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…
Council pleased with new disaster relief assistance programs
By Chad Ingram Published June 2 2016 The Ontario government has replaced what was the Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program with two new programs. “These programs are meant to be a streamlined version of the…
County drafts complaint on OPP billing
“Please consider this our official complaint with respect to the billing formula for allocating costs to municipalities for policing services delivered by the Ontario Provincial Police and our formal request that your office undertake an…
Healthy financial checkup for Minden Hills
The financial statements for Minden Hills township are in fine order according to auditing firm KPMG. Auditor Oscar Poloni gave a presentation on his audit of the township’s 2015 financial statements during a May 26…
Library lacks staff to keep up with demand
An annual report from Haliburton County Public Library CEO Bessie Sullivan shows the library struggling to keep pace with demand for digital literacy programming. “The growth of the Haliburton County Public Library has continued steadily…
Deep Bay Road crash sends two to hospital
P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } A 64-year-old Minden Hills man and a29-year-old East Gwillimbury woman are in hospital in Toronto withserious injuries after a collision on Deep Bay Road Sunday May 29. According to Haliburton…
Board contacts mediator following labour board ruling
By Chad Ingram Published May 25 2016 The chair of the Trillium LakelandsDistrict School Board says the board intends to get back to the bargainingtable with Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation District 15 with theassistance…
Watching for wildlife
By Chad Ingram Published May 25 2016 The Ministry of Natural Resources andForestry is teaming up with the OPP and the Ministry ofTransportation in an attempt to reduce the number of collisionsinvolving cars and deer…
Algonquin Highlands passes parking bylaw
By Chad Ingram Published May 26 2016 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a May 19 Algonquin Highlands council meeting. After a number of draft revisions since April council passed a parking…
Area volunteers recognized for community service By Angelica Ingram…
Close to 40 individuals from Haliburton County were recognized for their volunteer service at an annual ceremony held in Lindsay on May 19. Hosted by the Ministry of Citizenship Immigration and International Trade the event…
Beaver population changes can break dams
By Chad Ingram Published May 26 2016 There were reports this spring of beaver dams bursting in Minden Hills township apparently the result of their builders moving elsewhere. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources…
CARP tackles assisted dying bill at AGM
By Angelica Ingram Published May 24 2016 The assisted dying legislation also referred to as Bill C-14 has been making headlines in the news and is a topic of much discussion. The issue was also…
Hit and run driver sentenced
By Chad Ingram Published May 26 2016 A Minden man responsible for a hit-and-run that severely injured another man last fall has been sentenced for failing to remain at the scene of an accident causing…
Local dragon boat club welcomes men
By Darren Lum Published May 26 2016 It’s not just for the ladies. Minden’s Scotty Boyd encourages other guys to join the Haliburton Highlands Paddlers. “Come on out. It’s a great time. Great experience with…
CHA promotes natural shorelines
This was the message delivered at the organization’s eighth annual meeting held on May 14 at the Stanhope Community Centre. The CHA which was started in 2009 with 23 lake associations is now 48 associations…
Cottagers' association hires legal counsel
By Chad Ingram Published May 19 2016 The Gull Lake Cottagers’ Association has retained legal counsel over the proposal for an auto salvage yard south of Minden. The scrap yard application first came before Minden…