By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports from the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board meeting held virtually on Oct. 28. HHHS is looking at strategies to deal with staff shortages, including looking at innovative…
Clinic prepares for youth, booster shots
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference held Oct. 27 with medical officer of health Dr. Natalie Bocking. Mass vaccination clinics are reopening…
Province allocates municipal funding
Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund allocations for 2022 have been announced. Municipalities in Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock are receiving more than $16 million of the $500 million main general assistance grant offered by the Ontario government to 389…
Fitness equipment approved for community centre
By Sue Tiffin Minden Hills councillors responded with enthusiasm including one “Hallelujah, yes!” upon approving the contract for the supply and installation of fitness equipment at the S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena. The contract was awarded…
Mental health mobile clinics coming to county
By Sue Tiffin Help for people in need of mental health and addiction support is coming to the county, so they don’t need to leave the county to get help. Four new mobile mental health…
Frightening forest welcomes those who aren’t faint-hearted
By Sue Tiffin If a terrified trick-or-treater who dares to enter a haunted forest walk screams in the woods, does anybody hear them? Rachael Velkovski will be listening closely, delighted to frighten brave visitors to…
Photographer’s work showcased in book
By Darren Lum Photographer, instructor and lover of life, Glenn Springer was known for his passions. Springer, a prolific photographer and past contributor to the Haliburton Echo and Minden Times, captured life and appreciated the…
Halls Island Artist Residency opens door to 2022…
By Sue Tiffin A musical trio, a voice actor, a couple of writers, an actress, poets, book authors, visual artists and artists of varied disciplines have all found solace and hopefully some inspiration while taking…
One year brings arts centre closer to feasibility
By Sue Tiffin The past fiscal year for the Haliburton Highlands Arts Centre Foundation has been an active one, one in which the board grew from three people to eight and funding for thousands of…
Horticultural society hopes to grow membership
By Sue Tiffin While most people might not be thinking about gardens in December, the Minden and District Horticultural Society is ready at that time to order the plants they will plant in the first…
Bear Lake Road residents propose private plowing
By Alex Gallacher Approximately 40 families along Bear Lake Road have formed the Bear Lake winter maintenance association, looking to hire a private contractor to plow the road in the winter after years of requesting…
Legion’s care repairs wear and tear to cairn
By Sue Tiffin The county cairn located in Minden’s Village Green will be in fine form for the upcoming Remembrance Day service, and for years to come, after the Minden Legion funded its restoration. “We…
Green burials approved in Algonquin Highlands
By Alex Gallacher Upon deliberation by Algonquin Highlands council, in a unanimous vote green burials were approved to be held during the warmer seasons from April to November. An increasing area of interest, particularly amongst…
Health unit plans to bring back mass immunization…
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference with medical officer of health Dr. Natalie Bocking, held virtually Oct. 20. In the next couple…
Giving real world work experience key to prosperity
This story is the first in a series of articles that will highlight co-op placements. By Darren Lum Labour shortages are affecting communities across the continent and Haliburton County is included. The Highlands has seen…
Getting a grip on education with boot camp
By Darren Lum When Grade 12 Haliburton Highlands Secondary School student Grace Hudson started the day, she didn’t think she would enjoy plumbing, but that changed after she participated in the Tools in the Trades…
Mortality explored in ongoing exhibition and upcoming workshops
Returning is a joint collaborative exhibition at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery which deals with mortality. The exhibition speaks to what many people are thinking of today - death. A global pandemic and mass extinction from…
Cultural Centre celebration invites trick-or-treaters to get into…
By Sue Tiffin While the Minden Hills Halloween event has always been a popular family outing, for the second year in a row the celebration will be held outdoors during the day at the Minden…
Hyland Crest reconnects residents and trick-or-treaters
By Sue Tiffin It’s not Halloween night without a stop at Hyland Crest in Minden for a visit between costumed little ones and grinning residents of the long-term care home, but that annual tradition was…
Lions serve up a feast for first in-person…
By Sue Tiffin Brian Moore was excited all day Saturday, knowing that the Minden and District Lions Club was hosting the service club’s first in-person event in 19 months that evening. An Octoberfest-themed dinner event…
Minden Pride group approaches Rainbow Railroad goal
Minden Pride’s Rainbow Railroad team is thrilled to announce they are very close to achieving the goal of raising $10,000 to help an LGBTQ2+ person in danger in Afghanistan. At press time, $9,740 - or…