By Chad Ingram Dry conditions gave way to two fires south of Minden on July 10 which were brought under control during the weekend. One of those fires occurred on Sugar Island on Gull Lake…
COVID losses exceed $3 billion in eastern Ontario
By Chad Ingram As of the beginning of June the estimated economic lossescreated by the COVID-19 pandemic in eastern Ontario totalled more than$3 billion with the equivalent of 80000 jobs lost. During an online meeting…
County to enter Stage 3
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County along with most parts ofOntario will enter Stage 3 of the provincial government's phased COVID-19recovery process as of 12:01 a.m. this Friday July 17. Premier Doug Ford made that announcementduring…
Blue jays develop taste for address signs
By Chad Ingram Blue jays have been wreaking havoc on blue and white 911 residential address signs throughout the county with hundreds of signs damaged as the jays peel their covering away. The county experienced…
Caring Connection needs community’s help
By Darren Lum While the world has stayed apart to stay together during the ongoing pandemic some residents have been left isolated in Haliburton County. Some may not get to see or hear from a…
Fire chief promoting safety planning after fires
By Sue Tiffin Two fires were safely put out last week by the Minden Hills Fire Department but fire chief Nelson Johnson is reminding the local business community to develop a fire safety plan and…
Health unit offices open again
By Jenn Watt On Monday July 6 offices of the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit reopened to the public following precautionary pandemic-related closures. New measures have been introduced to protect the health of…
Highlands Cinemas misses first summer in 40 years
By Sue Tiffin Highlands Cinemas in Kinmount will remain closed this season citing multiple factors in not being able to open for the 2020 season. “Well it was a long winter now it looks like…
Masks required in Haliburton County businesses next week
By Sue Tiffin Face masks will be mandatory in businesses in Haliburton County as of July 13 according to instructions issued by the local medical officer of health in an end-of-day announcement made July 7…
Minden Hills accepts exact change at landfill plans…
By Sue Tiffin An announcement made July 2 was one that many Minden Hills residents were waiting to hear: waste site operations at Scotch Line landfill and Ingoldsby transfer station would resume the next day.…
New funding to enhance virtual mental health services
By Jenn Watt Funding provided to Haliburton Highlands Health Services through the Emergency Community Support Fund will improve access to mental health services for vulnerable members of the community HHHS CEO Carolyn Plummer said in…
Travel back in time with The Great Historic…
By Darren Lum Connect with history have fun and win prizes with Minden Hills Cultural Centre and Heritage Village’s Great Historic Bake Off. The bake off includes a weekly video baking lesson set in the…
Volunteers donate more than 1200 masks
By Sue Tiffin Busy hands and compassionate community members are helping to bring more than 1200 homemade fabric masks to faces through SIRCH Community Services’ Sewing for a Great Cause initiative. “The sewers in this…
Regular rainfall needed to boost lake and river…
By Jenn Watt Water levels on some of the area’s reservoir lakes may drop as much as 25 centimetres during the Trent Severn Waterway drawdown conducted over a two-week period which started last week. According…
Barkhouse named Indigenous Arts Award laureate
By Jenn Watt For the past 30 years artist Mary Anne Barkhouse has been examining issues crucial to our survival as a species – our stewardship of the land andwater the legacy of colonialism on…
County-based kombucha biz brewing success
By Chad Ingram It was Haliburton County’s lack of kombucha selection that led Lucus Esson to brewing his own, with those concoctions becoming the now-commercially available Luc’s Brew. Komhucha is a fermented tea drink often…
County council meetings to be broadcast in perpetuity
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County council will proceed with the purchase andinstallation of audiovisual equipment for council chambers so that whenin-person meetings resume they will be broadcast publicly on theinternet. During a June 24 meeting…
County passes video surveillance policy
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County councillors approved a video surveillance policy during their June 24 meeting, held via videoconferencing and broadcast on YouTube. “While there are no impending video surveillance projects planned for the county,…
COVID-19 assessment centre operating at capacity
By Jenn Watt Since restrictions on who can be tested for COVID-19 have been lifted, demand has swelled at the assessment centre in Haliburton, which is averaging 25 to 35 people per day, said…
Discussion continues on value-added items
By Chad Ingram Minden Hills councillors have still yet to decide on which “value-added items” will be included in the township’s arena project. As previously reported, value-added items are those not included in the project’s…
Incoming kindergarten students introduced to school from a…
By Sue Tiffin Twenty-one of 33 registered junior kindergarten students got a look at the school they could be going to for the first time this September at the June 22 Welcome to Kindergarten “Drive…