By Christine Carr Dimensions Healing is offering a new program for those looking for a little more wellness in their lives. The Summer Wellness Series is a new program offering all-inclusive wellness experiences for those…
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Poetry for everyone
By Emily Stonehouse Have you ever wanted to dabble in poetry? But not sure where to start? This may be your chance. Minden local Dave Wilfong would like to kickstart a Poetry in the Park…
The music in us
By Vivian Collings You might have noticed - music is alive and abundant in the Highlands this summer. The My Haliburton Highlands calendar is packed full, almost everyday, with live music events happening at resorts,…
The small but mighty Stanhope Museum
By Emily Stonehouse You know what they say; good things come in small packages. That could not be more true for the Stanhope Heritage Museum. Nestled in the heart of Algonquin Highlands, the tiny space…
Group calls for openness in health care decisions
By James Matthews If a means of doing something isn’t working as well as needed, the common thinking is to fix it. And Jeff Nicholls believes the closure of the Minden Hills emergency department (ED)…
CT scanner and mammography unit coming to Haliburton…
By Vivian Collings Haliburton Highlands Health Services receives long-awaited news that diagnostic imaging can be brought to the Haliburton Hospital to serve local patients. Approval was recently granted for the purchase and operation of a…
A love for the Highlands
By Christine Carr I have been known by many things in my 34 years: Terry’s daughter (if you are in real estate); Johnny’s daughter (if you are from West Guilford); Shannon’s sister (most of my…
Finding a way to say thank you
From Shaman’s Rock By Jim Poling Sr. Thumbs up to my little sister. She can turn mud pies into chocolate cakes. Or, a bad experience into something helpful to others. She was bike riding with…
Halt, police! Minden council denies OPP request for…
By James Matthews Minden Hills council scuttled a request for a storage sea can at the Haliburton Highlands OPP detachment. Despite many residents having such containers on their properties in contradiction of municipal zoning bylaw,…
70 years of Minden memories
By Emily Stonehouse When you walk into a home that’s filled with memories, warmth, and love, you just know. You can feel it. Pictures of family members scattering the walls, a collection of baseball caps…
Emotions high at first HHHS town hall
By Emily Stonehouse Thursday, June 29 brought on a few things: the last day of school for local kids, record-high heat waves, increased air quality statements, and the first time the Haliburton Highlands Health Services…
The high road
By Emily Stonehouse The high road may be lonely, but it’s the only direction to success. Those were my thoughts as I watched 150 people berate acting CEO of HHHS Veronica Nelson at a public…
Smoke gets in your head
From Shaman’s Rock By Jim Poling Sr. Our spring and summer of smoke is being called abnormal. It’s not. It’s a new normal that scientists predict will become an even more normal part of our…
Our friend, Barrie Martin
By Emily Stonehouse For so much of life, our careers define us. At parties, for introductions to strangers, as a sense of belonging. I thought about this as I drove to Barrie Martin’s house last…
National Indigenous History Month in the Haliburton Highlands
By Emily Stonehouse The month of June has been identified as National Indigenous History Month, with National Indigenous People’s Day falling on June 21, to tie in with the summer solstice. The date was put…
Health services AGM came up short, say community…
By James Matthews Concerned citizen groups believe the Haliburton Highlands Health Services annual general meeting was a missed opportunity to engage the public. The health service met in a virtual AGM on June 22. The…
The primary narrative
By Emily Stonehouse I didn’t always feel cantankerous around Canada Day. Growing up, it was an opportunity to don your best white and red; a chance to watch fireworks and stay up late to drink…
The right to rest in peace
From Shaman’s RockBy Jim Poling Sr. While ships searched for the submersible lost while visiting the Titanic gravesite, I visited another gravesite. I was back in northwestern Ontario, where I was born and raised. On…
AH tackles housing questions, starts with ‘blue sky’…
By James Matthews Algonquin Highlands is taking steps toward encouraging more affordable housing in the township by taking stock of possible options. Council recently tasked staff to prepare a report on means of municipal support…
Five stages of grief
By Emily Stonehouse You’ve probably heard it before. References to the five stages of grief. Maybe you’ve heard it alluded to on a television show, or from a doctor, or maybe you’ve experienced them yourself:denial,…
Only in America
From Shaman’s RockBy Jim Poling Sr. No matter what calamity the world suffers, the only really important news in the United States these days is Donald Trump. News networks feverishly report his limo leaving Trump…