By Jenn Watt Haliburton Highlands Health Services moved to seal its long-term care units from the adjoining hospital facilities in both Minden and Haliburton last week, creating additional protection for the residents and staff.…
Jump in your lake for the food bank
By Chad Ingram The president of the Balsam Lake Association is challenging arealakefront residents to “join” him this Saturday afternoon and take aplunge into their lakes to raise money for charitable causes. DeanMichel and wife…
MH councll meetings go digital
By Chad Ingram Minden Hills council held its first remote meeting using digitalteleconferencing platform Zoom on April 28 and the plan is for regularcommittee-of-the-whole and council meetings to be held digitallybeginning in May. The purpose…
Minden Health Care Auxiliary celebrates 20 years
Minden Health Care Auxiliary celebrates 20 years By Sue Tiffin Twenty years ago, Gordon Monk mentioned to his wife Donna that Minden’s new hospital would have space for a gift shop, and perhaps…
Online yoga fundraiser continues into May
By Jenn Watt After the success of Online for our Frontline a yoga fundraiser forHaliburton Highlands Health Services instructor Gail Holness said she’s continuing her efforts in May this time raising money for the foodbank.…
Province to re-open economy in stages
Province to re-open economy in stages By Chad Ingram The provincial government announced Monday that it will re-open Ontario’s economy in stages, but only after receiving advice from its top medical advisors that…
Schools adapting as closure extended
Schools adapting as closure extended By Jenn Watt School staff have been adapting quickly to changes to the education system, and continue to work through challenges distance learning presents, a spokesperson for Trillium…
Vandalism in Minden’s downtown comes at time of…
By Jenn Watt *See end of article for update Each morning Janine Harrison likes to take a walk through Minden’s downtown making her way to Canadian Tire and back. She’s familiar with the local streetscape…
Council talks COVID-19 communications
Council talks COVID-19 communications By Chad Ingram Haliburton County councillors discussed what kinds of communications should be issued by the upper-tier of the county in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic during an April 22 meeting.…
Boat launches remain open in AH
By Chad Ingram Following a confusing sequence ofevents the Township of Algonquin Highlands has clarified that itsboat launches remain open to the public. An April 17 press release issued by thetownship indicated that amid the…
Retired health-care workers return to the front line
By Sue Tiffin After she graduated as a nurse in 1971 Jeanette Gibbons spent 15 yearsworking in a neonatal intensive care unit at a hospital in Hamiltonbefore moving to Haliburton County in 1986 to run…
Students’ stress grows over school rent summer jobs
By Sue Tiffin Abby Gordon was sitting in a class studying in the last month of school in her firstyear of the developmental service program at Algonquin College inOttawa when everything changed. As the coronavirus…
AH declares emergency cancels summer programs
By Chad ingram The Township of Algonquin Highlands has declared a state of emergencyamid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and has cancelledits summer programming. While the County of Haliburton and most ofits lower-tier townships declared local…
EORN issues RFP for massive cell project
By Chad Ingram The Eastern Ontario Regional Network is releasing the first request for proposals in its massive cell gap project that will connect areas of eastern Ontario with low or no connectivity with mobile…
Neighbours Helping Neighbours extends a hand from the…
Neighbours Helping Neighbours extends a hand from the heart By Darren Lum The Ritchie Falls Road bridge Bonnie Roe stands on offers a kind of symbolism as she talks about her Neighbours Helping…
OSSTF and government reach deal
OSSTF and government reach deal By Chad Ingram The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, along with the Ontario Public School Boards Association, OSSTF Education Workers and Council of Trustees’ Associations, has reached a…
Scott urges residents to stay the course
By Chad Ingram Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP and Ontario Infrastructure Minister Laurie Scott says she’s cautiously optimistic that the province might see the peak of the coronavirus curve in the not-too-distant future but is emphasizing it’s…
Possibility of library layoffs broached at board meeting
Possibility of library layoffs broached at board meeting By Chad Ingram Whether or not some staff of the Haliburton County Public Library might be laid off during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was discussed during an…
Tourism association makes recommendations in wake of COVID-19
By Chad Ingram The COVID-19 pandemic stands to wallop the province’s tourism industry and earlier this week the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario released a series of recommendations designed to ease the financial burden for…
Donations for HHHS roll in from online yoga…
By Jenn Watt Update: Gail Holness says she intends to continue her online yoga into the month of May with donations going to Haliburton County food banks. Yoga instructor Gail Holness is reaching out to…
Flooding remains unlikely
By Chad Ingram Severe flooding in the county remains unlikely according to a water levels update from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. At press time the MNRF’s Bancroft District which includes Haliburton County…