By Darren Lum Nick Sutcliffe said The Kanta Chronicles represents the greatest accomplishment in his life.   The Carnarvon resident’s epic debut novel is set in the fictional world of Bolfodier and spans two generations,…

Carloads of people driving along scenic routes alongside trees bright and full with colourful leaves slowed as they approached Studio Tour signs dotted along the landscape throughout the county last weekend. The signs each marked…

By Chad Ingram An installment at the Minden Hills Cultural Centre explores the aspirations and inner turmoils of participants and asks community members to share pieces of themselves. Hopes Fears and Dreams is a project…

Watching Wayne and Sylvia Rose work is an unforgettable experience. They stand outside their home and studio in the clearing of a peaceful wooded area covering their skin with long-sleeved shirts before opening a kiln…

Have you ever felt compelled to support and aid something in nature? Set up a protection screen create a small roof put it in a box or wrap it with support? For example on the…

By Chad Ingram It is partially the element of the unknown that keeps Joyce Pruysers-Emmink and Peter Emmink of Ivy Cottage Fusion Arts drawn to the art of fused glass. “There’s a lot of aha!”…

By Jenn Watt Journalist Andrew Clark first started looking into the execution of Canadian soldier Harold Pringle following the Second World War because of a story told to him by his own grandfather who had…

Organizers of Minden Pride Week’s Burlesque Ball are promising an inclusive end-of-summer dance party with “fantastic costuming fantastic performance art world class music world class DJing” – and some of Toronto’s top drag queen performers.…

Artists collaborate on island over found objects and garbage poems   By Sue Tiffin Artists Anna Swanson and April White have come to Haliburton County from Newfoundland to take part in the Halls Island Artist…

By Sue Tiffin The 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria was celebrated at the Minden Hills Cultural Centre on May 18 with a morning and afternoon tea inside and outside of the Bowron…

By Sue Tiffin A mural covering one wall of a Bobcaygeon Road building is turning heads in Minden and leaving a bright image of locally-grown vegetables in the minds of passersby. Soon enough Nourished by…

By Sue Tiffin Anabelle Craig first began playing the cello when she was four. Nowadays the 15-year-old Grade 10 student plays the bowed string instrument every day. She wears a necklace that reads “my cello…

By Laurie Carmount Curator - Agnes Jamieson Gallery   This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria. The life of the British monarch, who ruled over her global empire from age…

By Chad Ingram   Minden’s Agnes Jamieson Gallery was packed for the opening of Peripheral Visions the evening of April 5.  A juried exhibition featuring the works of 19 artists from throughout central and eastern…

Artist looks for ‘an experience gained’ in downtown Minden  By Sue Tiffin   Sarah Shaw is an adventurer, an artist, and anticipating a fun, busy summer bringing art and art classes to Minden’s main street. …

By Chad Ingram Published Feb. 14 2019 While demand for e-books and e-audiobooks is growing at library branches across Canada library users may find they have trouble finding the materials they are looking for. This…

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By Sue Tiffin Published Nov. 22, 2018    Beloved magical nanny Mary Poppins is coming to Haliburton next summer, opening the 20th season of the Highlands Summer Festival with a musical the whole family will…

It’s a book it’s play – it’s Sea Sick. On Nov. 12 award-winning journalist and author Alanna Mitchell will bring her one-woman show Sea Sick to the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion. The play is…

By Chad Ingram Sept. It’s the play of light and shadow that attracts Gord Jones to painting wintry scenes. The Kushog Lake resident and watercolour artist is part of the Haliburton County Studio Tour which…