By Sue Tiffin Much-anticipated provincial funding to support the tourism region that includes the Haliburton Highlands was announced yesterday, with $350,000 awarded to Ontario’s Highlands Tourism Organization to help offer relief to organizations hard-hit by…
By Mike Baker An incident last Wednesday, Dec. 2 that some area residents believed could have been an earthquake or home explosion turned out to be a “blast gone wrong” at the Thomas Contracting Quarry,…
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County councillors will request a delegation with provincial cabinet ministers at the upcoming Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) conference to seek clarity on just who, exactly, is responsible for informing the…
By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands councillors discussed potential projects and priorities for 2021 during a special meeting on Nov. 26.It’s an annual pre-budget exercise for councillors as they try to decide what will make the…
By Sue Tiffin During the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust annual general meeting held on Dec.2, a successful 2019 was celebrated, as were positive gains for the land trust in 2020 which included the opening of…
By Mike Baker New COVID-19 restrictions limiting the number of people allowed at social gatherings and tightening regulations on bars and restaurants are being implemented across Haliburton County this week. It was revealed on Friday,…
By Chad Ingram Two members of Haliburton County council would like to be warden for 2021, meaning county councillors will participate in an election to determine who will become head of council for the upcoming…
By Darren Lum While tens of thousands of snowbirds are choosing to head south to warmer climes this winter despite the rising rates of infection and deaths from COVID-19 and the imposed restrictions for travel…
By Sue Tiffin An audible “wow” might have been heard across Haliburton County on the morning of Nov. 30, as kids saw right before their eyes the chemical reaction that takes place when vitamin C…
By Sue Tiffin In November, families and advocates in the Canadian cystic fibrosis community were celebrating news reports that a drug already helping numerous people around the world who have the progressive, life-threatening genetic disease…
By Chad Ingram The centralization of functions, harmonizing of regulations and creation of new staffing positions are repeated themes in the plethora of recommendations contained in a service delivery review for the County of Haliburton…
By Chad Ingram The Township of Algonquin Highlands will order the removal of docks placed by residents on some pieces of public property, the docks in some cases having been installed for many years.Township councillors…
By Darren Lum The province’s message during the pandemic has been to stay close to home and spend your money at the store and restaurant down the road.This message was endorsed during the summer with…
By Chad Ingram The County of Haliburton will embark on a public input process for its draft shoreline protection bylaw, that process including a virtual public meeting amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.In a nearly four-hour-long…
By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands residents will be able to tune into Zoom for a virtual Christmas tree lighting celebration featuring members of council and scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 9.During a Nov. 19 meeting, councillors…
By Chad Ingram Five Haliburton County residents have been charged with drug-related offences following a police raid at a residence along Bobcaygeon Road in Minden. According to a press release from the OPP, members of…
By Chad Ingram While the new Minden Hills arena is technically “substantially complete,” councillors for the township heard during a Nov. 12 committee-of-the-whole meeting that’s a technical, architectural definition and there will likely be several…
By Darren Lum COVID-19 might have caused one racing group to cancel its season at the Minden Fairgrounds, but there is still hope to hear the revving of the engines and smell the burning of…
By Jenn Watt The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Trillium Lakelands District School Board meeting on Nov. 10. Staff at area schools are being encouraged not to let their guard down…
By Sue Tiffin Residents in Minden Hills who heard loud explosions on the evening of Nov. 9 received an answer to the cause of the blasts with an OPP press release.Jaime Bilodeau was one of…
By Chad Ingram The fundraising committee for the Minden Hills arena project will begin convening meetings virtually, acting as a guinea pig for the re-establishment of township advisory committee meetings in an online format.With the…