By Katrina Boguski Most people hate feeling rushed and frazzled although a few may claim to get some sort of high from the adrenaline spike brought on by ambitious deadlines.  Those who do fall into…

By Chad Ingram “All good things must come to an end sometime, so don’t burn the day.” That’s a line by Dave Matthews, a favourite musician of mine. This will be my final column for…

By Chad Ingram It was down, now it’s up. Not so many weeks ago, water levels throughout the county were incredibly low, courtesy of an early spring freshet coupled with a long drought. Now, after…

By Chad Ingram When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said earlier this year he hoped to see the vast majority of Canadians fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by September, it seemed impossible to fathom. If you recall,…

By Chad Ingram Late last month, Haliburton County councillors received an initial presentation from the consultants responsible for the drafting of a new shoreline preservation bylaw.That process will involve an extensive, two-phased public consultation and…

By Chad Ingram Canada Day falls this week and maybe this is a good year to not celebrate. Maybe this is a good year to reflect on Canada's true history, its true identity, and think…

By Sue Tiffin Recently on a Saturday morning, I opened a door to a storage room in the basement and lo and behold, was welcomed by a milk snake stuck to the wall. You read…

By Chad Ingram It came with a sense of déjà vu, the surreal feeling of a dream, fragments of familiarity.I’m talking about sitting on a restaurant patio, something I did during the weekend, and I’m…

By Chad Ingram Like some other Haliburton County residents, I planted my vegetable garden this past weekend.  Admittedly it was in violation of my own rule of thumb, which is to not put vegetables in…

By Chad Ingram Last week another gruesome chapter in the dark saga of Canada’s residential school system was unearthed with the discovery of the bodies of 215 children in unmarked graves on the property of…

By Chad Ingram Last week, Haliburton County councillors agreed that when it comes to the creation of regulations or a licensing system for short-term rentals in the county, that discussion should take place at the…

By Chad Ingram A little communication goes a long way.As was reported last week, a Junior A hockey team to be called the Haliburton County Huskies is set to take up residency in the new…

By Chad Ingram By now, many readers have likely received their first COVID-19 vaccination, and it seems likely that those of us who haven’t had our turn yet will at least be able to register…

By Sue Tiffin Last week, I donned a mask, and then another one, and then a face shield, and I walked into another building in this county for the first time in 407 days.I told…

By Chad Ingram For generations of people, Robinson's General Store has been synonymous with the hamlet of Dorset. That was certainly the case in my family. Summers at Halls Lake meant at least one trip…

By Chad Ingram Lazing on the dock on a sunny afternoon, the kids bounding from it into the lake, the sound of splashing, and the whir of boats in the background. This is a central…

By Chad Ingram On April Fool's Day, just a day before the Easter weekend and two days after hinting Ontarians shouldn't make Easter plans, Premier Doug Ford announced another “shutdown” in the province amid the…

By Chad Ingram Municipal treasurers, other staff members, councillors and, well, I'm just going to go ahead and say everybody, probably, must be relieved that another budget season has come to pass. And while the…

By Chad Ingram At this point it's almost a familiar feeling, a sense of “here we go again,” watching new daily confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario approach 2,000. Spring is here and so is…