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…
Walk for Water events bring wells to developing…
By Sue Tiffin From coast to coast people came out to support Help a Village Effort’s annual Walk for Water event now in its 38th year. H.A.V.E. chairman Ron Reid said this year 20 to…
Harper makes way for new building
By Chad Ingram Harper Powersports and Marine is embarking on the construction of a new and much larger facility at its Highway 35 property south of Minden. Demolition of the longstanding building on…
Dogs run bike ride with athletes at Killara…
Karen Koehler laughs at a photo of herself taken during a canicross scooter and bikejor fun race she organized at Killara Station on Gelert Road on May 18. Her mouth is wide open in a…
Haliburton Highlands Grannies enjoy their last cup of…
In the fall of 2006 a small group of local women led by Mickey Bonham and Sue Reid felt they wanted to do something to help the grandmothers in Africa who were burying their own…
Layoffs at Trillium Lakelands District School Board
By Chad Ingram Some 70 support staff at Trillium Lakelands District School Board, collectively representing nearly 55 full-time positions, have received layoff notices amid reduced funding from the Ministry of Education. On June 10,…
New apparel boutique opens in Minden
Mannequin has its beginnings at Sassy Digs where a selection of apparel had a place in the home decor shop. After a year of showcasing clothing owner Shawn Smandych and Mannequin manager Betty James knew…
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PARO comes to Haliburton County By Vanessa Balintec Non-profit organization PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise is looking for Haliburton County women who are interested in jump-starting their own businesses to join their peer lending circles.…
Survey highlights tourism growth opportunities
The Haliburton Highlands might be a small destination but stakeholders are knowledgeable about the area and where to go next with tourism initiatives. That’s the impression NEXTFactor Enterprise tourism consulting agency representatives got following a…
Thomas Contracting celebrates 85 years in business
By Chad Ingram
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Residents who may be receiving phonecalls looking for donations for Haliburton County's fire departmentsare being scammed. “It has come to our attention that anorganization claiming to represent the local fire departments issoliciting funds over the…
Food and Beverage Showcase returns for sixth year
By Darren Lum For the sixth year, the Highlands Food and Beverage Showcase will be bringing savoury flavours and beautiful aromas to Wintergreen Pancake Barn in Gelert. The event not only promotes culinary tourism in…
Garbutt plans to close Lochlin recycling facility
By Sue Tiffin The Lochlin recycling facility will potentially close at the end of summer, unless the municipality decides to take it on. Garbutt Disposal has run the Minden Hills facility for approximately 15…
Grade 3 students plant Three Sisters garden
By Sue Tiffin A collaboration of students and adult volunteers working together on a sunny day last week planted a garden with a crop that will also work together. The group of Grade 3…
Minden breaks ground prior to new arena build
By Sue Tiffin When Sue Sisson heard the demolition of the S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena was beginning at the start of last month, she stopped by the site at 55 Parkside Street to watch some…
Hawk Lake bridge approved for provincial funding
By Chad Ingram The provincial government has nominated the Hawk Lake Bridge replacement project to receive just more than $650,000 in provincial funding. Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott made the funding announcement during the weekend.…