By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands councillors had kind words for departing fire chief Mike Cavanagh as he gave a final report to council during a Jan. 16 meeting. Cavanagh is resigning from the township taking…
Museum expansion price tag higher than expected
An expansion of the Dorset Heritage Museum will cost significantly more than anticipated and Algonquin Highlands councillors are in the process of deciding how the township might go about making up that shortfall. During a…
Province announces annual equalization infrastructure funding
Earlier this week the provincial government announced annual funding allocations for municipalities under both its Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund and Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund programs. Under the OMPF which is the province’s main grant funding…
Strike action closes county's schools
By Jenn Watt Rotating one-day strikes involved teachers at the county’s high school alternate education centre and five elementary schools on Tuesday as the unions intensify job action over stalled negotiations with the province. “We…
First Haliburton County homebirth of 2020 ‘like a…
When Annalee Hunter went to bed at around 7:30 p.m. on the night of Jan. 5she had no idea that when she woke up in the morning she’d be able tohave breakfast and meet her…
Climate change co-ordinator plans to lead the way
By Sue Tiffin Korey McKay is in the unique position of working in a job that didn’t exist two years ago when she enrolled in a master’s program that would eventually enable her to work…
County aims for 15 per cent emissions reduction
By Chad Ingram The County of Haliburton will aim to decease greenhouse gas emissions from its corporate operations by 15 per cent by 2030. Councillors on the county’s planning and environment advisory committee received a…
Extra-curriculars field trips affected by job action
Extra-curriculars, field trips affected by job action By Jenn Watt Published Jan. 14, 2019 Elementary school teachers are not participating in field trips or supervising extra-curricular activities in order to demonstrate their frustration with…
MH council aims for 5.3 per cent levy…
Minden Hills councillors are aiming for a 5.3 per cent increase in the township’s tax levy over the 2019 budget as they head into their third round of 2020 draft budget discussions later this month.…
Minden Hills hires new fire chief
Minden Hills announced this week that Nelson Johnson is the new chief of its volunteer fire department starting in the role Jan. 13. “Nelson brings with him over 25 years of progressive experience inthe fire…
Minden honours volunteers who go above and beyond
By Sue Tiffin Each year those who give back to their community have theopportunity to be recognized with one of six awards offered tovolunteers in Minden Hills who are nominated by those who have noticedtheir…
Staff restructuring in Minden Hills
By Chad Ingram There is some restructuring taking place with senior staff positions in the Township of Minden Hills. Since 2014 Lorrie Blanchard has served jointly as the township’s chief administrative officer and treasurer and…
Continued reservations about TripAdvisor at committee
By Chad Ingram Some members of Haliburton County’s tourism advisory committee and the manager of one of the county’s largest accommodators continue to have concerns about the proposed use of online travel company TripAdvisor by…
Classes serve up new ways to cook
By Darren Lum Ever since Jay McIvor was 14 he’s loved to eat. He parlayed thispassion for food to his culinary journey allowing him to enrich his life with the flavours of the world. As…
In search of foster parents
By Chad Ingram The Kawartha Haliburton Children’s Aid Society is asking residents of Haliburton County along with those of the City of Kawartha Lakes andPeterborough to consider becoming foster parents. “Please step forward and show…
Pinestone prepares to serve up slapshots and saucer…
By Darren Lum Some will wear goofy costumes complete with outrageous wigsothers will play in matching hockey jerseys or everyday clothes but one thing all of the hundreds of participants will share is a love…
AH pays damages in breach of contract lawsuit
The Township of Algonquin Highlands paid an Ajax-based solid waste handling company more than $70000 in damages in a breach of contract lawsuit. According to court documents obtained by the Times in a decision on…
Business could benefit from CIP
Minden Hills’ community improvement plan could offer grants to business owners within the village of Minden for improvements to the facades of their building should the township provide funding under the CIP in 2020. Township…
Councillors call out inequity in flood funding
To say that some members of Haliburton County are upset that an organization in an adjacent municipality received millions of dollars for work on flood mitigation from the provincial government while the county received nothing…
County releases RFP for service delivery review
By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Dec. 18 meeting of Halburton County council. Councillors voted to release a request for proposals for a consultant to conduct a service…
County should reduce use of paper consultant finds
Scrapping the use of so much paper was one recommendation for the County of Haliburton stemming from an operational review conducted by consulting and accounting firm KPMG. County councillors received a representation on the results…