By Sue Tiffin While living during a time of pandemic has been worrisome, it has provided unique challenges for the McCutcheon family. Teenagers Tecwyn and Tathan have a neurogenetic disorder called Angelman Syndrome, which results…
Donations needed for SIRCH coat drive
By Darren Lum No one should have to decide between staying warm this winter and paying for rent and food.That’s the sentiment behind the SIRCH Community Services’ fifth annual Share the Warmth Coat Drive, which…
Final destination plan to come to council in…
By Chad Ingram The County of Haliburton is a step closer to having a completed destination management plan. The county hired Vancouver-based firm MMGY NextFactor in 2019 to compile the plan, which looks at ways…
What makes for a COVID-19 ‘outbreak’
By Jenn Watt The following are brief reports of items discussed at the board of health meeting for the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit on Thursday, Oct. 15. Deciding whether to label a…
Councillors call cottage conversion policy controversial
By Chad Ingram Some members of Haliburton County council have concerns regarding a proposed amendment to the county’s official plan that would lay out formal requirements for the conversion of seasonal cottages into year-round dwellings.The…
Director of education explains recent class reorganization
By Jenn Watt A “significant reorganization” of classes was needed across the school board as administrators sought to make adjustments following shifts in student preferences for in-school or at-home learning, board trustees heard at their…
AH receives long-awaited asset management plan
By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands councillors received an asset management plan for the township during an Oct. 15 meeting, that plan recommending tax levy increases to help the township manage the replacement of assets.The provincial…
County council amenable to smaller, if not tiny,…
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County councillors seem open to permitting smaller footprint homes to be constructed within the county, although maybe not the type of tiny homes some residents would like to see.Councillors discussed the…
Fire dept fights house fire on Horseshoe Lake
By Jenn Watt Minden Hills Fire Department responded to a fire at a residence on Horseshoe Lake at about 5 p.m. Oct. 15. Large flames and smoke could be seen from a distance and firefighters…
Hike Haliburton: Winter Edition gets go-ahead
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County councillors are supporting going ahead with snowshoe festival Hike Haliburton: Winter Edition this February.Last February saw the inaugural winter version of the county’s popular Hike Haliburton Festival, the latter typically…
Zoe Chilco remembered as a spark ahead of…
By Sue Tiffin As she remembers her friend, Zoe Chilco, Cheryl Bathe recalls a time when Zoe held a dinner part for her friends, many years ago. Surrounded by Zoe’s collection of unique finds, the…
Childhood in 1950s New York State: Minden resident…
By Jenn Watt For about a decade Kathy Lawton Purc would jot down memories from her childhood growing up on a small farm in New York State. They were like puzzle pieces, she says, scattered…
Minden Post Office employee tests positive for COVID-19
By Sue Tiffin An employee of the Minden Post Office has tested positive for COVID-19, according to Canada Post.“We informed our employees at the Minden Post Office last week [Oct. 8], that one of their…
Fatality on Gelert Road
Staff The Haliburton Highlands OPP are reporting the death of a 57-year-old Haliburton woman in a vehicle collision on County Road 1, also known as Gelert Road, on the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 18. According…
MH septic re-inspection program to begin in spring…
By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during an Oct. 8 Minden Hills committee-of-the-whole meeting. The Township of Minden Hills plans to proceed with its septic re-inspection program in the spring…
‘No guarantee’ students can switch between at-home and…
By Jenn Watt Students who want to switch between in-school and at-home learning will have their name added to a waitlist, with the school board evaluating monthly which students on the list can be reassigned.On…
Health unit launches new COVID-19 data dashboard
By Sue Tiffin A new way to deliver data has been launched on the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit website. The health unit had been receiving requests from residents to present the data…
Burnt River family new owners at Minden’s Pet…
By Darren Lum Minden’s Pet Tyme has always had a love of animals at the core of the business and that isn’t going to change, says new owner Susan Andresen.From behind her store’s counter, Andresen’s…
New book shines light on important collection
By Darren Lum A new book by Minden’s Michael Bainbridge is promising to inform readers about a special collection of minerals with cultural and scientific importance to the world, including the man responsible for it,…
Hundreds of jobs created or maintained through HCDC…
By Jenn Watt Over the last fiscal year, and in the months since the coronavirus pandemic began, Haliburton County Development Corporation has been making funding available to the county’s business community with hundreds of thousands…
COVID-19 heats up Haliburton housing market
By Chad Ingram The COVID-19 pandemic is having a big impact on Haliburton County’s real estate market, turning it red hot, with the number of showings and offers way up, and inventory barely keeping pace…