By Mike Baker Haliburton Highlands Health Services has adopted a new one-year strategic plan as the organization prepares for life after the COVID-19 pandemic.The plan includes four priority areas – advancing community partnerships, investing in…
Fire ban lifted
By Chad Ingram The fire ban that had been in place across Haliburton County’s four municipalities since June 1 amid dry conditions was lifted by the county’s fire chiefs on June 18.The removal of the…
Dock talk continues in Algonquin Highlands
By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands councillors continued conversations regarding the creation of policy governing private docks on public road allowances within the township during an online meeting June 17.The regulations would apply to docks, staircases…
Lottery for purchase of Food Cycler at reduced…
By Chad Ingram The Township of Algonquin Highlands will host a lottery-style draw allowing residents to purchase Food Cyclers at a reduced rate as part of a waste diversion pilot project.As previously reported in the…
New book celebrates the arts, history of Halls…
The Halls and Hawk Lakes Property Owners Association (HHLPOA) is celebrating a 75th anniversary with a collection of stories that traces the history from the lumbering and early settlers’ days to the first cottagers. The…
Uptick in tick populations brings crowd to parasitologist’s…
By Sue Tiffin When Dr. Andrew Peregrine, professor and clinical parasitologist at the Ontario Veterinary College moved to Southern Ontario in 1997, he said the prevalence of ticks in Ontario was not what it is…
Health unit excited for ‘most vaccine we’ve had…
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 June 16. This week, people with…
Scott shuffled out of cabinet
By Chad Ingram Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes- Brock MPP Laurie Scott was one of five prominent ministers removed from the Ford government’s cabinet in a shuffle last week.That shuffle comes one year ahead of next June’s provincial…
MH man charged in armed robbery
Staff A Minden Hills man is one of two men charged in an armed robbery that took place in the Coboconk area on the morning of Saturday, June 19. According to the Kawartha Lakes OPP,…
MH considers renovating old fire hall
By Chad Ingram Minden Hills council will explore the viability of renovating the township’s former fire hall into a new space for local Scouts and Guides, as well as other community groups and functions.As previously…
Dealing with issues at Murdoch Road
By Chad Ingram Minden Hills councillors intend for the municipality to crack down on prohibited uses of a public access to Gull Lake at the end of Murdoch Road.Issues at the site, including people cutting…
Preparing for the replacement of Sedgwick Road bridge
By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a June 10 online meeting of Minden Hills council. The township is preparing for the replacement of the Sedgwick Road bridge, which is…
‘Gordie’ leaves daycare after decades of love
By Sue Tiffin Gord Hoenow has heard it all.As a longtime early childhood educator, Hoenow has been privy to entertaining disclosures from toddlers and young children in his care for decades. “Mommy said if I…
Bev Jackson celebrated as she turns the page…
By Sue Tiffin Bev Jackson is a human library of hundreds of different rhymes and songs for babies, toddlers and young children.“When I was a little girl my mom used to sing a lullaby to…
Students learn to be allies aware of justice,…
By Sue Tiffin A group of students sitting in a classroom became part of an activity resulting in a powerful learning opportunity without even leaving their chairs.The Haliburton Highlands Secondary School students were instructed to…
TLDSB shares plans for new school year
By Sue Tiffin More than 16,000 students were re-registered for school in September by a June 1 deadline, despite few details being known about what school will look like in the 2021-2022 year.TLDSB director Wes…
Hall of Fame inductee Linda Brandon humbled by…
By Darren Lum The Haliburton Highlands Hall of Fame named Linda J. Brandon among the 17 individuals to be included in the inaugural class of the Haliburton Highlands Hall of Fame.Linda has been a very…
Driver charged with drug, firearms offences
A 27-year-old Gravenhurst man is facing more than half a dozen charges after he crashed his car along County Road 1 in Minden Hills on June 9. According to a release from the OPP, officers…
Patios to open Friday
By Chad Ingram Outdoor dining will be permitted under Ontario’s COVID-19 economic recovery framework beginning Friday, June 11, and that’s welcome news to local restaurateurs who are preparing to re-open their patios.“Our thoughts can be…
SIU investigation continues
By Chad Ingram Nearly 11 months after a Haliburton County man died following an altercation with police, an Ontario Special Investigations Unit investigation into the incident continues.On the morning of July 15, 2020, a man…
Kinmount Fair cancels 2021 event
By Sue Tiffin For the second year in a row, the 150th Kinmount Fair has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The announcement of the decision was made through a post on the Kinmount Fair’s…