Submitted by HHHS Haliburton Highlands Health Services – Community Programs has launched a new website to provide all residents of Haliburton County with up-to-date information and resources during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The site HaliburtonCares.ca…
By Chad Ingram Local lake associations are donatingthousands of dollars to Haliburton County's food banks amid theCOVID-19 pandemic and those who've donated are challenging otherassociations to do the same. Food banks are experiencing increaseddemand amid…
By Sue Tiffin Archie Stouffer Elementary School started the week with a challenge tothe school community set forth by Quinn and Eleanor Higgins: create adisplay of hearts in windows at home and workplaces throughout the…
Cottager influx would strain health system, doctors say By Jenn Watt In a letter distributed through social media channels over the weekend, the Haliburton Highlands Family Health Team reached out to seasonal residents,…
The second Sleeping in Cars event – in which participants collect pledgesand sleep in their vehicle overnight mimicking what some have to do for shelter in the area – was officially cancelled this year due…
Haliburton opens COVID-19 assessment centre By Darren Lum The newly opened COVID-19 assessment centre at the Haliburton Family Medical Centre on Gelert Road accepted its first patients on Tuesday, March 31. Patients…
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…