By Vivian Collings If you have an interest in diving into your own personal ancestry and learning about the genealogy of others, there’s a devoted group willing to help. The Haliburton Highlands Genealogy Group (HHGG)…
Get out and vote
By Darren Lum Four years can be a long time.That’s the term for members of council in the Township of Minden Hills and the Township of Algonquin Highlands.In contrast voting and learning about the candidates…
2022 Minden Hills election candidates
Here are your Minden Hills candidates on the Oct. 24 ballot. Already acclaimed were Mayor Bob Carter, Deputy Mayor Lisa Schell, and Bob Sisson, Councillor for Ward 3. Tammy McKelvey,for Councillor-at-Large My husband and I…
Bookapalooza turns page on first chapter
By Darren LumA new chapter is being written for the Haliburton Highlands when it comes to an event that appeals to writers and readers since the successful launch of Bookapalooza.With 125 people who came to…
Help wanted: Data shows Haliburton County has a…
By Stephen Petrick This is the second in a series of stories the Haliburton Echo/Minden Times intends to run to address how a labour shortage is affecting our communities. This story looks at how the…
Excitement grows for Norland Farmers’ Market’s inaugural year
By Jerelyn Craden Monica Wishnousky is excited and for good reason. This is Norland Farmers’ Market’s (NFM) inaugural year and as NFM chairperson of the volunteer committee and a participating vendor, she looks forward to…
Minden Rotary celebrates 75 years of service
By Sue Tiffin Walking around downtown Minden is like taking a tour of the community contributions of Minden Rotary. Some are easy to identify – Rotary Park, for one. Others might not have Rotary before…
Times, Echo, celebrate provincial awards
The Minden Times and Haliburton County Echo took home several awards at the Ontario Community Newspaper Association’s Better Newspapers Contest on April 29. A special ceremony was held virtually during the OCNA spring convention last…
Minden couple remembered
By Sue Tiffin The community is mourning the loss of two caring Minden residents who died in a three-car collision last week. On April 6, Victor Disik, 79, and Sonya Holliday-Rhodes, 77, were transported from…
Minden Community Food Centre welcomes new leadership
By Sue Tiffin Joanne Barnes can take a call, but while she does, grandson Jack Clement will patiently wait for her to get back to the important business of baking cookies with him. Barnes is…
Letter to the Editor: Feb. 23
The following is a Letter to the Editor submitted for the Feb. 23 edition. Ice racing is family driven To the Editor, This past Family Day weekend of 2022 saw a great group of racers…
Woman, 28, dies in Hwy 35 collision
One person has died after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 35, south of Dorset, in Algonquin Highlands on Friday. Haliburton Highlands Ontario Provincial Police and emergency services responded to the collision involving a passenger vehicle…
When “net zero” is not zero
To the Editor, Net zero carbon. Net zero targets. Net zero by 2030. Net zero by 2050. We hear a lot about net zero but do we hear much about what it is and what…
Bear Lake Road residents propose private plowing
By Alex Gallacher Approximately 40 families along Bear Lake Road have formed the Bear Lake winter maintenance association, looking to hire a private contractor to plow the road in the winter after years of requesting…
Shapeshifting for the future
By Jim Poling Sr.From Shaman's Rock While we humans continue to fret and argue about climate change, animals have already started to adapt to it. That’s really no surprise because some folks, me included, believe…
Driver charged with drug, firearms offences
A 27-year-old Gravenhurst man is facing more than half a dozen charges after he crashed his car along County Road 1 in Minden Hills on June 9. According to a release from the OPP, officers…
COVID summer: The sequel
By Chad Ingram While the official start to summer may be a month away, it unofficially commenced with the Victoria Day weekend. The May long weekend is of course the traditional kickoff to cottaging season…
Prepare for the next one
By Jim Poling Sr. Bad information vomited across social media is so prevalent that it’s even showing up in U.S. presidential addresses.Newly-sworn President Joe Biden’s inaugural speech last week contained a bad piece of social…
Lockdown pauses storm season
By Darren Lum This story was filed prior to the provincial announcement related to further measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. A follow-up article about the latest development will appear in a future edition. The…
Baby Boesveld the county’s first of the year
By Sue Tiffin At 3:55 on the morning of Jan. 8, just a few hours after his due date, Hunter Paul Boesveld was born at home, making him Minden’s youngest resident and the first baby…
Trees that say when autumn is done
By Jim Poling Sr. Still six weeks to go before the calendar says that autumn is over. But the calendar doesn’t have to click over to Dec. 21 to tell me that.Tamaracks, non-conformists in our…