By Sue Tiffin Each year, the Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations honours the accomplishments of lake associations in the categories of environmental stewardship, land use planning initiatives, research and education, political involvement or other similar…
By Sue Tiffin With warmer weather comes the spring thaw, or freshet, as snow and ice accumulated over the winter season melts into rivers, lakes and streams. Typically throughout central Ontario, the freshet occurs between…
By Jerelyn Craden A bright, sunny, spring day matched the enthusiasm and attendance for the landscape artist Alex Jack’s exhibit and artist talk, Drawing in Landscape, at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery (AJG) on Saturday, April…
By Sue Tiffin Within 24 hours of Chris Near seeing the Carnarvon Family Golf listing on the PGA Canada website, he had driven from Orillia to see it. Now Near, along with his wife Kelsey,…
By Alex Gallacher The Haliburton County Huskies completed their inaugural regular season with a win Saturday night against the Mississauga Chargers and a loss against the Wellington Dukes on Sunday, April 3. Finishing the season…
By Sue Tiffin Minden Hills councillors returned to the deliberation table last week to talk about the 2022 budget, the first public budget discussion since last October. Since December, staff have been working on decreasing…
By Sue Tiffin The cost to add a snack bar at Minden’s arena has, in the words of community services director Craig Belfry, “ballooned” to $293,000 excluding HST and contingency. Previously, council had approved additional…
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District health unit press conference held virtually on March 23 with medical officer of health Dr. Natalie Bocking and a press…
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports of items discussed during a March 24 virtual meeting of the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board. HHHS has continued to face nursing and physician staff shortages…
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports of items discussed during a March 23 committee of the whole meeting and recommended to be approved by county council. With all provincial restrictions related to COVID-19…
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports from a Trillium Lakelands District School Board meeting held both in person and virtually on March 22. “It is good to be back in person,” said…
By Darren Lum A cool wind and falling snow did little to diminish the heat from the fervor expressed by protesters, who gathered at the locomotive landmark in Haliburton last Friday to take a stand…
By Darren Lum Finding that perfect formal ensemble for the upcoming graduation this year is closer than you think. After eight years, the Make Dreams Come True initiative continues to be a service for anyone…
By Sue Tiffin Dr. Naomi Nichols, Canada Research Chair in Community-Partnered Social Justice and a sociology professor at Trent University, was the key speaker at the 31st Celebration of Research held virtually on March 26. …
Officer’s actions worthy of award nomination by Police Association By Darren Lum There are heroes among us and sometimes they’re given the recognition they don’t want, but deserve. Haliburton Highlands OPP sergeant Paul McDonald was…
By Darren Lum Melanie Walter’s dream came true last week when she competed at the 2022 Skate Ontario Provincial Championships in Mississauga on March 24. Walter has been skating with the Minden Skating Club since…
By Alex Gallacher With a shot at first place, the Haliburton County Huskies’ playoff seeding became more complicated after a loss to the Wellington Dukes on Saturday and a win against the Trenton Golden Hawks…
By Alex Gallacher The playoff format for the 2022 Nutrafarms OJHL Championship Series has been announced. A four-round playoff format will see the winner of the Buckland Cup head directly to Estevan, Saskatchewan to compete…
By Sue Tiffin Councillors passed the township’s 2022 budget last week. The budget includes $14.6 million in total expenditures, $5.9 million which will come from property taxation. This represents a levy increase of 4.16 per…
In January, electric charging stations were installed across Haliburton County. The Park & Charge, Ivy’s level two charging network, brings electric vehicle charging infrastructure to the Highlands in all four municipalities. On March 9, the…
By Sue Tiffin An overall increase of $3,634,196 – from $22,550,474 to $25,639,670 - to the previously approved Sept. 2021 budget was brought to the board of health for approval by Dr. Natalie Bocking. The…