By Jenn Watt Published Aug. 30 2017 Parties to the Ontario Municipal Board hearing regarding whether to permit a biochar facility on Kennaway Road agreed on a settlement in the evening hours of Tuesday Aug.…
Big ideas
By Jenn Watt Published August 29 2017 F rom the vantage point of 2017 the history of Haliburton School of Art and Design seems serendipitous in the way it grew out of the seed of…
Businesses asked to weigh in on lack of…
By Chad Ingram Published August 29 2017 The Haliburton County transportation task force will survey member businesses of the Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce about how transportation or lack thereof affects the availability of workers.…
Garlic growers garner great turnout
Crowds of the curious the aficionados and the hungry showed up to the 10th annual Garlic Festival to take in the event offering everything from garlic cookies to a wide variety of garlic bulbs and…
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Haliburton School of Art and Design marks five decades By Jenn Watt Published August 29 2017 Haliburton School of Art and Design was one of Shelley Schell’s first serious jobs. When she joined the college…
Health unit tackles food insecurity
By Robert Mackenzie Published August 29 2017 Updated Sept. 6 2017 The Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge Health Unit will be launching a program this fall to fight rising food insecurity in the county and province.…
Hometown Hockey to showcase Highlands
The Haliburton Highlands will be included as one of the first four communities to be visited on this year’s Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour from Oct. 14 to 15 hosted by hockey broadcast personalities Ron MacLean…
Mountain bike racers cheer for provincial championships
By Sue Tiffin Published August 29 2017 Sir Sam’s Ski and Ride was bustling with the energy of mountain bike racers competing in the O-Cup No.7 as part of the Ontario Cup Series noted to…
Planning for Random Acts of Green
After creating a social media movement educating the public about the difference they can make in fighting climate change Jessica Correa will be coming to Haliburton to share with participants how they can get involved…
Protect waterways
To the Editor Right now the federal government is reviewing the Navigation Protection Act – that’s the law that should give all Canadians the right to paddle up and down this land’s waterways. That right…
Rotary president invites new members
By Darren Lum Published August 29 2017 Semi-retired Haliburton resident Steve Roberts who just turned 61 this past Tuesday is proud to be the current president for the Rotary Club of Haliburton. Roberts has been…
‘Tee’ time is any time at Head Lake…
For the past four months I’ve been living at a golf course yet I haven’t used it once. While people come to the course throughout the week to hit the links I’ve found myself driving…
Virtuoso to play in place of The Poet and…
Plans have changed but music lovers and concertgoers looking to take in a performance described as being different and exceptional will not be disappointed. Organizers of the Haliburton Concert Series an annual presentation of three…
Curling club local governments get cash from feds
A few large infusions of money are coming to Haliburton County through the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program. Highlands East will receive more than $23000 to improve the curling club; Camp Wanakita will receive $100000…
Balanced media diet
By Jenn Watt Published Aug. 22 2017 If your home is anything like mine the last week has been one of captivated horror as news from the States pours in. Starting Aug. 12 with the…
Dysart gets mixed marks on exchange
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 22 The following are brief reports of items discussed during an Aug. 21 meeting of Dysart et al council. Dysart et al township received mixed feedback from a team from…
Hospice volunteers bring care to end of life
By Sue Tiffin Published Aug. 22 2017 When Amanda Rowden was a nursing student working in a long-term care unit she met a dying man alone in his final days who would make a great…
Invasive plant found on local lakes
By Robert Mackenzie Published Aug. 22 2017 Phragmites an invasive plant species has spread to three locations on Eagle and Moose Lakes according to a local study. Invasive phragmites is a tall wetland grass that…
Riders glimpse Haliburton history on tour
By Jenn Watt Published Aug. 22 2017 Local thespians and tourism promoters got together on the Essonville Line earlier this month to give social media influencers something to post about. Yours Outdoors organized an old…
Singing the song of opera in the Highlands
By Sue Tiffin Published Aug. 22 2017 When Valerie Kuinka and Richard Margison said they were going to bring opera to the Highlands 11 years ago they meant it. This year has been one of…
Working at heights training protects against worst case…
When an accident happens on a construction site Bruce Bolduc is one of the people companies will call to do an investigation of what happened. Bolduc is the president of Construction Workplace Safety Training Ltd.…