By Sue Tiffin At precisely 1:15 p.m. on April 4, the front doors of Haliburton Highlands Secondary School opened and more than 50 students walked out of class to protest changes being made to…
MTO just keeping highways safe rep says
By Chad Ingram Published June 23 2016 It’s an oft-heard complaint in the county that the Ministry of Transportation is overzealous when it comes to regulating entrances signage drainage etc. along the Highway 35 and…
Septic system damaged in construction
Two septic beds at the Algonquin Highlands township office along North Shore Road have been damaged during construction of an addition at the site and work associated with the mishap will cost the township about…
SIRCH Community Services goes into the red
SIRCH’s financial statements for 2015/2016 financial year were presented during its annual general meeting at SIRCH Central in Haliburton Village on June 15. An audit from firm Collins Barrow shows a deficit of nearly $80000…
Stranded tourists urinating on properties
By Chad Ingram Published June 23 2016 Algonquin Highlands township is looking to the province to do something about traffic congestion at the Algonquin Park entrance along Highway 60 near Oxtongue Lake congestion that is…
U-Links welcomes new co-ordinator
By Chad Ingram Published June 23 2016 Sonja Addison is the new co-ordinator of the U-Links Centre for Community Based Research which is looking for research project proposals for the 2016/17 academic year. The organization…
Public meeting on storage containers Aug. 20
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Approvals delay mall completion
By Chad Ingram Published June 16 2016 The completion of a strip mall being constructed on the HP Superstore property at the intersection of Highway 35 and County Road 21 continues to be delayed as…
Broadband project should be complete by year's end
By Chad Ingram Published June 14 2016 The county’s latest broadband connectivity project should be completed by year’s end or most of it at least. In January county councillors voted to spend $360000 on a…
Committee complications for Minden Hills
By Chad Ingram Published June 16 2016 Members of the Minden Hills advisory committee on planning and development are concerned about the process of getting committee recommendations to the council table calling it inefficient. Kate…
MH to offer land for propane tank
By Chad Ingram Published June 16 2016 Minden Hills township will offer to sell a piece of the township office property to Greystone Construction to house the propane tank for the condo building the Huntsville-based…
Point in Time services change lives
On June 6 McGillion shared his story to a full house at the annual general meeting for Point in Time Centre for Children Youth and Parents. Diagnosed with autism McGillion moved to Haliburton County in…
OPP identify fire victim
By Chad Ingram Published June 11 2016 The OPP have identified a man whose remains were found after a house fire along County Road 21 during the weekend as 76-year-old Minden Hills resident Bruce Harris.…
County looks at kiosks
By Chad Ingram Published June 10 2016 Haliburton County council will explore theoption of electronic information kiosks as it prepares to close the county'sHighway 35 tourist info centre at the end of 2016. Councillors decided…
Cooking a lifelong pursuit for Lesperance
By Chad Ingram Published June 9 2016 Marilynne Lesperance has been preparing meals since she was a child. The Minden Hills resident is chairwoman of the Minden Food Bank and donates much of her time…
Curtola played Minden in 1998
Canadian crooner Bobby Curtola is remembered for 60s hits such as Fortune Teller and Aladdin but Minden Hills resident Lois Rigney recalls the man behind the music. Former teen idol Curtola 73 died during the…
Schmale supports assisted dying bill after polling residents
Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MP Jamie Schmale supported Bill C-14 the government’s assisted dying bill in a May 31 vote. The bill passed with a vote of 186-137 in the House of Commons and has gone to…
Union threatens to cease extracurriculars
The OSSTF local representing area teachers and educational staff says its members will cease voluntary extracurricular activities starting in the fall if an agreement cannot be reached. Trillium Lakelands District School Board is one of…
Province to review Service Ontario closures
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Boshkung Brewing Co. buys old Beer Store
While the Minden Beer Store will be relocating to Highway 35 in coming weeks after 35 years along Water Street the Water Street property will remain dedicated to the hoppy beverage. Boshkung Brewing Co. has…
Council approves renewable energy policy in principle
The following are brief reports of items discussed during a May 26 meeting of Minden Hills council. After some discussion councillors approved in principle a renewable energy policy that was tabled by members of the…