Quilt show winners announced

By Sue Tiffin Published Oct. 5 2017 Kathy Brock who is from Kingston but bought her raffle ticket from a quilter in Kennisis Lake is the lucky winner of a quilt raffled off at Canada…

Taylor creates art one piece at a time 

By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 26 2017 It was the Haliburton County Studio Tour that inspired Cathy Taylor to begin creating her vibrant mosaic artwork. “I became interested in making mosaics in 2005 when I…

Fragment 47 a work of another colour 

By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 14 2017 Nancy McPhee’s works of art are often created from a singular colour. “You stitch with the same colour as the fabric so you’re creating images through shadow” McPhee…

Radio show explores Indigenous issues

By Jenn Watt Published July 13 2017 Despite having Métis lineage on both sides of his family Minden Hills resident Larry O’Connor said he still knows much less than he’d like about his background and…

Meet John A. Macdonald in Stanhope

By Robert Mackenzie Published July 6 2017 Stanhope Museum’s Heritage Day is returning to the county July 15 featuring some special Canada 150 demonstrations. The annual celebration held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at…

Bringing the farm to the cultural centre

Published April 20 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed at Minden Hills council on April 13. Visitors to the Minden Hills Cultural Centre might have the chance to see livestock on display…

Tickets on sale for concert series

The 39th season for the Haliburton Concert Series is going to be filled with amazing musicians and wonderful music. The season begins on Saturday May 6 with Guy and Nadina . Guy Few (trumpet and…

Library offers exploration of technology

By Darren Lum Published April 13 2017 After five workshop sessions 14 Haliburton Home School students were excited about what they learned from the Tinker Lab pilot program offered at the Minden branch of the…

Take an artsy March Break at MHCC 

By Darren Lum Published March 7 2017 Bring an open mind and get in touch with the past and unleash your creative side for this year’s March Break at the Minden Cultural Centre. The centre…

Harnessing the Elements at AJG 

By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 26 2017 “‘Element’ has many meanings” said Agnes Jamieson Gallery curator Laurie Carmount at the opening reception of new exhibition Elements at the Minden Hills Cultural Centre last week. “Basically…