By Sue Tiffin Published Sept. 1 2016 A group of cottages that haven’t changed much since they were built in the late ’60s sits off a trail just a few kilometres down Twelve Mile Lake…
Housing corporation looks to county for cash
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 30 2016 The Kawartha Lakes Haliburton Housing Corporation is looking for nearly $150000 from the County of Haliburton as it proceeds with the second phase of an affordable housing complex…
May talks climate change in Minden
The leader of the Green Party of Canada wants the residents of the Haliburton Highlands to help her out. That was the key message Elizabeth May delivered on Aug. 25 when she addressed more than…
Renovations to make county office more accessible
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 30 2016 Haliburton County will embark on a series of renovations to its administration building on Newcastle Street in Minden designed to make the facility more accessible. “For starters we…
SeriousBoat Collision on Kushog Lake
A 37-year-old Oakville man is seriouslyinjured after a boat collision on Kushog Lake on August 26. HaliburtonHighlands OPP were called to the scene at approximately 4:30 p.m. with reportsof a motor boat hitting a rock…
MNRF base officially opens in Stanhope
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 24 2016 Years of work came to official fruitionWednesday Aug. 24 with an opening ceremony for the new Ministry ofNatural Resources and Forestry fire response base at the StanhopeAirport. Some…
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Business owners leery of shipping container bylaw By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 25 2016 Some Algonquin Highlands business owners are concerned about a new bylaw that will regulate the use of shipping containers as storage…
'Municipal politicians are mad' Devolin says
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 25 2016 The municipal politicians who attended the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference last week may not have come away with the answers they were hoping or the…
Robert Bateman says goodbye to piece of Haliburton
Published August 16 2016 First a long pointed beak appeared then a single yellow eye. Next it was a curve of neck and feathers – blue-grey charcoal white – alive in the play of light…
Textbook details county’s active transportation work
Textbook details county's active transportation work By Darren Lum Published Aug. 23 2016 Kate Hall and Sue Shikaze local advocates for active transportation in Haliburton County are feeling a sense of pride after their co-authored…
Fenelon Falls man dies in collision
A 67-year-old Fenelon Falls man is dead after a single-vehicle collision along County Road 121 between Kinmount and Minden on the morning of Friday Aug. 19. Police say Richard Sima was southbound on County Road…
Fire ban lifted in Haliburton County
The total fire ban that has been ineffect for the townships of Haliburton County has been lifted as ofWednesday Aug. 17. Fire risk remains at medium and the nodaytime burning regulation remains in effect for…
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Of the 15 collisions Haliburton OPPhave responded to since Aug. 8 four have involved animals beingstruck by vehicles. Two deer a bear cub and a moose havebeen hit by cars in the past few weeks…
AH will require EMS base reeve says
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 18 2016 Algonquin Highlands township will require an EMS base within its borders before long says Reeve and County Warden Carol Moffatt. Moffatt broached the subject of an EMS base…
Dorset waterfront plan complete
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 18 2016 A waterfront plan and downtown study for the hamlet of Dorset is complete. The planner for Lake of Bays township presented Algonquin Highlands councillors with the study during…
New home for garlic festival this year
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 16 2016 The annual Haliburton County Garlic Festival has a new home – Abbey Gardens in West Guilford. “We’re ecstatic as is Abbey Gardens to have a partnership between the…
Security upgrade for county EMS bases
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 16 2016 Haliburton County will be updating the locking system at its three EMS bases. Councillors on the municipality’s EMS advisory committee received a report from EMS director and paramedic…
A long line of lumbermen: The Stinsons
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 11 2016 This is the third in a series of feature stories on the pioneering families of Minden. Bob Stinson’s grandfather once traded his livery business for the Dominion Hotel.…
Budding farmer learns the ins and outs of…
By Angelica Ingram Published Aug. 1 2016 Xavier Dulong wakes up in the morning grabs his bike and makes the one kilometre trip from his home on Highway 118 to a property across from Maple…
Documenting Coboconk's missing memories
By Jenn Watt Published Aug. 11 2016 A finished quilt never quite looks like you imagine when you started Ellie MacNeil says. It has a life of its own taking its own shape and form…
Levels drop on some feeder lakes
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 9, 2016 Parks Canada is accelerating the drawdown on Trent Severn Waterway feeder lakes in Haliburton County as dry conditions continue this summer. Water levels on some reservoir and…