After 30 years working in the accounting industry Pamela Walker was ready for a change. A resident of Haliburton for the past 14 years Walker wanted to get into a more creative career highlighting her…
Ontario Early Years Centres move to schools
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 6 2016 The Ontario Early Years Centres (OEYC) in Minden and Haliburton Village have relocated to the elementary schools in those communities. The Minden OEYC which has been located in…
Trevor Brauer named Kinmount Citizen of the Year
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 8 2016 Kinmount’s Citizen of the Year for 2016 is an individual who inspires those he comes into contact with and is a mentor for others with intellectual disabilities. Trevor…
Long lost ring found in time for 20th…
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 1 2016 For 11 years through ice and snow heat waves and floods ManuelRodriguez’s wedding ring sat buried under several feet of sand inGull Lake.
Lights on for shipping containers
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 1 2016 P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } Shipping containers used as storagebuildings in Algonquin Highlands will be allowed to be outfitted withelectricity. Algonquin Highlands councillors had thelatest in a series…
Boats stranded on Bob Lake
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 1 2016 Residents of Bob Lake say their boats are being held hostage. Lake residents packed Minden Hills council chambers during an Aug. 25 meeting and as David Gibb explained…
Celebrating 50 years on Twelve Mile Lake
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…