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.…
Dearth of help in the Highlands
Private businesses and public entities in Haliburton County seem to be having difficulty finding help for the summer and employees in general in some cases. A number of businesses and local governments have been unable…
Fed up residents clean up Bobcaygeon Road cemetery
By Chad Ingram Published June 14 2018 Community members frustrated with the state of the cemetery along Bobcaygeon Road in Minden took matters into their own hands during the weekend cutting the cemetery’s grass and…
Haliburton chamber of commerce in good hands
By Sue Tiffin Published June 14 2018 Autumn Wilson called the Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce’s annual general meeting held June 5 a “big success.” The outgoing manager said more than 40 people attended the…
Harvey Walker makes the move
By Sue Tiffin Published June 14 2018 Artist Harvey Walker is finally a full-time resident in the area where he has firmly planted roots and followed opportunities along the way to get here. About 30…
NDP and Liberal candidates cite 'uphill battle'
By Sue Tiffin Published June 14 2018 NDP candidate Zac Miller was answering questions on a bench outside of his campaign office on Kent Street in Lindsay early on election night. “I’m nervous at the…
Scott elected in PC majority
By Chad Ingram Published June 14 2018 Laurie Scott will again serve as MPP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock and for the first time her seat will be located on the government side of Queen’s Park. Scott…
Gull River tube rentals get green light
By Chad Ingram Published June 7, 2018 Minden Hills council has approved a proposal from Minden River Run, which will provide tube rentals and a shuttle service, allowing people to float from Rotary Park…
Knitter keeps casting on
Keeping her hands busy with yarn has helped Kyla Grexton stay focused even when the stressors of life have been overwhelming. A knitter since she was a kid Grexton 40 always gravitated to creative crafts…
Laurie Scott wins in Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock
Published June 7 2018 PC candidate Laurie Scott reclaimed her seat in Queen's Park Thursday evening. With election results rolling in at a rapid pace CBC called the riding for Scott by 9:30 p.m. As…
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Expert explores the fascinating lives of bats
By Sue Tiffin Published June 7 2018 Utterly intriguing are the words BrockFenton uses to describe the small animals he's been studying for morethan 40 years but the crowd gathered at the Minden Hills CulturalCentre…
500 acres donated to land trust
The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust announced at its June 2 annual general meeting that close to 500 acres has been donated to the HHLT which will be known as the Barnum Creek Nature Reserve. Leopoldina…
ASES sings dances celebrates talent
By Sue Tiffin Published June 7 2018 It was a hot evening in the Archie Stouffer Elementary School gym on the evening of May 31 – both with humidity and a stage full of talent.…
Minden Hills gateway to large provincial park
By Chad Ingram Published June 7 2018 Minden Hills is a gateway to a little-known ecological gem called the Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park or “QE2.” Staff from the park visited Minden Hills councillors…
Residents want Irondale landfill closed
A group of residents who live in the area of the Irondale landfill contend the site violates numerous provincial regulations and are asking that it be shut down. Ivor Thompson and a number of his…