By Emily Stonehouse The landscape of Haliburton County restaurants is changing. Mathew Renda of Boshkung Brewing Co. and Mike Rae of Truss Foodworks Inc. have joined forces to become the new co-owners of the businesses,…
County chips in on CT equipment, but there’s…
By James Matthews, Local Initiative Journalism Reporter Haliburton County council should have a voice in local health care decisions. Councillor Bob Carter, the mayor of Minden Hills, said the upper tier council should have two…
Those beautiful burgers
From Shaman’s RockBy Jim Poling Sr. Try as you might, it’s hard to ignore television commercials. Especially when you arewatching a lot of sports, as many of us were during the World Series and now…
Raising hope; HIFF’s goal to inspire the community
By Emily Stonehouse Haliburton County is known for many things. The landscapes, the lakes, the…film festivals? The Haliburton International Film Festival (HIFF), ran this past weekend, from Nov. 3 to 5 at the Northern Lights…
Left out in the cold: County hears how…
By James Matthews, Local Initiative Journalism Reporter Haliburton County needs 750 new units by 2029 to meet its affordable housing needs. Michelle Corley, manager of housing and homelessness at the City of Kawartha Lakes, brought…
Not the time to forget
By Emily Stonehouse I’ve been sitting with this document open all week. A Remembrance Day editorial. There should be lots to say. How we remember. How we honour the fallen soldiers who have bled out…
That unequal tax exemption
From Shaman’s Rock By Jim Poling Sr. “Politics will always break your heart,” Catherine McKenna once tweeted on the social media platform now called X. She should know. She suffered a barrage of verbal attacks…
Where are they now?
Creating a community: catching up with Kaitlyn Hillier By Emily Stonehouse In a small town, sometimes we don’t see the scope of the world for what it is. For Kaitlyn Hillier, she knew Minden was…
‘You are home where you feel loved’
By Britney Pagliuca “You are home where you feel loved.” I have carried this quote with me from adolescence, holding onto the idea that a home is not merely the place you were born or…
Minden rules property owners are on the hook…
By James Matthews, Local Initiative Journalism Reporter It’s as if renting a property through Airbnb is a means to consequence-free revelry for the renter and whatever fines may come to the owner. Minden Hills property…
Living in a world of despair
From Shaman’s Rock By Jim Poling Sr. There is much controversy over whether mental illness is a significant cause of mass shootings, which are becoming a common occurrence, notably in the gun-crazy United States of…
Magic school buses; a peek into Haliburton Bus…
By Emily Stonehouse What’s big and yellow and connects our entire community, yet still flies under the radar on a regular basis? If you guessed school buses, you’re right. This past week was bus driver…
Litter boxes and lies
From Shaman’s Rock By Jim Poling Sr. I’ve never been a fan of cats. I find them self-obsessed and neurotic. If I was a cat fan, however, I certainly would not be dressing up as…
“We lost literally everything,”; Minden family moves forward…
By Emily Stonehouse Deb Fisher was having a regular day on Tuesday, Oct. 17. When she left her home - the home that had once belonged to her mother - she said her pets were…
HHHS asks Haliburton County for $1M
By James Matthews, Local Initiative Journalism Reporter Haliburton Highlands Health Services has its eyes set on optimizing health and wellbeing in the county. And $1-million from the county will go a long way to achieving…
Head in the sand
By Emily Stonehouse I’m supposed to write about the things that happen in our community. But this week, as I kept my head down and dove into the happenings in our town, I felt the…
Replaced by a computer?
From Shaman’s Rock By Jim Poling Sr. I’ve tried to ignore all the hype about artificial intelligence (AI). How it will transform work and reinvent business. How it will replace me as a writer. Any…
We want baseball, not Moneyball
From Shaman’s Rock By Jim Poling Sr. Baseball broadcaster Buck Martinez said the Toronto Blue Jays’ 2023 season would be a disaster if they could not advance past the first wild-card playoff round. They didn’t.…
‘More than three words’: remembering the life of…
By Emily Stonehouse Caring. Compassionate. Hard working. Critical thinker. Friend. Husband. Son. Father. When I write articles on people who have passed away, one of the first questions I ask those who knew them, is…
‘You’re saying we don’t exist’: why Minden Pride…
By Emily Stonehouse On Sept. 20, a protest was scheduled for Head Lake Park titled the ‘1 Million March 4 Children’. The idea behind the march was to fight against the current public school curriculum,…
‘The Movie Man’ comes home to Kinmount’s Highlands…
By Adam Frisk The highly anticipated documentary “The Movie Man” made its way home to Kinmount’s Highlands Cinemas on Saturday with two private screenings of the film. Hosted in what arguably is the most unusual…