Published August 16 2016 First a long pointed beak appeared then a single yellow eye. Next it was a curve of neck and feathers – blue-grey charcoal white – alive in the play of light…
Tentrees comes home to perform
By Darren Lum Published July 28 2016 Once a hawk always a hawk. Haliburton Highlands Secondary School proud graduate and musician Gordie Tentrees is returning to the Highlands for a performance when he takes the…
Murder at Raven Lake
By Jenn Watt Published July 28 2016 The Dominion Hotel Raven Lake Highland Ridge long-term care home The Highland Times newspaper – if all of that sounds familiar it’s because the Haliburton Highlands serves as…
Festival of August Moon offers unique beauty
By Darren Lum Published July 28 2016 With the sun setting and the full moon rising overhead the Gull River will glow with flickering candlelight from a flotilla of lanterns. Adorned with Japanese symbols and…
New initiative wants you to Get on Gelert…
By Angelica Ingram Published July 28 2016 When local artist April Gates decided to move her home and business to the hamlet of Donald she was excited about the offerings her new neighbourhood would bring.…
Finn Artists’ Centre opens its doors
Published July 7 2016 Once the manse of the United Church then a law office – 15 Newcastle St. has lived many lives. And today on July 3 it opens its doors for a sneak…
Highlands Opera proud of 10 years
By Sue Tiffin At precisely 1:15 p.m. on April 4, the front doors of Haliburton Highlands Secondary School opened and more than 50 students walked out of class to protest changes being made to…
St. Paul’s celebrates its sesquicentennial
By Chad Ingram One of the oldest buildings in Haliburton County Minden’s St. Paul’s Anglican Church is celebrating its 150th birthday this year. Its official birthday. As congregation member and sesquicentennial celebrations chairman Gareth Kellett…
Trent Severn flows into Minden
By Chad Ingram From a real-life maple syrup heist to the Bluenose to the sweet relief of a snow day the music of Trent Severn is thoroughly interwoven with the white and red threads of…
Astrid Young brings folk music to Minden
By Angelica Ingram To say Astrid Young is a chameleon when it comes to careers is an understatement. A singer/songwriter Astrid has been a professional musician for decades but has also penned a memoir made…
Wetlands and Waterways examines ecological threats
By Chad Ingram “For me it’s just an excuse to be outside” says Sheila Ziman of her art. An environmentalist and founding member of the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust Ziman is also a skilled weaver…
Junior Book of the Month: The Summer We…
How do you plan for the future when your own parents don’t believe you have one? Wolf’s mother is obsessed with saving the bees. But when she announces that she’s taking her Save the Bees…
Comedy night to take care of pain in…
By Jenn Watt Carolyn Scott’s experience with Haliburton was so positive she wants to sing it from the rooftops – and in a way she is. Scott a Toronto-based actor is putting on a special…
Four hands on one piano
On Sunday Oct. 25 the Haliburton Concert Series will present duo pianists Robert Kortgaard and Peter Tiefenbach in the final concert of its 2015 season. The concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. in the Northern…
Arts and CultureArts and Culture by Emily St. John…
Book of the Month Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Available in print as well as ebook and audio on Overdrive Day One: The Georgia Flu explodes over the surface of the earth like…
A taste of the forest
By Darren Lum It’s unknown how much the rain on Saturday put a damper on this year’s 13th annual Hike Haliburton Festival. Marketed as the largest hiking festival in Canada with 70 guided hikes across…