By Sue Tiffin Published May 31 2018 A bird’s eye view of the Minden Hills Cultural Centre and Museum grounds on the morning of May 25 would have shown parades of children heading there for…
HKLB Green party candidate declines media interviews
By Chad Ingram Published May 25 2018 Apparently the Green party candidatein Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock will not be conducting mediainterviews leading up to the June 7 provincial election. The party has confirmed that LynnTherien is the…
County commits to mobile broadband expansion project
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Couple of fans talk sci-fi video games
By Sue Tiffin Published May 24, 2018 Through a voice-activated X-Box, The Flash television series is paused in Trevor Clement and Christine Barnes’s living room. The Minden couple sit on their couch surrounded by…
Housing task force gathers public input
This past Saturday was the beginning of an ongoing effort to learn what the public wants when it comes to meeting housing needs in Minden. The Minden Hills Housing Task Force invited the public to…
Mixed bag on cap and trade
While some provincial candidates in Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock favour Ontario’s cap-and-trade system others oppose it and one does not have a position on the issue. The system sets a cap on the amount of greenhouse gas…
Nature's Place home to new climate change display
By Olivia Robinson Published May 24 2018 Disease. Infestation. Extreme weather. These are just a few of the consequences of human caused climate change in Haliburton County as highlighted in a new Environment Haliburton! display…
Some voters make statement by declining ballots
By Chad Ingram Published May 24 2018 There seems to be some dissatisfaction province-wide about the choices before Ontarians for the June 7 provincial election. The more apathetic among us may choose not to vote…
Two more candidates enter provincial race
By Chad Ingram Published May 24 2018 H aliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock has two more candidates for the June 7 provincial election bringing the total number of candidates in the riding to seven. Lynn Therien will run…
Candidate runs under Consensus Ontario banner
By Chad Ingram Published May 17 2018 Chuck MacMillan says the partisan political system fails Ontarians since MPPs become beholden to the directives of their parties often forgetting about the priorities of their ridings along…
Campaign offers prizes to parents who read with…
Published May 15 2018 Discover a rewards program…no purchase is required. The #ReadWithMe campaign is designed to “reward” parents/caregivers who read with their children during Speech and Hearing Month in May. Local families can win…
Romeo and Juliet ignites summer theatre season
By Angelica Ingram Published May 15 2018 A famous balcony two dueling families and many kisses will be coming to the Highlands as the 2018 season of the Highlands Summer Festival kicks off with Romeo…
ASES Leadership Day proves together is better
“Great happens here” said Archie Stouffer Elementary School students in a video presented on Leadership Day May 11 to an assembly gathered at the school. By the time the day showcasing the schools’ focus on…
Author encourages writers to ‘write with intention’
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…
Bioheat system sparks council's interest
The village of Haliburton may not be the only community in the county getting a wood-fuelled district heat system for its downtown. Jamie Stephen of Torchlight Bioresources visited Minden Hills councillors during their May 10…
Diversifying dining at the daycare
Toddlers step in from outdoor play and loudly inhale. It smells delicious they note. A visitor to the EarlyON Child and Family Centre daycare in Minden says that it smells like Thanksgiving dinner in there.…
Province changes firefighting training requirements
Changes from the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services to the Fire Protection and Prevention Act will create new criteria for mandatory training and certification of firefighters in the province. The changes will…
Reporter is longtime Minden cottager
By Olivia Robinson Published May 17 2018 My parents fell in love with the Haliburton Highlands over 30 years ago when they bought a cottage in Minden. Since then I’ve been extremely lucky to spend…
Snowmobiling association discusses challenging winter at AGM
Treasurer Jim Richert who delivered the HCSA’s latest numbers via phone at the Saturday morning meeting said that the club’s total income was $121482.39 compared to the $152731.58 it doled out on expenses which rounded…
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…
AH to consult public about Dorset library
The Township of Algonquin Highlands will consult users the Dorset Recreation Centre about how they would like to see the space within the building that has housed the Dorset branch of the Haliburton County Public…