By Chad Ingram Published Feb. 7 2019 Politicians from throughout the county made their way to Toronto for the annual Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference an event where municipal politicians get a chance to partake…

Greg Turner has a good sense of the history of the building that houses The Pepper Mill Steak & Pasta House he has owned for the past two decades with his wife Lisa even in…

The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust has concerns about a snowmobile trail the Haliburton County Snowmobile Association is proposing along an unopened township-owned road allowance in Minden Hills a road allowance that abuts one of the…

By Chad Ingram Published Feb. 5 2019 The cost for the “validation phase”of the Minden arena project has exceeded the amount Minden Hillscouncil approved for it by a wide margin. During a special meeting of…

Haliburton County councillors have more questions regarding transit after receiving a public transportation implementation plan from consulting firm IBI Group. The county hired the firm in June of last year for $50000 to complete the…

By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 31. 2019 During upcoming budget deliberations Haliburton County councillors will decide whether the county should hire a new staff person dedicated to the recruitment of physicians as well as economic…

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…