By Chad Ingram Published May 12 2016 P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } Haliburton County will stick with themap-like explore guide it produced this year versus the traditionalDestination Guide it produced previously as its main tourismpublication…
AH continues to craft parking bylaw
Algonquin Highlands council continues to work on a parking bylaw for the township. Councillors looked at a revised version of a draft bylaw during a May 5 meeting. First discussed during an April 21 meeting…
Food truck serves up grub starting May 19
A food truck at the Stanhope Airport will start dishing out greasy goodness on Friday May 19 the beginning of the May long weekend. Councillors voted to proceed with a licensing agreement with Delightful Temptations…
Hospitals not closing CEO stresses
A Lindsay-based organization says it’s worried about cuts to or even the closure of the Haliburton and Minden hospitals but the CEO of Haliburton Highlands Health Services says there are no such plans in place.…
Supreme court dismisses Todd Bros. appeal
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal from Stouffville’s Todd Brothers Contracting Limited in a years-long legal battle with Algonquin Highlands township. Legal invoices obtained by the Times show the township has spent…
Province to close Minden Service Ontario office By Chad…
The provincial government is closingMinden's Service Ontario office. Located in a provincially owned buildingalong Highway 35 the office where residents go for driver's licence andhealth card renewals licence plate stickers hunting and fishing licences anda…
Bylaw to deal with shipping containers
By Chad Ingram Published May 5 2016 Algonquin Highlands council is workingon a zoning bylaw amendment to regulate the use of shippingcontainers – such as the body of a transport truck or sea shippingcontainers -…
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Businesses encouraged to join Basecamp
By Chad Ingram Published May 5 2016 Business owners in Minden Hills are encouraged to join the conversation about collaboration and promotion by signing up for the Minden Hills Business Association’s Basecamp group. “Discussion continues…
Community transportation project gets rolling
By Chad Ingram Wheels are turning on the Haliburton community transportation project. A project of Rural Transportation Options (RTO) Haliburton County it’s funded through a transportation pilot grant from the Ministry of Transportation. The goal…
Community transportation project gets rolling Wheels are turning on…
A project of Rural Transportation Options (RTO) Haliburton County it’s funded through a transportation pilot grant from the Ministry of Transportation. The goal of the project is to address transportation needs in local municipalities assist…
Community transportation project gets rolling
By Chad Ingram Published May 3 2016 Wheels are turning on the Haliburton community transportation project. A project of Rural Transportation Options (RTO) Haliburton County it’s funded through a transportation pilot grant from the Ministry…
Council makes changes to ATV start on Rail…
Haliburton County councillors have made a change to the official spring opening of the Haliburton County Rail Trail to ATVs although in practice there will be little difference. For a number of years the official…
Remains identified as missing man David Palmer
By Angelica Ingram Published May 3 2016 Human remains discovered in the Spruce Lake area north of Haliburton Village during the weekend have been identified as missing Bowmanville man David Palmer. Seven months after Palmer…
Circulation continues to climb at library
By Chad Ingram Published May 2 2016 The Haliburton County Public Librarycontinues to grow with circulation up nine per cent last year. The library recently released its annualreport with figures for 2015. Circulation for the…
Council denies use of trailers on church property
By Chad Ingram Published April 28 2016 Minden Hills council has denied arequest from Allsaw Pentecostal Church for “an accessory use of upto nine trailers” on the church property along County Road 21. Earlier this…
County council approves 83-lot subdivision
By Chad Ingram Published April 27 2016 Haliburton County councillors approved thesite plan for an 83-lot subdivision near Bark Lake during their April 27meeting. The subdivision will be located on the400-acre property that for years…
Three impaired driving charges in three daysP {…
Haliburton Highlands OPP laid threeimpaired driving charges in just more than three days between April23 and 26. According to a release on April 23 atapproximately 6 p.m. officers observed a black pickup trucktravelling in an…
Algonquin Highlands creates parking bylaw
By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands doesn’t have a parking bylaw but that is about to change. Councillors discussed the creation of a bylaw regulating parking in the township during an April 21 meeting. “It is…
New dock and boathouse regs trouble councillors
By Chad Ingram A court ruling requiring Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry approval for docks and boathouses in the province is causing considerable concern for local politicians. Last year the Ontario Superior Court issued…
Prince's connection to Haliburton County
“It was just one of those things” says Karen Sloan. The artist and owner of Minden’s Wall Flower Studio is talking about the time she sold a painting to Prince. Yes. That Prince. “I was…