By Thomas Smith The Dorset Recreation Centre re-opened in September last year. The newly renovated rec center houses a full gymnasium, squash court, fitness room, kitchen and meeting areas, as well as the Dorset branch…
Kinmount’s Model Railway trio keeps renovations on-track
By Thomas Smith Ron Claridge has been coming to Kinmount for 30 years. With his wife originally from Kinmount, the couple retired to Kinmount in 2022. “When I retired in Kinmount, [the Kinmount Model Railway]…
A season
By Emily Stonehouse It’s not news. The need for younger individuals to sit in places of power. And in our community, those places of power look like municipal councils. They look like boards and service…
Educating about aquatic therapy; Audrey Collins makes a…
By Emily Stonehouse Audrey Collins has helped hundreds of people regain confidence when it comes to walking, healing, and quite simply, living day-to-day. But the aquatic therapist based out of Gelert wants to change the…
Minden housing gets greenlit
By Emily Stonehouse MPP Laurie Scott surprised Minden locals on Tuesday, Jan. 28 with a last-minute press conference, slated for 10:30 a.m. On short-notice, Minden Hills Mayor Bob Carter and Deputy Warden Liz Danielsen were…
Minden Hills taxes may increase by 7 per…
By James Matthews The most recent draft of this year’s Minden Hills capital and operating budget proposes an almost seven per cent spending increase over last year. The residential tax levy impact on every $100,000…
Elliot Falls repairs progressing well
By Thomas Smith In November of 2024, Parks Canada started repairs on the Elliot Falls Dam near Norland. The Elliot Falls waterpower generating facility was built around 1904 for the Raven Lake Portland Cement Company.…
HALIBURTON OPP RESPOND TO MULTIPLE THEFTS FROM VEHICLES
The Haliburton Highlands Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating multiple thefts from vehicles in the Township of Minden Hills. On the 17th of January 2025 the Haliburton OPP responded to numerous calls…
Gull Lake Ice Hut Rentals kicks off ice…
By Thomas Smith Dave “The Slayer” Perry first began his lifelong love of ice fishing on Gull Lake 30 years ago. The idea to start an ice hut rental business began after talking to local…
Prentice family celebrates 100 years of trucking
By Thomas Smith Whether it is through Prentice Street in Minden, a personal connection, or seeing a green truck on the roads, everyone in Minden knows the Prentice name in one way or another. Some…
MH continues smoke alarm program
By James Matthews The Minden Hills Fire Department worked throughout last year to make everybody SAFE. Don Kruger, the township’s fire chief, updated township council during its Jan. 9 meeting about last year’s trial Smoke…
Council will revisit tower lease agreement
By James Matthews The transfer of a communications tower ownership in Minden Hills has broached questions about insurance. The township owns the land on Scotch Line where the radio communications tower for the Minden Hills…
Osprey named official bird of Kawartha Lakes
By Thomas Smith On Tuesday, Nov. 19, the osprey was named the official bird of the City of Kawartha Lakes. In March of 2024, the City of Kawartha Lakes became a Bird Friendly City through…
AH bans fireworks use except on Canada Day
By James Matthews Fireworks will soon be restricted in Algonquin Highlands to only Canada Day. Council launched a survey in July to gauge the public’s feelings about the use of fireworks. It generated 520 responses…
County council chooses Burton as new warden
By James Matthews No matter how the vote shakes out, Haliburton County will have a new warden by the time this is read. Results of the Dec. 10 election were not available as of press…
Minden Canadian Tire to change hands
By Thomas Smith “I just figured it was time for my career to be over,” saysTerry Gregorini.After working for TD Canada Bank for twenty years, Gregorini became owner of his first Canadian Tire in Trail,…
Drug poisonings are a crisis in the county,…
By James Matthews There is much data that paints a picture of the drug poisoning crisis in communities under the umbrella of the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Public Health unit. But those dry figures,…
OPP INVESTIGATE FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION ON HIGHWAY…
(HALIBURTON COUNTY, ON) - Members of the Haliburton Highlands Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Dysart Fire Department and Haliburton County Paramedics (EMS) responded to a two-vehicle motor vehicle in Haliburton, resulting in one…
Scotch Line Landfill hatches bird-brained scheme for gulls
By Thomas Smith On a cold Monday morning, I arrived at Scotch Line Landfill. As soon as the co-owner of Royal Canadian Falconry arrived in his truck, dozens of herring gulls that were feasting on…
Council looks to repair historic log chute
By James Matthews The Big Hawk Lake Log Chute in Algonquin Highlands has deteriorated since it was last rebuilt in 2005. Bob Mills owns property on Halls Lake in Algonquin Highlands. He lobbied township council…
Blumhouse Productions scouts AH film locations
By James Matthews Parts of Haliburton County will be the backdrop for a Blumhouse Productions feature film. The U.S. production company is responsible for some of the most enjoyed horror films of the past decade.…