By Chad Ingram Published June 30 2016 The rainbow flag – international symbol ofthe lesbian gay bisexual and transgender community – will fly outside theMinden Hills township office for the week beginning July 4. Township…
Health costs continue to climb for county
By Chad Ingram Published June 28 2016 The cost of the county’s EMS department continues to rise year after year at a rate that Minden Hills Reeve Brent Devolin says is unacceptable. Haliburton County councillors…
HHHS celebrates its history at AGM
By Chad Ingram Published June 28 2016 Times have certainly changed throughout decades of health care in Haliburton County. The annual general meeting of Haliburton Highlands Health Services was a much larger affair than usual…
Off-road vehicles remain off the Rail Trail
By Chad Ingram Published June 28 2016 Off-road vehicles will remain banned from the Haliburton County Rail Trail at least for the foreseeable future. Last year the Haliburton County ATV Association requested that off-road vehicles…
Millions for county dams
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Additional AH staff may be required for septic…
The following are brief reports of items discussed during a June 16 Algonquin Highlands council meeting. The township’s septic tank re-inspection program will likely require the hiring of a contract employee for 2017. Townships inherited…
Highlands Opera proud of 10 years
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…