By Laurie Carmount Gallery curator For the month of June there are two exhibitions being offered at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery that have peculiar similarities: Paisley Tartan by Kate Carder-Thompson and The Inherent Legacy by…

By Sue Tiffin Published May 11 2017 Carole Finn has been painting portraits throughout her entire artistic career and now she has opened her studio to share them with the public. People in My Life…

By Chad Ingram Published May 4 2017 Spending Saturday night with a bunch of cops may not necessarily sound like a good time but that will be the case when The Cruisers bring some ’50s…

By Sue Tiffin Published May 4 2017 An interactive drama coming to Minden will allow audience members the chance to confront a homophobic bully. Be Our Ally a 75-minute play about LGBTQ youth and the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Born in what is now Latvia and buried in Minden artist André Lapine was a contemporary of members of the Group of Seven. Yet Lapine is not nearly as famous as his contemporaries for shaking…

By Jenn Watt Published Nov. 3 2016 Technology closes spaces and opens worlds. In the publishing industry the advent of e-books allows people living almost anywhere on the planet to download a story instantaneously. And…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…