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…
Rural health hub coming to Highlands
By Angela Long Published Aug. 11 2016 On Sunday Aug. 7 Premier Kathleen Wynne announced that the Haliburton Highlands Health Services has been chosen as one of five sites for a rural health hub pilot…
CoKL wants more cash from county
The City of Kawartha Lakes is seeking amendments to its joint service agreement with Haliburton County amendments that would cost the county an additional $100000 or so a year. Social services and housing for Haliburton…
County council hears energy policy
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 4 2016 Members of Minden Hills’s renewable energy task force presented their renewable energy policy to Haliburton County council on July 27 and it seems like before long the county’s…
County council responds to OPP superintendent
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 2 2016 Haliburton County councillors will be sending a letter to OPP municipal policing bureau superintendent Marc Bedard taking issue with a recent letter to the editor Bedard sent to…
Scott's Dam Bridge to come down
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 4 2016 Scott’s Dam Bridge at Canning Lake will be demolished when the federal government reconstructs the Canning Lake dam. It was announced earlier this summer the feds will invest…
Spring flooding costs MH $65K
The following are brief reports of items discussed during a July 28 Minden Hills council meeting. Flooding this spring cost the township about about $65000 roads superintendent Travis Wilson told councillors. “We had quite a…
Festival of August Moon offers unique beauty
By Darren Lum Published July 28 2016 With the sun setting and the full moon rising overhead the Gull River will glow with flickering candlelight from a flotilla of lanterns. Adorned with Japanese symbols and…
Minden Hills tenders construction of new fire hall…
By Chad Ingram Published July 28 2016 The current aging fire hall is locatedbetween Prince Street and Pritchard Lane in Minden's downtown. The new facilitywill be built along Highway 35 in Minden near the county's…
Murder at Raven Lake
By Jenn Watt Published July 28 2016 The Dominion Hotel Raven Lake Highland Ridge long-term care home The Highland Times newspaper – if all of that sounds familiar it’s because the Haliburton Highlands serves as…
New initiative wants you to Get on Gelert…
By Angelica Ingram Published July 28 2016 When local artist April Gates decided to move her home and business to the hamlet of Donald she was excited about the offerings her new neighbourhood would bring.…
Tentrees comes home to perform
By Darren Lum Published July 28 2016 Once a hawk always a hawk. Haliburton Highlands Secondary School proud graduate and musician Gordie Tentrees is returning to the Highlands for a performance when he takes the…
County without an ambulance on multiple occasions
By Chad Ingram Published July 27 2016 P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; Eight times in the first six months of2016 there were zero ambulances available in Haliburton County thoseincidents equating to a total of 12 hours.…
Age-friendly plan requires feedback
Work on the Age-Friendly Master Plan for Haliburton County continues and is requiring more input from the public says the chairwoman of the Aging Well Committee. Angela Andrews said after two work group meetings and…
AH applies for playground grant
The following are brief reports of items discussed during a July 21 meeting of Algonquin Highlands council. Council will apply for a grant from the federal Enabling Accessibility Fund to construct a new accessible playground…
Studs going up at The Newcastle
By Chad Ingram Published July 28 2016 “The concept for us is we’re building your home inside our walls” says Peter Brady of Trophy Property Corp. as he makes his way through The Newcastle the…