By Sue Tiffin School’s not out for summer, but it won’t be in-person again for the majority of elementary and high school students throughout the province until a new school year in September.“To best protect…
Meet Your Neighbours: Larry O’Connor connects with his…
By Sue Tiffin After becoming introduced to Indigenous beadwork, the first piece that Larry O'Connor beaded himself was a poppy, which he gave to his next door neighbour, a Legion member. “They say you should…
Phase 1 to begin on Friday
By Chad Ingram Phase 1 of the Ford government's Roadmap to Reopen COVID-19 economic recovery plan is poised to begin Friday, June 11, amid rising vaccination rates and declining confirmed cases of the virus. As…
OHTO receives $1 million in relief
By Chad Ingram The Ontario’s Highlands Tourism Organization, of which Haliburton County is a part, is receiving $1 million from the Federal Economic Development Agency of Ontario to help tourism-based businesses, which have been hit…
Councillors discuss collaboration on services
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County councillors discussed inter-municipal collaboration on roads work, landfills, bylaw enforcement and other services during a special online meeting May 26.Councillors, along with the chief administrative officers of the county and…
Austin to depart ASES for Coboconk
By Sue Tiffin After almost six years of leading the Archie Stouffer Elementary School community, principal Jane Austin is returning to Ridgewood Public School in Coboconk.Austin started her career in Ottawa in 1997 at the…
Get a taste of soul from Val’s
By Darren Lum A short drive from downtown Minden will bring your taste buds to faraway lands at Val’s Soul Food where the dishes are slow-cooked and infused with love.Operated by the mother and daughter…
MH to host virtual Canada Day celebrations
By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a May 27 online meeting of Minden Hills council. For the second consecutive year, Minden Hills’ massive Canada Day bash in Minden’s downtown…
Progress Pride flag to fly at TLDSB schools
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports of items discussed at the board of trustees meeting of Trillium Lakelands District School Board held virtually on May 25. As reported in the Times, at the…
Meet Your Neighbours: Payton Saunders finds his place…
By Sue TiffinStaff reporter In some of the stills from videos Payton Saunders has of his parkour and free running skills, he's completely horizontal – parallel to the ground and appearing to float mid-air. If…
Renting private land for camping prohibited
By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a May 20 online meeting of Algonquin Highlands council. While some Algonquin Highlands residents have been renting out their properties for others to…
Huskies welcome billet families to its pack
By Darren Lum Take a unique opportunity to give back to the community by showing the best of the Highlands as a billet family for a Haliburton County Huskies player, said volunteer billet coordinator Jess…
New owners at River Cone offer sweet place…
By Sue Tiffin For Ben Scott and Monica Bolton, becoming the owners of the River Cone in Minden village is the cherry on top of fulfilling their longtime dreams and entrepreneurial goals. The couple fell…
Unprecedented lumber situation part of perfect storm of…
By Darren Lum Rising lumber cost in North America have seen record setting prices and there are multiple aspects to it that need to be considered say affected industry members.There was a confluence of actions…
MOH asks residents to avoid post long-weekend COVID-19…
By Sue TiffinStaff reporter 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 May 19. In her introductory…
County awards contract for creation of shoreline bylaw
By Chad Ingram The County of Haliburton has awarded a contract for the creation of a draft shoreline protection bylaw to Hutchinson Environmental Sciences Ltd., in partnership with J.J Richards and Associates.Councillors made that decision…
Short-term rental regs move to upper tier
By Chad Ingram The issue of regulating short-term rentals in Haliburton County will move to the upper tier of the county council table, after receiving support for the concept from each of the county’s four,…
Guides, township working on solution
By Chad Ingram Representatives of Minden’s Guides and Scouts groups met virtually with Minden Hills staff last week to discuss options for a new home for the organizations.As previously reported, the leaders of local Guides…
Surplus spent on roads projects
By Chad Ingram A 2020 surplus for the Township of Minden Hills that would have totalled some $1.1 million has formally totalled just more than $106,000, with the township spending the bulk of the large,…
Mitigating mystery snails in county waters
By Chad Ingram The Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners’ Associations is launching a program aimed at decreasing the population of Chinese mystery snails, an invasive species, in the county’s lakes.County councillors heard a presentation about…
Legacy of inclusiveness lives on with rainbow bench…
By Darren Lum The Gull River received a bright and colourful reminder of the man that gave so much of his heart to make Minden a place for everyone.The late Sinclair Russell, who was a…