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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…