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…
Fleeing the Fort McMurray fire
By Chad Ingram Published May 19 2016 A former Mindenite was among the thousands to flee Fort McMurray Alta. during a horrific wildfire that destroyed swaths of the city earlier this month. Cameron Monk and…
MacLean remembered for service passion for community
When Malcolm MacLean was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013 then-MP Barry Devolin took to the airwaves of Canoe FM to present the honour. It was a fitting location for the active volunteer…
Minden Hills sees large surplus from 2016
The following are brief reports of items from a May 12 Minden Hills committee-of-the-whole meeting. Minden Hills accrued a surplus of nearly $700000 in 2015. A report from chief administrative officer and treasurer Lorrie Blanchard…
Refugee family coming to Haliburton County
Haliburton County could be welcoming a refugee family from Syria as early as this summer. Last week the Haliburton Refugee Sponsorship Committee confirmed a family of 10 consisting of two parents and eight children would…
Task force tables renewable energy policy
Minden Hills’s Renewable Energy Task Force tabled a renewable energy policy for the township during a May 12 committee-of-the-whole meeting. Following a flood of applications for the province’s feed-in-tariff (FIT) program last year Minden Hills…
Minden Hills puts out call for banners
By Chad Ingram Published May 12 2016 Minden Hills township is hopingresidents who have banners from the Minden Festival of Banners fromyears past will donate them to the township for installation in thevillage. For several…