History comes alive at cultural centre By Sue Tiffin The Minden Hills Cultural Centre provided the setting and backdrop for a live history performance on Aug. 10. The Live History theatre company troupe customized the…
Nortech opens Minden location
By Chad Ingram After years of serving customers in the Haliburton Highlands, Wayne and Nancy McNelly, who own Nortech Home Improvements Inc., have opened a showroom in Minden. Based in Bobcaygeon, the 22-year-old business installs…
Plans for new public works garage
Plans for new public works garage By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during an Aug. 15 Algonquin Highlands council meeting. Algonquin Highlands council is planning for the construction of a…
Township tired of MTO spinning its wheels
Township tired of MTO spinning its wheels By Chad Ingram The Township of Algonquin Highlands is sending a letter to the Ministry of Transportation with its concerns about how delays with the ministry’s…
‘This is why Minden Pride is needed’
'This is why Minden Pride is needed’ Organizers reaffirm purpose behind LGBTQ+ celebration By Chad Ingram While the kickoff to this year’s Minden Pride was a jubilant celebration, it also came with an unfortunate…
County to buy Minden daycare
The County of Haliburton will purchase the daycare centre in Minden, the centre continuing to operate under the auspices of Compass Early Learning and Care and undergoing a major expansion. County council convened for…
Drawdown evaporation has levels on some lakes low
Drawdown, evaporation has levels on some lakes low By Chad Ingram An ongoing drawdown of lakes that are part of the Trent Severn Waterway feeder system, combined with evaporation, mean water levels on…
HCDC county get provincial funding
HCDC, county get provincial funding The Haliburton County Development Corporation and the County of Haliburton are each receiving funding for projects through the province’s Rural Economic Development (RED) program, administered through the Ministry of…
Marking 50 years of liberation
By Chad Ingram Two pivotal events in the gay rights movement in North America took place in 1969 – the Stonewall riots in New York City, and the decriminalization of homosexuality by the Canadian…
Minden Pride 2019 bigger than ever
“I think everybody’s going to have a very wonderful time”said Minden Pride chairman David Rankin who’s been involved with theevent for three years. “There’s going to be a lot of excitement foreverybody a lot of…
Minden Pride's Burlesque Ball is going to be…
Organizers of Minden Pride Week’s Burlesque Ball are promising an inclusive end-of-summer dance party with “fantastic costuming fantastic performance art world class music world class DJing” – and some of Toronto’s top drag queen performers.…
Pride about visibility and acceptance
Pride about visibility and acceptance By Sue Tiffin A Street Fest planned for the last day of Minden’s Pride Week is set to bring together a diverse community in a culmination of celebration. The…
Roxy the dog brings out smiles
Roxy the dog brings out smiles By Sue Tiffin Roxy Campbell walks through the automatic doors of the Minden emergency department and is immediately greeted by name by nurses, who get a quick…
Clean audit for Minden Hills
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports of items discussed during a July 25 meeting of Minden Hills council. The township received a clean audit from Oscar Poloni, KPMG auditor, who presented to council…
Highland Yard more than just a race
Highland Yard more than just a race By Jenn Watt Fifty children and 25 adults have benefited from the affordable housing Places for People provides since the Haliburton County charity began renting units in…
The Lapine Lap paints the way to gallery
The Lapine Lap paints the way to gallery By Sue Tiffin Art lovers visiting the Agnes Jamieson Gallery at the Minden Hills Cultural Centre to take in the permanent Andre Lapine collection housed there will…
Couple thankful for support following house fire
Couple thankful for support following house fire By Jenn Watt Sharon and Rob Luke were on their dock enjoying the hot afternoon sun on holiday Monday when a man in a boat pulled up in…
Fair ambassador prepares for CNE competition
Fair ambassador prepares for CNE competition By Chad Ingram Last year’s Kinmount Fair ambassador is ramping up for the ambassador competition at this summer’s Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. Growing up and living in Bobcaygeon…
MH forgoes funding application
MH forgoes funding application By Sue Tiffin In a tie vote broken by Mayor Brent Devolin at a July 25 council meeting, Minden Hills council opted to not submit an application for federal help…
Report recommends new Taste of Haliburton brand
Report recommends new Taste of Haliburton brand By Chad Ingram A report stemming from a food forum hosted by Harvest Haliburton that took place in Minden earlier this year makes a number of recommendations for…
Environment Haliburton wants quicker action on climate change
Environment Haliburton wants quicker action on climate change By Chad Ingram Citizen group Environment Haliburton would like the County of Haliburton to expedite the creation of its climate change plan. Environment Haliburton member Susan…