By Chad Ingram Minden Hill is asking the provincial government to reconsider the new OPP billing framework it instituted in 2015. Councillors for the township supported a resolution calling on the province to review and…

By Chad Ingram Members of the advisory committee for the Minden Hills Cultural Centre are unhappy with council’s plan to cut $50000 from the cultural centre’s $340000 budget for 2016 and if Reeve Brent Devolin…

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By Chad Ingram Minden Hills council is supporting anagreement between Haliburton County and Bell to bring or improvehigh-speed broadband Internet to a number of public buildings in thecounty. Council granted support after hearing apresentation from…

Catch the Cure on Feb. 13 Submitted International Angelman Day takes place on February 15 and Minden Hills celebrates IAD on Feb. 13 with a party hosted by service clubs teachers businesses organizations individuals the…

By Chad Ingram Do you regularly hitch rides with friends or give rides to others? The Community Transportation Partnership  run by a group focused on rural transportation options for the county has hired consultant Kate…

By Chad Ingram The Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit has concerns about the implications of funding and potential accountability changes coming from the province. Last fall the health unit learned it would be…

By Angelica Ingram After just a couple of hours talks between the Trillium Lakelands District School Board and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation ended. The negotiations were called off on Feb. 4 by the…

By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands council has lentits support to a high-speed Internet expansion deal betweenHaliburton County and Bell and the township will reimburse the countyfor service fees for Algonquin Highlands buildings that will benefitfrom…

By Jenn Watt When a young person “ages out” of the Big Brothers Big Sisters program before ever being matched with an adult it breaks Alyssa Wilson’s heart. Wilson is a case manager with Big…

By Chad Ingram County councillors have granted a request for relief from the the municipality’s tree-cutting bylaw for the clearing of six acres of a red pine plantation in Algonquin Highlands. The owner of a…

By Chad Ingram Haliburton County is entering into a new agreement with Bell for the provision of high-speed Internet to a number of publicly owned buildings that will increase the number of public wireless hotspots…

By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Jan. 28 meeting of Minden Hills council. Minden Hills councillors passed a resolution supporting the Blue Dot movement a campaign from the…

By Chad Ingram Haliburton County will close its tourist information centre along Highway 35 in Minden at the end of the year. County councillors made that decision during a Jan. 27 council meeting. At a…

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By Chad Ingram The Minden Hills Cultural Centre willget hit with a big funding cut in 2016 and likely one next year as well. During a Jan. 28 meeting Minden Hillscouncil ordered community services director…

By Chad Ingram The Minden Hills Cultural Centre willget hit with a big funding cut in 2016 and likely one next year as well. During a Jan. 28 meeting Minden Hillscouncil ordered community services director…

By Chad Ingram “Burnout” says Erin Lynch explaining the decision to close the Art Hive along Highway 118 in Algonquin Highlands. “Predominantly it’s burnout.” For more than nine years the Art Hive Maple Lake Artisans…

By Chad Ingram The executive director of the Haliburton Highlands Family Health Team says the organization is managing amid provincial cutbacks. The provincial government and the province’s doctors have been without an agreement for more…

By Chad Ingram Recently elected Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MP Jamie Schmale told Algonquin Highlands councillors last week he’ll be working to get local townships as much of the billions of stimulus dollars being dished out by…

By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands will not bepartnering with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry on the maintenance of Sherborne Lake Road south of Dorset. Winding about 12 kilometres fromHighway 35 to the lake…