By Chad Ingram Published July 27 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a July 20 meeting of Algonquin Highlands council. Residents are concerned about an application to the province that would…
Show branches into new territory
By Robert Mackenzie Published July 27 2017 This year the Minden Flower Show is changing its name to the Minden Garden Show as it approaches its 38th annual showcase on Aug. 11. Committee chair Michelle…
Writers tell diverse tales at public reading
By Sue Tiffin Published July 27 2017 The theme was Canada 150 but the seven writers sharing their works at the Tall Pine Tales public reading on July 19 all approached it differently. Whether in…
Women Who Care reunite at Dominion
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Moffatt becomes 'mayor' in Algonquin Highlands
By Chad Ingram Published July 20 2017 The title of the head of council in theTownship of Algonquin Highlands is no longer “reeve” but “mayor.” Councillors had voted at their June meetingthat a bylaw enacting…
Flood mitigation process will be slow
By Chad Ingram Published July 19 2017 Controlling flooding in the village ofMinden will be a long drawn out process. While that's not what residents wantedto hear that was the overarching message during a post-flood…
Changes to legislation to address climate change
By Jenn Watt Published July 20 2017 A meeting with the environmental commissioner of Ontario got local politicians talking about upcoming legislation that will affect municipalities. However specifics about how that change will happen are…
Minden Hills to remediate landfill
By Chad Ingram Published July 20 2017 Minden Hills township will perform some $155000 of remediation work at its Scotch Line landfill in response to a provincial officer’s order issued by the Ministry of Environment…
Province funds HHHS infrastructure project
By Sue Tiffin Published July 20 2017 Plans are in the works to improve health facility infrastructure in the county with a $293500 investment from the provincial government. Haliburton Highlands Health Services was awarded the…
Selling cyber liability insurance
By Chad Ingram Published July 20 2017 The internet brings with it various threats threats municipalities may want to protect themselves from through insurance. At a June meeting Minden Hills councillors were visited by Meghan…
Therapeutic farm a finalist in $20000 competition
By Robert Mackenzie Published July 20 2017 Haliburton’s therapeutic horseback riding academy Walkabourt Farm has been named a finalist for the Tangerine 20 contest’s $20000 grand prize. Walkabout Farm offers therapeutic riding non-riding and horsemanship…
Twilight through the eyes of a young artist
By George Farrell Published July 20 2017 For those people in our long-term care facilities who are in their twilight years works of art can help to brighten up a day. That is the sentiment…
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By Sue Tiffin Published July 18 2017 No human or equine cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Ontario this year but the virus has been discovered in a batch of mosquitoes from…
Boshkung Social gets people talking
By Sue Tiffin Published July 13 2017 Water Street in Minden was abuzz even before Canada Day celebrations there began when staff at Boshkung Brewing Co. were working hard to open their new location Boshkung…
Commissioner urges action on climate crisis
By Jenn Watt Published July 13 2017 The world that environmental commissioner Dianne Saxe grew up in is an impossibility for today’s youth – or any of the youth in the foreseeable future. The progress…
Exhibition challenges the conventional ideas of the tent
By Darren Lum Published July 13 2017 Artist John Notten invites the public to see the tent inan entirely new way when they come to see his show TheTent Project. It’s the latest exhibition hosted…
Housing project in Minden complete
By Darren Lum Published July 13 2017 From the smiles and appreciative gestures it’s easy to see how the residents of the Pinegrove Place feel about their new home run by the Kawartha-Lakes Haliburton Housing…
Radio show explores Indigenous issues
By Jenn Watt Published July 13 2017 Despite having Métis lineage on both sides of his family Minden Hills resident Larry O’Connor said he still knows much less than he’d like about his background and…
Slow down minimum wage process: chamber
By Robert Mackenzie Published July 11 2017 The Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce is advocating for a slower implementation of the $15 minimum wage being proposed by the Ontario government. In a press release the…
Troy Optical sets sights on Minden
By Sue Tiffin Published July 13 2017 After years of talking about opening his own optical store when it all came together for Troy English it happened quickly. English a Canning Lake resident opened the…
Writers present versions of Canadiana in new book
By Jenn Watt Published July 11 2017 Patricia Miller has cottaged in the Highlands her whole life. Her parents bought land on Lake Kashagawigamog in 1968 the same property that she and her family now…