By Jenn Watt Published May 11 2017 When Gladys Fowler was growing up her father grew vegetable gardens on their two-acre property. He arranged different crops in long rows beans in one peas in another…

By Chad Ingram Published May 8 2017 While the Gull River continues to floodMinden on the morning of Monday May 8 the rate at which the riveris rising was beginning to ease up and Minden…

Published: Saturday May 6 2017 Updated: Sunday May 7 2017 Following days of rain many roads in Minden Hills and the surrounding area have been closed. On Saturday May 6 the Township of Minden Hills…

By Jenn Watt Published May 4 2017 For Masons a visit from the Grand Master is a rare occurrence. Representing all Masonic lodges in Ontario Grand Master John C. Green isn’t able to make appearances…

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By Chad Ingram Published May 4 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during an April 26 meeting of Haliburton County council. Since March 31 2016 just fewer than 6000 acres of forest…

By Chad Ingram Published May 2 2017 Haliburton County will make a request to the provincial government that the municipality become the ultimate approval authority on official plan amendments a change that could save residents…

By Chad Ingram Published May 4 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during an April 27 meeting of Minden Hills council. The township will commission a bronze monument honouring artist André Lapine…

By Jenn Watt Published May 2 2017 For a moment it seemed the Haliburton CARP chapter was in real trouble. Standing at the front of the Legion executive members warned the assembled audience at the…

By Chad Ingram Published May 4 2017 The North Frontenac Telephone Company which is bringing high-speed Internet to downtown Haliburton via fibre-optic cable plans to construct a fibre-optic network in the village of Minden as…

By Chad Ingram Published May 4 2017 While Ontario’s Liberal government is trotting out its 2017 budget as the province’s first balanced budget in a decade the Opposition says it actually hides a $5 billion…

By Chad Ingram April 27 2017 How Bob Lake residents get their boats inand out of the water body south of Minden this year will be up to them. Last year the owner of the…

By Sue Tiffin Published April 27 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during an April 20 meeting of Algonquin Highlands council. Council discussed the plight of the monarch butterfly after receiving a…

By Darren Lum Published April 27 2017 It was a small gesture with big results showing she cared and helping others to do the same. Lillie Garbutt posted a photo of a heartfelt message to…

By Jenn Watt Published April 27 2017 Peter Hynard took the audience back into Haliburton’s past – way back – 1.1 billion years ago in order to create a picture of how the region’s forests…

By Jerelyn Craden Special to the Times Published April 27 2017 Ontario’s decision to end hunting of snapping turtles has given the David Suzuki Foundation Canadian Herpetological Society Ontario Nature and the Haliburton Highlands Land…

By Darren Lum Published April 27 2017 Drawing visitors here is all about making connections with people online through personal authentic stories whether with words images or video. This is the backbone of the Ontario…

By George Farrell Published April 27 2017 The Rail Trail Rambles take place on Sundays in the spring along rail beds in the Highlands where locomotives once sped. What makes these rambles as opposed to…