By Chad Ingram The Halls and Hawk Property Owners’ Association has asked Algonquin Highlands council to revisit its decision to close the Hawk Lake landfill in two years’ time converting it to a transfer station…
Schmale heads back to Ottawa
By Chad Ingram Jamie Schmale will again be the MP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock and will again be in Opposition. Schmale easily reclaimed the federal seat for HKLB for a second term on Monday night amid…
Schmale wins HHSS students' vote
By Jenn Watt Along with winning back his seat in the House of Commons in the Oct. 21 election Jamie Schmale also took first place in Student Vote an exercise conducted at schools across the…
Urgent need for housing focus of summit
By Sue Tiffin Andrew Hodson was driving to the Haliburton County Housing Summit looking for answers to further help some of the people he works with as a short-term case manager for Four County Crisis…
Arena fundraising goal set at $750000
The fundraising committee for the Minden Hills arena project has set the goal for its fundraising campaign at $750000. Community services director Mark Coleman told township councillors during an Oct. 10 meeting that the committee…
HKLB candidates share their views
By Chad Ingram The following are candidate responses to five questions sent via email by the Times. 1. While the country now has a national housing strategy, housing remains unaffordable for many Canadians.…
Candidates field residents’ questions
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County residents filled the ballroom at the Pinestone on the evening of Oct. 9 to hear from the five people who’d like to become MP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock in the…
Hawk Lake bridge replacement to proceed
The County of Haliburton will proceed with the replacement of the bridge along Little Hawk Lake Road (County Road 13) with both federal and provincial funding in place to help with the cost of the…
HCDC marks 34 years $4.6 million in loans
The numbers for what the year looked like for the Haliburton County Development Corporation were discussed at the organization’s annual general meeting at Red Umbrella Inn on Oct.10. In 2019 60 loans were approved for…
Dorset garage insulation problems to be fixed next…
Dorset garage insulation problems to be fixed next year By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports of items discussed during an Oct. 3 meeting of Algonquin Highlands council. Moisture-related issues due to inadequate insulation…
Trichomonosis identified in Haliburton County birds
Trichomonosis identified in Haliburton County birds By Sue Tiffin While watching the birds congregating at the feeder in her back yard, Tracy Patterson knew something was wrong. The Algonquin Highlands resident has had an avid…
$50000 recommended for flood-related boardwalk repairs
Minden Hills is working through the budget process to move forward with repairs to the flood damaged areas of the boardwalk. Community services department head Mark Coleman wrote in an email he will recommend the…
Art lovers return for tour year after year
Carloads of people driving along scenic routes alongside trees bright and full with colourful leaves slowed as they approached Studio Tour signs dotted along the landscape throughout the county last weekend. The signs each marked…
Scrolling through hopes fears and dreams
By Chad Ingram An installment at the Minden Hills Cultural Centre explores the aspirations and inner turmoils of participants and asks community members to share pieces of themselves. Hopes Fears and Dreams is a project…
Strike averted schools remain open
Strike averted, schools remain open By Chad Ingram While last week it looked as though schools in the Trillium Lakelands District School Board would be closed to classes Monday, weekend negotiations between the province…
TLDSB schools to close Monday in event of…
By Times Staff The Trillium Lakelands District School Board announced Friday morning the closure of all TLDSB schools starting Monday Oct. 7 in the event of a Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) strike. "TLDSB…
Affordable housing targets set
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Sept. 25 county council meeting. County councillors approved an ideal goal of 750 additional affordable rental units being created in Haliburton County…
CUPE work-to-rule job action began Monday
By Sue Tiffin Work-to-rule began Sept. 30 for CUPE members which includes educational assistants clerical staff custodians and library staff across the province including the Trillium Lakelands District School Board after two additional days of…
EQAO scores prompt adjustments at schools
By Jenn Watt Standardized test results for school boards and individual schools were released on Sept. 25 giving teachers and administrators an indication of where students are succeeding in academics and where more work needs…
Frit and fusion at Ivy Cottage
By Chad Ingram It is partially the element of the unknown that keeps Joyce Pruysers-Emmink and Peter Emmink of Ivy Cottage Fusion Arts drawn to the art of fused glass. “There’s a lot of aha!”…
Garbutt seeking answers from township
By Chad Ingram Jim Garbutt owner of Garbutt Disposal came to Minden Hills council chambers last week looking for answers regarding a delegation he’d made to council in May exchanges between him and Mayor Brent…