By Chad Ingram Published July 12 2018 After three generations of being operated by the Wunker family Miners’ Bay Lodge has a new owner. Or more appropriately owners. A collective of long-time guests have purchased…
Moffatt files papers in AH
By Chad Ingram Published July 12 2018 There will be a couple of more names on the ballot in Algonquin Highlands for the Oct. 22 municipal election. Mayor Carol Moffatt has filed nomination papers to…
New daycare spaces for Minden
By Chad Ingram Published July 12 2018 Minden will be getting 23 new licensed daycare spaces after the City of Kawartha Lakes which is the social services provider for the county received funding from the…
Changes may be coming for Irondale landfill site
By Chad Ingram Published July 5 2018 In late May a group of residents from Milburn Road visited Minden Hills councillors with numerous complaints about the Irondale landfill asking that the site be closed. Residents…
Scott getting briefed on portfolio this week
By Chad Ingram Published July 5 2018 Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott Ontario’s new labour minister wasgetting briefed on her portfolio this week. The province’s new PC majority government was sworn in on Friday June…
Council increases remuneration to offset tax break
By Chad Ingram Published July 5 2018 Haliburton County councillors will increase their remuneration at the upper-tier level so that their take-home pay remains the same in light of federal income tax changes. As part…
Learning disguised as fun in rollercoaster and catapult…
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…