By Chad Ingram Published April 27 2017 I have written hundreds upon hundreds of columns but as I begin this one everything is different. The lens through which I view the world has forever changed…
Maple syrup mysteries
Published April 20 2017 S pring is a season of mysteries. For instance: How do plants know when to start growing? How do hibernators such as bears know when to wake up? Why do mosquitoes…
Spring Clean-up Series: Get strong for spring
By Laurie Sweig Published April 20 2017 Spring feels like the time of year to exhale. After being wrapped up and shut in for the winter everything is uncurling stretching and getting ready for new…
The power of volunteering
Published April 20 2017 I started visiting Ruby Gilbert after I interviewed her for an article about residents at Hyland Crest and Highland Wood long-term care homes. The series called The Road to Highland Wood…
A walk in the spring woods
By Jim Poling Sr. Published April 13 2017 A long-awaited walk in the spring woods is like stepping through a looking glass and entering a remarkably different world. Before me is life as it was…
Be bear aware this spring
By Lee Ross Published April 13 2017 It's spring in Muskoka which means that pretty soon we're going to start seeing bears. If you encounter a bear remember to stay calm because bears want to…
Nature’s Place season in Minden
By Laurie Carmount Special to the Times Published April 13 2017 Climate Change is a hot topic heard daily in our media. There is much concern and debate about it. For this reason the programming…
Preventing PTSD
By Chad Ingram Published April 13 2017 F irefighters put their lives at risk in more ways than one on the job. They obviously put their physical safety at risk but so too their mental…
Spring Clean-up Series: Range of Motion
By Laurie Sweig Special to the Times Published April 13 2017 A little while ago I saw this post on a social media site of a guy attempting to touch his toes. It took him…
On road allowances
By Chad Ingram Published April 6 2017 Shoreline road allowances are complicated in both their history and the way municipalities deal with them. Minden Hills councillors may wish to think carefully before agreeing to an…
What lurks below?
By Jim Poling Published April 6 2017 I can’t delay any longer. It is April and it has to get done so I’ll just have to screw up my nerve and get on with it…
MOECC ignored resistance
To the Editor I am a property owner along Highway 118 near the 25th Line. Over the last couple of years the MOECC approved an application to establish a hauled sewage disposal site at 10538…
Absence of good government
By Jim Poling Published March 30 3017 The New York Times ’ columnist Paul Krugman wrote recently that the Republican party now governing the U.S. is not ready to govern. I would add this: There…
Judge for yourself
By Chad Ingram Published March 30 2017 It sometimes feels like the provincial government is trying to pinch communities north of Highway 7 out of existence. It would be much easier after all not having…
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To the Editor I want to give a big thank you to the CIBC in Minden for installing handrail bars on the corner walls of the bank on Bobcaygeon Road. I have been concerned since…
Here are the news
By Jim Poling Published March 23 2017 I woke this morning with a head like a fermenting pumpkin ready to explode. No I do not have a late winter cold. It’s just that I’m stuffed…
Spring is that you?
By Chad Ingram Published March 23 2017 Spring technically arrived this week making its entrance Monday. It was an understated entrance. Barely noticeable in fact. Little sun or warmth not the sort of the day…
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To the Editor The generosity of Haliburton County never ceases to amaze me! The International Women’s Day YWCA HERS Fundraiser hosted by Fleming College March 8 raised $15600 (still coming in). The $7800 donated by…
A word on words: authors’ choices matter
Erin's Editions By Erin Kernohan-Berning Published in County Life March 9 2017 I recently had the opportunity to attend a talk by André Alexis author of the Giller Prize winning Fifteen Dogs . His third…
It’s not what you think
By Laurie Carmount Curator Agnes Jamieson Gallery I s Art “elitist”? Art is a reflection of society. There is little else that could be more about humanity. Why is it then that some people think…
Time to combine
By Chad Ingram Published March 16 2017 When municipal elections take place next year the year will be 2018. While it might seem logical that municipalities would offer an online voting option in 2018 it’s…