One of the first casualties of a new wave of development, about to start north of Major Mackenzie Drive in Markham, is a farm that has offered school tours to thousands of children over four decades.

Gilbert Whittamore, the founder of Whittamore’s Farm, well-known in Markham and beyond for its farm shop, Fun Farm Yard, pick-your-own and Pumpkinland, which was in business from 1952 until 2017, has ...

It has been one week since news broke that Whittamore’s Farm in Markham would be closing to the public at the end of October. On Wednesday, farmer Frank Whittamore opened the gates to the public to ...

Whittamore’s Farm is offering their customers one last season to enjoy the family farm before they close their gates in November. The 2017 season kicks off on May 3, inviting customers in for a final ...

A groundbreaking plan to freeze Markham’s expansion onto prime farmland could voluntarily take the fast-growing suburban powerhouse where no GTA municipality has dared go: upward but not outward.

Even the far fringes of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are not immune to the region's onslaught of vertical intensification, as a new proposal aims to bring a pair of tall towers to the very edge of ...

Several people helped themselves to pumpkins from Reesor Farm Market on Thanksgiving. Many left some money behind while others took pumpkins without paying. (Facebook) The owner of a Markham, Ont., ...