By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a May 27 online meeting of Minden Hills council. For the second consecutive year, Minden Hills’ massive Canada Day bash in Minden’s downtown…
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Progress Pride flag to fly at TLDSB schools
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports of items discussed at the board of trustees meeting of Trillium Lakelands District School Board held virtually on May 25. As reported in the Times, at the…
Former Storm players join Huskies
By Darren Lum It’s been a few years, but local boys Ryan Hall and Joe Boice are looking forward to playing a full season together for the first time since winning the OMHA championship while…
Renting private land for camping prohibited
By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a May 20 online meeting of Algonquin Highlands council. While some Algonquin Highlands residents have been renting out their properties for others to…
Huskies welcome billet families to its pack
By Darren Lum Take a unique opportunity to give back to the community by showing the best of the Highlands as a billet family for a Haliburton County Huskies player, said volunteer billet coordinator Jess…
New owners at River Cone offer sweet place…
By Sue Tiffin For Ben Scott and Monica Bolton, becoming the owners of the River Cone in Minden village is the cherry on top of fulfilling their longtime dreams and entrepreneurial goals. The couple fell…
Unprecedented lumber situation part of perfect storm of…
By Darren Lum Rising lumber cost in North America have seen record setting prices and there are multiple aspects to it that need to be considered say affected industry members.There was a confluence of actions…
MOH asks residents to avoid post long-weekend COVID-19…
By Sue TiffinStaff reporter The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference with medical officer of health Dr. Natalie Bocking, held virtually May 19. In her introductory…
County awards contract for creation of shoreline bylaw
By Chad Ingram The County of Haliburton has awarded a contract for the creation of a draft shoreline protection bylaw to Hutchinson Environmental Sciences Ltd., in partnership with J.J Richards and Associates.Councillors made that decision…
Short-term rental regs move to upper tier
By Chad Ingram The issue of regulating short-term rentals in Haliburton County will move to the upper tier of the county council table, after receiving support for the concept from each of the county’s four,…
Guides, township working on solution
By Chad Ingram Representatives of Minden’s Guides and Scouts groups met virtually with Minden Hills staff last week to discuss options for a new home for the organizations.As previously reported, the leaders of local Guides…
Surplus spent on roads projects
By Chad Ingram A 2020 surplus for the Township of Minden Hills that would have totalled some $1.1 million has formally totalled just more than $106,000, with the township spending the bulk of the large,…
Mitigating mystery snails in county waters
By Chad Ingram The Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners’ Associations is launching a program aimed at decreasing the population of Chinese mystery snails, an invasive species, in the county’s lakes.County councillors heard a presentation about…
Legacy of inclusiveness lives on with rainbow bench…
By Darren Lum The Gull River received a bright and colourful reminder of the man that gave so much of his heart to make Minden a place for everyone.The late Sinclair Russell, who was a…
Library cultivates gardens to grow, to go
By Sue Tiffin A new initiative to enable more people to experience gardening at home sprouts this week from the Minden, Dysart and Wilberforce branches of the Haliburton County Public Library.The Grab ‘n’ Go Seed…
Fewer school suspensions in first semester compared to…
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports of items discussed at the board of trustees meeting of Trillium Lakelands District School Board held virtually on May 11. Paul Goldring, TLDSB superintendent of learning, presented…
Planned power outage Sunday morning
There's a planned power outage scheduled for Minden and surrounding area for the morning of Sunday, May 16, as Hydro One crews perform work at the utility's transmission station along County Road 21. The outage…
No notice for Scouts and Guides
By Chad Ingram Leaders of Minden’s Scouts and Guide groups were dismayed when they discovered through an article in the Times that what has been the Scouts hall at the Minden Hills Community Centre will…
AH adopts internet and telephone voting
By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands residents will be able to cast their votes by telephone or using the internet for the 2022 municipal election.Councillors for the township made that decision during a May 6 online…
Farmers’ markets essential, going ahead with season
By Darren Lum Whatever the province decides regarding the stay-at-home order, the Haliburton County Farmers’ Market is looking to move forward with opening its season because it’s an essential service, said its new manager.Returning to…
Minden launches second season of Scott’s Vacation House…
By Darren Lum This Sunday, May 16, a Minden residence will be showcased with the first episode of the season for Scott’s Vacation House Rules on HGTV Canada.Hosted by real estate expert, contractor, entrepreneur and…