By Sue Tiffin Published July 5 2018 Collaboration was in full force when 30 kids and their parents gathered in the Minden Hills Cultural Centre to take part in the second annual Mini Makers Engineering…
MH presses pause on septic re-inspection program
By Chad Ingram Published July 5 2018 Minden Hills council has decided not to move ahead with a contract with firm WSP Canada to conduct a septic re-inspection program for the township at this time.…
Near tragedy on lake offers lesson
By Darren Lum Published July 5 2018 South Lake cottager Spiro Papadatos has seen his share of irresponsible things done on the lake in his seven years of cottaging. However several weeks ago he witnessed…
New MH fire hall officially open
By Chad Ingram Published July 5 2018 Minden Hills’ long-awaited new fire hall along Highway 35 is officially open after a ribbon-cutting ceremony during the weekend. Discussed around the township’s council table through a succession…
Still many unanswered questions for pot legalization
By Chad Ingram Published July 5 2018 A little more than three months before marijuana is set to become legal across the country it’s clear there remain numerous unanswered questions for law enforcement officials and…
Vet to build new clinic on Booth Street
Dr. Jenn Morrow of the Minden Animal Hospital has purchased a vacant lot on Booth Street where she will construct a new modern veterinary clinic. Paul MacInnes whose name may be familiar to some from…
AH looks at financial assistance for septic costs
By Chad Ingram Published June 28 2018 Algonquin Highlands council is looking at ways to provide financial help to residents who may not be able to afford septic system repairs or replacements that may be…
Archie Stouffer ‘grows them good in Minden’
By Sue Tiffin Published June 28 2018 (See the photo gallery here .) Emotions were high students were dressed to the nines and the crowd of parents family friends and community members gathered at Archie…
Busy year for Haliburton Highlands Health Services
By Chad Ingram Published June 28 2018 The past year saw the opening of the palliative care centre at the Haliburton Highlands Health Services facility in Haliburton Village a facility that has been used by…
Minden daycare to stay open under new ownership
By Olivia Robinson Published June 28 2018 Parents were flooded with relief that Peterborough-based company Compass Early Learning and Care had confirmed a new agreement to continue daycare service at the OEYC in Minden without…
Police looking for stolen pickup truck
On Sunday June 24 at approximately 8:28 a.m. officers from the Haliburton Highlands Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle from a driveway on Duck Lake Rd in…
Township issues user survey for Dorset library
By Chad Ingram Published June 28 2018 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a June 21 meeting of Algonquin Highlands council. The township will issue a survey for users of the Dorset…
Up River Trading Co. in Minden to open Yogen…
By Olivia Robinson Published June 28 2018 Local residents and cottagers will soon be able to indulge in low-fat and dairy-free frozen treats. A Yogen Früz kiosk is slated to open in Minden’s Up River…
Wildcats build a legacy for Minden
By Darren Lum Published June 28 2018 The sunny blue sky day was a fitting reflection of the efforts of the Grade 7s and 8s at Archie Stouffer Elementary School who started constructing their yet-to-be-named…
Stacey offers service with a smile
By Sue Tiffin Published June 21 2018 It’s a weekday morning and the clubroom in Minden’s Royal Canadian Legion on Highway 35 isn’t technically open yet but that doesn’t stop a fairly steady stream of…
Couchiching Conservancy boasts new nature reserve bordering provincial…
The Couchiching Conservancy has acquired 728 acres of natural habitat including 4.4 kilometres of shoreline adjacent to the Black River about 30 kilometres southwest from Minden. Through hundreds of donations including a large contribution by…
Daycare decision leaves families scrambling
By Olivia Robinson Published June 21 2018 Parents and caregivers of children enrolled at the Ontario Early Years Centre in Minden are scrambling to find child-minding after being notified with just one week’s notice that…
Laundry facility proposed for Prince Street
The following are brief reports of items discussed during a June 14 Minden Hills committee-of-the-whole meeting. A laundry facility is being proposed for a vacant lot at the corner of Prince and Booth streets in…
Maxine Snell named Senior of the Year
From years heading up the county fair board to volunteering with the Minden Health Care Auxiliary and the United Church Women longtime resident Maxine Snell was named the 2018 Minden Hills Senior of the Year…
Sayne cites septic concerns
By Chad Ingram Published June 21 2018 Minden Hills Ward 2 Councillor Pam Sayne has numerous concerns about the lone bid the township received for the delivery of a mandatory septic re-inspection program and the…
Spreading sass in downtown Minden
Sassy Digs is opening a second location in Minden and its owner is looking for relief from a township bylaw requiring a certain number of parking spaces in order to facilitate an outdoor seating/retail area.…