By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 19 2017 It looks like the Minden Hills Cultural Centre – which includes the Agnes Jamieson Gallery Minden Hills Museum and Nature’s Place interpretive centre – will not face the…
Replacement of the Horseshoe Lake dam underway
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 19 2017 Work has begun on the replacement of the Horseshoe Lake dam. “The contractor is currently working toward diverting the Gull River around the construction site by constructing cofferdams”…
School board explains snow day procedures
By Angelica Ingram Published Jan. 17 2017 Last week students across the county awoke to news that it was a snow day and that buses for Trillium Lakelands District School Board were cancelled. They heard…
Survey says largest group of visitors 45 and…
The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Jan. 11 meeting of the Haliburton County tourism committee. The county tourism department continues to conduct an online survey of visitors to the Haliburton Highlands.…
Top cop wants stakeholders' help
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 19 2017 We’re in this together and need each other to resolve challenges facing the community said Haliburton Highlands OPP detachment commander Richard Riopelle. Riopelle spoke about the importance of…
Snowmobile races coming to Minden
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 12 2017 Vintage snowmobile racing is coming to Minden later this month. The Ontario Snowmobile Oval Racers (OSOR) will host two days of activities at the ice track at the…
Dorset bridge gets overhaul
By Chad ingram Published Jan. 11 2017 Anyone travelling through Dorset thisspring can expect to take a detour. During a Jan. 11 Haliburton Countyroads committee meeting councillors gave roads director Craig Douglaspre-budget approval for work…
Breaking down winter road maintenance
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 12 2017 Haliburton County received significant snowfall in December and so far that snowfall has been continuing into the New Year. What happens within municipal roads departments when the community…
Cellular gap top priority for EOWC in 2017
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 12 2017 Improving cellular networks and broadband Internet services is the No. 1. priority of the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus for 2017. The EOWC which represents about 750000 residents in…
Skepticism over the benefit of cap and trade
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 12 2017 It’s expected that Ontario’s new cap-and-trade program – anticipated to increase the price or gasoline and home heating among other items – will negatively impact Haliburton County residents…
Home is where the career is for newest…
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 5 2016
Kinmount pharmacy robbed
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 5 2017 OPP are looking for information regarding a robbery at the Kinmount pharmacy just after Christmas. The robbery happened at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday Dec. 27. "A male…
Talking pipelines and climate change
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 5 2017
CRTC declares Internet an essential service
The Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has declared the Internet should be an essential service for all Canadians which is coming as welcome news in rural communities including Haliburton County. On Dec. 21…
Reeves share highlights of 2016 and look ahead…
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 5 2017 The Times asked Minden Hills Reeve Brent Devolin and Algonquin Highlands Reeve Carol Moffatt to share some highlights and challenges from 2016 and goals for 2017 with the…
Chamber looks ahead to gala
By Angelica Ingram Jan. 2 2016 The celebration of the 2017 Business and Community AchievementAwards may be months away but the Haliburton Highlands Chamber ofCommerce has already got the wheels turning on the popular event.…
Rate of opioid use second highest in province
By Jenn Watt P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } Haliburton County has the second highest rate of opioid use amongthose accessing the Ontario drug benefit program out of 49 regionsaccording to a study by the Ontario…
Commercial tax rates unlikely to drop
By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 20 2016 It’s unlikely that commercial and industrial tax rates in the townships of Haliburton County will be reduced any time soon. County treasurer Elaine Taylor presented a report on…
County fair may fold
By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 22 2016 After a century and half it may be the end of the road for the Haliburton County Fair. If the fair is unable to attract new directors for…
Donation makes LGBTQ material easier to find
By Jenn Watt Published Dec. 20 2016 There was a time when all one could find in a local library about gay lesbian and transgender issues was confined to a line in the encyclopedia. It…