By Darren Lum Elliot who has lived and worked in the Haliburton/Kawartha Lakes region since 1985 has been conducting water quality monitoring research with Fleming students on the lake annually since 2015. This monitoring has…
Carter concerned about arena overage
Work on the the S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena renewal project up until the end of May went 9.4 per cent over the amount that was budgeted for it but Minden Hills Mayor Brent Devolin and…
Common Room reopens as the Welch Family Room
By Sue Tiffin “Thank you for joining us today and I’m very excited to say for the first time to welcome you all to the Welch Family Room” said Emily Stonehouse Economic Development Destination and…
Highlands Cinemas celebrates 40th annivesary
By Jerelyn Craden The marquee of the landmark Highlands Cinemas in Kinmount stands tall and proud on a hillside leading up to the unique some say “magical” five-screen cineplex and museum in the woods built…
Wastewater research facility coming along
A water-testing research facility that Fleming College is building at the Minden Hills wastewater treatment plant off Deep Bay Road is getting closer to operation. Minden Hills councillors were visited by Brent Wootten the college’s…
Jaden Vanderwindt: Prolific artist paints the planets
By Sue Tiffin Outside The Carving Gallery on Hwy 35 in Moore Falls, Jaden Vanderwindt pulls a bright blue hoodie over his cap, covers his hands with protective gloves and lifts a mask to shield…
Minden denturist opens new clinic
By Vanessa Balintec Out from his father’s practice and into his own, Steve Kerr has ventured not too far down the road from Dentistry in the Highlands and has opened up a denture clinic under…
Non-native aquatic snails offer reminder on invasive species
By Jenn Watt Several years ago Minden Hills resident Paul Prentice started noticing that there were aquatic snails in the lake bigger than the ones you’d usually find and they seemed to be proliferating. Together…
Positive end to challenging year for HHHS
By Sue Tiffin Displays set up in the hallways of Hyland Crest on the way to the auditorium where the 23rd Haliburton Highlands Health Services annual general meeting was held on June 20 showed the…
ASES students graduate with ‘bright futures’
ASES students graduate with ‘bright futures’ By Sue Tiffin Thirty-four Grade 8 students nervously, shyly, and also with pride and excitement, walked a red carpet at a Hollywood-themed graduation ceremony held June 24 at…
Broadband tops Scott’s list as she takes new…
Broadband tops Scott’s list as she takes new role By Sue Tiffin Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott has been named the Minister of Infrastructure, switching portfolios with Monte McNaughton who takes over the…
Coach cycling to raise money for Red Wolves
By Vanessa Balintec Before deciding to bike his way to Courtright Ont. this past spring the last time Bruce Fisher rode his bike was eight years ago. “I’m 79 years old too old to be…
County council to consider governance review
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County councillors will considerhaving a governance review of the county and its four lower-tier municipalitiesconducted by a third party. Councillors had a lengthy discussion on theissue during an June 26 meeting…
Grow a Row for those in hunger
By Chad Ingram If you’re a gardener, perhaps consider dedicating a row in your garden for planting produce to go to the county’s food banks this summer. The local incarnation of the national program Grow…
HKLB Liberals choose federal candidate
By Chad Ingram The Liberal riding association for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock has chosen its candidate for the fall federal election. Judi Forbes was set to be acclaimed during a nomination meeting in Lindsay on the evening…
Permeable pavement goes in at vet clinic
By Chad Ingram Permeable paving was being installed at the new Minden Animal Hospital along Booth Street on June 24 a day that Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners’ Associations chairman Paul MacInnes was calling a…
Branding winter hike festival
By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a June 12 Haliburton County tourism advisory committee meeting. Committee members chose a logo for the promotion of the inaugural Hike Haliburton Festival:…
Buckslide resident takes A Long Paddle Home
By Chad Ingram Wood smoke rises from the top of the tipi overlooking a beaver pond on Rob Wright’s Buckslide Road property. The tipi which Wright fashioned himself was where he wrote his novel a…
Mind on Minden campaign gets logo
By Chad Ingram Tourism campaign Mind on Minden being launched by the Township of Minden Hills has a logo. The marketing strategy is a project of township economic development destination and marketing officer Emily Stonehouse…
Minden’s bluegrass festival cancelled
By Chad Ingram This summer’s Minden Hills Bluegrass Festival has been cancelled by organizers. The festival was scheduled for July 18 through 20. However due to low advance ticket sales the Rotary Club of Minden…
Township denied large grant for arena project
By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a June 13 Minden Hills committee-of-the-whole meeting. Minden Hills was not approved for one of the grants it applied for in hopes of…