By Jim Poling Sr. Published Oct. 5 2017 An old and dear friend at the lake passed away this autumn. Our grand sugar maple the signature tree of our lake property became too sick to…
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…
Get your tech questions answered
By Lee Burgess Published Oct. 5 2017 Do you need assistance with technology related topics? On Wednesday Oct. 11 and Oct. 25 at 2:30 p.m. the Dorset branch of the Haliburton County Public Library is…
Historical society gives thanks
To the Editor Many thanks to all who supported our Haliburton County Historical Society fundraising dinner Sept. 23 at the Stanhope Firefighters’ Community Hall. We are very grateful to the Algonquin Highlands employees Chris and…
I am the captain of my soul
Published Oct. 5 2017 Coming Events – Friday Oct. 6 7:30 p.m. Karaoke with Fred and Linda Monday Thanksgiving Day closed. Invictus means “unconquerable” or “undefeated” in Latin. Invictus is a poem that focuses on…
Neuromuscular connection
By Laurie Sweig Practical Fitness Published Oct. 5 2017 A neuromuscular connection occurs between a muscle fibre and nerve. It’s like a conversation between the two parties. Our brain says: Scratch that itch on the…
Studio Tour perfection
Published Oct. 5 2017 To the Editor Visiting from Thunder Bay I spent the weekend chasing the white signs of the studio tour. I watched Terry Craig blow glass into bloom and helped Wayne Rose…
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…
Ma Bell and Me
By Jim Poling Published Sept. 28 2017 In the beginning there was none. No television. No electronics. The lake itself was the entertainment. Swimming in it canoeing on it fishing it or just sitting by…
Car buyers beware
By Jim Poling Published Sept. 21 2017 Mopping up the messes of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma is happening hundreds of miles away but Canadian consumers need to take care that they don’t get soaked. Flood-damaged…
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To The Editor On reading the Minden Times article “Parents frustrated by school board bus policy” published on Sept. 7 I was dismayed to learn of the Trillium Lakelands District School Board’s policy regarding busing…
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…
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To the Editor It’s about the scarlet runner beans in the boxes on the street in Minden planted last spring by the ladies of the agricultural society providing us with red eye-candy all summer. The…
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…
When will we ever learn?
By Jim Poling Published Sept. 14 2017 Most of us have gone through life thinking little about nuclear war. The chances of it have been minimal because everyone understands that launching just one nuke could…
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…
To code or not to code
By Jim Poling Published Sept. 7 2017 School days school days good old fashioned . . . Reading and writing and ‘rithmetic . . . . and coding. Coding apparently is the hottest trend in…
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…
Surrounded by dummies
By Jim Poling Published Aug. 31 2017 So much to do but so many stupid people in the way. You can’t get important stuff done when surrounded by incompetents. Precious time wasted trying to get…
If you hate it you won’t do it
Published Aug. 24 2017 At one point in my life I considered myself a runner. I truly believed that if I didn’t go for a run I wasn’t exercising. Even an hour on the squash…
Gone glamping
By Jim Poling Published Aug. 24 2017 My first thought was that it was a ludicrous notion. Then I said to myself: “Get cool. Explore a new trend.” And that’s how I got to go…