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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

With the wisdom of Job the organizersof our Junk in the Trunk sale was moved from a rainy Saturday toa sunny Sunday. Fred was barbecuing breakfast and lunch. A good time washad by all. This…

By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 10 2017 The redevelopment of the former Beaver Theatre in downtown Minden is on hold the owner says. Last week Rahim Lakhani confirmed to the paper that a project to…

By Robert Mackenzie Published Aug. 10 2017 Chris Giatti was on one of his few days off when he was told he’d be heading out to British Columbia to help fight the province’s ongoing wildfires.…

By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 10 2017 Former Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Rick Johnson has been named an Ontario justice of the peace. According to the Ministry of the Attorney General Johnson is one of 25…

By Robert Mackenzie Published Aug. 10 2017 After a groundbreaking medical procedure more than a week in the hospital and a mini press tour Kristine Barry and Christopher Havill were finally able to bring their…

By Darren Lum Published Aug. 10 2017 When Minden’s Marci Mandel and her husband Alan Clark were considering a home for their golden years they never thought of the Passive House standard until a local…

By Robert Mackenzie Published Aug. 10 2017 Haliburton County’s municipalities are taking steps to develop septic reinspection plans in order to prevent blue green algae blooms in the county’s lakes and rivers. Septic tanks are…

By Darren Lum Published Aug. 10 2017 It’s been a long time since Kinmount’s Ted Wilkins rode around on his homemade motorcycle powered by a chainsaw in a bicycle frame. He never knew it would…

By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 2 2017 P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } The Minden man who successfullytrademarked the word “Haliburton” for commercial purposes hasassigned the trademark to the County of Haliburton. As reported earlier it…

By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 3 2017 A series of province-wide appeals and settlements have decreased the assessed value of certain kinds of businesses within Ontario and a settlement with one popular restaurant chain means…

By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 3 2017 Any residents whose properties were severely affected by flooding in May have an option to request their properties be re-evaluated by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation. “Property owners…

By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 3 3017 Jim Garbutt owner of J. Garbutt Enterprises waste disposal company is not happy about the new tipping fees for compactor trucks at the Scotch Line landfill in Minden…

By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 3 2017 The term length for warden of Haliburton County – the head of county council – will remain at one year. Haliburton County council is comprised of eight councillors…

By Sue Tiffin Published Aug. 3 2017 Plans to expand an existing sand pit about six kilometres northeast of Dorset into an approximately 52-acre quarry brought more than 100 people to the Dorset Rec Centre…

By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 3 2017 Haliburton County will pass on a provincial pilot program where firefighters will perform some paramedic duties. Under the program firefighters who have done paramedic training would be able…