchen’s well-worn butcher-block counters, Beth acknowledges that running a restaurant six days a week is hard work. But she says, “There’s never a day I don’t wake up and think this is exactly what I want to be doing.” recipe on next page
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Raspberry Cream Meringue Pie Pastry
Prepare pastry for a 9-inch, single-crust pie. Bake shell at 400°F for 20–25 minutes. Allow to cool. You can certainly use a store-bought frozen pie shell or your own favourite pastry recipe, but you can also find The Globe’s recipe with this story online at inthehills.ca.
Filling
ingredients 1 cup sugar 3 tbsp cornstarch Pinch of salt 2½ cups 18% cream
3 egg yolks, beaten (reserve whites) 2 tbsp butter 1 tsp vanilla 2 cups fresh raspberries
Meringue
ingredients 3 egg whites 6 tbsp sugar ¼ tsp cream of tartar (optional)
In a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch and salt. Slowly whisk in cream until smooth.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture bubbles. Continue stirring and cooking for about 2 minutes more. Remove from heat.
Whisk a small quantity of the hot cream into the beaten egg yolks to temper the eggs.
Then stir tempered egg yolks into remaining hot cream. Cook for 2 minutes more, stirring constantly. Remove mixture from the stove and add butter and vanilla, stirring until smooth.
Pour raspberries into the cooled baked pastry shell. Top with custard mixture.
Place reserved egg whites in a clean metal or glass bowl. Add cream of tartar if desired. Beat at high speed until medium-soft peaks form. Beat in sugar.
Continue to beat until egg whites are glossy and hold a firm peak.
Spread egg whites over the raspberry custard. Bake at 350°F for 12–15 minutes until meringue peaks are golden.
Chill for an hour before serving. ≈
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the Little House down the Lane above : Additions to this stone house blend seamlessly with the original 19th-century structure.
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et well off a quiet gravel road, at the end of a long driveway, sits a small early 19th-century stone house in a setting that is both expansive and intimate. Described as “magic” by the owner, it has a hardwood bush to the east, the remnants of an old barn foundation and rolling hills to the northwest, and gardens everywhere in-between. This house started as a home for one and became a home for two, so you could say its magic is quite powerful. The owner knew from the start that she wanted a small stone house and
looked for two years before learning of this one from a friend in the area. She liked everything about it and bought it an hour after it was listed. The previous owners had invested in making the old home work for contemporary living, adding a mod ernist living room addition with large windows, and renovating the kitchen with fine custom cabinetry and French doors leading out to a patio and small pool. They had also planted a small, elegant parterre at the original front of the house, surrounded by a hedge and backed by old-fashioned holly hocks and Scotch thistles.
Although the stone walls and deep window casements were the initial attraction, the new living room and refurbished kitchen clinched it. There was little she wanted to change. But change is inevitable as owners find their way around a home and get a feel for how they’ll live there. The first challenge was how to main tain the exquisite gardens. The owner was sure she couldn’t, but wanted to preserve as much as possible. The second was the realization that mos quitoes and other creatures thrive in the countryside – so a screened porch became a priority.
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Working with contractor Mike Vito of Renditions Design Build, a substan tial three-season room was added to the west side of the house. It incorpor ated one of the original entrance doors for direct access to the kitchen. This meant removing half the parterre gar den and moving plants with care to another spot on the property. The main entrance was now from the parking area by the living room addition. Another important change was in vesting in a pool heater. With Erin’s unreliable summers, the water was often too cold to enjoy. So in went the heater.
Finally, the patio was enlarged. Like the screened porch it adjoins the kitchen, making it easily accessible for the cook when fine weather allows for outdoor gatherings. Beyond that, not much was changed in the original house. A tiny room at the bottom of the original stairs is called the “wee” room and accom modates a bed for a guest. Under the eaves on the second floor, which once must have had rooms for children, the master bedroom is one open space with a good-sized dressing room and bathroom en suite. In the kitchen, space was modestly reconfigured to
accommodate a larger refrigerator and stove, and add a pantry. The owner loves how the kitchen works and f lows so easily from screened porch to patio. So the house was complete, but an additional structure was added later to the property. And therein lies a tale. For 50 years the owner’s family had one of the premier stables for hunters in the country. The building that would eventually find its way to Erin was first constructed in 1930 by her grandfather as part of the barn on the family farm in Toronto.
top : The expanded stone patio offers a wonderful view across the countryside. bottom : The front façade of the original house is largely unaltered.
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upper facing : Well aged woodwork and lots of western light warm the sitting room in The Lounge. lower facing : The Lounge structure was moved from the owner’s family farm and rebuilt on her Erin property board by board. above : Custom cabinetry plus steel and stone surfaces make for a perfect kitchen to work in.
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Fondly called “The Lounge,” it ser ved as a weekend retreat for her father when he was a young man, and was the changing, smoking, drinking and joking room for the gentlemen who visited. When the family moved to a farm in Brampton in the late ’50s, the barn went with them. With the aroma of horses, cigar smoke and leather so strongly and lovingly identified with her grand father and father, the Erin property owner was determined to move The Lounge once more when the family’s Brampton farm was sold.
Working again with Mike Vito, the building was carefully deconstructed. Each piece labelled and numbered – rather like an archaeological exercise – and just as carefully reconstructed in Erin. The original Lounge had a stone fireplace that was central to its design and the enjoyment of the space. However, the massive stones were so thoroughly cemented in place that the fireplace was impossible to move. Still, remaining faithful to the build ing was critical. Ingenuity was called for. By transporting some key stones and replacing the rest with a much lighter product with a granite veneer, they were able to reproduce the fire place so faithfully that her visiting brothers gasped, “How on earth did you get the fireplace?!” And there is even more interesting history to this sentimental story. The Lounge featured prominently in the continued on next page
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1977 film Equus, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Richard Burton and Joan Plowright. Later, it was almost lost when it caught fire during a tornado. Drivers coming up the road after the storm spontaneously pulled into the farm and formed lines to help get animals and goods out of the buildings. The Lounge sustained some water damage but was otherwise fine. So this little building is also a precious reminder of the kindness of strangers. No longer a setting for gentlemen’s evenings, it is used as a guest room for friends and family. The current project – because there are always projects on country pro perties – is to plant a vegetable garden in the foundation of the property’s original barn. Already bedecked by forsythia, glorious in May, the foun dation provides a sheltered and de
bottom : Nestled under the eaves, the master bedroom fills the second floor and is full of warm details.
fined growing space. Time will tell what the harvest is like. This home, like so many others in the country, is well loved and well lived in. Perhaps the country provides a particular kind of solace for people who live in the city during the week. Perhaps for those who have grown up with horses it is only natural that the country continues to be a draw. Peo ple seek the quiet and the opportunity to take their lessons from nature. It takes a special type. Here is a meeting of just such a type and just such a place. ≈ Pam Purves is a freelance writer and photographer who lives in Caledon.
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A WORK OF ART Grand 2-storey foyer, octagonal rooms, fabulous kitchen + 2nd 50’s diner designed kitchen, 2-storey library, 5 bedrooms, theatre room, firing range, indoor pool. Artistic landscaped 10 acres, 3 ponds. Caledon. $2,976,800 Wayne Baguley* 519-941-5151
MAJESTIC COUNTRY LIVING Down a private road you will find this beautiful executive home with grand foyer, master suite, finished basement, open concept kitchen & great room with fireplace and walkout to nature setting on 10 acres. $1,299,000 Wayne Baguley* 519-941-5151
SOUTH PALGRAVE ESTATE HOME Custom built for entertaining among estate homes; self-contained in-law suite. Step out main floor master into backyard with salt pool. Bedrooms with ensuites, guest rooms, fireplaces, wet bar and media room. $1,399,000 Paul Richardson
1837 STONE CHARMER – 2 ACRES Board and batten addition with custom library and 2nd floor master, walkout to deck. Super eat-in kitchen, separate dining room. Cedar shake and geothermal heating. Fabulous south Erin location. $849,000 Martha Summers
LIVE OFF THE GRID ON 22 ACRES Main house with open concept main floor, beamed ceilings, solar panels and wood stove. Bunkie with bedroom, living room/ kitchen. 36' diam round house with 3 bdrms, living room/kitchen. Pond. Caledon. $899,000 Wayne Baguley* 519-941-5151
THE ART OF NATURE Open concept lr/dr/kit w/ soaring ceilings & picture windows looking out to pond & 6.5 acres. Fin lower level w/ walkout, fam rm w/ wet bar, bdrm w/ semi ensuite & sauna. Barn/ workshop w/ run-in shed. East Garafraxa. $799,000 Wayne Baguley* 519-941-5151
ALMOST ‘ARTSY’ GLEN WILLIAMS 10 acres of ravine, stream, flat land, mins to GO, 400 series highways, golf & Bruce Trail. Beautiful updated 4 bedroom century home, separate garage and studio/home office, heated floors, bank barn and lots of parking. $1,199,000 Martha Summers
SUN FILLED OPEN CONCEPT Private, landscaped, 2 acres, custom brick bungalow, cathedral ceilings, f/p, versatile living with studio/home office/in-law suite. Finished lower level, wet bar, sauna. 3-car garage, inground salt pool, cabana, spacious outdoor space. $850,000 Martha Summers
THE ART OF STONE Many unique features in this 3 bdrm on 38+ acres with 2+ acre pond, barn and paddocks. Open concept kitchen and living room with amazing view. Dining room with tree trunk entrance. Third floor loft/bdrm with 360° views. $1,499,000 Wayne Baguley* 519-941-5151
GOTHIC REVIVAL 2-1/2 storey, 6 bdrm Yeo house replica on 2.3 acres with gorgeous landscaping, wrap-around porch, gingerbread trim, reclaimed wood floors and widow’s walk. Finished basement w/o to pool and hot tub. $1,499,000 Wayne Baguley* 519-941-5151
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CONTEMPORARY CALEDON ON 80 ACRES • Floor-to-ceiling private escarpment views • Showcase of natural woods and stone • Luxury appointments throughout • Minutes to skiing/golf/riding/hiking and more... • Within 45 minutes to Toronto Airport $7,950,000
Belfountain $729,000
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Caledon East $539,000
CALEDON COUNTRY STUNNING 80 ACRE PROPERTY • Gore Road - winding lane - welcoming log house • Beautiful natural pond - barn overlooking rolling, trailed farmland - with 120 acres of conservation trails to the south • Hard to replicate - a rare find $1,050,000
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MARC RONAN Sales Representative & Owner
RONAN REALTY, BROKERAGE EACH OFFICE IS INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED**
Alliston . Barrie . Nobleton . Orangeville . Tottenham. Wasaga Beach
See Virtual Tours at www.marcronan.com 905.936.4216
PALGRAVES PINE FOREST ESTATES Executive 6 bedroom, 8 bath, finished top to bottom. 4-car garage and rare 6 car underground parking. Open concept state-ofthe-art kitchen. Custom indoor pool/spa. Walk to Pan Am games horse show venue. $1,995,000
210+ ACRES/PRIME AGRICULTURAL Old Ontario farm with large principle rooms, 5 bedrooms. Bank barns, drive sheds/workshop. Additional income from solar. Separate deeded 100+ acre parcels sold together, across the road from each other. $4,250,000
PARK-LIKE SETTING Sprawling bungalow on 45+ acres. Large pond and garden pond with fountain. Kitchen with w/o to large deck. Lower level with workshop and partially finished w/o bsmt. Ground source for geothermal heating. $1,499,900
EQUESTRIAN FACILITY, 39.5 ACRES Near Palgrave King Township, site of Pan Am Games. Barn with 25 stalls, hayloft, 2 tack rooms, wash stall, viewing area over 70'x200' arena. 2nd barn with 6 stalls and loft, 9 paddocks, sand ring and more. $1,499,900
ROLLING HILLS OF ADJALA 100-acre farm, over 90 workable. Log homestead with fabulous countryside views. Barn, drive shed/workshop. Old time charm to make your own private retreat, hobby or cash crop farmer. $1,150,000
A CANADIAN GEM Circa 1865. Breathtaking views. Country classic with remarkable combo of architectural styles. Several historic outbuildings. Gingerbread wrap-around verandas, gardens and vistas to enjoy this unique property. $899,900
8.74 ACRE COUNTRY ESTATE Sprawling residence, ground source heating, Quality construction. Over 6000 sq ft finished area with walkout basement to inground pool. South-west views of the escarpment. Tree-lined paved drive. $1,299,800
MILLION DOLLAR VIEWS Luxurious custom estate. 2.37 acres for the discriminating buyer wanting quality and workmanship. An entertainer's delight with dream kitchen, cozy up to fireplaces, relax in hot tub to enjoy sunsets. $1,195,000
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Alton Mill Arts Centre ⁄ 107 Craft Happy ⁄ 24 Dragonfly Arts on Broadway ⁄ 24 Dufferin County Museum & Archives ⁄ 56 Meta4 Contemporary Craft Gallery ⁄ 69 Peel Art Gallery, Museum & Archives ⁄ 105 Rose Theatre ⁄ 7 Theatre Orangeville ⁄ 22
Aria Bistro & Lounge ⁄ 87 Bistro Riviere ⁄ 44 Caledon Hills Coffee Company ⁄ 84 Euphoria ⁄ 24 Forage ⁄ 84 Gabe’s Country Bake Shoppe ⁄ 82 Landman Garden & Bakery ⁄ 84 Millcroft Inn & Spa ⁄ 82 Mono Cliffs Inn ⁄ 84 Mrs. Mitchell’s Restaurant ⁄ 54,84 Orange Bistro ⁄ 82 Pia’s on Broadway ⁄ 84 Pizza in the Garden at Hockley Valley ⁄ 82 Ray’s 3rd Generation Bistro Bakery ⁄ 82 Rustik Local Bistro ⁄ 82 Soulyve ⁄ 82 Spirit Tree Estate Cidery ⁄ 84 Steakhouse 63 Restaurant & Pub ⁄ 82 Terra Nova Public House ⁄ 84 The Black Wolf Smokehouse ⁄ 82 The Globe Restaurant ⁄ 84
Dana’s Goldsmithing ⁄ 69 db Silversmith Designs ⁄ 69 Gallery Gemma ⁄ 30 Hannah’s ⁄ 44 Just Be Customized ⁄ 25 Manhattan Bead Company ⁄ 25 Naturally Rugged ⁄ 45 Off Broadway Clothing Boutique ⁄ 25,81 Shoe Kat Shoo ⁄ 81 The Fashion Outlet ⁄ 44
AMG Studios ⁄ 43 Apex Plumbing Décor ⁄ 14 Chic à Boom Consignment ⁄ 111 Decor Solutions Furniture & Design ⁄ 45 From the Kitchen to the Table ⁄ 87 Genesis Interiors & Home Décor ⁄ 25 Goodnight & Sweet Dreamzzz ⁄ 67 Granny Taught Us How ⁄ 54 Heidi’s Room ⁄ 54 Luke’s for Home ⁄ 69 Olde Stanton Store ⁄ 71 Orangeville Furniture ⁄ 9 Pear Home ⁄ 24 Recovering Nicely ⁄ 66 Route 145 ⁄ 31 Sproule’s Emporium ⁄ 24 The Weathervane ⁄ 45
auto Caledon Propane Auto Gas ⁄ 74 Orangeville Volkswagen ⁄ 21 Tony’s Garage ⁄ 40 WROTH Auto ⁄ 75
beauty + fitness Devonshire Guest House & Spa ⁄ 44 Henning Salon ⁄ 53 Lori’s Nails & Spa ⁄ 45 Millcroft Inn & Spa ⁄ 107 Skin ’n Tonic ⁄ 24
environment Credit Valley Conservation ⁄ 108
bird services Caledon Mountain Wildlife Supplies ⁄ 53
event centres + services books BookLore ⁄ 67 Caledon Public Library ⁄ 111
Caledon Country Club ⁄ 108 Hockley Valley Resort ⁄ 61 McLean Sherwood Event Rental ⁄ 106 Mendonça Catering Equipment Rental ⁄ 106 Millcroft Inn & Spa ⁄ 107 Shelburne Golf & Country Club ⁄ 33
breweries Old Flame Brewing Co ⁄ 69
fencing McGuire Fence ⁄ 74
fireplace sales + service Caledon Fireplace ⁄ 16
home improvement + repair food + catering Bolton Farmers’ Market ⁄ 56,104 Creemore Farmers’ Market ⁄ 56 Fromage ⁄ 24 Heatherlea Farm Shoppe ⁄ 81 Holtom’s Bakery ⁄ 44 Inglewood Farmers’ Market ⁄ 56 Lavender Blue Catering ⁄ 25,109 New Lowell Farmers’ Market ⁄ 56 Orangeville Farmers’ Market ⁄ 56 Rock Garden Farms ⁄ 49 Route 145 ⁄ 31 Sheldon Creek Dairy ⁄ 104 Stayner Farmers’ Market ⁄ 56 The Chocolate Shop ⁄ 25 The Friendly Chef Adventures ⁄ 45
events builders + architects + developers Classic Renovations ⁄ 92 Dalerose Country ⁄ 42 Dutch Masters Design & Construction ⁄ 60 Enclave on First (Silverbrook) ⁄ 5 Harry Morison Lay, Architect ⁄ 31 Pine Meadows ⁄ 79 Village Builders ⁄ 66
cycling Velofix ⁄ 11
hospice services
Caledon Canada Day ⁄ 106 Cuisine-Art, Alton Mill Arts Centre ⁄ 107 CVC Summer Twilight Tours ⁄ 108 Headwaters House Tour ⁄ 111 Pan Am Games ⁄ OBC
Caledon Country Club ⁄ 108 Hockley Valley Resort ⁄ 61 Shelburne Golf & Country Club ⁄ 33
farm + feed supplies
health + wellness
Budson Farm & Feed Company ⁄ 44
Dr. Richard Pragnell ⁄ 78 Family Footcare ⁄ 75 Fit You ⁄ 78 Renee J Fitness ⁄ 78 TCM Healthcare ⁄ 80 Thai Healing Massage ⁄ 78
farm + garden equipment Islandview Farm Equipment ⁄ 32 Kubota ⁄ 115 Larry’s Small Engines ⁄ 16
dance
All-Mont Garage Doors ⁄ 83 AllPro Roofing ⁄ 2 Deep Water Wood Products ⁄ 60 Dufferin Glass & Mirror ⁄ 75 Enviroshake ⁄ 6 Headwaters Windows & Doors ⁄ 14 Karry Home Solutions ⁄ 18 Kitchen Painters ⁄ 40 Leathertown Lumber ⁄ 77 Orangeville Building Supply ⁄ 74 Orangeville Home Hardware ⁄ 17 Paragon Kitchens ⁄ 3 Rubber Deck ⁄ 83 Synergy Roofing ⁄ 93
Bethell Hospice ⁄ 109
golf interior decorating + design Adam & Company Interior Design ⁄ 91 Decorating Den Interiors ⁄ 92 Genesis Interiors & Home Décor ⁄ 25
landscaping + gardening GBC Design + Build ⁄ 33 Hill’N Dale Landscaping ⁄ 39,41 May Flowers by Design ⁄ 60 Plant Paradise Country Gardens ⁄ 15 Tumber Landscape Consultants ⁄ 29 Urban Fire ⁄ 87
heating + cooling
Academy of Performing Arts ⁄ 25
fashion + jewellery A.M. Korsten Jewellers ⁄ 25 Brock’s Footwear ⁄ 69 Chez Nous Thrift Boutique ⁄ 24 Chic à Boom Consignment ⁄ 111 Creek Side Clothing ⁄ 53
Bryan’s Fuel ⁄ 62 Caledon Propane ⁄ 43 Don’s Heating & Cooling ⁄ 42 Land & Sky Green Energy ⁄ 80 Reliance Home Comfort ⁄ 35 continued on page 102
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CREEMORE SECLUDED GEM 33.5 acres with approx 450 ft of river frontage can be yours to explore. Walking trails, stream and woods leading to high plateau with lookout views. The easy care 3-bedroom home offers great open-concept design and walkout lower level. 3 bedrooms, 3 ensuites and 3 entrances allow for numerous possibilities. Oodles of patios and picture windows to bring nature’s beauty indoors. $825,000
IDYLLIC MONO RIVER VIEW Picturesque 55-acre property minutes north of Orangeville with over 1000 ft of riverfront. Spacious Viceroy home with guest/teen retreat, separate nanny suite, bank barn, paddocks and riding ring. $1,149,000
COUNTRY HIDEAWAY...MULMUR 3-level retreat on 10+ acre wooded setting with stream, trails and level land to play on. Stone landscaped patio, water feature and fire pit. Close to Creemore, Mansfield Ski Club and Mad River Golf Club. $549,000
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RCR Realty, Brokerage Independently Owned & Operated
MAD RIVER FARM, CREEMORE Creemore Victorian farmhouse set on 100 acres. Beautifully restored and updated while keeping original character. Separate coach house for 3 cars + 2nd storey 2-bedroom apartment. Superbly landscaped property with lighted tennis court and stone milk house that would make a wonderful studio/playhouse. Lots of river frontage to explore at back of property + trails, forest, fields and fire pit at river. $1,800,000
DEVIL’S GLEN AREA RETREAT 1.8-acre property that is a great location for recreational or full-time owner wanting privacy yet just 20 minutes to Collingwood’s 4-season amenities and 6.5 kms to The Glen! Att garage + sep outbldg for the hobby minded. $429,000
SPECTACULAR NOISY RIVER Custom built retreat on 12.5 acres with pond, river, woods, bunkie and studio. Relax in the outside sauna, take a dip in the pond or enjoy the hot tub. Great location for golfers and skiers. $879,000
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jacquelineguagliardi.com
Roger Irwin, Broker Barbara Rolph, Sales Representative Dawn Bennett, Sales Representative
519-833-0569 • 800-268-2455
905-857-0651
RCR Realty, Brokerage Independently Owned & Operated
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DETACHED BUNGALOW Gorgeous 1875 sq ft Springhill model bungalow on premium ravine lot w/ sunset views over Monora Park. Upgraded open concept & beautifully decorated 2 bdrm + den & great rm w/ vaulted ceiling. $649,000
LOVELY RENOVATED COUNTRY HOME Beautifully maintained & updated 5-level side split on a quiet country acre. 3+1 bdrms & 3 bthrms. Many updates, including kitchen, bthrms, flooring, roof & windows. $689,000
QUALITY LIVING SURPASSED Owner built to last. Salivate over kitchen with Wolf stove and handmade cabinets. Entertaining is easy with large dining/living areas. Hardwood floors thru-out. One-acre country lot in Erin beckons. $975,000
489 ACRE SHANGRI-LA – ERIN Don’t miss this unique opportunity to own one of the largest and finest land holdings. 4 pristine connected farms, 2 newer luxury homes, 2 farmhouses, variety of outbuildings, 350+ arable acres. $7,999,000
EXECUTIVE BUNGALOW Stunning 3 bedroom, 4 bath, 2700 sq ft bungalow in Stoneheart Estates w/ 2200 sq ft fin w/o bsmt. Privacy on 1.98 acres w/ salt inground pool, cabana, gazebo, hot tub, waterfall and sprinkler system. $1,299,000
LUXURY CUSTOM IN CALEDON Custom exec home, on a hill and 2.6 private acres with 100’s of acres of NEC protected hrdwd forest behind. Stunning chef’s kitchen, great room & family room with soaring wood ceilings, 4+1 bdrms, 4 baths. $1,895,000
HORSE FARM – RIVER VIEW Beautiful sprawling bungalow on 55 acres with view offered by original owner. Garden suite for in-law/barn manager. 16-stall barn, paddocks and hayfields with >1000 river frontage in Mono. $1,149,000
84 ACRE HOBBY FARM – ERIN 5 bedrooms suitable to house a large family, spacious country kitchen, new propane furnace + 3-season guest house. 80’x40’x14’ barn/workshop. Forest, stream and 50 acres farmland; scenic setting. $875,000
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Royal LePage RCR Realty ⁄ 94 Gillian Vanderburgh, Andrea Kary Royal LePage RCR Realty ⁄ 101 Ginny MacEachern Royal LePage RCR Realty ⁄ 101 Jacqueline Guagliardi Royal LePage RCR Realty ⁄ 111 Kathy Lawaska Royal LePage RCR Realty ⁄ 101 Roger Irwin, Barbara Rolph, Dawn Bennett Royal LePage RCR Realty ⁄ 95 Susan Brown Royal LePage RCR Realty ⁄ 102 Suzanne Lawrence Royal Le Page RCR Realty ⁄ 18,98 Wayne Baguley Sotheby’s International Realty ⁄ 94 Jamie Gairdner Sutton Group – Central Realty ⁄ 17 Mary Klein, Kelly Klein, Kaitlan Klein Sutton-Headwaters Realty ⁄ 12, Jim Wallace Sutton-Headwaters Realty ⁄ 103 Sarah Aston
music Guitar Arts Studio ⁄ 109
pet portraits Shelagh Armstrong ⁄ 111
ponds Pond Perfections ⁄ 32
pools Betz Pools ⁄ 8 D&D Pools & Spas ⁄ 71 New Wave Pools & Spas ⁄ 40
professional services Edward Jones Investments, Mario Citta ⁄ 51
PRISTINE 98 ACRES IN MONO 1870’s 4-bedroom farmhouse with bank barn, orchard, rolling hills, country views and complete privacy. Home retains character and charm of yesteryear with fantastic kitchen addition with beamed vaulted ceiling. Property is lovingly naturalized with walking trails and views throughout. Within 1 hour of the airport. $950,000
WELLINGTON NORTH GETAWAY 100+ acres with wonderful swimming pond, river, gorgeous hrdwd forest with dramatic eskers, and 40 acres workable. Immaculate 4-bdrm brick bungalow with w/o that overlooks the pond. Huge country kitchen, 4 good-sized bdrms including mstr suite with w/i closet, 3-pc ens and w/o to balcony. 3+ car det garage. All conveniently located within 40 mins of Guelph. $899,500 Sarah Lunn_layout 15-05-24 9:35 PM Page 1
radio Country 105 ⁄ 35
schools + education Brampton Christian School ⁄ 4 St. John’s-Kilmarnock School ⁄ 13
real estate + home inspections Bosley Real Estate ⁄ 83 Velvet Alcorn Chestnut Park Real Estate ⁄ 99 Patrick Bogert, Sandy Ball, Sue Collis Coldwell Banker, Ronan Realty ⁄ 99 Marc Ronan Coldwell Banker, Ronan Realty ⁄ 103 Rob McDonough Coldwell Banker, Ronan Realty ⁄ 102 Sarah Lunn iPro Realty ⁄ 103 Diane Boyd Moffat Dunlap Real Estate ⁄ 96 Moffat Dunlap, John Dunlap, Peter Boyd, Murray Snider, George Webster, Peter Bowers, Nik Bonellos, Peter Cooper, Elizabeth Campbell Remax In The Hills ⁄ 10,97 Chris Richie, Philip Albin, Sean Anderson, Dale Poremba ReMax Real Estate Centre ⁄ 14 Radha Diaram Remax Realty Services ⁄ 80 Julianne Budd Royal LePage Meadowtowne Realty ⁄ 98 Paul Richardson, Martha Summers
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seniors’ services Kingsmere Retirement Living ⁄ 79 Montgomery Village Seniors Community ⁄ 77
toy stores Brighten Up ⁄ 44
tourism + travel Caledon Travel ⁄ 108 Orangeville BIA ⁄ 24,25 Port Perry BIA ⁄ 69 Town of Erin ⁄ 44,45
46 ACRE FARM IN PRIME LOCATION Large country home set back from road, 3-bay shop. Renovated 4-stall bank barn has run in, heated tack room and paddocks, Class A farmland. $998,000
IMPRESSIVE CUSTOM HOME 5000+ sq ft finished luxurious open concept living on 2.5 acres with views for miles. 26' vaulted ceiling in great room, designer kitchen, finished lower level. $749,900
LUXURIOUS LIVING Views for miles over Hockley Valley, 35 acres of trails abutting nature reserve. Only 50 minutes to Toronto Pearson Airport, 25 minutes to Palgrave and 5 minutes to Hockley Resort. $1,790,000
101 ACRES EQUESTRIAN FACILITY Set along Humber River, minutes to Caledon Equestrian Park, custom stone home. 15 stalls, indoor arena, sand ring, 10 paddocks, galloping track, apartment/office above. $2,995,000
tree services Ott’s Tree Service ⁄ 51
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HEADWATERS
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Realty Inc., Brokerage
Selling Fine Country Homes
INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED
519.217.4884 saston@sutton.com
Rob McDonough SALES REPRESENTATIVE
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2ND LINE MONO Light and views from every angle. 16.4 park-like acres. Custom 4000 sq ft, 3 bdrm + office, cherry plank floors harvested from property, 3-car garage with finished loft. Close to Mono Cliffs Park. $1,135,000
WINSTONE FARM, 4TH LINE MONO Paradise with 50 acres of rolling hills. 3 bdrm century farmhouse with addition. Bank barn, garage and tennis/basketball court. An ideal family retreat. Horse, hiking, biking, golf and ski country. $1,185,000
5TH LINE MONO Views for miles from back deck overlooking inground pool, sauna and 100-acre property. Custom 3-bdrm bungalow with finished w/o bsmt. 3-car garage with finished workshop and lots of windows below. $1,295,000
GORE ROAD, CALEDON Have it all. A bungalow and 2 storey, both updated. 30 acres on the prettiest part of Gore Rd. Find your inspiration here as the resident artist has for years. For more info visit 18166thegoreroad.ca. $1,499,000
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COUNTRY ELEGANCE, NEW TEC 10 acres, beautifully rebuilt luxury. Rob McDonough $1,090,000
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DEV POTENTIAL, ALLISTON 84 acres abutting residential development. Rob McDonough $2,995,000
86 ACRE FARM, NEW TEC Bungalow, workshop, pond, barn. Rob McDonough $1,399,000
HORSE FARM, ADJALA Renovated Victorian home. Barn, paddocks, pond. Rob McDonough $795,000
CENTREVILLE CREEK, CALEDON 10 acres, 3500 sq ft, lower level nanny suite. Rob McDonough $1,299,000
THE CLUB AT BOND HEAD Custom built, open concept bungalow. Rob McDonough $829,000
70 ACRE HORSE FARM, ADJALA Log home, bank barn, paddocks and 50 acs cash crop. Rob McDonough $899,000
CUSTOM BUILT, CALEDON Large lot, open concept, many upgrades. Rob McDonough $879,000
90 ACRES, BEAVER VALLEY Newer home, gas heating, barn, workshop, pond. Rob McDonough $799,000
LARGE CORNER LOT, LORETTO Meticulous 3+1 bedroom, 3 bath, reno. Rob McDonough $499,900
2.5 ACRES NEAR TOTTENHAM All brick bungalow, 4+1 bdrm, shop/garage. Rob McDonough $509,900
COUNTRY HOME, TOTTENHAM 3+2 bedroom, walkout basement, lot almost 1 acre. Rob McDonough $489,900
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Diane Boyd Sales Representative
Superior Service Since 1985! 905-454-1100 Direct 416-418-4145 bramptoncaledonhomes.com
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL 10 ACRES IN CALEDON Gated driveway winds to a lavish and sophisticated residence in prime Caledon locale! The most pristine 10-acre parcel with saltwater pool and outdoor oasis! Exceptional quality throughout this 5 bedroom, 5-bath home, with character features and custom millwork, designer finishes, multiple walkouts, 4 fireplaces, games room, media room, gourmet kitchen, so much to see! No detail has been missed here, a rare opportunity for the perfectionist! www.18181HumberStationRd.com $1,599,900
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Kai-Liis McInnes (painter) and Valerie Ashbourne (fabric. June 20: reception, 2-4pm. Wed-Sun noon-5pm. Free. Williams Mill Gallery, 515 Main St, Glen Williams. 905-873-8203; williamsmill.com NOW – AUG 30 : HEADWATERS PARADE OF HORSES TRAIL
25+ whimsical life-sized outdoor horse sculptures displayed throughout the Headwaters Region during the Pan Am Games. 519-942-0314; headwatershorsecountry.ca
FRESH. FUN. LOCAL. June 13 - October 10 Saturdays, 9a.m. - 1p.m. Municipal Green “P” Parking Lot (near Tim Hortons)
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aspiring local authors, poets and photographers of all ages. Friends of Caledon Public Library, 905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca NOW – SEP 27 : LONG MOMENTS: NEW WORK BY OLEX WLASENKO Drawings
inspired by Peel’s history of cinema and theatre. $5; seniors/students $4; family $12. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca JUN 28 : SYNCHRONICITIES: AN ART & CINEMA TALK WITH OLEX WLASENKO
NOW – SEP 2 : CREATIVITY ART RETREAT
Influence of moving images on still imagery and vice versa. 2-4pm. $5; seniors/students $4; family $12. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca
Weekly workshops with instructors from Canada and the States, gourmet food, yoga. Dunedin. Shelley Yampolsky, 647-347-7799; creativityartretreat.com
JUL 4 – AUG 4 : HERITAGE New art by some of the finest artists in the area. July 4: reception, 2-4pm. Free. Mad & Noisy
NOW – SEP 16 (SUNDAYS & WEDNESDAYS) : DRAWING CLASSES – SEEING WITH NEW EYES Pay as you
go, all levels. See website for more classes. 1-3pm. $100/4 sessions. $30/ single session. Alton Mill, 1402 Queen St, Alton. CJ Shelton, 519-942-2018, dancingmoondesigns.ca NOW – SEP 16 : CLICK, CREATE, CELEBRATE Several contests to celebrate
Gallery, 154 Mill St, Creemore. 705-4665555; madandnoisy.com JUL 5 – SEP 20 : TIMELESS CREATIONS: PRINTS BY STANLEY LEWIS Stonecut
prints from City Portrait series. July 5: reception, 2-4pm. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama. peelregion.ca JUL 5 – SEP 20 : PORTRAITS: MOMENTS IN TIME Clothing and other objects
create stories of identities. July 5: reception, 2-4pm. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama. peelregion.ca JUL 5 – SEP 20 : IN CONVERSATION: THE ART COLLECTIONS OF PAMA & THE HELSON GALLERY Harris, Casson,
Gagnon and more. July 5: curator’s talk, 2:30pm. $5, seniors/students $4; family $12. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca JUL 8 – 31 : EquiArt 2015 Equine
art show and sale at 7 restaurants and a pop-up gallery in celebration of Pan Am. Gallery: July 8-25, 10am-4pm, 17090 Hwy 50 S of the Caledon Equestrian Park, Palgrave. Restaurants: July 1-31 – Black Birch, Bluebird Café, Forage, The Globe, Mono Cliffs Inn, Mrs. Mitchell’s, Rustik Bistro. Dufferin Arts Council, 519-9414299; dufferinartscouncil.com
JUL 11 : GARDEN TOUR & RIVERBEND ARTISTS IN THE GARDEN Various
SEP 19, 20, 26 & 27 : HILLS OF ERIN STUDIO TOUR Self-guided tour, 20
gardens in and around Grand Valley. 10am-3pm. Free. Grand Valley Horticultural Society, riverbendartistsofgrandvalley.ca
artists, 11 locations, various media. 10am5pm. Free. Erin & Hillsburgh, map online. 519-833-9042; hillsoferinstudiotour.com
JUL 11 & 18 : BARNS OF CLEARVIEW PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP Bryan
Davies guides and instructs all skill levels, ages 15 and up. 10am-2pm. $65, register. Bryan Davies Photography Studio, Creemore. 705-466-5774; bryandavies.com JUL 12 : PAMA CURATORS’ TOURS
Behind-the-scenes look at how PAMA stores and protects its collections. 1:303:30pm. $5; seniors/students $4; family $12. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca
SEP 25 : HEADWATERS ARTS FESTIVAL AUTHORS’ NIGHT Nicola Ross interviews
SEP 25 – 27 : NORTH OF 89 STUDIO TOUR 21 artists at 5 studios throughout
Mulmur Township. Map on website. Fri 4-7pm. Sat, Sun 10am-5pm. Hills of Mulmur Artists and North of 89 Studio Tour, northof89.ca
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informal conversation about good books. 1-2:30pm. Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca
SEP 18 – OCT 4 : HEADWATERS ARTS FESTIVAL JURIED SHOW & SALE Amazing
one-of-a-kind artwork. Artists on site. Large outdoor sculpture exhibit. Sep 19: Opening Gala, 7-10pm. Wed-Sun 10am5pm. Alton Mill Arts Centre, 1402 Queen St W, Alton. headwatersarts.com
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July 5 to Sept. 20, 2015
Gildiner, Terry O’Reilly and Plum Johnson. Tickets at BookLore, Mulmur Township Office (Terra Nova) and online. 1-4pm. $35. Pegram Farm, 558021 Mulmur Melancthon Townline, Mulmur. pegrampicnics.com
art is inspired by bonsai shapes. ThursSun 10am-5pm. Spirit Tree Cidery, 1137 Boston Mills Rd, Caledon. 905-838-2530; studio18symmes.com
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AUG 23 : AUTHORS IN THE HILLS of Mulmur Trevor Cole, Catherine
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JUL 31 : A STEAMPUNK HAPPENING Wear a Victorian-inspired costume, celebrate 1800s steam-powered culture. Magic, psychic readings, fashion show, music. 6-10pm. Alton Mill, 1402 Queen St, Alton. 519-941-0559; altonmill.ca
and Freda Wrench (acrylic ink). Aug 29: reception, 2-4pm. Wed-Sun noon5pm. Free. Williams Mill Gallery, 515 Main St, Glen Williams. 905-873-8203; williamsmill.com
Our Land and People in Art
Elizabeth Hay, Paula McLain and a surprise author. 7-10pm. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. Headwaters Arts Festival and BookLore, 519-942-3830; booklore.ca
JUL 21, AUG 18 & SEP 15 : ORANGE ThREADs Monthly stitchery group,
AUG 26 – SEP 13 : CONTRASTING ENERGIES John Ashbourne (wood)
Celebrating Canada,
In Conversation: The Art Collections of PAMA and the Helson Gallery in Halton Hills
community FARMERS’ MARKETS 2015 ORANGEVILLE FARMERS’ MARKET
Saturdays, 8am-1pm, to Oct 2, Second St & Broadway. 519-942-0087; orangevillefarmersmarket.ca CREEMORE FARMERS’ MARKET
Saturdays, 8:30am-12:30pm, to Oct 10. Station on the Green. 705-466-6001; creemorefarmersmarket.ca BOLTON FARMERS’ MARKET Saturdays,
9am-1pm, to Oct 10. Downtown Bolton, Queen St N & King St.; boltonfarmersmarket.ca ALLISTON FARMERS’ MARKET Saturdays,
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Special Curators’ Talk with Helson Gallery Curator Judy Daley and PAMA Assistant Curator Gerrie Lovey at 2:30 p.m. The story of Canadian art viewed through select art works from Lauren Harris, A.J. Casson, Clarence Gagnon, Elizabeth McGillivray Knowles and many more.
Portraits: Moments in Time
Explores selected portraits from PAMA’s permanent art collection.
Timeless Creations: Prints by Stanley Lewis
This exhibition features a recent donation of stonecut prints from the City Portrait series by internationally renowned printmaker and sculptor, Quebec artist Stanley Lewis. Opening Reception July 5, 2015 from 2 – 4 p.m.
Beat the Heat this Summer
At the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives Summer Staycation Days
Explore our exhibitions and complete the PAMA scavenger hunt to win a prize! New themes each week and new activities daily. June 29 to July 3
(closed July 1)
Happy Birthday Canada! July 27 to 31
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Art on the Move CPCC
DCMA
PAMA
Caledon ParentChild Centre
Dufferin County Museum and Archives
Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives
CVC
DPSN
SBEC
Credit Valley Conservation
Dufferin Parent Support Network
Small Business Enterprise Centre
DCAFS
EWCS
SPCA
Dufferin Child and Family Services
East Wellington Community Services
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
August 4 to 7
Think BIG, Think small
Visit pama.peelregion.ca to learn more.
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Enjoy Spectacular
BRAMPTON FARMERS’ MARKET Saturdays, 9am-noon, to Oct 10. Garden Square, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. gregory.peddie@ brampton.ca
Fireworks!
INGLEWOOD FARMERS’ MARKET
Great Family Fun Day
NEW LOWELL FARMERS’ MARKET Wednes days, 6pm-dusk, to Sep 9. New Lowell Recreation Park Pavilion. clearview.ca
Wednesdays, 3-7pm, to Oct 7. Inglewood Park, 15551 McLaughlin Rd. facebook.com/ InglewoodFarmersMarket
Wednesday, July 1, 4pm - 11pm (Fireworks at Dusk) Admission & Parking is Free, and donations are welcomed by the Rotary Club of Palgrave.
SHELBURNE FARMERS’ MARKET Thurs
days, 3-7pm, to Oct 8. 1st Ave & Owen Sound St. shelburnefarmersmarket.ca STAYNER MUSIC AND MARKET Thursdays,
• Kids Activities • Live Music • High Flying Canines Show
• Lakeside Pool & Splash Pad • and much more!
Albion Rental Brookfield Residential Caledon Citizen Caledon Enterprise Canadian Heritage Canadian Tire
SOUTHFIELDS VILLAGE FARMERS’ MARKET
Thursdays, 4-7:30pm, to Oct 8. Denison Pk, 110 Learmont Ave, Caledon. info@southfieldsvillagevoice.com ERIN FARMERS’ MARKET Fridays, 3-7pm,
Thanks to our sponsors: • • • • • •
5:30-8:30pm, to Aug 27. Station Park, Downtown Stayner. clearview.ca
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James Dick Construction MARS canada Inc. Snapd Caledon The Grounds Guys The Rotary Club of Palgrave Town of Caledon
to Sep 25. Erin Agricultural Society Fairgrounds. erinfair.ca ROSEMONT FARMERS’ MARKET Fridays, Owned and operated by:
Thomas Carberry Insurance • Deerfield Farms Bolton Gateway Revitalization Project • Egan Funeral Home Jack D. Stewart Investment Services Ltd.
3-7pm, to Oct 9. Rosemont Hall parking lot, beside Globe Restaurant, Hwy 89, Rosemont. rosemontfarmersmarket.ca NOW – JUL 21 (TUESDAYS) : HEALTHY LIVING WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS WORKSHOPS Manage your health,
emotions and daily activities, caregivers welcome. 9-11:30am. Free. Seniors and Community Hall, Hockley Village. Hockley Central West Self-Management Program, 855-269-6752 x6; cwselfmanagement.ca NOW – JUL 22 (2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS) : GENTLE YOGA Gain
All the Outdoor Equipment You Need for Your Special Event Catering Equipment Rental Mobile Crown Verity BBQs stainless steel tables · hand sinks cocktail units · draft units outdoor propane heaters
Also mobile oyster bars and fridge/freezer combo units. A chef’s dream, these units keep foods cold to temperatures required by the Health & Safety Board.
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mobility, for those with disabilities. Stretching, gentle movement. 7-8pm. Reserve. The Exchange, 55 Healey Rd, Bolton. Caledon Community Services, 289-966-1715 x276; ccs4u.org NOW – AUG 15 : PAN AM TASTE TRAIL Local restaurants and
producers offer signature food or drink items with local ingredients. Vote for your favourite. Various locations. Headwaters Tourism; headwaters.ca NOW – AUG 27 (THURSDAYS) : HEALTH & WELLNESS ACTIVITIES FOR 65+ Crafts,
cooking, exercise, music to enhance mind, body and spirit. 10am-3pm. The Exchange, 55 Healey Rd, Unit 10, Bolton. Caledon Community Services, 905-584-2300 x273; ccs4u.org NOW – AUG 31 : FRESH VEGETABLES: ALBION HILLS COMMUNITY FARM
Free On-Site Consultations
Buy a share now for fresh produce through the season. 16555 Humber Station Rd, Caledon. 647-233-2840; albionhillscommunityfarm.org IN BRAMPTON 93 Heart Lake Road South (south of Clark) 905-459-5781 IN ORANGEVILLE 400 Townline, Unit 11 (beside Wimpy’s) 519-307-5781
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NOW – AUG 31 : TAOIST TAI CHI CLASSES TABLES, CHAIRS, LINENS, DINNERWARE, BBQ’S, CASINO EQUIPMENT, WEDDING ACCESSORIES, TENTS & MORE!
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Orangeville, Erin, Shelburne, Mono and Caledon East. 10am. $125-$150. Orangeville Seniors’ Centre, 26 Bythia St. Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi, 519-941-1422; taoist.org
NOW – SEP 16 (1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS) : CAFÉ CALEDON Discuss current
interests in a coffee house setting. 7:309pm. St. James Anglican Church, 6025 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. 905-5849635; mark.cafecaledon@gmail.com NOW – SEP 30 : LADIES’ & MEN’S LEAGUES GOLF Kettle Creek (Ladies’)
and Glen Eagle Golf Club (Ladies’ or Men’s). $30-$90. Caledon Seniors’ Centre, 905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca NOW – OCT 1 : MONORA LAWN BOWLING CLUB Tues 10am & 7pm. Thurs
7:30pm. Fri 10am. Wear flat-soled shoes or sneakers. Membership $110; prorated for mid-season new members. Monora Park Pavilion, Hwy 10 N of Orangeville, 519-307-2978 NOW – DEC 3 (1st THURSDAY) : GRIEF WALKING GROUP IN BOLTON A
comforting way to honour loss. 9-10am. Free, register. Dick’s Dam Park, 250 Glasgow Rd. Bethell Hospice Community Program, 905-951-3534, bethellhospice.org JUN 22 : VOLUNTEER INFORMATION SESSION See what suits you. 2:30pm. The
Exchange, 55 Healey Rd, Bolton. Caledon Community Services, 289-966-1715 x235; ccs4u.org JUN 22 : ST. ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN STRAWBERRY SUPPER Fresh strawberries,
BBQ chicken, salads. Takeout 5-7pm. Sittings 5:30 and 7pm. Quarter $13; half $16; children 6-11, $8; under 5 free. Order today. 83 Trafalgar Rd, Hillsburgh. 519-8556597; st.andrewshillsburgh@gmail.com JUN 22 – 25 : IN-HOUSE GAMES See
website for games and dates. June 25: award luncheon. $15. Caledon Seniors’ Centre, 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton. 905-9516114, caledonseniors.ca
JUN 22 & 29 : GRIEF GROUP INGLEWOOD
8-week personal journey to honour loss and approach healing. 6:30-8:30pm. Free, register. Bethell Hospice, 15835 McLaughlin Rd, Inglewood. 905-951-3534; bethellhospice.org JUN 24 (WEDNESDAYS) : GRIEF GROUP BOLTON 8-week journey to honour loss
and approach healing. 6:30-8:30pm. Free, register. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905-951-3534; bethellhospice.org JUN 24 : HEART AND STROKE BIG BIKE
One bike, 30 seats, 20 minutes, 2kms. Raise $50 or more for research. Noon8pm. Kelsey’s, 115 5th Ave, Orangeville. Wellington Dufferin Heart and Stroke Foundation, 519-837-4858; bigbike.ca JUN 24 : HIGH COUNTRY UNITED HAM & STRAWBERRY SUPPER Cold ham dinner,
strawberry shortcake, homemade tarts. 5-7pm. $14; children $6; preschool free. W of Hwy 10 at Camilla. 346255 15 Sdrd Mono. highcountryunited@auracom.com
Elvis, village crafts, garage sale. 10am4pm. Free. Caledon Fairgrounds, Caledon Village. Caledon Agricultural Society, 416697-7792; caledonfairgrounds.ca JUL 1 : SHELBURNE CANADA DAY FESTIVITIES Live entertainment, kids’
activities, fireworks at dusk, beer garden, beef BBQ ($5), free swimming. 3-10pm. Free. Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex. Shelburne Canada Day Committee, 519925-2600; shelburne.ca JUL 1 : KNOX UNITED STRAWBERRY SUPPER Join us for our annual strawberry
supper. 4-7pm. $15; children $6; preschool ers free. Caledon Village. 519-927-3320 JUL 1 – 31 : WISHBONE CAMPAIGN Buy your $1 wishbone from local merchants. Proceeds to the Society’s animals. Upper Credit Humane Society, 416-706-7406; uppercredit.com
MILLCROFT’S TIMELESS BEAUTY
Your timeless romance! Whether you celebrate inside our historic mill or party under outdoor tents on our beautifully manicured grounds, the stunning Shaw’s Creek Falls and warm tones of the old Limestone Mill will set the stage for your special day.
JUN 24 : CALEDON EAST & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING Tour
the Kolb Dairy Farm in Caledon. 7-9pm. Students & visitors $5. Mount Hope Rd, Caledon. 905-584-0352, cedhs.ca Call today for more information or to set up a tour with one of our wedding specialists.
JUN 24 – SEP 16: ADULT FITNESS CLASS, HORNING’S MILLS All fitness levels. Wear
running shoes, bring water, yoga mat. 1:302:30pm. Donation. Horning’s Mills Hall, 14 Mill St. 519-925-9181; horningsmills.ca JUN 25 : IN-HOUSE GAMES AWARD BANQUET Non-game-participants, join
us for the banquet and entertainment. 11:30am. $12. Caledon Seniors’ Centre, 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton. 905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca JUN 26 : BOLTON TRUCK & TRACTOR PULL Cheer for your favourite truck or
tractor. 6-11pm. $15; children 12 & under, $5. Albion Bolton Community Centre. Albion & Bolton Agricultural Society, 905-880-0369; boltonfair.ca JUN 26 & JULY 24 : MONTHLY DINNER
See website for menu. 5:30pm. $8. Caledon Seniors’ Centre, 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton. 905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca JUN 26 – AUG 28 (FRIDAYS) : SUMMER FAMILY BINGO NIGHTS Prizes. Children
with an adult. Proceeds to the hall. 7-9pm. $2/card; $5/3 cards. Hockley Seniors & Community Hall, Hockley Village. hockleyvillagehall.com JUN 27 : MOUNT KOLB DAIRY FARM OPEN DAY Learn about the dairy industry.
Free ice cream! 10am-2pm. Free. 15915 Mount Hope Rd, Caledon. facebook.com JUN 28 : SWEET SIGNS DESSERT PARTY
Delicious desserts and local art. Proceeds to new Hillsburgh entrance signs. 2-4pm. $18, reserve. Century Church Theatre, 3 Hill St, Hillsburgh. Let's Get Hillsburgh Growing Committee, 519-855-6343; erin.ca JUL 1 : CANADA DAY STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL Strawberry/pancake breakfast,
antique car show, live entertainment,
JUL 4 : FOUNDERS’ DAY SIDEWALK SALE & ART WALK Live music, street
millcroft.com | 1-800-383-3976 | Caledon, ON
performers, kids’ activities. Free. Downtown Orangeville. Orangeville BIA, 519-942-0087; downtownorangeville.ca JUL 5 : THE OPP MUSEUM’S TRAVELLING EXHIBIT : ARRESTING IMAGES 100 mug
shots (1886–1908). Fingerprinting, mug shot photo booth, facial recognition activities. 2-4pm. Donation. DCMA, Airport Rd & Hwy 89. 1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com JUL 10 – 12 : BOLTON RIBFEST Mouth watering ribs, entertainment, midway, marketplace. Free (parking $5). Albion Bolton Fairgrounds, Bolton. The Rotary Club of Bolton, boltonrotaryribfest.ca JUL 10 – 26 : TORONTO 2015 PAN AM GAMES – EQUESTRIAN COMPETITION Dressage and stadium
jumping at Caledon Equestrian Park, 200 Pine Ave, Caledon. Cross Country at Will O’Wind Farm, 4th Line Mono. Town of Caledon, 905-584-2272, caledon.ca; toronto2015.org JUL 11 : CHELTENHAM DAY Soap box derby, kids’ games, sales, duck race, pie-eating contest, tube race, beer tent, firefighters’ BBQ. 9am-9pm. Free. Cheltenham General Store, 14386 Creditview Rd. Cheltenham Area Residents’ Association, 905-838-2729 JUL 11 : LIVE FORGING Brad Davidson of Professional Farrier Supply demonstrates making horseshoes. 9am-noon. Free. 23 Coles Cres, Mono. 519-940-4247; profarriersupply.com
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Summer Twilight Tours Join us in July from 6:30 - 8 p.m. for stewardship project tours guided by CVC specialists. Discover the benefits to land, air and water from exciting initiatives implemented by rural landowners in your community. CREATE YOUR GARDEN OASIS – TOURING FUSION LANDSCAPES Wed. July 8 Alton Park, 35 Station Street, Alton
MEADOW MAKEOVER – WEEDS ARE OUT, WILDFLOWERS ARE IN Tues. July 14 15409 Clayhill Road, Halton Hills
STREAM-SIDE PLANTING, LIVESTOCK FENCING AND HARNESSING THE POWER OF THE SUN Thurs. July 23 793159 Third Line East, Mono
GO WITH THE FLOW – RESTORING STREAM HABITAT FOR FISH Wed. July 29 12604 Sixth Line, Halton Hills
register online at creditvalleyca.ca/events or call 1-800-668-5557 ext. 436
continued from page 107 JUL 11 – 26 (SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS) : STABLE TOUR Breeding farms,
coaching and training facilities, riding schools, boarding stables and ranches. Free. Various locations in Caledon, Dufferin, Erin & King. 519-942-0314; headwatershorsecountry.ca JUL 11, AUG 16 & SEP 12 : WHOLE VILLAGE ORIENTATION Meet members,
tour the farm and eco-residence. 1-4pm. $10. 20725 Shaws Creek Rd, Caledon. 519941-1099; wholevillage.org JUL 12 : PAMA MUSEUM COLLECTS: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE CURATOR’S TOUR Stories behind the artifacts,
behind-the-scenes peek. 2-3:30pm. $4.50; students & seniors, $3.50; family of 5, $10. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca JUL 13 – 24 : IN-HOUSE PAN AM GAMES Fun games reflecting the real
Pan Am Games. Caledon Seniors’ Centre, 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton. 905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca JUL 14 : EWCS GOLF TOURNAMENT
18 holes, lunch, steak dinner, silent/live auctions, contests. 11am. $125 per player. Guelph Lake Golf & Country Club, 7879 Wellington Rd 124. 519-833-9696 x222; ew-cs.com
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JUL 16 : PAN AM IN THE PARK Food
and music from North America, the Caribbean, Central and South America. 6-9pm. Free. Albion Hills Conservation Area. 905-584-2272; caledon.ca JUL 17 : ONTARIO TRACK 3 GOLF TOURNAMENT Children and youth with
TICO Registration # 50020258
disabilities learn to ski or snowboard. Proceeds to equipment. 11am-8pm. $200 per golfer; $50 dinner only. Caledon Golf & Country Club, 2121 Olde Baseline Rd, Caledon. 416-233-3872; golfemsreg.com JUL 17 – 19 : ORANGEVILLE RIBFEST
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Mouthwatering ribs, beer tent, midway, live entertainment. Proceeds to new splashpad in Fendley Park. Fri 4-10pm. Sat 11am-10pm. Sun 11am-7pm. Donation. Alder Street Recreation Centre. rotarycluboforangeville@gmail.com; orangevilleribfest.com JUL 24 – 26 : OVER 95 TENNIS TOURNAMENT Mixed doubles with an A
and B Flight. Team’s ages must be equal to or greater than 95. Lunch at Mono Cliffs Inn. Proceeds to the Mono Tennis Club. $65 per person. Mono Community Centre. 519-217-0154; over95.com
JUL 25 & 26 : BIZARRE BAZAAR – BIZBAZ
Get tattooed, eat crickets, fly a drone, toss a horseshoe, have a beer, enjoy food, jewellery, art. 10am-6pm. Free. Osprey Valley Golf Course, 18821 Main St, Caledon. Lab, 905-587-0205; bizbaz.ca JUL 26 – SEP 30: DUFFERIN COUNTY TEAM SPIRIT OPENING & EXHIBIT
July 26: opening, 1-4pm. Orangeville Northmen lacrosse players demonstrate techniques. Exhibit looks back at the early years of hockey, lacrosse, equestrian events, baseball. Donation. DCMA, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com AUG 6 : SUMMER SOCIAL & POTLUCK
Empowerment networking game out doors. Bring potluck item. Noon-2pm. $20 early-bird; $25. Caledon Community Complex, Caledon East. Caledon’s Leadership Forum for Women, 905-0511217; theleadershipforum.ca AUG 6 : LIGHT UP THE RUNWAY Stroll down the runway lit with 400+ candles. Proceeds to Bethell Hospice. 7:3011pm. Brampton-Caledon Airport, 13691 McLaughlin Rd, Caledon. Brampton Flying Club, 905-838-1400 x225; bramptonflightcentre.com AUG 7 – 9 : FERGUS SCOTTISH FESTIVAL & HIGHLAND GAMES Highland
dance, heavy events, pipes and drums competitions, Celtic bands, beer tent, tattoo, kids’ centre. Fri 3pm. Sat, Sun 8:30am. $15-$25. Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex, Fergus. 1-866871-9442; fergusscottishfestival.ca AUG 8 : DCMA FUNDRAISING GOLF DAY Private course, 9 holes, BBQ lunch,
prizes. Morning/afternoon tee-offs. 9am-3pm. $75, register. 1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com AUG 13 : STEAK BBQ & CASINO THEME DAY FUNDRAISER Casino games, BBQ.
10am. $18. Caledon Seniors’ Centre, 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton. 905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca AUG 14 : GREAT TASTE FASHION SHOW
Entertainment, fashion and food, alcoholic beverages with purchase. 8-10pm. Down town Orangeville, Mill St. Orangeville BIA, 519-942-0087; downtownorangeville.ca AUG 15 : TASTE OF ORANGEVILLE
Delicious menus by local chefs, live music, extended patios, sales. 11am-4pm. Downtown Orangeville. Orangeville Farmers’ Market, 519-942-0087; events@ downtownorangeville.ca
AUG 15 : HIGH COUNTRY UNITED BEEF BBQ Corn on the cob, homemade pies,
SEP 13 : DCMA LIVE FUNDRAISING AUCTION WITH BOB SEVERN Proceeds
silent auction. 5-7pm. $15; children $5; pre school free. 346255 15 Sdrd, Mono. 519-9410972; highcountryunited@auracom.com
to artifact acquisition for the museum’s permanent collection. Register onsite. 9am-noon. DCMA, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com
AUG 15 : BEDS, BOOZE & BUSY BODIES: TALES OF DUFFERIN COUNTY HOTELS
A talk about the local underbelly of the Temperance Movement. Globe Restaurant fare, samplings from Hockley Valley Brewing Company and Spirit Tree Estate Cidery. 6-9pm. $17. DCMA, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com
SEP 19 : HEADWATERS HOUSE TOUR
Self-guided tour of unique homes. Lunch, prizes, marketplace. Online auction at 32auctions.com/housetour. Proceeds to equipment for Headwaters Health Care Centre. 9am-4pm. $45, locations online. Headwaters Health Care Auxiliary, headwatershousetour.com
AUG 16 : VINTAGE CAR, BIKE AND TRACTOR SHOW Vendors, BBQ, bake
sale, farmers’ market, crafts, auction, Grand River Band. Noon-4pm. Donation. DCMA, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877-9417787; dufferinmuseum.com AUG 16 : CRAFT BEER FEST Samples, live music, beef-friendly food. Proceeds to Headwaters Health Care Foundation, Rotary projects. Noon-5pm. $25; $30 at gate. Mill Street, Downtown Orangeville. Rotary Club of Orangeville; orangevillerotary.easyfocus.com AUG 16 : SAVOUR FAIR Good local food,
drink, music and art. 1-4pm. $25; children $10; family of four $60. Landman Gardens and Bakery, 322345 Concession 6-7, Grand Valley. 519-938-6163; landmangardens.ca
SEP 20 : PALGRAVE TERRY FOX RUN 10km walk/run/ride, leave from Stationlands Park. No entry fee or minimum pledge. 8am: free breakfast. 9am: start. 8amnoon. Hwy 50 at Brawton Drive, Palgrave. Rotary Club of Palgrave, 905-880-3774; tom.fuller55@gmail.com
AUG 21 : BOLTON MIDNIGHT MADNESS
Live entertainment, vendors, emergency services demonstration, circus perform ance, petting zoo, inflatable obstacle courses. 5pm-midnight. Free. Downtown Bolton. Bolton BIA, downtownbolton.ca
FALL FAIRS 2015
Showcase of Headwaters’ best, including livestock, home craft, entertainment, pulls of all sorts, and, of course, food. See websites for more details. SEPT 4 – 6: ORANGEVILLE FALL FAIR
Orangeville Fairgrounds, 247090 5 Sdrd, Mono. Orangeville Agricultural Society, 519-942-9597; oasevent.ca SEPT 18 – 20: SHELBURNE FALL FAIR
Shelburne & District Fairgrounds, 200 Fiddlepark Lane – Centre DufferinBlue Lavender Recreation Complex, Shelburne. shelburnefair.com 4 5/8 width x
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SEPT 25 – 27: GRAND VALLEY FALL FAIR
Grand Valley Agricultural Society Fairgrounds, 60 Main St N, Grand Valley. 519-942-4088; grandvalleyfallfair.ca SEPT 25 – 27: BOLTON FALL FAIR Albion
AUG 22 : COPPER KETTLE CLASSICS CLASSIC VEHICLE SHOW Vintage
vehicles and bicycles, pre-1990. Live music, shopping, Creemore Springs beer festival. 10am-5pm. Free, register online. Mill Street, Creemore. 705-466-6593; copperkettleclassics.com AUG 29 : PROCYON CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT $130 per person.
Woodington Lake Golf Course, 7110 4th Line, Tottenham. To register, donate prizes, sponsor a hole, contact Procyon. 416-566-8066; procyonwildlife.com SEP 12 : GIANT GOLF BALL DROP Grand
prize $1,000. Proceeds to Headwaters Health Care Foundation, other Rotary projects. 2pm. $5/ball. Lynbrook Family Golf Centre, 285316 County Road 10, Amaranth. Rotary Club of Orangeville, orangeville-rotary.easyfocus.com
Bolton Fairgrounds, 150 Queen Street S, Bolton. boltonfair.ca OCT 8 – 12: ERIN FALL FAIR Erin Agri
cultural Centre Fairgrounds, 190 Main St, Erin. erinfair.ca
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NOW – JUL 6 (MONDAYS) : YOGA IN THE PARK Serenity, stretching and relaxation.
12:15-1:15pm. Free. Monora Park Pavilion, Hwy 10 N of Orangeville. Town of Mono, 519-941-3599 x227; experiencemono.com JUN 27 : PRISON BREAK RACE 5-km race, 30 obstacles for adults who like fitness and fun. 8am-5pm. $75. Mansfield Outdoor Centre, 514-465-7391; prisonbreakrace.ca
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Athlete Institute, Hwy 9 www.lavenderbluecatering.com CATERING KITCHEN + TAKE-OUT
519-939-3663
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to 2 hours of continuous outdoor activity. 8:30am-noon. Island Lake Conservation Area, Orangeville. Big Brothers Big Sisters, Friends of Island Lake, 519941-6431; greatoutdoorchallenge.ca JUN 27 : HIDDEN TREASURES GARDEN TOUR Eight gardens in the Creemore area.
Proceeds to local art and history activities. Rain or shine. Tickets at phahs.ca. 10am4pm. $20. Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society, phahs.ca JUL 4 & 5 : DELPHINIUM FESTIVAL & ART IN THE GARDEN SHOW & SALE Guided
tours. 9am-5pm. Plant Paradise Country Gardens, 16258 Humber Station Rd, Caledon. 905-880-9090; plantparadise.ca JUL 8, 14, 23 & 29 : SUMMER TWILIGHT TOURS July 8: Garden Oasis (Alton). July 14:
Meadow Makeover (Halton Hills). July 23: Streamside Planting, Fencing, Solar Power (Mono). July 29: Restoring Stream Habitat for Fish (Halton Hills). See website for locations. 6:30-8:00pm. Free. CVC, 1-800-668-5557 x436; creditvalleyca.ca
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AUG 3 : TOUR DE TERRA COTTA Tour de France experience, vendor expo, BBQ and beer garden. Ages 8 to 80. Terra Cotta Community Centre. 905-584-2557, letourdeterracotta.com AUG 8 : CHECK YOUR WATERSHED DAY
Teams go to assigned sites to record water temperature, take culvert photos, measure stream flow. 1-4pm. Free. Terra Cotta Conservation Area, Credit Valley Conservation, Trout Unlimited, Ontario Streams, 905-670-1615 x445; creditvalleyca.ca AUG 18, SEP 15 : BOLTON & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MEETING
Aug 18: Pest and Wildlife Problems and Solutions. Sep 15: From Meadow to Woodlot in 40 Years. 7:30-9pm. $5. Caledon Seniors’ Centre, 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton. 905-880-2941; bolton@ gardenontario.org SEP 8 : ORANGEVILLE AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MEETING AND FLOWER SHOW It’s Not Black and
White with Liv Tovey. Guests welcome. 7-9pm. Orangeville Seniors’ Centre, 26 Bythia St. orangevillehort.org
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theatre+film NOW – SEP 8 (TUESDAYS) : Tuesday Night Movie Nights (Retro) Family-
oriented films like Jurassic Park on giant LED screen. 8-11pm. Free. Garden Square, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. City of Brampton, 905-874-5190; gregory. peddie@brampton.ca JUN 26 & 27 : LEGALLY BLONDE
Elle Woods proves herself worthy of Harvard. 8pm. $22. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. Orangeville Music Theatre, 519-942-3423; orangevillemusictheatre.com JUN 27 – SEP 5 (SATURDAYS) : MOVIES UNDER THE STARS Family-oriented films
on giant LED screen. 8pm: kids’ activities. 9-11pm: movie. Free. Garden Square, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. City of Brampton, 905-874-5190; gregory.peddie@ brampton.ca JUL 7 & 8 : SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK – THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
A rollicking farce. Bring lawn chair. Suggested donation $20. 7-9pm. Dick’s Dam Park, Glasgow Rd, Bolton. 416209-2026; humberrivershakespeare.ca
JUL 9 : ORANGEVILLE GARDEN TOUR & TEA Wellington and Amanda Sts. Tickets
at BookLore, Orangeville Flowers, Dufferin Garden Centre. 5-9pm. $10. 6 Wellington St, Orangeville. Orangeville and District Horticultural Society, orangevillehort.org
JUL 11 : GRAND VALLEY GARDEN TOUR & ARTISTS IN THE GARDENS Beautiful
gardens, rain or shine. 10am-3pm. Free. Grand Valley Community Centre. Grand Valley Horticultural Society Garden Tour, 519-928-5371; bevagraham@gmail.com JUL 17 & 18 : THE BACKYARD GLAM TOUR
Six stunning backyards featuring Lavender Hall. July 17: night tour. July 18: day tour. Proceeds to local charities. $25. The Log Cabin, Library St, Creemore. Bleu Venue Events, 705-888-2860; bleuvenue.com JUL 25 : BRUCE TRAIL INTRODUCTORY HIKE 9-km hike on the Laidlaw, Turnbull
and Outlier side trails. 9:30am-12:30pm. Free. Mono Community Centre parking lot. Caledon Hills Bruce Trail Club, joanr55@ hotmail.com; caledonbrucetrail.org AUG 1 : TAMING WILDFLOWERS
Importance for native pollinators, create floral designs, book signing with Miriam Goldberger. 10am-noon. $10; includes 20% off plants. Not So Hollow Farm, 838369 4th Line E, Mulmur. 705-4666290; notsohollowfarm.ca 110
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tunes, co-worker showdowns and life lessons all in under an hour. Thurs, Fri 7:30pm. Sat 2 & 7:30pm. $29. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. 905874-2800; rosetheatre.ca JUL 16 : SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK – THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
A rollicking farce. Bring lawn chair. Suggested donation $20. 7-9pm. Alton Mill, 1402 Queen St, Alton. 416-209-2026; humberrivershakespeare.ca JULY 16 – 18, 22 – 25 : THE VAUDEVIL LIANS Skits and music take you down
memory lane. Wed-Fri 7:30pm. Sat 2 & 7:30pm. $29. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. 905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca JUL 23 : DAY TRIP TO GRAVENHURST – I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT Includes
coach, lunch and show. Departs various locations, approx 9:30am-7pm. $104, reserve. Caledon Seniors’ Centre, 905951-6114; caledonseniors.ca AUGUST 6 – 8, 12 – 15 : ON GOLDEN POND A couple’s vacation is interrupted
by an estranged daughter, her fiancé and his teenage son. Wed-Fri 7:30pm. Sat 2 & 7:30pm. $29. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. 905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca
JUL 11 : CALEDON GARDEN TOUR
Ten gardens in the Caledon area. Rain or shine. Tickets at Cheltenham or Inglewood general stores, Glen Echo Nurseries, Chinguacousy Wellness Centre, Spirit Tree Cidery. 10am-4pm. $15. Caledon Horticultural Society, 905-8778930, bobbieandruss@rogers.com
JULY 9 – 11 : CONFESSIONS OF A REDHEADED COFFEESHOP GIRL Jazzy
AUGUST 20 & 21 : CANADIAN IMPROV SHOWCASE Interactive comedy
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Who’s Who at the Davies Reunion in Caledon East? Clara 26, Alice 25, Bill 7, Elsie 5, Donald 2
Who is Right? Human and proto-human species were not around at the time of the dinosaurs.
On the New Blackboard at S.S. #6 I am an eye.
A Checkers Challenge in Inglewood Challenge Two: From Alternating to Identical Place a finger on each of the two white checkers in the leftmost column. Drag them around the pattern until they are adjacent to the two black checkers in the rightmost column. Push the two rows until all columns align.
Also at S.S. #6 The eight letter word is imposter, from: den/im/age, hip/po/sit, fir/st/eel, bar/er/ode. A Checkers Challenge in Inglewood Challenge One: The Unbalanced ‘X’ Place the outermost white and black checkers from the long arm atop the centre white.
experience featuring some of Canada’s hottest comedic talent. 7:30pm. $20. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. 905-8742800; rosetheatre.ca AUG 28 & 30 : ASSISTED LIVING Culture
Café presents Gallery on the Bay’s production. $20. Alton Mill Arts Centre, 1402 Queen St, Alton. 519-941-9300, altonmill.ca SEP 11 – 20 : A BENCH IN THE SUN
Harold and Burt spend their time bickering until a once-famous actress arrives. Fri, Sat 8pm. Sun 2:30pm. $20. Century Church Theatre, 3 Hill St, Hillsburgh. Century Theatre Guild, 519855-4586; centurychurchtheatre.com
music JUN – SEP: LIVE MUSIC AT ROSE THEATRE 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton.
905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca SEP 10: BIG SMO Country, southern rock
and hip hop cross-pollinate. JUL 14 : THE FRETLESS IN CONCERT Award-
winning Canadian fiddle music with threetime Canadian champion stepdancer (and DCMA curator) Sarah Robinson. 7pm. $20; 15 & under, $10. Knox United Church, Caledon Village. 519-927-3320; knoxunitedcaledon@gmail.com
To submit your community, arts or non-profit event, go to inthehills.ca and click what’s on on the menu bar. That takes you to the listings page. Click submit your event and complete the easy form. For the autumn (September) issue, submit by August 7, 2015. We reserve the right to edit submissions for print and web publication. For up-to-date listings between issues, go to inthehills.ca and click what’s on on the menu bar.
JUNE 23 & 30 : ADJUSTMENTS AFTER BIRTH SUPPORT GROUP Support after
the birth or adoption of a child. Child care available. 10am-noon. Free, register. CPCC, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905-8570090; cp-cc.org JUN 24 : TEEN MEET & MUNCH BOOK CLUB Discuss your favourite books, make
JUN 26 – SEP 4 (FRIDAYS) : FRIDAY NIGHT SPOTLIGHT Live local music from
two bands. 7-10pm. Free. Garden Square, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. City of Brampton; gregory.peddie@brampton.ca JUL 30 – AUG 9 : BELFOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL Eight chamber music and four
student concerts. $20; children $5. Melville White Church, 15962 Mississauga Rd, Caledon. Belfountain Heritage Society, 647-706-0554; belfountainmusic.com AUG 5 – 9 : CANADIAN OPEN OLD TIME FIDDLE CHAMPIONSHIP Prizes,
concerts, step dancing, giant fiddle parade, jam session, church service, camping, barn dance. Proceeds to Rotary Club of Shelburne, community groups. $48 event package. Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex, 200 Fiddlepark Ln, Shelburne. Rotary Club of Shelburne, 519925-8620; shelburnefiddlecontest.com SEP 17 – 20 : THE CAVERNERS – CANADA’S PREMIER BEATLES SHOW
Note-for-note portrayal of The Beatles in concert. Thurs, Sun 2pm. Fri, Sat 8pm. $42. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway. Theatre Orangeville, 519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca
kids KIDS’ CAMPS : From dancing to farming,
and from drama to pet care, there is a wide choice of summer camp activities for local kids of all ages this summer. Check out the many offerings at the Kids’ Camps link on the home page at inthehills.ca JUNE 23 & 30 : GROWING TOGETHER WITH THE CPCC Families and children
(0-6) share a meal, activities. Call to qualify. 4:30-7pm. Free, register. 25 Stationview Place, Bolton. CPCC, 905857-0090; cp-cc.org
new friends. 4-5pm. Free. Orangeville Public Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca JUN 26 : CPCC PRESENTS THE VILLAGE CAFÉ @EXCHANGE Healthy food and
bodies, snacks, crafts, activities. 9:3011am. Free, register. 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905-857-0090; cp-cc.org jun 27 – AUG 15 : TD SUMMER READING CLUB Get the kids reading with this
and all kinds of other booky things. See the library’s website for details. Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-942-0610; orangevillelibrary.on.ca JUN 29 – JUL 3, JULY 27 – 31, AUG 4 – 7 : SUMMER STAYCATION DAYS Jun 29-July
3: Happy Birthday Canada! July 27-31: Art on the Move. Aug 4-7: Think BIG, Think Small. Hands-on activities based on exhibitions. $5; seniors/students $4; family pass $12. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama. peelregion.ca
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JUL 2 – AUG 27 (THURSDAYS) : THURSDAY EVENING FAMILY ACTIVITIES
Make and take home projects inspired by PAMA’s exhibitions. Free with admission. 5:30-8:30pm. $5; seniors/students $4; family pass $12. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama. peelregion.ca JUL 24 – 26 : MARY POPPINS Presented by 25 talented young people, 11 to 17. $5-$15. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway. Theatre Orangeville Academy, 519-9423423; theatreorangeville.ca
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AUG 28 – 30 : ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Presented by the Theatre Orangeville Young Company – Drama and Musical. $5 to $15. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway. Theatre Orangeville Academy, 519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca ≈
JUNE 23 & 30 : LET’S GET TOGETHER: RAISING A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS Parenting a child
(0-6) with special needs. 5:45-7:15pm. Free, register. CPCC, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905-857-0090; cp-cc.org IN THE HILLS Summer 2015
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a Puzzling Conclusion
by Ken Weber
A Checkers Challenge in Inglewood When the village of Sligo Junction officially became Inglewood in 1886, a local merchant celebrated the change by sponsoring a checkers tournament. To play, a contestant first had to get past a qualifying challenge, namely to solve the two puzzles below.
Challenge One The Unbalanced ‘X’
Who’s Who at the Davies Reunion in Caledon East? Regular attendees of the annual Davies reunion in Caledon East were quite sur prised when a family of five distant cousins whom no one really knew showed up with out their parents. It didn’t help that these five brothers and sisters, except for Clara, the oldest of the group, were strangely silent. To make matters more difficult, Clara would speak only to Chuck and quite enig matically at that. “I think you should be able to figure out which branch of the family we belong to once you figure out how old we are,” Clara said to Chuck. “The two kids over there are Donald and Elsie. Donald’s the youngest. Their ages together equal 7. This is my brother Bill here, standing beside me. His age and mine add up to 33. Alice – I don’t know where she’s got to – anyway, her age and Bill’s add up to 32. And if you add my age to Donald’s you get 28. By the way, the ages of all five of us together total 65. Help Chuck determine the age of each of these five brothers and sisters.
Balance this unbalanced ‘X’ without adding or removing any checkers.
Who is right?
To the delight of pupils at S.S.#6 East Luther, not to mention Miss Lang, their teacher, the school trustees agreed to celebrate the beginning of the 20th century by purchasing a brand new blackboard. Miss Lang imme diately put it to use with a weekly word riddle such as the one below. What am I?
I’m pronounced as one letter but written with three. Many letters there are, but only two in me. I’m double, I’m single, I’m black, blue and grey. I’m read from both ends and the same either way.
Challenge Two From Alternating to Identical Rearrange this pattern so that instead of alternating between white and black, the checkers in the four vertical columns are either all white or all black. To make it interesting, you may touch only two checkers! (Any two, though.)
Also at S.S. #6 To make her vocabulary lessons more appeal ing, Miss Lang used the new blackboard to present word games such as this one. Place two letters between each pair of three letter words below so that when added to the end of the word on the left and to the beginning of the word on the right, these letters will form two separate five letter words (as in cab i n cur, for example). When you have finished, the inserted letters, reading downwards, must form an eight letter word.
Who is Right? Two young boys exited the Uptown Theatre in Orangeville after seeing a science fiction movie. With great certainty one of them declared, “There’s no way a dinosaur could have eaten all those cave people! There were so many of them and they were all carrying spears and clubs!” “Are you kidding?” replied his pal. “It sure could! That was a Tyrannosaurus rex, the most powerful reptile in the history of the world!”
On the New Blackboard at S.S. #6
d en _ _ age h i p _ _ sit fi r _ _ eel ba r _ _ od e Would you have qualified for the Inglewood tournament?
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