By Chad Ingram A report from Watersheds Canada highlights a perceived lack of shoreland stewardship education among waterfront property owners as one of the major barriers to achieving sustainably healthy shorelines.That report, entitled The Future…
Minden Equipment Rental under new ownership
By Chad Ingram Minden Equipment Rental, previously known as Minden Hills Rent-All, is under new ownership and management and ready to welcome customers both old and new.Bill Burnett and Brady van Tol are now at…
Need for services at local YWCA increases
By Mike Baker The YWCA Women’s Centre of Haliburton County has a rather unique goal – to put itself out of business.However, according to Darlene Smith-Harrison, transition support and women’s centre manager, the organization is…
Larry O’Connor connects with his culture
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 always…
Local municipalities and library honoured for exemplary environmental…
By Mike Baker Haliburton County’s four lower-tier municipalities have been recognized for their environmental outreach and programming throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.Dysart et al, Algonquin Highlands, Minden Hills and Highlands East were acknowledged at the 2021…
Youth vaccination clinics to be held June 23,…
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference held virtually on June 2 with medical officer of health Dr. Natalie Bocking. The health unit…
Schools to remain closed until September
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…