By Chad Ingram Like many residents of Haliburton County political leaders have beenworking from home amid the coronavirus outbreak and while regularprocesses including council meetings have been suspended for the timebeing municipal work continues. “This…
By Chad Ingram At press time water levels throughout the Gull and Burnt River watersheds appeared to present no threat of serious flooding. County politicians had their first spring freshet conference call of theseason with…
By Darren Lum Fitness class was like any other except for one electronic twist.Instead of everyone coming to the Minden studio to see Meghan Reid ofJust Movement Fitness several of her students went online watching…
By Jenn Watt Trillium Lakelands District School Board staff are putting the pieces in place to support students to study from home as the Ontario governmentannounced Tuesday that schools will not reopen until May 4…
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By Chad Ingram Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic a number of Haliburton County residents have been laid off of work and local food banks are experiencing an increase in demand. “We anticipate demands (and costs)…
By Sue Tiffin After he turns on the light to head down to his basement Moose FMmorning host Rick Lowes jokes to listeners at home tuning in to hisBasement Broadcasts this week that he’s been…
By Chad Ingram Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many Haliburton County businesses have minimized their hours of operation and a number of them, particularly eateries, have shut down completely for the time being. …
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By Chad Ingram AlgonquinHighlands landfills are operating under reduced capacity and meetingsof the township’s council have been suspended amid the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic. Followinga March 19 meeting a number of restrictions were put in place at…
By Chad Ingram The jurisdiction served by the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge DistrictHealth Unit experienced its first COVID-19-related death during theweekend with a man in his 80s passing away at Lindsay’s Ross MemorialHospital on March…
Submitted by HKPR District Health Unit The local health unit is reporting the death of an individual in City of Kawartha Lakes related to COVID-19. The individual a man in his 80s was admitted to…
By Chad Ingram A Minden business has come undersubstantial public criticism after a COVID-19-related post was made to itsFacebook page calling the disease a hoax and encouraging social gathering at itsBobcaygeon Road location. A post…
Need to take a break from COVID-19 stories? Check out some of these features about people in our community. Shannon Quigley has always loved history but she said it wasn’t until her first job as…
By Chad Ingram The federal and provincial governments arespringing into action to help Canadians and Ontarians navigate their waythrough the COVID-19 crisis. At the federal level earlier this weekPrime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an aid…
By Chad Ingram The County of Haliburton has closed its office on Newcastle Street in Minden as of 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday March 17. County councillors held a special meeting Tuesday morning where they passed…
By Chad Ingram A first impression review of Minden garnered largely positive results through what is known as the First Impressions Community Exchange or FICE a program offered through the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food…
While the draft bylaw does include aspects covered in other lower-tier bylaws White said those bylaws cover the entire township whereas the draft shoreline bylaw deals only with the 30-metre band around water bodies. There…
By Chad Ingram A number of residents shared their ideas on tourism strategies for the county during a town hall meeting at Haliburton Legion on the evening of March 3. That meeting, facilitated by Greg…
By Sue Tiffin An automated voice message on the answering machine of theHaliburton Family Medical Centre tells callers that if they areexperiencing potential symptoms of COVID-19 – fever cough difficultybreathing – to avoid any unscheduled…
By Chad Ingram “We don't govern by survey” AlgonquinHighlands Mayor Carol Moffatt said as Haliburton County's tourism committee discussedand ultimately supported running a Haliburton Highlands campaign on popularonline travel website TripAdvisor for 2020. As previously…