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…
Early start for snowmobile association
By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 22 2016 With a dumping of snow in the Highlands last week the Haliburton County Snowmobile Association is getting to work on the area’s trails sooner than usual. “We’re two…
Highlands hit by winter blast
December has been more wintry than in recent years bringing substantial snowfall and cold temperatures giving skiers snowshoers and snowmobilers reason to cheer. The last week delivered a wallop of the white stuff putting many…
Farmers' market looks for alternative Carnarvon locations
By Angelica Ingram Published Dec. 15 2016
Bob Lake price tag nearly $10K
By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 15 2016 It cost Minden Hills taxpayers nearly $10000 to get boats out of Bob Lake at the end of the summer after they were stranded in the lake by…
Funding shortfall forced YWCA to close safe space
By Angelica Ingram Published Dec. 15 2016 In November 2015 the Peterborough Haliburton chapter of the YWCA had to close the doors of their Haliburton Emergency Rural SafeSpace for the first time since it was…
Insurance rates to rise six per cent
The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Dec. 8 meeting of Minden Hills council. Insurance premiums for the township will rise about six per cent – or about $17000 – to bring…
MH defers Beaver Theatre request until new year
By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 15 2016 Minden Hills councillors will be deferring a decision on a request from the new owner of the former Beaver Theatre until the new year. During a Dec. 8…
MH expects surplus of $425000
By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 15 2016 Minden Hills township is anticipating a surplus of approximately $425000 for 2016. Factors such as weather – the roads department is estimating a surplus for the year of…
Minden Hills penalizes Fowler Construction
By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 15 2016 Minden Hills council has denied a request from Fowler Construction that the company get an extended timeline on a contract to relocate and expand a quonset hut near…
Province mum on Service Ontario office
By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 15 2016 The provincial government isn’t providing much information on the future of the Minden Service Ontario office. The Times initially learned in May that the province had plans to…
Rash of thefts in Highlands
Thieves have been hitting up homes and vehicles in the Haliburton Highlands and the police are reminding residents to lock up. In recent weeks there were numerous break and enters along Chambers Road near Twelve…
Teen charged in school board threat
A 16-year-old male from Gravenhurst was arrested and charged with mischief and uttering threats on Friday morning after Trillium Lakelands District School Board received a “generalized threat.” According to Bracebridge OPP the threat had been…
Council passes on live streaming meetings
By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 8 2016 Minden Hills council meetings won't belive-streamed on the Internet any time in the near future. Councillors decided to forgo spending moneyon a system that would allow council meetings…
Schmale happy with referendum recommendation
By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 8 2016 Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MP Jamie Schmale is pleased that a parliamentary committee on electoral reform is recommending a national referendum take place on the overhauling of the federal electoral…
Breaking ground on palliative care centre
Construction on the new palliative care wing at the Haliburton Highlands Health Services facility in Haliburton Village is underway after an official groundbreaking ceremony Dec. 2. For two and half years the HHHS Foundation has…