By Emily Stonehouse It’s lights, camera, action for Haliburton Highlands local, Jerelyn Craden, who just appeared in a prominent spot for a Canadian Tire ad that is currently being broadcast across the country. While Craden…
Fast Lane Bowling: ‘no choice but to fold’
By Emily Stonehouse The sound of bowling balls and the laughter may no longer be heard at 12281 Highway 35 in Minden. Fast Lane Bowling has been open since March 2022, after owners Ron Crump…
Green Burial: a topic of ongoing conversation
By Emily Stonehouse What impact will you have after you die? During a presentation by the Haliburton Highlands Green Burial Society (HHGBS) on Nov. 23 at the Dysart Library, when asked for her reason for…
Health board issues overdose alert for Haliburton County…
By James Matthews Public health officials say it’s time to revisit and resurrect a former drug strategy for the region. To prove the importance of such a strategy, one need to look no further than…
MH residents can get chipped wood from town…
By James Matthews (Local Journalism Initiative reporter)Materials from a brush chipping program is available free to the public.Nikki Payne, manager of Minden Hills’ waste facilities, apprised council during its Oct. 13 meeting of a way…
Minden Hills 2022 municipal and school board election…
Where and how to vote Paper ballot (in-person) voting Eligible voters can visit the upper level of the S.G Nesbitt Memorial Arena and Minden Community Centre on Monday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 8…
Iconic Misty River Farm barn falls after windstorm
By Sue Tiffin “To you it might be a barn, but to us, it was home.” These are the parting words Cindy-Jo Nesbitt left the community in a social media post about the Misty River…
Councillors bring arena questions to the table
By Nick Bernard Following his report on the activities of the Community Services department at the Nov. 25 Minden Hills council meeting, director Craig Belfry was asked about a number of concerns arising from the…
First year of septic inspections results in program…
By Sue Tiffin The 2021 Minden Hills septic re-inspection program that began in June has ended, with a reported 742 properties of 1,063 – or about 70 per cent - being inspected by Sept. 16…