Ruth E. Walker an Oshawa-based author welcomes a group of writers at an intimate gathering at the Minden Hills Cultural Centre with a powerful statement – that even she didn’t know she was a writer…
Greer to continue mental health awareness campaign at…
By Nate Smelle Special to the Times Published May 10 2018 Having only recently returned home from the 13th annual Miss North Ontario 2018 pageant in Sudbury Minden’s Jordyn Greer is already aspiring to reach…
Community makes connections at celebration of research
By Sue Tiffin Published March 29 2018 An afternoon devoted to the annual U-Links Celebration of Research became an afternoon of making connections for the students who studied the county local community partners who helped…
Orchestra spends afternoon with mentors
It’s a sunny spring-like day as the enticing sounds of a brass sectional spill out from a meeting room at the Pinestone Resort filling the air outside with music. Inside the room members of the…
Author draws inspiration from grandkids
By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 15 2018 The idea for Marie Gage’s first children’s book came from watching her grandchild Blake and his love of monkeys. After retiring in 2009 the Minden Hills resident decided…
Kinmount Winterfest glistens
By Sue Tiffin Published Feb. 15 2018 Weather – including a downpour of freezing rain – might have affected the numbers of people who turned out for Kinmount’s Winterfest on Feb. 10 and 11 but…
Minden exhibit features three emerging artists
By Sue Tiffin Published Feb. 8 2018 It’s a unique opportunity not to be missed – the chance to hear from three emerging artists living in Haliburton County who shine a light on their thought…
Author releases The Best Present Ever
By Nate Smelle Published Dec. 7 2017 Just in time for Christmas local author Irene Davidson-Fisher has released her latest book entitled The Best Present Ever . The book tells the story of a young…
Book recounts near-death experience
By Nate Smelle Published Nov. 9 2017 The award-winning author and motivational speaker Cyndi Desjardins-Wilkens will be signing and selling copies of her book Shine On at this year’s Wintergreen Christmas Market in Minden Hills…
Algonquin Outfitters raises thousands for arts
By Times Staff Published Oct. 5 2017 This summer’s paddle art contest ended up far surpassing anything organizers at Alqonguin Outfitters could have imagined. The contest distributed blank paddles to participants and asked them to…
Ellis Paul to perform in Haliburton
Ellis Paul will appear at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion on Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Some artists chronicle their lives through music while others chronicle the time they live in. Paul has a…
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…
Sophia Tink celebrating 10th anniversary on Studio Tour
By Darren Lum Published Sept. 26 2017 Like the changing autumn leaves of the Highlands local artist Sophia Tink has been a perennial presence among the diverse artists on the Haliburton County Studio Tour for…
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…
Twilight through the eyes of a young artist
By George Farrell Published July 20 2017 For those people in our long-term care facilities who are in their twilight years works of art can help to brighten up a day. That is the sentiment…
Exhibition challenges the conventional ideas of the tent
By Darren Lum Published July 13 2017 Artist John Notten invites the public to see the tent inan entirely new way when they come to see his show TheTent Project. It’s the latest exhibition hosted…
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…
Writers present versions of Canadiana in new book
By Jenn Watt Published July 11 2017 Patricia Miller has cottaged in the Highlands her whole life. Her parents bought land on Lake Kashagawigamog in 1968 the same property that she and her family now…
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…
Lighthearted musical starts summer theatre season
By Sue Tiffin Published July 5 2017 A stage full of smiles and an audience full of laughter opened the 18th season of the Highlands Summer Festival on July 3 with A Funny Thing Happened…