By Jim Poling Published June 29 2017 There is hope. Despite the collapsing daily newspaper industry and concern that people are not getting enough factual balanced news on current affairs there is hope. Hope is…
Title switch
By Chad Ingram Published June 22 2017 What’s in a name? Apparently enough to approve a title change for the head of council three quarters of the way through the current council term. Last week…
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To the Editor I was encouraged when I saw Minden had a thoughtful noise bylaw. Last night however a loud group with music blaring rented the cottage next to our home. I called the police…
Whispering killer wings
By Jim Poling Published June 22 2017 I love the sound of dragonfly wings in the evening. From my deck easy chair I savour the whispering clicks of their translucent wings as they float through…
Into the fire
By Chad Ingram Published June 15 2017 There was some fiery conversation in Minden Hills council chambers last week. The discussion was about whether council should be instituting performance reviews for members of the township’s…
When culture changes
By Jim Poling Published June 15 2017 There is an important anniversary in my life this month. It is an anniversary that tells more about a changed culture than my individual life. Twenty years ago…
Finding Hal 3
By Jim Poling Published June 8 2017 Finally the mystery is solved. It took considerable poking and prodding of the federal bureaucracy but we have found Hal 3. It is a weather site in fact…
What the duck
By Chad Ingram Published June 8 2017 Some serious waves were created last week when it was announced a $120000 provincial grant would be used to help rent a giant rubber duck to be brought…
Machines with screens
By Jim Poling Published June 1 2017 Machines and I don’t get along. I have never done them any bad but they have never liked me. Whenever we meet they treat me like an idiot.…
Minimum rage
By Chad Ingram Published June 1 2017 Every working person deserves to not have to worry about covering basic expenses. The Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce with the support of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce…
After the flood
By Sue Tiffin Published May 25 2017 Last week it was reported that the Svalbard Global Seed Vault a “doomsday” bunker protecting a reserve of almost 900000 international food crop seeds deep within a mountain…
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To the Editor Recently I have been helping at the Minden Community Food Centre kitchen on Newcastle Street. Wow. What a wonderful experience it has been. The recent flooding has brought out hundreds of volunteers…
Less debate more action
By Jim Poling Published May 25 2017 We live in an increasingly peevish society. Smartphones tablets and social media have made it much easier for us to share thoughts and create immediate debate on anything…
Frogs on the road
By Jim Poling Published May 18 2017 Sloughs marshes and ditches along the roads are brimming and finally getting some warm sun. So it won’t be long now before thousands of amphibians begin their annual…
Overflow overkill
By Chad Ingram Published May 18 2017 There’s erring on the side of the caution and then there’s hyperbolic overreaction to a perceived threat. Mid-week last week just around the time the Gull River was…
Flooding back
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The bear and the back scratcher
Published May 11 2017 Back scratchers do not have video screens so I was surprised when my 10-year-old grandson Anderson asked me to make him a wooden back scratcher. Kids do make odd requests so…
Making it official
By Chad Ingram Published May 4 2017 Haliburton County is making a request of the province that the municipality become the ultimate approval authority for official plan amendments and there is no reason the province…
My first 100 days By Jim Poling
Published May 4 2017 Judging the first 100 days in office is ridiculous artificial and something invented by the news media. That’s how U.S. President Forrest Trump sees it. I feel it is important however…
Some baby advice
By Sue Tiffin Published April 27 2017 Ah the joys of becoming parents. Here it is Ingrams. You’ve imagined it maybe even planned for it. You’ve got that baby in your hands and you’re home…
Stale pretzels and soda water
By Jim Poling Published April 27 2017 The cattle are prowlin’ the coyotes are howlin’ Way out where the doggies bawl Woo-hoo-woo-ooo-ti-de Woo-hoo-woo-ooo-ti-de-de Woo-hoo-woo-ooo-ti-de Yodel-odel -lo-ti-de Singin’ his cattle call Anyone remember that catchy but…