Algonquin Highlands council is signing a contract with internet provider Xplornet allowing the company to install equipment on the Dorset tower during a 10-year lease period. There has been negotiation between the township and the…
AH tax levy increase approximately four per cent
By Chad Ingram Published March 8 2018 Algonquin Highlands council is poised to pass the municipality’s 2018 budget with a tax levy increase of just more than four per cent. Councillors had another round of…
Municipalities plan to take advantage of U-Links program
By Chad Ingram Published March 8 2018 A program offered by the U-Links Centre for Community-Based Research could prove useful for local municipalities. U-Links director Sonja Addison visited Haliburton County councillors during a Feb. 28…
Six homeless housed in county
By Chad Ingram Published March 8 2018 Six homeless people in Haliburton County have been housed during the past year and a half or so and many more throughout the City of Kawartha Lakes. Hope…
Algonquin woman to share untold history of Algonquin…
By Nate Smelle Published March 1 2018 Even though each year millions of tourists from around the world visit Algonquin Park few of these individuals return home from their travels with any more than a…
Child remains in hospital following snowmobile accident
By Chad Ingram Published March 1 2018 A young boy who was injured in a snowmobile accident on Kawagama Lake on Family Day weekend remains in Sick Kids’ Hospital in Toronto. An online fundraising page…
Claude Brown Road launch proposal sunk
A boat launch the Bob Lake Association was proposing for an unopened shoreline road allowance off Claude Brown Road will not be constructed. Members of the association had visited township councillors in December with their…
EarlyON planning to expand in 2018
In the coming months the City of Kawartha Lakes is planning to expand the programs and services it offers through the EarlyON Child and Family Centre. City of Kawartha Lakes’ manager of social services Janine…
MH council set to pass budget
By Chad Ingram Published March 1 2018 After a fourth round of budget discussions Minden Hills council is set to pass the 2018 budget. The tax levy increase will be 8.6 per cent over last…
A raise for firefighters
The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Feb. 15 meeting of Algonquin Highlands council. Councillors unanimously voted to up the rate of pay for firefighters in Algonquin Highlands after a report from…
AH budget talks underway
By Sue Tiffin Published Feb. 22 2018 Budget discussions are underway in Algonquin Highlands with two meetings held last week on Feb. 13 and 15 and one planned for the first week ofMarch. At this…
County partners with HHOA on Gould's Creek
By Sue Tiffin Published Feb. 20 2018 The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Feb. 14 county committee meetings. The Haliburton Highlands Outdoors Association (HHOA) has asked the county for funding support…
Local teen travels to Sudbury pageant
By Nate Smelle Published Feb. 22 2018 Minden’s Jordyn Greer will be joining dozens of young women aged 13 to 26 gathering in Sudbury this May to compete in the 13th annual Miss North Ontario…
Sanctuary donations help save local wildlife
By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 22 2018 Angie Steckle grips a great horned owl around its small feathered body its injured talon in the hands of retired veterinarian Jennifer Coates. The nursery/ICU at Woodlands Wildlife…
Author draws inspiration from grandkids
By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 15 2018 The idea for Marie Gage’s first children’s book came from watching her grandchild Blake and his love of monkeys. After retiring in 2009 the Minden Hills resident decided…
Fearless girls at ASES lift each other up
By Sue Tiffin Published Feb. 15 2018 Grade 5 students and close friends Maya Johnson Chloe Hartwig Kennedy Gill and Jazmin Smith were struggling. The girls were experiencing conflict with each other in their friendships…
Join Catch the Cure in Minden this Saturday
By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 15 2018 When Bethan McCutcheon is out in Minden with her two boys Tecwyn and Tathan they’re greeted with smiles and friendly banter. Her kids are included at the park…
Kinmount Winterfest glistens
By Sue Tiffin Published Feb. 15 2018 Weather – including a downpour of freezing rain – might have affected the numbers of people who turned out for Kinmount’s Winterfest on Feb. 10 and 11 but…
Minden matches Dysart’s hall rental prices for minor…
By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 15 2018 The following are brief reports of items discussed at the committee of the whole meeting of Minden Hills council on Feb. 8. Following a request from minor hockey…
Two men rescued from lake
Published Feb. 14 2018 Dysart fire department is again warning people to exercise caution on frozen lakes following an early morning rescue on Friday. The call came in at 3:38 a.m. on Feb. 9 that…
Minden Hills reduces proposed tax increase
By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 13 2018 Staff have been able to find savings across several departments at the Township of Minden Hills lowering the financial shortfall in the proposed 2018 budget. At its budget…