** Please note this story has been updated here . A second hospitalization related to COVID-19 – the first since April – has been reported by the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge district health unit. On…
Horseshoe Lake heroes save neighbour's life
By Sue Tiffin On July 4 just after dinner Justin Bragg was sitting out on hisneighbour Tyler Eames’s dock when they saw another cottage neighbourPaul Tantakis head into Horseshoe Lake for a swim. Looking down…
Kinmount residents evaluating damage following tornado on Sunday
By Jenn Watt Neighbours municipal workers hydro crews and local businesses were out inKinmount on Monday morning cleaning up after a tornado went through the village around 5 p.m. on Sunday Aug. 2. Trees were…
MH/HE close to landfill agreement
By Chad Ingram The Township of Minden Hills and the Municipality of Highlands East aregetting closer to an agreement that will allow Irondale-area residentsto use a waste disposal site in Highlands East once Minden Hills…
MH to seek input on regulations for camping…
By Chad Ingram Minden Hills council is directing township staff to develop a public input process for the potential creation of regulations to limit the use of and create a licensing system for recreational campers…
Minden Hills passes face mask policy
By Chad Ingram Minden Hills council has passed a non-medical mask or face coveringpolicy that applies to employees and members of the public withinmunicipal facilities amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and which willdeny entry to…
Province announces back-to-school plans reopening of daycare
By Sue Tiffin When the school bell rings in September students in Haliburton County will be able to head back full time. After weeks of parents fretting going over three options the provincialgovernment had recommended…
Rec facilities remain closed in Algonquin Highlands
By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands’ recreation complexes – the Dorset RecreationCentre the Stanhope Firefighters Community Hall and the Oxtongue LakeCommunity Centre – will remain closed amid the ongoing COVID-19pandemic. “Upon review and discussion of a…
Two fires in one week in Algonquin Highlands
By Chad Ingram There were two house fires in Algonquin Highlands last week, with one home destroyed in a blaze on Boshkung Lake’s Echo Bay in the early morning hours of Thursday, July 30. Fire…
Kinmount residents evaluating damage following severe storm on…
Update: Environment Canada confirmed to CBC News Monday that a tornado did touch down in Kinmount. One of their meteorologists told the CBC the tornado was classified as EF-1 with winds about 150 kilometres per hour.…
Community safety plan conducted at county level
By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed du ring a July 22 online meeting of Haliburton County council. The provincial government has mandated that all municipalities in Ontariocreate what it’s calling…
County to apply for broadband funding
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County will apply for provincial funding for a project that would bring internet downloading/uploading speeds of 50 mbps/10 mbps to the area. A staff report from chief administrative officer…
Face mask mandate getting mixed reviews
By Sue Tiffin A mask mandate issued by the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit for July 13 has been met with positive and negative reviews from the public. “Like all issues, we have…
Health unit answers questions on COVID-19 data contact…
As of Tuesday, July 28, 13 people in Haliburton County have had confirmed cases of Haliburton County. All cases but one, reported earlier this week, have been resolved. The Minden Times asked the health unit…
HHHS ends fiscal year with surplus
By Jenn Watt The last fiscal year for Haliburton Highlands Health Services has been one unlike any other, the attendees of the annual general meeting heard on July 16. “It certainly was an unprecedented year…
Kids cultivate kindness activity in Minden
By Sue Tiffin Last week a group of cousins brought a fresh offer of colour and kindness to Minden. “Our daughter Kadyn is very in tune with what is going on around her andthe world”…
Legions opening their doors again to community
By Sue Tiffin While three local Royal Canadian Legions in the county – Haliburton Branch129 Wilberforce Branch 624 and Minden Branch 636 – closed theirdoors alongside other Legions across the country on March 17 to…
MH approves video surveillance policy
By Chad Ingram Minden Hills councillors adopted a video surveillance policy for the township during a special July 23 online meeting, and a subsequent report will come back to the council table regarding specific locations…
Mid-year review shows county finances OK
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County councillors received a mid-year review of the county’s finances at a July 22 online meeting, a review they had requested in May amid the COVID-19 pandemic. That review showed the…
Missing man found dead in Minden Lake
By Staff The body of a Scarborough man who police had been searching for sincedeclaring him missing on July 23 was pulled from Minden Lake on Sunday. Haliburton Highlands OPP said a resident had found…
MP pens letter of support to end blood…
By Darren Lum Blood might be within you to give, but the slogan of Canadian Blood Services doesn’t apply equally to everyone. Despite blood shortages in Canada (even more so during the pandemic), Minden Pride…