A blue-green algae bloom was confirmed on Big Brother Lake in Algonquin Highlands earlier this month. Although the bloom has since dissipated the township and the Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners’ Associations are advising residents…
Gord Jones: Playing with light in winter
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…
Pottery in the Forest opens studio in the…
By Sue Tiffin Published Sept. 25 2018 Not long after Bernie Nicholson retired two years ago from her job in the employment centre at Fleming College she set up a 50-by-25-foot studio 10 feet away…
AH candidates talk housing cell service
Four candidates – two for Ward 1 and two for Ward 3 – presented their perspectives to voters at the Algonquin Highlands all-candidates meeting on Sept. 13 at the Dorset Recreation Centre. Topics ranged from…
Biologist cites concerns over landfill
A species-at-risk-biologist says he has concerns about potential groundwater contamination stemming from the Irondale landfill and its implications for wildlife and is requesting that Minden Hills council close and cap the site transforming it into…
Candidates weigh in on Dorset library
Algonquin Highlands council candidates were asked about the future of the Dorset library branch during an all-candidates meeting on Sept. 13 and all seem in favour of maintaining library services in one way or another.…
Minden Hills to cull the gulls
The Township of Minden Hills will move ahead with a plan to rid the Scotch Line landfill and nearby Mountain Lake of hundreds of seagulls a multi-pronged process that will entail killing some of the…
Minden raises almost $18K for 25th Terry Fox…
At the beginning of the year Terry Fox Run organizer Diane Peacock attended an annual organizers’ workshop where she had the opportunity to hear the nurse who looked after Terry speak. “She’s 83 years old…
Rally honours struggles of suffrage
By Sue Tiffin Published Sept. 20 2018 One hundred years ago it might have been commonplace to see women dressed in period clothing walking down Bobcaygeon Road toward the Village Green to join together rally…
Rotary Park greener for TD Tree Days
By Sue Tiffin Published Sept. 20 2018 Early into the annual TD Tree Days planting event in Minden last Saturday volunteers were dripping with sweat and swatting away pesky bugs along the shoreline of Rotary…
MPP Scott defends use of notwithstanding clause
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 18, 2018 Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP and Ontario Labour Minister Laurie Scott is defending the Ford government’s unprecedented use of the notwithstanding clause to override a judge’s decision, allowing the…
ETFO takes legal action against province
The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario is taking legal action against the provincial government seeking a court injunction against the repeal of the 2015 physical and health education curriculum as well as the creation of…
Fred Fox praises Minden run
Tears applause and a standing ovation spoke volumes about what it meant to the people of Minden to see Fred Fox Terry Fox’s older brother speak at the Minden Hills Community Centre. Fred who is…
Judy Flieger awarded lifetime membership by Legion
Basking in the afternoon sunlight Judy Flieger accepted her lifetime membership from friends and comrades at the Royal Canadian Legion branch 636 Minden on Saturday Sept. 8. Flieger earned the award for outstanding service and…
Minden's O'Malley one happy camper
By Sue Tiffin Published Sept. 13 2018 When Teo O’Malley was six years old he went for the first time on a week-long camping program at Camp Medeba a summer camp and outdoor education centre…
Some bridge projects over budget
The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Sept. 11 meeting of the Haliburton County roads committee. A number of infrastructure projects on the county’s roster for the year have been completed a…
Toy sale to benefit Walkabout Farm
The proceeds from the sale of toys from the Compass Early Learning and Care Centre (formerly the OEYC daycare) will benefit Walkabout Farm a local therapeutic equestrian facility. The sale will take place on Saturday…
MH defers tax exemption conversation
Minden Hills councillors will let members of the next council decide how they want to deal with the end of a tax exemption that has traditionally given elected officials a third of their income tax-free.…
U of T student dies on Gull Lake
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 6 2017 A Mississauga family is looking for answersafter Anand Baiju an 18-year-old civil engineering student from the Universityof Toronto died on Gull Lake on Tuesday afternoon. “We are kept…
Council backs health unit on basic income
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 6 2018 The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Aug. 29 meeting of Haliburton County council. County councillors passed a resolution putting their views on the record…
County council hears about Innisfil/Uber transit model
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 6 2018 After hearing a presentation about the transit partnership between the Town of Innisfil and ride sharing company Uber Haliburton County council passed a resolution to make contact with…