By Chad Ingram If the federal government is going to change the electoral system then Canadians should have a vote says Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MP Jamie Schmale. Schmale is inviting residents to sign a petition calling…
Fire destroys South Lake home
By Chad Ingram A Minden family has lost their home and apet after a fire destroyed a house on South Lake on Jan. 12. Minden Hills fire chief Doug Schell saidthe department got the first…
Tourist info centre likely to close
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Grants roll in for area projects
By Jenn Watt Two area not-for-profits and one municipality are moving forward with community projects after their applications were accepted by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The Arts Council ~ Haliburton Highlands secured the largest grant…
HCSA getting trails open for season
By Chad Ingram Winter’s late arrival in Haliburton County this year is not having much of an impact for the Haliburton County Snowmobile Association. While the snow may have come late it all came at…
Making friends with Muscle Shoals
By Chad Ingram It was a showing of Muscle Shoals at Haliburton’s Those Other Movies that led county residents Jim and Bernie Davis to the Alabama town for which the documentary is named. The film…
Nominations open for business and community awards
By Jenn Watt Bernie and Jim Davis are avid travellers and wherever they go they are interacting with frontline staff at restaurants grocery stores and gas stations. Their impression of any town or region is…
Coboconk cottage explodes
By Chad Ingram Two people were injured and the firemarshal's office is investigating after a cottage near Coboconk exploded duringthe weekend. Kawartha Lakes OPP officers were called tothe seasonal residence on Normwood Drive at approximately…
Man pinned by truck airlifted to hospital
By Chad Ingram A 29-year-old Minden man has beenairlifted to hospital in Toronto with serious injuries after gettingpinned between a truck and a trailer. Just before 4 p.m. on Thursday Jan. 7Haliburton Highlands OPP were…
Changes for Haliburton County Fair
By Chad Ingram The Haliburton County Fair will be condensed into one day and will be held in June rather than August this year. The board for the fair which is run by the Minden…
Health unit confirms first local case of flu
By Chad Ingram With the flu season just ramping up it’s difficult to gauge how effective this year’s vaccines will be but as always the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit is encouraging residents…
Ontario a hub for human trafficking: report
By Chad Ingram Ontario is a hub for human trafficking and the sex trade a report from the province’s select committee on sexual violence and harassment has concluded. The committee which was created on a…
Pond hockey tournament delayed until 2017
By Darren Lum A few months wasn’t enough time to organize the Pond Tourney with Bernie said its organizer John Teljeur. Teljeur the general manager of the Pinestone Resort and Conference Centre with two years…
Where opportunity and hard work meet
By Chad Ingram When they immigrated to Canada from India in 2002 Peter and Dipa Shah had $2000. Today the Minden residents have 13 Subway franchises. “If you are hard working then there is very…
Bridge requires major work
By Chad Ingram The Howland Junction trestle bridge located along the Haliburton County Rail Trail will require significant work in 2016. “The bad news is the bridge needs to be replaced next year” zapublic works…
Councillors request tax hike scenarios
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County residents should expect at least a 3.85 per cent increase in their upper-tier property taxes for 2016. County treasurer Laura Janke gave councillors a peek at the 2016 draft budget…
Former junior citizen now a hard-working college student
By Chad Ingram Alnoor Gowani was a 13-year-old Grade 8 student when he was given a Junior Citizen of the Year Award from the Ontario Community Newspaper Association in 2009 for saving a drowning man…
Future of Young Eagles up in the air
By Angelica Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Dec. 10 meeting of Algonquin Highlands council. The popular Young Eagles program run out of the Stanhope airport might be in trouble…
Hyland Crest launches music therapy program
By Jenn Watt After successfully beta testing a music program for people with dementia Minden’s long-term care home will now offer the full video series to residents as part of their activity complement. Pathways developed…
Miners Bay blog goes viral
By Chad Ingram Miners Bay resident Jim Love was flabbergasted when he saw a message from a family member supporting a petition encouraging the stemming of refugees to Canada. “It knocked me for a loop”…
Baskets make Christmas merrier for Minden families
By Chad Ingram “I’m overwhelmed each year” says Ron Reid. Reid who is the co-ordinator of the annual Minden Christmas basket program is talking about the generosity of the community. Overseen by the food bank…