By Robert Mackenzie Published July 11 2017 Country Rose Garden Centre increased their stock of red and white flowers this year ahead of Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations all while the store celebrated a big birthday…
Enchanted Forest excites and stimulates senses
By Darren Lum Published July 11 2017 After a year of work and planning by the Haliburton Home School senior students excitement was in the air as they shared their Enchanted Forest at Abbey Gardens…
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Reeve or mayor which title is better? To the Editor Editor’s note: This letter addresses a recent decision by Algonquin Highlands council to change titles from reeve and deputy-reeve to mayor and deputy-mayor. I felt…
Remembrance in spotlight
By Darren Lum Published July 11 2017 Later this month the Highlands Summer Festival is bringing an award-winning show that has wowed audiences and critics alike. Jake’s Gift is about a Second World War veteran…
The moon and the sun
By Lynda Shadbolt Published July 11 2017 The very almost nearly full thunder/buck moon kept me company on Saturday evening as I drove home from Orillia where I had been at the Mariposa Folk Festival…
Writers present versions of Canadiana in new book
By Jenn Watt Published July 11 2017 Patricia Miller has cottaged in the Highlands her whole life. Her parents bought land on Lake Kashagawigamog in 1968 the same property that she and her family now…
Council mulls proposed changes to planning fees
By Sue Tiffin Published July 11 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a July 5 meeting of Highlands East council. Shannon Hunter CAO presented proposed changes to planning department fees. The…
Foster home shortage spurs CAS campaign
By Robert Mackenzie Published July 11 2017 The Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society has launched a new campaign in order to curb their “urgent” need for foster parents. The Fostering Changes Futures campaign which launched this…
Slow down minimum wage process: chamber
By Robert Mackenzie Published July 11 2017 The Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce is advocating for a slower implementation of the $15 minimum wage being proposed by the Ontario government. In a press release the…
On the beer trail in the Highlands
Lily Coneybeare lines up the sample cups along the wooden bar at Rhubarb Restaurant in Carnarvon and pours five tiny drinks. The cream ale is golden and smooth tasting. It’s one of Boshkung Brewing Company’s…
100 per cent Canadian
Published July 4 2017 To the Editor This July we are celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday although the indigenous people consider their country centuries older. I have strong memories of the year Canada celebrated its 100th…
A long marriage
By Janet Trull Published July 4 2017 D ysart et al and Canada go arm in arm into the sesquicentennial celebrations like an old couple strolling around the Rotary Carnival. For better and for worse…
A year of change at health services corp
By Chad Ingram Published July 4 2017 A tightening up of finances and a focus on employees’ well-being have been hallmarks of the past year at Haliburton Highlands Health Services. HHHS CEO Carolyn Plummer went…
AETC renamed in trustee's honour
By Jenn Watt Published July 4 2017 Len Salvatori clutched a few pieces of paper in his hands as he stood before friends and family educators administrators and community members at J.D. Hodgson Elementary School…
County and CoKL developing affordable housing framework
By Chad Ingram Published July 4 2017 Haliburton County and the City of Kawartha Lakes will work together through a consultant to construct an affordable housing framework for the area. The City of Kawartha Lakes…
Funny thing happening at the Highlands Summer Festival
By Sue Tiffin Published July 4 2017 A stage full of smiles and an audience full of laughter opened the 18th season of the Highlands Summer Festival on July 3 with A Funny Thing Happened…
Logging ingrained in Haliburton’s past
By Robert Mackenzie Published: July 4 2017 Malcolm Cockwell is giving me a tour of Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve’s sawmill. We’re dodging puddles as we walk through a muddy yard packed with stacks…
Party Like It’s 1867
By Kate Butler Published July 4 2017 150 years ago this week our community would have been abuzz – our country had just marked Confederation! Though the idea of Confederation had been floated as early…
Perseverance results in diploma for AETC grads
By Sue Tiffin Published July 4 2017 A close-knit group of students and staff joined together to celebrate the reward for dedication while overcoming obstacles: a Grade 12 diploma. Sixteen students graduated from the Alternate…
Stackhouse and Nicholls named Citizens of the Year
Canada Day in West Guilford always includes time to recognize community members through its Citizen of the Year tradition. This year to mark Canada’s 150th birthday organizers surprised the audience by honouring two local men…
Turtle centre declares state of emergency
By Robert Mackenzie Published July 4 2017 Ontario’s Turtle Conservation Centre has declared a state of emergency for all turtles in the region as they’ve treated more than 500 injured turtles so far this year.…