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Little surprises in Peterborough and the Kawarthas
Little Lake is really a widening of the Otonabee River and was an important passage from the Kawartha Lakes to Lake Ontario
Vancouver’s best pizza, ice cream, coffee & more
Jill Barber, JUNO-nominated singer-songwriter, shares her fave places to shop, eat & play in Vancouver, BC.
Yardbirding, eBirding & Finch Irruptions
A 15-year-old bird photographer’s story of exposure.
The Beer Capital of Canada
With its abundance of locally sourced craft brews, Ottawa makes a convincing case for becoming the top beer hub in Canada.
The Late Nineteenth-century Stone Farmhouses of John Thompson Crellin
A look at a creative stonemason and the beautiful houses he built in rural southwestern Ontario
Storm of the Century
True Confessions From the Ninth Concession
Going overboard in Georgian Bay
I can claim to have spent more than my lifetime on the water.
Finding Traction on the Back Roads
True Confessions From the Ninth Concession
Why We Love Ayr, Ontario
When I was a kid, we’d frequently pass through Ayr on our way from Paris, Ontario. It was a zigzag left-right turn off the appropriately named Swan Street, past the laundromat with big bubbles on its sign. Just after the Little Short Stop variety store, my dad would...
Riding on Goat Tails at Caberneigh Farm
By Nicole Robertson Really and truly, the plan for the day was just to go and get some new chickens. Six chickens to be precise; six beautiful, homestead-raised Gold Laced Wyandottes. Sadly, in spring 2017, we had lost several of our young birds to a very hungry...
Small Ponds featuring Roy McGregor
Your name? Roy MacGregor. Home (or adopted) towns? Whitney and Huntsville, Ontario. Population? 700 in Whitney and 18,000 for the greater Huntsville area. Years in residence? Whitney: 0–2. Huntsville: 2–23. Where do you live now? Ottawa. Local school...
Small Ponds featuring Guido Basso
Your name? Guido Basso. Home (or adopted) town? Near Consecon, Prince Edward County, Ontario. Population? It’s a small town. Years in residence? 32. Local school attended? Not so local. My schooling was in Montreal (a long time ago). Local jobs held? The Picton Jazz...
Scarecrows, Dippy Doughnuts, Gas Fest and a Six-Foot Sturgeon
This is a shiny new feature in Harrowsmith, and we hope to continue to sit down and have several cups of coffee, virtually, with a few locals, Canada’s best small-town ambassadors. When you’re from “away,” wouldn’t it be perfect if you could simply sit down and learn...
I heard it through the grapevine
Climate change doesn’t play favourites. Ask anyone in sub-Saharan Africa or Greenland. Beekeepers, strawberry farmers, almond growers, balcony gardeners in San Francisco and winemakers in France will nod in agreement, for that matter. In 2015, Prince Edward County...