The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust announced last week that it had received a grant for more than $36000 from Environment and Climate Change Canada to map and evaluate the Kendrick Creek Wetland Complex with the…

The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Nov. 28 Minden Hills council meeting. Council was visited by Haliburton County Warden Liz Danielsen and county chief administrative officer Mike Rutter who’ve been travelling…

By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Nov. 27 meeting of Haliburton County council. Treasurer Elaine Taylor presented an updated 2020 draft budget to councillors which included a number…

By Sue Tiffin Following Harvest Haliburton’s Food and Agriculture economic development forum held this past March a diverse collective of community organizers and leaders gathered again to collaborate this time on action plans for next…

By Jenn Watt Action by teachers in Ontario is intensifying this week with the secondary school union announcing they will strike for one day on Wednesday Dec. 4 if no deal with the province is…

By Chad Ingram The County of Haliburton is purchasingWee Care the daycare facility along County Road 21 just outsideHaliburton Village meaning when the deal closes both licensedchildcare centres within the county will be owned by…

By Sue Tiffin Justin Daniels’s family said the morning of Wednesday Nov. 20 would have been like any other work day. Justin a 37-year-old talented carpenter would have been “awake at the crack of dawn…

By Sue Tiffin Lorraine Turcotte’s floral work can be seen adding fresh flair throughout the county from the streets of Kinmount to the hallway of the county building and in homes businesses and at weddings…

By Chad Ingram Kieran Gillooly brings 15 years of experience in the heating and cooling industry with him as he opens his new business Northern HVAC Co. “I got into it right after high school”…

By Jenn Watt Elementary and secondary school teachers commenced their work-to-rule action on Tuesday saying the province has failed to address key issues raised during negotiations. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario and the Ontario…

By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Nov. 21 meeting of Algonquin Highlands council. The number of visitors and membership sales at the Dorset Recreation Centre is up from…

By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Nov. 14 Minden Hills council meeting. There is an increasing trend of young families moving to the county and starting small farms…

One person is dead and another has beenairlifted to hospital in Toronto after a collision along Highway 118near St. Peter's Road on the morning of Wednesday Nov. 20 policesay. According to a release from the…

By Sue Tiffin Last week viewers watching Salvage Kings a Canadian television series that features demolition and salvage teams from Priestly Demolition Inc. caught a glimpse of Minden in a segment featuring a rare British-American…

By Chad Ingram During a Nov. 14 meeting members of Minden Hills council expressed concern that too many township staff on the fundraising committee for the arena project is a drain on township resources and…

Submitted by SIRCH For 30 years SIRCH Community Services has had a mission. As needs in the community become apparent especially gaps and issues affecting those most vulnerable SIRCH often develops and implements programs to…

By Sue Tiffin Minden’s new barber Cody Nasby was only 13 years old when he wasinspired by western movies to learn how to use a straight razor. “Watching westerns with my father I saw the…

By Chad Ingram The Township ofAlgonquin Highlands will apply for a grant through the Investing inCanada’s Infrastructure Program that would cover more than $3 million of a nearly $4.5-million project at the Dorset Tower. Townshipcouncillors…

By Chad Ingram An experiment using ahired company to help control tourist traffic during the busy fallfoliage season in Algonquin Highland has proven effective staff saywith the township’s director of parks rec and trails saying…

By Sue Tiffin Bitter cold did not prevent a multigenerational crowd including localdignitaries veterans and school children from lining Bobcaygeon Roadeither sitting on the bleachers some wrapped under blankets orstanding further down the way all…

By Chad Ingram The fifth annual Heat Bank Nightat Carnarvon’s Rhubarb restaurant raised nearly $20000 for Heat BankHaliburton County on the evening of Nov. 10. The event whichincludes silent and live auctions while guests enjoy…