By Darren Lum Thanksgiving was on Monday, Oct. 10 and is past now, but I wish it was more than one day.Well, not the day so much as the feeling felt.Why put a limit on…
Birds for better health
By Jim Poling Sr. Probably the best thing anyone can do after listening to a morning newscast is to go outside and listen to the birds. Studies show that birds are beneficial to our mental…
Red Hawks ballers make a return
The Haliburton Highlands Secondary School girls’ basketball team returned to the court this fall for the first time in a decade. After years without enough interest to field a team, 16 girls came to tryouts…
Community concerns addressed at all-candidates meeting
By Vivian Collings The Minden community had the chance to have their questions answered by municipal council candidates to help them vote in the 2022 Municipal and School Board Election on Monday, Oct. 24.Minden Rotary…
Province’s educational support workers vote for strike mandate
By James Matthews (Local Journalism Initiative reporter) The union representing Ontario’s educational support workers believes possible labour action would ensure quality education, but government says any work stoppage will be a strike against families.In what’s…
Power outages, geography bring communications woes
By James Matthews (Local Journalism Initiative reporter) A power outage in the Duck Lake Road area is much like being thrusted into a communications void.Unless you use a cellphone, but not everybody has access to…
Library responds to feedback to make improvements: CEO
By James Matthews (Local Initiative Journalism reporter)It’s been a time of change at the Haliburton County Public Library.That’s the sense conveyed to Haliburton County council during its meeting on Sept. 28 by Chris Stephenson, the…
Good for you Minden
By Darren Lum I believe living in a democratic country not only affords us rights, but responsibilities.To our community. To our neighbours and fellow residents. We need to vote, but we also need to be…
They’ve got me numbered!
By Jim Poling Sr. We Canadians love our bureaucracy as much as we love our maple syrup. If we didn’t why would we swallow so much of it?I’ve been asking myself that after a recent…
Students gain insight to Indigenous struggles
By Vivian CollingsThe impacts of the colonization of Canada on Indigenous culture was brought to light for students at Haliburton Highlands Secondary School with a lesson in perspective.With Truth and Reconciliation Week held from Monday,…
Stedmans V&S closes its doors after nearly 30…
By Vivian CollingsOwners John and Robyn Thomas of Stedmans V&S Department Store chose to close their doors in the heart of downtown Minden for the last time.The couple has a 29-year history of owning and…
HHOA receive 21,000 new guests
The Haliburton Highlands Outdoors Association (HHOA) has received more than 21,000 rainbow trout from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Harwood Fish Culture Station. The two to three inch-long Ganaraska strain rainbow trout will…
Red Hawks soaring to start season
By Vivian CollingsThe Haliburton Highlands Secondary School varsity girls’ field hockey team finished their first two games of the season showing the pride of the red.The team played St. Peter Catholic Secondary School and Holy…
2022 Minden Hills election candidates
Here are your Minden Hills candidates on the Oct. 24 ballot. Already acclaimed were Mayor Bob Carter, Deputy Mayor Lisa Schell, and Bob Sisson, Councillor for Ward 3. Tammy McKelvey,for Councillor-at-Large My husband and I…
Bookapalooza turns page on first chapter
By Darren LumA new chapter is being written for the Haliburton Highlands when it comes to an event that appeals to writers and readers since the successful launch of Bookapalooza.With 125 people who came to…
Corridor reopening is ‘huge thing for winter tourism’
By Vivian CollingsPine Springs section of the “B” trail from Carnarvon to Bracebridge will openDuring the Haliburton County Snowmobile Association’s (HCSA) annual general meeting on Sept. 17, president John Enright announced the Ontario Federation of…
Drop the mask, open your heart
By Darren Lum Seeing the faces of the children in the Terry Fox Run for Archie Stouffer Elementary School it’s easy to see the happiness. Perhaps I’m naive, but children are honest with their feelings.It’s…
Meeting the Queen
To the Editor, In 1984, the Queen arrived at the Toronto Harbour on her Royal Yacht Britannia.Brian Mulroney was prime minister. My nephew Bill Pristanski was his executive assistant. The prime minister’s wife, Mila Mulroney…
Demand effective climate emission caps
To the Editor, The government of Canada welcomes your help in choosing “Options to Cap and Cut Oil and Gas Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Achieve 2030 Goals and Net-Zero by 2050.” You still have…
Waiting for the ‘big one’
By Jim Poling Sr. Thunder Bay, Ontario – I’m sitting on the Hillcrest Park stone wall overlooking the city where I was born and raised. The view of Lake Superior and the Sleeping Giant is…
Rotaract takes over the Highland Yard
by Vivian CollingsRotaract Haliburton Highlands is off and running with become the lead of a long-time fundraiser in the community, the Highland Yard.Rotaract Haliburton Highlands hosted their first ever public open house at the Abbey…