By Chad Ingram From a real-life maple syrup heist to the Bluenose to the sweet relief of a snow day the music of Trent Severn is thoroughly interwoven with the white and red threads of…
Jane Siberry to perform in Minden
By Chad Ingram Calling all angels. Eclectic and critically acclaimedrecording artist Jane Siberry will be performing in Minden in earlyDecember as part of the Christmas pageant at St. Paul's AnglicanChurch and in her own show…
Exchange opens the world to Highlands teen
By Darren Lum It was an emotional farewell for the Highlands teenage girl with the large smile and enthusiasm for life who found more than adventure on her recent exchange trip to Argentina facilitated by…
Volume fees established for hall rentals
By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands has settled on arevised rental fee structure for its recreational halls and will bemaking changes to other fees as well. For the past few months councillorshave been discussing how to…
Convictions in Kennedy murder case
By Chad & Angelica Ingram Three of the four men charged with murder in the 2011 killing of Haliburton County man Ryan Kennedy have been convicted on various charges. Kennedy was killed on Oct. 19…
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By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands township became thesecond of Haliburton County's four lower-tier municipalities tosupport the David Suzuki Foundation's Blue Dot movement during a Nov.19 meeting of council. The Blue Dot movement is a nationalcampaign…
Health team will have to replace docs
By Chad Ingram The Haliburton Highlands Family Health Team will likely need to replace five doctors during the next two or so years. Algonquin Highlands Deputy-reeve Liz Danielsen who sits on Haliburton County's medical professionals…
Tracing increasings roads costs in Minden Hills
By Chad Ingram The price of roads work in Minden Hills has increased substantially during the past five years. Roads director Travis Wilson gave councillors a five-year cost comparison for his department during their Nov.…
Bringing down Pritchard House
By Chad Ingram Minden Hills council will demolish the Pritchard House along with another house the township owns at 2 Prince St. The township is already set to demolish the Gelert hall and a works…
Scrap yard proposal unpopular
By Chad Ingram A plan to turn a former quarry off Highway 35 south of Minden into an automotive salvage yard is getting a rough ride from some area residents. A public meeting on the…
OPP costs wallop Minden Hills
By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Nov. 12 Minden Hills committee-of-the-whole meeting. Minden Hills’s policing costs will jump by 27 per cent in 2016 a $391000 increase representing…
One Book One Community aims to bring book…
September marks a return to school and as the kids are hitting the books so too is the county of Haliburton. Aiming to bring together book-lovers from across the county the winner of this summer’s…
Searching for high-speed Internet
Haliburton County is still trying to get reliable high-speed Internet to residents who do not have it. County treasurer Laura Janke presented a report on Internet at municipal offices during a Nov. 11 meeting of…
Astrid Young brings folk music to Minden
By Angelica Ingram To say Astrid Young is a chameleon when it comes to careers is an understatement. A singer/songwriter Astrid has been a professional musician for decades but has also penned a memoir made…
Market to return to Minden
By Chad Ingram <!--@page { margin: 2cm }P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }--> The Haliburton County Farmers'Association plans to return to Minden next season. 2015 was the first year theassociation which runs successful markets in Carnarvon…
OPP investigate cruiser crash
An OPP cruiser crashed off County Road 21 just east of Minden last week leaving a wake of ripped up grass before coming to its final resting place slanted against a phone pole. The single-vehicle…
No decision on rental fees yet
By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands continues to struggle to create an updated rental fees framework for its halls. Parks rec and trails director Dave Drobitch had brought a report before councillors at their Oct. 1…
OPP bills continue to pinch townships
By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands residents may want to brace for another property tax hike in 2016 much of it brought on by the township’s increasing OPP bill. 2016 will be the second-year in a…
HCSA gearing for municipal money for trails projects
By Chad Ingram The Haliburton County Snowmobile Association is seeking municipal funding to assist with trails projects. Reps from the HCSA visited Algonquin Highlands councillors during their Nov. 5 meeting. “The Ontario market is growing…
Ministry seeks partners on Sherborne Lake Road
By Chad Ingram The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is looking for some help with the maintenance of Sherborne Lake Road south of Dorset. “The ministry is saying ‘we can’t continue to fund this…
Places for People seeking board members
By Chad Ingram Local non-profit affordable housing organization Places for People is seeking three new members for its board of directors. Places for People now in its eighth year recently held its annual general meeting.…