By Jim Poling Published Jan. 12 2017 Few things hurt more than making a mistake that costs money. It hurts even more when the mistake is combined with being ripped off. I made a mistake…
The top 10
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The top 10
A s is an annual tradition around here here are the top 10 news stories of 2016 for Minden Hills and Algonquin Highlands. Originally scheduled for end-of-summer completion an expansion of the Algonquin Highlands township…
Better than the last?
By Jim Poling Published Jan. 5 2017 The hootin’ and hollerin’ over the passing of the old year has subsided as we move along trying to make this one better than the last. More folks…
A cash-for-access party
A courier arrived at my door and handed me an envelope embossed with the Canadian coat of Arms. You know the one with the scowling lion and a silly unicorn each holding a flag. I tore…
Live streaming done cheap
By Chad Ingram Published Dec. 22 2016 Minden Hills council recently made a decision to forgo the live streaming of council meetings to the Internet at least for now. While it’s true one could argue…
Ham-fisting it
Like a drunken Vaudeville performer the Trudeau government is doing a ham-fisted jig away from its promise to create a new federal voting system in this country. It’s awkward to watch. In the lead-up to…
Our drug overdose epidemic
Back in 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) arrived in Toronto from China. Roughly 400 people got it 43 died Ontario declared a public health emergency and the rest of the country lived in fear…
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To the Editor In reference to the editorial in the Times about Warden Moffatt making some suggestions in changes to the position of Warden for Haliburton County may I suggest that she did not include…
Deja vu all over again
By Jim Poling Published Dec. 8 2016 There are none so blind as those that cannot see. He didn’t say those words but that’s the real message delivered last week by Michael Ferguson the federal…
Dying wish
Haliburton County is a community that takes care of its own. It’s something I’ve always admired about the place and have seen play out again and again and again. Take the more than $20000 that…
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To the Editor Monday morning (Dec. 5) as I pull out onto Highway 35 at Moore Falls I wonder where are the snow plows? I turn on my local radio station and I’m told that…
Our disappearing trees
My daughter’s steep-sided backyard in California has a strangely shaped tree. It grows out of the hillside naturally but then bends forms an arch and follows the ground down the hill to the patio. This…
Rewriting warden
Published Dec. 1 2016 As she chaired her final county council meeting as warden for 2016 last week Algonquin Highlands Reeve Carol Moffatt tabled a report suggesting that during the final two years of the…
Carrying on in CaliforniaCalm and reason appear to…
By Jim Poling Nov. 24 2016 I am strolling North Oakland California watching people drink coffee eat ice cream cones and chat about the weather. Any anxiety over the country having elected a president suffering…
Community hubs
At the beginning of this school year the Minden Ontario Early Years Centre long located at the Sears building along Bobcaygeon Road was relocated into Archie Stouffer Elementary School. That relocation was celebrated with a…
To the Editor
Just an observation on Lisa Tolentino’s comments in the Times story “Continued criticism on arena public input process” Nov. 3. A pool construction has been bounced around since the mid 1970s and possibly before so it is…
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Cause for pause By Chad Ingram Published Nov. 17 2016 The election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States has brought up numerous questions about just what is going on in…
Lessons from the back 40
Lessons from the back 40 By Jim Poling Published Nov. 17 2016 Blue jays are such contradictory creatures. I’m not thinking baseball’s Blue Jays who hit everything out of the park one day but can’t…
Thanks from the food banks
To the Editor Recently the Minden Food Bank and the 4Cs Food Bank jointly completed a new fall food drive together. Businesses were canvassed in both communities with the food going to each community separately…
The maple leaf forever
To the Editor What a breath of fresh air on Nov. 11 when Fraser piped on the Colour Party with The Maple Leaf Forever. A wave of smiles and silent thumbs up went through the…