By Chad Ingram The provincial government unveiled a new document Protecting People and Property: Ontario’s Flood Strategy in Minden on Monday morning. Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry Minister Yakabuski made the announcement alongside Ontario…
By Sue Tiffin Kindergarten students at Archie Stouffer Elementary School had a sweet adventure on March 3 when parent-volunteer Audrey Collins visited for a maple tree tapping field trip on school property. “Audrey taught us…
By Sue Tiffin Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch? The sixth season of SIRCH’s Cook It Up job training program which supports adults who want to work inrestaurants camps or start…
The County of Haliburton will award the contract for a service delivery review it will have conducted for itself and its four lower-tier municipalities to Toronto-based StrategyCorp.
By Chad Ingram Staff reporter Haliburton County council will undertake a wider more in-depth public consultation process on a draft enhanced shoreline preservation bylaw that may include the creation of a sub-committee councillors decided during…
MH council passes 2020 budget By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Feb. 27 Minden Hills council meeting. Council passed the township’s 2020 budget, will includes…
Minden Hills councillors set greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for the township under the county's climate change mitigation plan during their Feb. 27 meeting.
By Sue Tiffin Haliburton Highlands Secondary School and the Haliburton Adult and Alternate Education and Training Centre will be closed Thursday when teachers participate in a one-day strike, unless a deal is made between…
Dinners have also been hosted in the community that celebrated Italian foodand the food from each Canadian province during Canada 150 celebrations. A Fish ‘n’ Fowl Feast will be hosted in Gooderham at the RobertMcCausland…
She thanked Nancy Brownsberger of Community Support Services Tina Jacksonfrom the Heat Bank Margery Cartwright of the Aging Well Committee andNancy Baker from the Family History Library in Cardiff for their helpduring the training portion…
OMAFRA regulations were too onerous for one-man operation owner says By Jenn Watt Norm’s Smokehouse is no longer selling food from now on selling vintage fishing tackle and processing wild game the owner says following…
Students discuss lessons learned in Ghost Boys By Sue Tiffin Ghost Boys, a novel by Jewell Parker Rhodes that is loosely inspired by the story of 12-year-old Tamir Rice’s fatal shooting in 2014, is…
By Chad Ingram During their Feb. 20 meeting Algonquin Highlands council approved an expansion of the Dorset Heritage Museum a project that will cost significantly more than initially anticipated. As previously reported during a January…
By Chad Ingram Anyone with an interest in the county’s tourism activities may wish to attend a town hall meeting at the Haliburton Legion on the evening of Tuesday March 3. The County of Haliburton…
By Chad Ingram While the Township of Algonquin Highlands is receiving insurance money for the damaged Hawk Lake log chute the amount does not cover the costs of replacing the structure and the township’s insurance…
By Chad Ingram It’s been a full-circle journey for Kim Dolan the new executive director of the YWCA Peterborough Haliburton as she takes over the helm of the organization where she began her career in…
By Chad Ingram The potentially costly future of Algonquin Highlands’ multiple docks and landings came up during budget conversations last week. Township councillors held 2020 budget talks on Feb. 19 and 20 and were scheduled…
The provincial Ministry of Solicitor General confirmed on Tuesday Feb. 18 that 11 dogs have been removed from a property in Minden. On Feb. 13 a ministry spokesperson said eight had been removed and since…
Members of Minden Hills council said they were eager to set emissions targets for the township but wanted to wait until more complete population growth numbers were available before doing so. Korey McKay the county’s…
By Jenn Watt Considerable confusion regarding “value-added” items for the arena project remains following a discussion at Minden Hills council on Feb. 13 in which a large multicoloured spreadsheet was presented to councillors. In December…
At press time the province’s four major education unions were set to partake in joint one-day strike on Friday Feb. 21 making it the first time in more than 20 years that such a situation…