The man was airlifted to hospital inToronto with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after asingle-vehicle collision and subsequent fire along Highway 118 onApril 21 Haliburton Highlands OPP say. Police responded to the call at about1:30 p.m.…

By Chad Ingram Published April 20 2016 P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }A:l It's the part of us that celebrateswhen we experience something for the first time. It's the perfect backdrop for anunrehearsed day. These are…

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By Chad Ingram Published April 21 2016 Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott says comments made by one of her Progressive Conservative caucus colleagues at a fundraising event in his riding were “totally inappropriate.” Media reports…

Devil's in details for church application By Chad Ingram Published April 21 2016 Minden Hills councillors seem unsure how to handle a rezoning application from the Allsaw Pentecostal Church. Council discussed the application at an…

By Angelica Ingram Published April 21 2016 In less than a decade the Haliburton County Farmers’ Market has grown to include three vibrant locations a long season and close to 40000 customers in just 2015…

New book an homage to nature By Jenn Watt Published April 21 2016 The natural world thrills Gordon Harrison. Its creatures and plants fill him with an excitement not just at their inherent beauty but…

SPARC welcomes new network co-ordinator By Angelica Ingram Published April 21 2016 If Greg Thomas could have created a dream job for himself this would have been it. Thomas 36 is one of the most…

By Angelica Ingram April 14 2016 Surrounded by beautiful watercolour paintings depicting winter scenes that she created herself Lois Rigney talks animatedly about her life in Minden Hills and how she came to be a…

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By Darren Lum Published April 14 2016 P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } It was a stroll down memory lane as muchas it was an opportunity to encourage students in high school toconsider municipal work for…

By Chad Ingram Woodbridge’s Maram Building Corp. will construct the addition to the Algonquin Highlands township office along North Shore Road. Councillors awarded the contract for a 124-square-metre addition and renovations to the building during…

By Chad Ingram Published April 14 2016 There are a number of new sections in Haliburton County’s updated official plan many of them a direct result of changes in provincial policy. Official plans are the…

By Chad Ingram Published April 7 2016 Agriculture is the fastest growing sector in Haliburton County. That’s according to a recent community food assessment performed by a number of partner organizations that moving forward will…

By Chad Ingram Things could get tasty in AlgonquinHighlands this summer as it seems a food truck is ready to rollinto the Stanhope Airport. “Talks are ongoing and looking verypromising” airport manager Cam Loucks told…

The Ontario’s Highlands Tourism Organization (OHTO) is inviting tourism stakeholders across the region to participate in the first reveal of the Come Wander brand and to provide valuable input at stakeholder sessions being held at…

After 25 years of exhibiting their work in major cities such as Toronto New York Chicago Berlin Brussels England and Budapest the artistic team of Chris Hanson and Hendrika Sonnenberg are showing their latest creative…

The following are brief reports of items discussed at the March 31 meeting of the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board. The finance committee of the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board is projecting a $223000 deficit…

By Angelica Ingram When Mary Trepanier was at a fundraising gala she kept getting outbid on a painting she had her eye on. President of the Friends of the Haliburton County Public Library Trepanier wanted…

By Angelica Ingram With approximately $46000 raised to date the Haliburton Refugee Sponsorship Committee has made significant strides since it was established last fall. On Sunday April 10 the committee is looking to add to…

By Chad Ingram Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MP Jamie Schmale had the largest campaign budget of the four candidates for the riding in last October’s federal election a report from Elections Canada shows. Schmale’s grand total of…