By Sue Tiffin The Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s board of health has unanimously supported a letter from the Simcoe-Muskoka DistrictHealth Unit that calls for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit to roll into…
Housing program helps homeless during pandemic
By Chad Ingram The City of Kawartha Lakes which is the social services provider forHaliburton County has designed a program to assist landlords in housing the homeless during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The RapidRe-Housing Program…
MH asks for donations of arena items
By Chad Ingram The Township of Minden Hills is turning to the community, issuing a request for donations of “value-added” items to the township’s arena project. As previously reported, value-added items are those not included…
Penny's Place goes online
By Chad Ingram Penny’s Place the consignment shop dealing mostly in children’sclothing that opened on Minden’s main drag during the winter no longerhas a storefront along Bobcaygeon Road amid the COVID-19 pandemic butit is still…
Public will be able to call into meetings
By Chad Ingram During their June 18 meeting Algonquin Highlands council discussed howresidents might be able to partake in public meetings during theCOVID-19 pandemic. While they were initially suspended following adeclaration of emergency by the…
Public will be able to call into meetings
By Chad Ingram During their June 18 meeting Algonquin Highlands council discussed howresidents might be able to partake in public meetings during theCOVID-19 pandemic. While they were initially suspended following adeclaration of emergency by the…
Red Hawks recognized for dedication and sportsmanship
By Darren Lum There wasn’t any audience applause. There weren’t any tearful acceptance speeches. There wasn’t any laughter from a crowd. What students do have is a lasting reminder of athletic excellence and commitment to…
Minden to be featured on CBC's Still Standing
By Chad Ingram Minden will be featured on an episodeof CBC documentary series Still Standing which explores andcelebrates small towns throughout Canada. Minden Hills council held a specialmeeting via online conferencing platform Zoom on June…
Council to decide on value-added items for arena
By Chad Ingram Minden Hills councillors will decide what value-added items the township will include in the arena project at their meeting at the end of the month. Council had a discussion regarding these items…
County stays course with COVID-19 recovery
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County’s four lower-tier municipalities will continue to deal with recovery from the COVID-19 crisis separately county councillorsdecided during a June 10 special meeting. While there had been somethought given to collective…
G7 student senate fights for climate action
By Zachary Roman The G7 Student Senate presented their climate action plan to the Trillium Lakelands District School Board at its regular meeting of the board on June 9. One representative from each of the…
Patients could stay in town for out-of-town appointments
By Sue Tiffin As non-urgent appointments are made available throughout the province and residents are contacted for specialty visits, Ontario Telemedicine Network allows for virtual care for out-of-town engagements. “Part of Ontario’s publicly-funded health care…
Pride and pandemic: How Minden Pride is going…
By Zachary Roman This year marks the fifth for Minden Pride – a cause for celebration. Thechair of Minden Pride David Rankin was hoping to work with theanniversary and make this year’s Pride the biggest…
Pull up a chair: Province temporarily allowing restaurants…
By Chad Ingram The province is allowing restaurants and bars to temporarily expand their patios as dining rooms remain closed amid the COVID-19 crisis. Last week, the Ford government began a phased reopening of businesses…
Rail Trail reopens for ATV use
By Zachary Roman In a Facebook post made on June 9 the County of Haliburton announcedthat the Rail Trail will be opened to motorized vehicles as of FridayJune 19. “As the COVID-19 pandemic continues we…
Satellite internet for Lochlin Irondale
By Chad Ingram The Township of Minden Hills will outfit its community halls in Lochlinand Irondale with satellite internet councillors decided during theirJune 11 committee-of-the-whole meeting which was held using onlineconferencing and broadcast on YouTube.…
Visual Arts the Great Depression and COVID-19
By Laurie Carmount Curator Agnes Jamieson Gallery An odd combination of words for a title I will grant you but consider the following. As you are probably aware during the 1930s the world ground to…
AH re-opens public beaches
The Township of Algonquin Highlandswill re-open its public beaches on Saturday June 13 and visitorsare asked to abide by physical distancing protocols. Township parks have been closed for nearly three months amid the COVID-19 crisis…
Barb Millington takes on Terry Fox Run
Barb Millington takes on Terry Fox Run By Sue Tiffin The first-ever virtual Terry Fox Run will be held in 650 communities across Canada, including Haliburton and Minden. The Terry Fox Foundation confirmed…
Busiest year ever at Woodlands Wildlife Sanctuary
Busiest year ever at Woodlands Wildlife Sanctuary By Zachary Roman With the COVID-19 pandemic causing many to stay home and go out only for the essentials, Monika Melichar, the founder and director of…
Businesses prepare to re-open
By Chad Ingram and Darren Lum Minden businesses are preparing to re-open, or expand their restricted operations, following the Ford government’s announcement earlier this week that as of 12:01 a.m. on Friday, June 12, communities…