By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports of items discussed during an April 7 meeting of Algonquin Highlands. Rogers Communications Inc. is proposing to construct a 90-metre telecommunications tower on the northern portion…
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Water levels normal for now, but climate change…
By Stephen Petrick The Gull River has given Minden residents some harsh springs – think 2013 and 2017 when the river swelled up and engulfed roads and homes – but this isn’t expected to be…
Bird flu outbreak heading north
By Steve Galea Wild birds are playing a key role in the spread of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak in Ontario this spring. HPAI, more commonly known as bird flu, was detected in…
Upcoming job fair offers opportunity for employers, employees
By Darren Lum Employment opportunities are coming with the Job Fair scheduled at the local high school later this month. Students and the public are being given the opportunity for a one-stop shop to fact…
Author Waubgeshig Rice visits HHSS
By Olivia Johnson Haliburton Highlands Secondary School staff and students gained perspective with the opportunity to speak with Indigenous author and journalist Waubgeshig Rice on Monday, April 4. Christine Carr, a teacher at HHSS, organized…
Pysanky for Easter
By Sue Tiffin Ginger Kulas spoke to the Minden and District Horticultural Society on the art of decorating Easter eggs, a Ukrainian tradition she learned about when she married Bill Kulas 44 years ago and…
Get to know the Huskies: Will Gourgouvelis
By Alex Gallacher The Haliburton County Huskies have had a great defence core comprised of the savvy vets Isaac Sooklal and Nate Porter, the offensive expert Simon Rose and the hometown boy Ryan Hall. However,…
Huskies season on the brink
Opening series 5-2 loss to Golden Hawks, forces a must win at home By Alex Gallacher The Haliburton County Huskies fell 5-2 to the Trenton Golden Hawks in Game One of the East Division semi-final…
Two Minden residents die in serious collision near…
Please note: This story has been updated from its original version as more information has been released by Haliburton Highlands OPP. Police have identified the two people who died after a three-vehicle collision on County…
MH council to review data before meeting in…
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports of items discussed during a March 31 virtual meeting of Minden Hills council. Minden Hills council plans to meet in person on April 28 for the first…
‘Lessons learned’ prior to second year of septic…
By Sue Tiffin WSP Canada Inc., the contractor hired to conduct the Minden Hills septic re-inspection program, is preparing to launch the 2022 program but has been asked by council for better communication after the…
Health care coalition spreading anti-privatization message prior to…
By Stephen Petrick Signs saying “Don’t Privatize our Public Health Care” will likely pop up on some Haliburton County lawns, ahead of the June 2 Ontario election. The signs are the work of the Ontario…
Cottage Chat shares a look at early settler…
By Sue Tiffin A Cottage Chat session gave residents – both seasonal and permanent – a chance to ask historians questions about the origin of lake names, early life in Stanhope, and local legends. The…
FOCA awards HHLPOA initiative
By Sue Tiffin Each year, the Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations honours the accomplishments of lake associations in the categories of environmental stewardship, land use planning initiatives, research and education, political involvement or other similar…
Gradual freshet, but residents reminded to be prepared…
By Sue Tiffin With warmer weather comes the spring thaw, or freshet, as snow and ice accumulated over the winter season melts into rivers, lakes and streams. Typically throughout central Ontario, the freshet occurs between…
Full house for artist Alex Jack at Agnes…
By Jerelyn Craden A bright, sunny, spring day matched the enthusiasm and attendance for the landscape artist Alex Jack’s exhibit and artist talk, Drawing in Landscape, at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery (AJG) on Saturday, April…
Carnarvon Family Golf tees up for spring with…
By Sue Tiffin Within 24 hours of Chris Near seeing the Carnarvon Family Golf listing on the PGA Canada website, he had driven from Orillia to see it. Now Near, along with his wife Kelsey,…
Third draft, second discussion for Minden’s budget
By Sue Tiffin Minden Hills councillors returned to the deliberation table last week to talk about the 2022 budget, the first public budget discussion since last October. Since December, staff have been working on decreasing…
Arena snack bar to cost nearly $300,000
By Sue Tiffin The cost to add a snack bar at Minden’s arena has, in the words of community services director Craig Belfry, “ballooned” to $293,000 excluding HST and contingency. Previously, council had approved additional…
Health unit reports first influenza case in two…
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District health unit press conference held virtually on March 23 with medical officer of health Dr. Natalie Bocking and a press…
HHHS planning around physician and nurse shortage
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports of items discussed during a March 24 virtual meeting of the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board. HHHS has continued to face nursing and physician staff shortages…