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Waterways Under A-Salt!

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Experience the Art of Winter in the Haliburton Highlands

By Angelica Ingram Welcome to winter in the beautiful Haliburton Highlands. Whether you are a visitor travelling from far or

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Cottage Memories: Chronicles of A City Boy’s Life In The Country

Winter Wondertime By Craig Nicholson What’s all that clamour’s about, eh? Thanksgiving’s hardly over before the moaning and groaning starts.

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Choose Your Snowmobile RideOn Recreational Trails

By Craig Nicholson Pre-Christmas is the time to start thinking about your snowmobiling this winter. Over my years on the

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Critters Corner: Woodland Caribou

Riverview Park and Zoo Say hello to the Riverview Park and Zoo Woodland Caribou! We are open for visitors through

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Whodunit? Release Your Inner Detective

I have been asked to do the impossible during my work as a trail guide: guarantee a wildlife sighting. Beyond

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The Christmas Wreath

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10 Gift Ideas For The Fisherman On Your Christmas List

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Bird Bio: Bird Friendly Peterborough

The Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) is one of the most charming and enduring birds in the Kawartha Lakes region. This

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Traditional Birchbark Canoe Handcrafted at Trent University Launched on the Otonabee River

Traditional naming ceremony for ‘Enheh’ and launch follows monthlong build in Trent’s Bata Library Marking the culmination of a project