By Chad Ingram The fifth annual Minden Pride festival will proceed amid the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic with many events taking place virtually. MindenPride will run Aug. 24 through 30 with festivities kicked off by araising of…
Pandemic puts pressure on mental health
By Jenn Watt The coronavirus pandemic has changed nearly every facet of our daily lives, disrupting routines and limiting contact with loved ones, introducing financial pressures and heightening anxiety about our health and that of…
SIRCH seeks to assist with area’s food insecurity
By Darren Lum A new SIRCH Community Services research effort is hoping to gain a greater understanding of the community’s need for food. According to SIRCH, before COVID-19 13.5 per cent of households in the…
Health unit retracts second COVID-19 hospitalization report
A second hospitalization related to COVID-19 – the first since April – reported on Aug. 5 was retracted on Aug. 7 in the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge district health unit's data update. On Aug. 5…
Environment Canada confirms tornado touched down in Kinmount
By Sue Tiffin ** Please note later on Aug. 4 after this story went to print Environment Canada upgraded the tornado that touched down in Kinmount to an EF2 rating based on max winds reaching…
Exploring natural gas options for Minden
By Chad Ingram Minden Hills council is writing a letter of support in principle for EPCOR Utilities Inc. as it applies for grant funding to assist with the exploration of a natural gas system…
Haliburton County reports second COVID-19 hospitalization
** 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…