By Emily Stonehouse Stories. That’s what Mary Trepanier gets from knitting. Stories of grief, stories of pain, stories of warmth. When she started the Knitting for Warmth program 23 years ago, she thought it would…
Open/Shut
By Emily Stonehouse As I sit and type this, I am sitting inside Minden’s new restaurant, Fork and Flour. The energy is good, the sun is shining, and it feels optimistic. I had just come…
Red, white, and grey
By Emily Stonehouse If Donald Trump is involved in something, in any capacity, you can be sure that it is not remotely reasonable and will be completely convoluted; rife with grey areas and questions and…
Need for food on the rise in Minden
By Emily Stonehouse The Minden Community Food Centre is optimistic about the future, as they look back on their past. At their Annual General Meeting, held on Feb. 20 at the centre, the board shared…
Right place, right time: Rachel and Jenna’s story
By Emily Stonehouse In 2016, Jenna De Guzman had just graduated from university in Halifax, and was on her way out to a promising job opportunity in Alberta. In the middle, she spent two months…
Council hopes election outcome bears fruit
By James Matthews A provincial election in the midst of the current economic crunch may present an opportunity to rural municipalities. Minden Hills Mayor Bob Carter said municipal councils are in the business of getting…
Kinmount’s Model Railway trio keeps renovations on-track
By Thomas Smith Ron Claridge has been coming to Kinmount for 30 years. With his wife originally from Kinmount, the couple retired to Kinmount in 2022. “When I retired in Kinmount, [the Kinmount Model Railway]…
A season
By Emily Stonehouse It’s not news. The need for younger individuals to sit in places of power. And in our community, those places of power look like municipal councils. They look like boards and service…
Minden housing gets greenlit
By Emily Stonehouse MPP Laurie Scott surprised Minden locals on Tuesday, Jan. 28 with a last-minute press conference, slated for 10:30 a.m. On short-notice, Minden Hills Mayor Bob Carter and Deputy Warden Liz Danielsen were…
Minden Hills taxes may increase by 7 per…
By James Matthews The most recent draft of this year’s Minden Hills capital and operating budget proposes an almost seven per cent spending increase over last year. The residential tax levy impact on every $100,000…
HALIBURTON OPP RESPOND TO MULTIPLE THEFTS FROM VEHICLES
The Haliburton Highlands Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating multiple thefts from vehicles in the Township of Minden Hills. On the 17th of January 2025 the Haliburton OPP responded to numerous calls…
Gull Lake Ice Hut Rentals kicks off ice…
By Thomas Smith Dave “The Slayer” Perry first began his lifelong love of ice fishing on Gull Lake 30 years ago. The idea to start an ice hut rental business began after talking to local…
MH continues smoke alarm program
By James Matthews The Minden Hills Fire Department worked throughout last year to make everybody SAFE. Don Kruger, the township’s fire chief, updated township council during its Jan. 9 meeting about last year’s trial Smoke…
Council will revisit tower lease agreement
By James Matthews The transfer of a communications tower ownership in Minden Hills has broached questions about insurance. The township owns the land on Scotch Line where the radio communications tower for the Minden Hills…
Minden Canadian Tire to change hands
By Thomas Smith “I just figured it was time for my career to be over,” saysTerry Gregorini.After working for TD Canada Bank for twenty years, Gregorini became owner of his first Canadian Tire in Trail,…
Drug poisonings are a crisis in the county,…
By James Matthews There is much data that paints a picture of the drug poisoning crisis in communities under the umbrella of the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Public Health unit. But those dry figures,…
Scotch Line Landfill hatches bird-brained scheme for gulls
By Thomas Smith On a cold Monday morning, I arrived at Scotch Line Landfill. As soon as the co-owner of Royal Canadian Falconry arrived in his truck, dozens of herring gulls that were feasting on…
Arf force one brings Lux to Minden
By Thomas Smith Some dogs are able to fly. The Canadian Wings of Rescue is a volunteer run federally registered charity that operates all over Canada. Canadian Wings of Rescue works with rescues, shelters, wildlife…
The Paranormal Seekers find activity at Dominion Hotel
By Thomas Smith In April, The Paranormal Seekers, a paranormal investigation group based in Durham Region investigated the Sterling Bank at the Minden Cultural Centre. Afterwards, the group contacted Shawn Chamberlin about investigating the Dominion…
¡Una celebración de la cultura española!
By Thomas Smith “In the seventies, I spent about 6 years running around Latin America, I got pretty fluent in Spanish. When I moved here 30 odd years ago, I didn't have the opportunity to…
Remembering Brent Devolin
By Emily Stonehouse Everybody knew his name. A politician, a friend, an ally, a son, a brother, a husband, a parent, a grandfather. Brent Devolin was a man who wore many hats, and with each…