By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 28 2017 An annual tradition here is a countdown of the top 10 Times stories of the year. 10. Bob Lake The quest for a public boat launch on Bob…
Transit time
By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 21 2017 It’s something some members of Haliburton County council don’t seem to want to deal with and certainly it will be a sizeable challenge but the county needs some…
A boat launch for Bob Lake
By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 14 2017 The Township of Minden Hills should construct a new public boat launch on Bob Lake. This may seem an outlandish statement. Ensuring public access to waterbodies is not…
Dukes of hazardous waste
By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 7 2017 It is becoming abundantly clear as clear as the bags in which we’re all supposed to deposit our household waste that there are issues with the management of…
Read all about it
By Chad Ingram Published Nov. 30 3017 As I begin this column I’m having a difficult time concentrating. I’m having a difficult time concentrating because as I write this I’ve recently learned that hundreds of…
Councillor compensation
By Chad Ingram Published Nov. 23 2017 It’s an awkward conversation for municipal politicians to have the one about how much they should get paid. That conversation is after all public and they are after…
Cannabis control
By Chad Ingram Published Nov. 16 2017 Unless you’ve had your head in a cloud of smoke you’re likely aware the federal government is rolling out legislation to legalize marijuana a move that has sparked…
Why we fight
By Chad Ingram Published Nov. 9 2017 This Saturday is Remembrance Day. In thousands of communities across the country crowds will gather at cenotaphs for solemn ceremonies where wreaths will be laid and silence observed…
The middle class
By Chad Ingram Published Nov. 2 2017 It’s a buzz term favoured by politicians of the moment – middle class. It was used frequently by both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the guy who was…
Necessary intrusion
By Chad Ingram Published Oct. 26 2017 It’s not pretty but it’s important. Mandated by the province the municipalities of Haliburton County are in the process of rolling out septic tank re-inspection programs. The exact…
So long Sears
By Chad Ingram Published Oct. 19 2017 I grew up in Little Britain a small village outside Lindsay that some readers may be familiar with. The place with the butter tart shop. Along with a…
Essential connection
By Chad Ingram Published Oct. 12 2017 In an appearance on TVO’s The Agenda last week Haliburton County Warden Brent Devolin spoke about the need for improved wireless connectivity to broadband high-speed Internet in the…
Ditch discovery math
The province should bring back traditional methods for teaching math to elementary students. The latest round of results from the Education Quality and Accountability Office show that only half of Grade 6 students in Ontario…
Calling cut on Carillion
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 28 2017 Well thank the snow gods for the mercy they have bestowed upon us. The province is bringing an early end to its contract with Carillion for highway maintenance…
Thanks Doug
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 21 2017 It takes a certain kind of person to become a volunteer firefighter a special kind of person. Someone who not only cares deeply about one’s community but who…
Inclusive play
By Sue Tiffin Published Sept. 14 2017 Recently on social media I wrote about an experience in picking up my four-year-old daughter from daycare. When I told her friends we were going to the library…
Ghosts
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 7 2017 Ghosts are real. There are a number of them in Haliburton County hiding in plain sight. They really aren’t difficult to find often lurking around the shores of…
Sir John A.
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 31 2017 The Elemenatary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario ignited a wave of controversy last week with a recommendation that schools in Ontario named for Canada’s first prime minister Sir John…
Shot down
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 24 2017 During last week’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Ottawa the provincial government was quick to dismiss the suggestion that harmonized sales tax in Ontario be increased…
Please explain
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 10 2017 Once it hit the media it took exactly a week for the strange saga of the trademarking of the word “Haliburton” by a local man for commercial purposes…
Our EditorialOur Editorial
Trademark By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 3 2017 It seems like something out of The Beaverton or The Onion or any other number of satirical publications but it is in fact real life. Last week…