By Sue Tiffin Tiffany Howe won’t be at her exhibition Salvaged Remnants at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery for the duration of the show but withdidactics on the wall showcasing her work the multidisciplinary artisttold the…
Starry Night for Places for People
Not-for-profit housing organization Places for People along with the YWCA’s HERS women’s shelter both recently received a boost from agroup of fibre art fanatics. During November’s Fashion Fallies an annual Haliburton-centricfashion show hosted at the…
Township to have mattress pile removed
The following are brief reports of items discussed at a Jan. 30 Minden Hills council meeting. The Township of Minden Hills will pay Miller Waste more than $90000to dispose of the large pile of mattresses…
Extracurriculars sports left in state of limbo
Extracurriculars, sports left in state of limbo By Darren Lum Teachers, parents and students are disappointed by Trillium Lakelands District School Board’s decision to cancel all extracurricular activities during school hours at secondary schools.…
Incentives for creating affordable housing
By Chad Ingram The City of Kawartha Lakes and the County of Haliburton will host two information sessions next week aimed at developers landlords and homeowners about incentive programs for the creation of affordable housing.…
MH brings some landfill work in-house
By Chad Ingram Councillors granted pre-budget approval for the rental of a roll-off truck – used for the transportation of dumpsters – that will allow the township to perform some of its own waste haulage…
MH borrows for roads projects
By Chad Ingram Minden Hills councillors discussed the township’s 2020 budget again during a Jan. 30 meeting and the municipality will take out a loan for the completion of some roads projects. The township will…
Thirteen residents of Haliburton County charged in drug…
Sixteen people 13 of them residents of Haliburton County are facing numerous charges after a nine-month investigation targeting individuals responsible for trafficking cocaine into the Haliburton area from the Greater Toronto Area. On January 30…
Beauty Basics brings one-stop shop together
Beauty Basics brings one-stop shop together Bu Sue Tiffin When Amy Joanu speaks about her vision, her business and the upcoming grand opening of her one-stop beauty shop, her energy is palpable. Joanu…
AH proceeds with fire hall renovation
By Chad Ingram The Township of Algonquin Highlands will proceed with the renovation of its fire station at Oxtongue Lake known as Station 70 at the township’s north end. Councillors for the township approved awarding…
County council cost about $135K for 2019
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County council cost approximately $133500 to operate for 2019. The 2019 statements of remuneration and expenses for county council were received by councillors during a Jan. 22 meeting. County councillors receive…
County hesitant on health unit request
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County along with the City of Kawartha Lakes is not in a hurry to pay additional money that is being requested of it by the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health…
County tax increase 1.67 per cent
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County residents can expect a 1.67 per cent increase on the upper tier portion of their tax bills for 2020. County councillors passed the budget during a Jan. 22 meeting. While…
Roberts deputy warden for 2020
By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Jan. 22 meeting of Haliburton County council. Dysart et al Mayor Andrea Roberts was chosen by her colleagues as deputy warden of…
Speed alcohol top factors in snowmobile fatalities
By Jenn Watt Nearly half of snowmobile fatalities in Ontario in the last 10 years occurred on frozen lakes or rivers; 45 per cent involved alcohol or drugs; and 34 per cent were in Central…
Teacher strikes to resume next week
By Chad Ingram Rotating one-day strikes by members of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario will continue next week if the union and the Ford government are not able to reach a contract resolution before…
Community mourns man who died at work
By Sue Tiffin When Wade Hartin died unexpectedly at work as a snow-grooming machine operator at Dagmar Ski Resort near Uxbridge last week friends family and the wider community reached out to share stories of…
Don’t toss it! Bring it to SIRCH’s first…
Submitted by SIRCH Community Services What do you do with a broken toaster? Or with a wobbly chair? Or with a sweater full of moth holes? Toss it away? No way! Instead bring it to…
St. Stephen’s proposed as green burial site
By Chad Ingram The Haliburton Highlands Green Burial Society is proposing that an undeveloped section at the north end of the cemetery at St. Stephen’s Church along Buckslide Road in Algonquin Highlands become Haliburton County’s…
Words come easily for Minden’s prolific poet
By Sue Tiffin The first thing Beth McWatters does after sitting back down in the armchair next to the window in her living room from which she gathers inspiration as life outside happens is show…
Education director to retire this summer
By Chad Ingram School will be out this summer in a big way for Larry Hope. Hope who’s been director of the Trillium Lakelands District School Board for the past decade announced last week that…