On Wednesday Dec. 9 officers from the HaliburtonHighlands OPP were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision involvinga moose. It occurred on Highway 118 at the Muskoka border atapproximately 5 a.m. TheHonda Civic was westbound when…
Beer Store relocates to Highway 35
After 34 years located on Water Street the Beer Store will move to a location along Highway 35 in Minden. Site prep work recently got underway on what has been the field located next to…
Frost Centre not being used to house refugees
By Chad Ingram The province says no Syrian refugees will be housed at the Frost Centre although a local politician was informed the facility was being cleaned and assessed just in case. Dorset area residents…
HHHS board clarifies spending
By Angelica Ingram Following some public concern over the $2.1 million cost of a centralized electronic records system reported in the Nov. 3 issue of The Echo board member Jeffrey Gollob addressed the letters to…
Minden resident publishes children's book
“My favourite saying is it’s basically like giving birth to an elephant” says Irene Davidson Fisher. Davidson Fisher is talking about writing and publishing her children’s book Robbie Racoon and the Big Black Blob a…
Opt-out clauses in Carillion contract
By Chad Ingram Published December 2015 The contract between the Ontario government and Carillion contains clauses that allow the province to terminate the contract if work is not being performed properly. Last winter the Times…
Battle ramping up against proposed salvage yard
By Darren Lum Opposition to a proposed salvage yard south of Minden is growing. Only days after a Minden Hills Council meeting where Hunter Creek Estates residents and members of the Gull Lake Cottage Association…
Beech bark disease poses public safety risk
Not only is beech bark disease plaguing Haliburton County but decaying beech trees can be a risk to public safety. Ernie Demuth of the Bancroft Minden Forest Company made a presentation to county councillors at…
Poverty action plan outlines barriers to employment
By Chad Ingram Addressing barriers to employment and continuing education – such as transportation and affordable child care and housing – could help reduce poverty in Haliburton County. Executive director of the Kawartha Lakes Family…
Residents protest salvage yard proposal
Minden Hills councillors were met with a throng of protesters as they entered the township building for their Nov. 26 meeting Hunter Creek Estates residents are unhappy about an application for a salvage yard south…
Success with turtle mortality project
By Chad Ingram A project aimed at reducing the number of turtle deaths by car is yielding some positive results. Sheila Ziman and Paul Heaven of the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust visited Minden Hills councillors…
Trent Severn flows into Minden
By Chad Ingram From a real-life maple syrup heist to the Bluenose to the sweet relief of a snow day the music of Trent Severn is thoroughly interwoven with the white and red threads of…
Exchange opens the world to Highlands teen
By Darren Lum It was an emotional farewell for the Highlands teenage girl with the large smile and enthusiasm for life who found more than adventure on her recent exchange trip to Argentina facilitated by…
Jane Siberry to perform in Minden
By Chad Ingram Calling all angels. Eclectic and critically acclaimedrecording artist Jane Siberry will be performing in Minden in earlyDecember as part of the Christmas pageant at St. Paul's AnglicanChurch and in her own show…
Volume fees established for hall rentals
By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands has settled on arevised rental fee structure for its recreational halls and will bemaking changes to other fees as well. For the past few months councillorshave been discussing how to…
Convictions in Kennedy murder case
By Chad & Angelica Ingram Three of the four men charged with murder in the 2011 killing of Haliburton County man Ryan Kennedy have been convicted on various charges. Kennedy was killed on Oct. 19…
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By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands township became thesecond of Haliburton County's four lower-tier municipalities tosupport the David Suzuki Foundation's Blue Dot movement during a Nov.19 meeting of council. The Blue Dot movement is a nationalcampaign…
Health team will have to replace docs
By Chad Ingram The Haliburton Highlands Family Health Team will likely need to replace five doctors during the next two or so years. Algonquin Highlands Deputy-reeve Liz Danielsen who sits on Haliburton County's medical professionals…
Astrid Young brings folk music to Minden
By Angelica Ingram To say Astrid Young is a chameleon when it comes to careers is an understatement. A singer/songwriter Astrid has been a professional musician for decades but has also penned a memoir made…
Bringing down Pritchard House
By Chad Ingram Minden Hills council will demolish the Pritchard House along with another house the township owns at 2 Prince St. The township is already set to demolish the Gelert hall and a works…
One Book One Community aims to bring book…
September marks a return to school and as the kids are hitting the books so too is the county of Haliburton. Aiming to bring together book-lovers from across the county the winner of this summer’s…