App helps residents get garbage right By Sue Tiffin   Residents questioning how to rid their homes of old electronics, batteries, paint or styrofoam will soon be able to use an online search tool expected…

By Sue Tiffin To many, Paul Reng was a mainstay on Main Street. He was generally a quiet man, and largely kept to himself, until, that is, a patron browsing in his Minden bookstore asked…

By Chad Ingram    With the demolition of the S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena commencing May 1, the Minden Hills arena renewal project is underway.   The $13-million project is being completed by the joint team…

New reporter immersing herself in Highlands culture By Vanessa Balintec   After a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Brampton (longer than it should have been – I made a few mistakes along the way), my mom, grandma and…

By Chad Ingram   The Coalition of Haliburton County Property Owners’ Association is encouraging any property owners who are undertaking paving projects on their properties to consider the use of permeable paving.    “In the…

By Chad Ingram   Minden Hills councillors got an update on the creation of a community improvement plan for Minden during an April 25 meeting.    Councillors got an overview of the draft plan process…

By Sue Tiffin   Council has asked staff for more information about a request to bypass the noise bylaw after hearing concerns from the Oxtongue Lake community about potential noise caused by a Highway 60…

By Chad Ingram    During an April 25 meeting, Minden Hills councillors approved zoning and official plan amendments to allow for the operation of a sewage spreading field off of Bobcaygeon Road in a vote…

“We’ll have to digestthis” said Mayor Brent Devolin indicating a staff report regarding the proposal would come back to the council table.

By Chad Ingram

It is yet unclear what the implications of the provincial government’s consolidation of health units in Ontario might mean for the Kawartha Haliburton Pine Ridge District Health Unit.    As part of the Ford government’s…

  By Sue Tiffin   Last Friday afternoon, eight hours into a day of volunteering in the rain to help residents cope with flood damage, with no idea of when he would pack it in…

By Sue Tiffin   Katina Aleksander is a mom of three and frequently found at the library.   “We’ve always loved reading for the sheer pleasure of it,” said Aleksander, whose son in particular is…

By Chad Ingram Haliburton County will have a study conducted looking at the institution of development charges in the community. As a staff report from county planner Charlsey White explains “Development charges are one-time fees…

By Chad Ingram Haliburton County will certainly be paying more for the operation of ambulances as a result of the provincial government’s plan to consolidate ambulance services the county’s chief administrative officer says. As part…

By Chad Ingram Haliburton County councillors decided last week that they will continue to monitor trends in rural transportation and revisit the possibility of some kind of transit system for the county during their 2020…

By Chad Ingram A 50 per cent reduction in funding to the Southern Ontario Library Service by the provincial government will significantly impact the Haliburton County Public Library. On April 18 library staff received news…

Dennison Road is washed out. The washout is several hundred meters from Horseshoe Lake Road down the dead end road.

Published April 27 2019 As of 3 p.m. on April 27 the Townshipof Minden Hills provide an update to road closures. Effective immediately Prince Streetwill be closed to local traffic. Barricades will be placed at…

By Chad Ingram Parks Canada is holding back water atthe Horseshoe Lake dam on Thursday April 24 to allow Mindenresidents time to assess and protect their properties as the GullRiver continues to flood. “These temporary…

The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Algonquin Highlands regular meeting of council on April 18. People were lined up at the fitness room of the Dorset Recreation Centre on opening day…