Our good friends at Conservation Hamilton are hosting a fascinating event about the weird and wonderful world of historical re-enactors. Read about this below. Also, check out our feature article about a Civil War Re-enactment. Read More
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This is a particularly interesting story, sent to us by The Blue Mountains… Local artist, John Haines, recently donated a painting to the Craigleith Heritage Depot. The painting was done in collaboration with local archaeologists Read More
Things are looking pretty spooky in Rockton! See what’s brewing… Haunted Halloween allows visitors to explore All Hallow’s Eve history and folklore in the unique setting of one of Ontario’s best living Read More
The subtitle gives a perfect description of this book: “Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World’s Greatest Empire.” Bits and pieces of quotations, graffiti, legends and sayings are presented in short chapters that Read More
Below is a request from the Terry Fox Foundation, for your memories of his historic run. I’ll share mine here. My parents were hosting some of our relatives from Germany at their house in Read More
This looks like a pretty cool activity for people of any age: The past comes alive at Crawford Lake Conservation Area, at the popular Dig In and Discover Archaeology event on July 18 from 10 a.m. Read More
We’re happy to pass on this news about Habitat for Humanity Halton (HFHH) and their work in Haiti. They want to emphasize that donations from individuals until February 12 will be matched by the Canadian Read More
There’s a Niagara Escarpment community connection to Haiti. Georgetown is the location of the Canadian offices of Healing Hands for Haiti International Foundation Inc., which provides physical medicine and rehabilitation programs to Haitians with Read More
While watching The National on TV last night, I was struck by the discussion about our Prime Minister proroguing Parliament again, and the question of what citizens think about it, whether they’re rising up Read More
Last weekend we saw our theatre columnist Seana McKenna in a performance about the lives and work of Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. She read the narration while Susan Platts sang German Lieder Read More
