By Jenn Watt Published April 12 2017 Following news that the provincialoffences court in Minden would be closed from July of 2017 to July of2018 local MPP Laurie Scott has launched a petition. Likening this…

Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott has tabled another private member’s bill one calling for mandatory sexual assault training for judges. Scott tabled the Mandatory Sexual Assault Law Training for Judicial Officers Act in Queen’s Park…

Local MP Jamie Schmale is asking fornominations of those who should be recognized for their contributionsto the riding for Canada 150 Awards. These awards will be given out in Julyfrom individuals in 15 categories that…

By Sue Tiffin Published April 6 2016 Things have changed a bit since the last time I started writingfrom the offices of the Haliburton County Echo . It was Marchthen too but it was 21…

By Chad Ingram Published April 6 2017 After considerable conversation Minden Hills council has settled on a flat fee of $35 per cubic yard of waste from compactor trucks at the Scotch Line landfill and…

By Chad Ingram Published April 6 2017 Minden Hills council is embarking on an economic development strategic plan for the municipality it aims to have completed before the current council term is over in late…

By Darren Lum Published Feb. 9 2017 This year’s recipient of the 2017 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Award has a strong Highlands connection. With friends family and her students looking on Dianne Winmill originally…

By Chad Ingram Published April 6 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a March 30 meeting of Minden Hills council. Minden Hills will spend $35000 on an automated sandbagging machine that…

By Chad Ingram Published April 6 2017 The Ministry of the Attorney General is working on filling a lack of justices of the peace that is causing provincial offences and small claims court proceedings to…

By Jenn Watt Published April 6 2017 Hydro rates are one of the most important issues to Ontarians right now. Polling indicates that above all other issues more people in the province choose electricity as…

By Chad Ingram Published April 6 2017 Veteran planner Greg Bishop gave Minden Hills councillors a thorough history lesson on shoreline road allowances during their March 30 meeting. Bishop made his presentation in response to…

By Darren Lum Published March 30 2017 Standing steps from Nature’s Place in Minden it’s difficult to see past the detritus left behind from the snow melt on the One to Three Youth Garden at…

Published March 30 2017 Algonquin Highlands council will get advice from a lawyer regarding residents of Bear Lake Road hiring a contractor to clear snow from the roadway during the winter. Township staff received an…

By Chad Ingram Published March 30 2017 Councillors passed the 2017 budget with total spending of approximately $8.8 million approximately $4.7 million of that levied from property taxes. That represents a 7.7 per cent increase…

By Chad Ingram Published March 28 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a March 22 meeting of Haliburton County council. Councillors passed the 2017 budget which includes total spending of $21.6…

By Chad Ingram Published March 28 2017 Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MP Jamie Schmale doesn’t believe the riding will benefit much from the Trudeau government’s second budget. Finance minister Bill Morneau unveiled the 2017 federal budget in…

By Chad Ingram Published March 30 3017 Canada’s opposition parties say the Liberal government wants a four-day work week for Parliamentarians and they’re not OK with that. The government is proposing a number of procedural…

By Chad Ingram Published March 30 2017 Updated April 12 2017 The operator of a sewage-spreading field near Maple Lake is applying to the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change for an expansion and the…

By Jenn Watt Published March 30 2017 Jennifer Semach wants to create an inclusive healing environment at Walkabout Farm. Using a herd of horses and potentially other barnyard animals the equestrian is turning her passion…

By Chad Ingram Published March 23 2017 A Minden Hills man who operates his crane business by day spends his weekends as one of the continent’s best sharp shooters. Chuck Hopkins competes through what is…

By Chad Ingram “I'm constrained by the decorum ofthis chamber to limit myself to language that's appropriate” saidHaliburton County Warden Brent Devolin during a March 22 countycouncil meeting. Devolin was reacting to notification thatprovincial offences…