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…

By Ed Poropat, Special to the Times   The 52nd annual Minden Christmas Bird Count was held on Saturday, Dec. 15 in pleasant, mild, partly sunny conditions. The count area consists of a standardized 24km…

By Chad Ingram  Published Jan. 10, 2019   The Haliburton Highlands Outdoors Association is hoping the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry will revisit its decision to cease its assistance in an egg collection program…

By Chad Ingram  Published Jan. 10, 2019    The Ford government is conducting a review of the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund, which provides annual funds to municipal governments, as it seeks to decrease the provincial…

By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 24, 2018    Emily Stonehouse, economic development, destination and marketing officer for the Township of Minden Hills, gave councillors an overview of her plans for 2019, during a December council…

Published Dec. 24 2018

  By Sue Tiffin Published Dec. 24, 2018    Dorset library branch, within the Dorset Recreation Centre is moving closer to becoming a multi-use space.   The space is currently open eight hours a week…

By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 24, 2018        Haliburton County’s food tourism co-ordinator is preaching the power of keeping it local as she goes about creating a food supply chain in the county…

Published Dec. 24 2018

Haliburton County council along with the councils of its lower-tier municipalities has opted in to allowing marijuana stores within its boundaries and asked staff to produce a municipal cannabis policy statement. Cannabis became legal across…

Minden Hills council will look at a licensing system for short-term rental accommodations within the township. During a Dec. 13 meeting councillors received the results of a survey that was undertaken in the fall. After…

By Sue Tiffin Published Dec. 20 2018 A phone call to Algonquin Highlands council from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister for the Status of Women Maryam Monsef was celebrated with a round of applause…

By Chad Ingram  Published Dec. 20, 2018    Minden Hills residents got a glimpse of what a new arena and renovated community centre could look like earlier this week, and Minden Hills approved additional funding…

By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 18, 2018   Haliburton County, and its lower-tier townships, have jointly attained the services of an integrity commissioner, county councillors confirming that appointment during their Dec. 12 meeting.    As…

By Darren Lum Published Dec. 13, 2018   If you came late to this year’s Haliburton County inauguration you would be hard pressed to find a seat let alone much standing room at the back…

By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 13 2018 Two deer are alive after they were retrieved from the icy surface of LakeKashagawigamog where they were stranded on the morning of SaturdayDec. 8. “I’d seen on Facebook…