By Sue Tiffin Published June 16 2020 As information about the spread of coronavirus and the devastating effects of the virus throughout the world has infiltrated our sources of information much has been said about…
Daycares remain closed advocate for reopening support
By Sue Tiffin Most parents weren’t surprised that daycare centres didn’t open on June 12 the first day they were permitted to by the province as part of the COVID-19 reopening plan local daycare operators…
COVID-19 questions answered during CKL town hall CKL…
By Sue Tiffin A virtual town hall hosted in City of Kawartha Lakes on June 11 brought information from city and health officials straight to residents via the internet and cable television. “We are constantly…
County stays course with COVID-19 recovery
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County’s four lower-tier municipalities will continue to deal with recovery from the COVID-19 crisis separately county councillors decided during a June 10 special meeting. While there had been some thought given…
Day 87
By Lynda Shadbolt Published June 16 2020 We all have stories we’ll tell about our time in this pandemic. How we spent our time what we learned about ourselves what was important every day and…
Books soon available for pickup at Dysart library…
By Zachary Roman Haliburton County Public Library is set to begin testing its curbside pickup pilot plan on June 25 at its Dysart branch which is located at 78 Maple Avenue in Haliburton. The decision…
Dysart creates COVID-19 Community Recovery Task Force
By Staff On Thursday the Municipality of Dysart's Emergency Control Group announced the formation of the COVID-19 Community Recovery Task Force which is to " support our community and municipal recovery and relief efforts throughout…
Stage 2 begins Friday in county
By Chad Ingram The provincial government announcedMonday that as of 12:01 a.m. Friday June 12 a number of businesseswill be able to re-open at least in modified fashion in communitiesoutside the Toronto area as the…
Public should remain diligent duringpandemic: health unit
By Sue Tiffin Staff reporter Haliburton County’s total confirmedcases of COVID-19 that are unresolved remain at one after a new caseappeared – the first since April – last week. Currently there arealso two community high-risk…
Make Dreams Come True continues to mark achievements
By Darren Lum Staff reporter COVID-19 has changed the way we live but this doesn’t mean it has to diminish the achievement of graduates whether it’s for Grade 8 students grad uating or high schoolers…
Main message
By Sue Tiffin ONE DAY WHEN we look back to this time in our his tory Ontario residents might best be able to describe what it was like with that symbolic head turn that is…
Farmers’ markets open with safetyprotocols
By Sue Tiffin The county’s three farmers’ marketswon’t look the same this year but they’ll be open for businesseven if it’s not as usual. Minden’s market runs Saturdaysbeginning June 13 Haliburton’s market runs Tuesdays beginningJune…
Country Rose has new home its legacywill go…
By Zachary Roman Country Rose Haliburton’s go-togarden centre since 1986 will not be closing after all. It has foundnew owners and in six weeks it will have found a new home too. But don’t worry…
Club’s end means new future for Haliburton soccer
By Darren Lum Staff reporter Soccer in Haliburton this summer isn’t happening. Part of it is because of COVID-19 and part of it is the end of the Haliburton Soccer Club which was due in…
Olive
By Lynda Shadbolt We are all given a lot in life that we don’t understand. Things that we don’t necessarily want. Life is not always fair even or just. We can’t control everything. What we can do is…
Virtual ceremony provides real recognition for Hawks’ achievements
By Darren Lum Staff reporter It’s likely the first time in 42years the Haliburton Highlands Secondary School Annual AthleticAwards Ceremony is going virtual as part of continuous efforts toreduce the spread of the coronavirus. When…
Take action
By Sue Tiffin WHEN THE weight of the world feelsheavy it makes us want to retreat turn off the news andtry to live in a blissful ignorance if the matters of the daydon’t seem to affect our own lives directly.…
Resorts may open with protocols inplace
By Chad Ingram It appears that cottage rental resortsin the county may open for business under provincial guidelines aslong as they abide by proper protocols the Haliburton KawarthaPine Ridge District Health Unit says with that…
HHHS to resume non-urgent surgeries procedures tests
By Sue Tiffin Staff reporter Non-urgent care is reopening as the province does. Haliburton Highlands Health Services announced that non-urgent procedures and tests will start to resume fol lowing their postponement since March 19 due…
Haliburton Rocks group brings sentimentto sediment
You may have noticed something different on your walks around Haliburton recently: painted rocks. Painting rocks with uplifting messages and/or beau tiful art then leaving them near sidewalks or walk ing trails has become a…
Free fruit and vegetables distributedto local seniors
By Jenn Watt One hundred seniors in HaliburtonCounty are receiving Good Food Boxes filled with fresh produce oncea month funded by the New Horizons for Seniors Program and organizedby the Rotary Club of Haliburton. The…