Haliburton County council cost approximately $119400 to operate during 2018 that being the total of councillors’ council and committee meeting per diems mileage payments and expenses such as accommodations meals and fees while travelling for…

By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 31 2019 Last week two Minden Hills firefighters were honoured for assisting in saving a vital-signs-absent patient early in the new year. Firefighter Cody Withey and fire chief Mike Bekking…

By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 31 2019 Minden Hills councillors have some work ahead of them attempting to reduce the size of the tax levy increase in the first draft of the township’s 2019 budget.…

By Jenn Watt Published Jan. 31. 2019 The Minden site of Haliburton Highlands Health Services won bragging rights this year for having the highest percentage of its staff vaccinated for the flu from among the…

Whitewater Ontario which operates the Minden Wild Water Preserve is seeking a greater partnership with the Township of Minden Hills and the organization would like to be a bigger part of the community. Township councillors…

By Jenn Watt Published Jan. 24, 2019   Municipal representatives say a review needs to be done of the way Haliburton County’s two-tier government and services work, and that people should keep an open mind…

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By Lee Ross Published Jan. 24, 2019    The Dorset Pharmasave opened its doors on Jan. 8, much to the delight of the people of Dorset. Peter Meraw of Minden has always loved driving through…

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Like wearing a seatbelt when you drive getting the flu vaccine is your best line of defence against the virus says Marianne Rock manager of communicable disease prevention and control with the Haliburton Kawartha Pine…

A snowshoeing-based spinoff of the Hike Haliburton Festival to be called Hike Haliburton Festival: Winter Edition  will send snowshoers out into the woods of the highlands next winter. Members of the Haliburton County tourism advisory…

The Township of Minden Hills has launched the Made in Minden: Room for Improvement Contest to name the common room at the Minden Hills Cultural Centre. Home to the Minden library before the current Minden…

By Sue Tiffin Published Jan. 17 2019 The pigeons roosting on the roof of the Grill on the Gull on Bobcaygeon Road in Minden have become a familiar sight for many walking or driving down…

Scammers promise $12.5 million and a new car The OPP is warning people of a new scam phone call in which the caller says you’ve won $12.5 million and a new car. The caller then…

A substantial grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation will allow the Friends of the Muskoka Watershed to conduct a study on the use of wood ash to restore calcium levels in the region a study…

By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 10, 2019   The murder trial of one-time Minden resident Garry Handlen was wrapping up in B.C. Supreme Court this week.  Handlen, who was living on Minden’s Anson Street at…