By Chad Ingram Minden Hills township will soon start fining residents who continue to park along Bobcaygeon Road between Invergordon Avenue and Fleming Road. Last summer council voted to resurface and sign a little-used municipal…
Haliburtonian ex-pats weigh in on Trump
By Chad Ingram What seemed like a joke when it started is turning into a nightmare for some Americans as its seems more and more likely that businessman and reality TV star Donald Trump will…
Taxes up 6.6 per cent in Minden Hills
By Chad Ingram Residential property taxes in Minden Hills are increasing 6.6 per cent for 2016. Councillors for the township approved the 2016 budget during a March 9 meeting. The budget totals $12.23 million nearly…
Update: Minden man dies following crash
A Minden man was taken to hospital inToronto with serious injuries following a collision south of LindsayMonday morning. On Wednesday morning OPP released a statement that he had died as a result of the injuries…
Waiving fees at the Irondale Community Centre
Minden Hills council will grant a waiver of rental fees at the Irondale Community Centre to two local groups. Community services director Mark Coleman came to councillors for direction on the matter during a March…
Community poses challenges for manufacturing sector
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Man wanted in child porn investigation found dead…
A Toronto man wanted by police for possession of child pornography has been found dead in Haliburton County. Darren Padilla 47 also known as Darren Laite was found by Ontario Provincial Police in the county…
Five years left for Hawk landfill: report
The following are brief reports of items discussed during a March 3 Algonquin Highlands council meeting. An annual report on the landfill along Little Hawk Lake Road shows the waste disposal facility has approximately five…
HHHS to renovate long-term care spaces
The following are brief reports of items discussed during a March 2 meeting of the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board. The meeting was originally scheduled to take place Feb. 25 but was rescheduled due to…
Music and mentorship at winter folk camp
By Chad Ingram A small army of ukelele players pluck strum and sing an advant garde version of Irving Berlin’s Blue Skies . The crowd in the central building at Camp Wanakita erupts into applause.…
Prentices keep on trucking in Minden
This is the second in a series of stories on the pioneering families of Minden. The name Prentice is synonymous with Minden. Many are familiar with Tom Prentice and Sons a local multigenerational trucking grading…
Sheep and goats affordable way into farming
By Chad Ingram County residents thinking they may want to try their hands at farming may want to start with small ruminants – that is sheep and goats. “It doesn’t cost as much to get…
Bill 73 contains fewer constraints than original draft
By Chad Ingram Bill 73 the Smart Growth for Our Communities Act was passed by the provincial government in December. The legislation which according to the province is designed to give citizens greater influence on…
Company looking at bringing fibre optic cable to…
By Jenn Watt Small communities like Minden Bancroft and Haliburton could be ideal candidates for a fibre optic network Grant Roughley of North Frontenac Telephone Company told Minden Hills council during their meeting Feb. 25.…
Cuts set centre 'on its heels'
By Jenn Watt While the Minden Hills tax levy will quite likely be a 10 per cent increase over 2015 CAO/treasurer Lorrie Blanchard told council at their meeting Feb. 25 that most of that was…
Joanne Barnes named Highlander of the Year
By Jenn Watt Fuel for Warmth and the woman who founded it received a hearty community thank-you on Saturday night when both the charity and Joanne Barnes took home Not-for-Profit of the Year and Highlander…
Merchants revive Minden business association
By Chad Ingram Themes will be a major theme for a reawakened business association in Minden. Merchants from the village’s downtown as well as business people from outside the core are banding together to revive…
Scott tables human trafficking bill
Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott is continuing her fight against human trafficking in Ontario. Scott tabled Bill 158 the Saving the Girl Next Door Act as a private member’s bill in the provincial legislature last…
Shoot the bull Haliburton style
On Tuesday March 1 at 7 p.m. at the Minden Community Centre the Haliburton County Farmers Association (HCFA) is hosting a farming info evening. What’s it about? It’s about farming here in Haliburton. It’s about…
Family safe after house fire
By Jenn Watt Cammy George isn’t certain what exactly happened on Feb. 14 when her Miners Bay home burned to the ground. Fire investigators are still looking into the cause of the blaze but haven’t…
OTF funding application workshops
The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) is hosting free workshops for potential nonprofit grant applicants during the month of March with a focus specifically on the Seed and Capital Investment Streams. “Seed grant projects could include…