By Robert Mackenzie Published Sept. 7 2017 The doors to some historic Minden buildings will open to the public Sept. 16 as the town holds its third Doors Open since 2009. Doors Open is an…
AH awaits report on log chute
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 31 2017 Algonquin Highlands township will await a report from its insurance provider after the damaged Hawk Lake Log Chute was inspected on Friday Aug. 25. The log chute sustained…
Busy season dampened by rain
By Sue Tiffin Published Aug. 31 2017 Another summer is coming to an end in the Highlands – but while some businesses said they were busy for others the above average days of rainfall made…
Minden Pride represents with support from crowds
By Sue Tiffin Published Aug. 31 2017 Record numbers of visitors came out for Minden Pride the second annual celebration and first full-week of events and activities celebrating the LGBTQ (lesbian gay bisexual transgender and…
Paddler raise $1700 for local charities
Haliburton made its mark at the Barrie Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday Aug. 26. The three-race effort paid off: the Haliburton Highlands Paddlers placed second in the festival’s Female Consolation final. Race coach Lois Deacon…
Learn how to reduce your hydro bill with…
By Robert Mackenzie Published Aug. 24 2017 The Save on Hydro workshop coming to the county Sept. 8 plans to give some residents $30 in order to teach them ways to lower their energy consumption…
Making waves on flood mitigation
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 24 2017 Representatives of Minden Hills and Haliburton County met with provincial and federal officials during last week’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference looking for help with flood mitigation…
Minden Carnarvon churches to amalgamate
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 24 2017 The Minden United Church and Carnarvon’s Zion United Church will join forces in 2018 forming a new amalgamated church. “Over the last couple of years the three churches…
Minden shows its pride flying rainbow flag
By Darren Lum Published Aug. 24 2017 With an acknowledgement of the past Minden is moving forward to a society of inclusiveness marked by a swelling of support at the township’s rainbow flag raising ceremony…
New owners for Minden’s Home Hardware
By Sue Tiffin Published Aug. 24 2017 Dan and Emily Moulton have been busy over the past few years. In 2012 just 24 years old they purchased their first Home Hardware Building Centre in Hanover.…
Provincial leaders reject infrastructure solution
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 24 2017 During last week’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties rejected the idea of raising the HST by one per cent…
Resident infected with West Nile virus
By Robert Mackenzie Published Aug. 24 2017 The Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge Health Unit is warning residents to take precautions against mosquitoes after a local person was infected with West Nile virus for the first…
Virtuoso to play in place of The Poet…
By Sue Tiffin Published Aug. 24 2017 Plans have changed but music lovers and concertgoers looking to take in a performance described as being different and exceptional will not be disappointed. Organizers of the Haliburton…
Consider Minden Rotary
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 17 2017 Anyone looking for something to get involved in or a way to help their community will find both in the Rotary Club of Minden. “We still want more…
County plans to launch paramedicine program in October
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 15 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during an Aug. 9 meeting of Haliburton County’s EMS advisory committee. Haliburton County was successful in its application for funding…
County to purchase cyber liability insurance
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 17 2017 Haliburton County will purchase cyber liability insurance providing coverage for its municipalities in cases of hackers and system breaches. Councillors on the county’s finance and correspondence committee made…
Dairy finds happy customers in Saudi Arabia
By Robert Mackenzie Published Aug. 17 2017 Faced with summer temperatures that can climb to more than 50 degrees Saudi Arabians could be choosing Ontario’s Kawartha Dairy ice cream as their method to beat the…
Riding academy wins online contest
By Robert Mackenzie Published Aug. 17 2017 Haliburton’s Walkabout Farm Therapeutic Riding Academy is the recipient of the $10000 prize in Tangerine bank’s Tangerine 20 contest. The winners of the contest which aimed to reward…
Growing up gay in Haliburton County
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 17 2017 In his more than seven decades Sinclair Russell has witnessed a seismic shift in societal attitudes toward gay people. Russell 73 was raised in the hamlet of Carnarvon…
Minden Pride grows in its second year
By Darren Lum Published Aug. 17 2017 For the second year Minden will be home to the only pride event in Haliburton County. Minden Pride committee’s co-chairperson Paul Roy is inviting the public to attend…
Septic Social focuses on nitty gritty
By Robert Mackenzie Published Aug. 17 2017 The Township of Algonquin Highlands and engineering consultant WSP are hosting a “Septic Social” to educate residents about the mandatory septic re-inspections coming to the municipality in 2018.…