By Jenn Watt Published May 23 2017 Ontario has eight species of bats and all of them have been spotted in the Haliburton Highlands. However in recent years half of the province’s bat species have…
Lucky returns to Highlands for house concert
By Chad Ingram Published May 23 2017 Country troubadour Zachary Lucky will bring his hearty brand of roots music back to the Haliburton Highlands for a house concert at Wildwood Farm just outside Haliburton Village…
Out of the gloomy winter rises one grateful…
By Robert Mackenzie Published May 23 2017 It's a beautiful day in Haliburton and I'm inside my Echo office banging my head against a desk because I'm not good at writing personal introductions like this.…
Savage awaits trial in David Palmer murder
By Sue Tiffin Published May 23 2017 William Savage accused with the first-degree murder of Bowmanville man David Palmer remains in jail with his next courtroom appearance set for June 30 in Lindsay. Savage from…
NewsNews Scott pleased as human trafficking bill becomes law
Scott pleased as human trafficking bill becomes law By Chad Ingram Published May 23 2017 Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott is glad that victims of human trafficking in Ontario will have greater recourse after the…
Solar energy project addresses residents’ letter
By Sue Tiffin Published May 23 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a May 17 meeting of Highlands East council. Rob Hitchcock business development manager for Abundant Solar Energy Inc. made…
Trip to Japan inspires local club
By Jenn Watt Published May 23 2017 The group from Haliburton arrived in Japan just as the cherry blossoms were unfurling on the trees. It had been a cool spring and the iconic pink flowers…
Average EMS response time in county: 12 minutes
By Chad Ingram Published May 16 2017 The average response time to EMS calls in Haliburton County is 12 minutes or about 18 minutes if the villages of Haliburton and Minden are excluded. The county…
Climate changes
By Jenn Watt Published May 16 2017 We’ve all been watching Minden in the last weeks as the waters crept higher and higher over riverbanks and then streets flooding homes and cottages along the Gull…
Drag Lake dam repairs on track
Published May 16 2017 Parks Canada says work on rehabilitating the Drag Lake Dam is going well. Culverts are being used to take care of outflows during the flooding and lake levels have not been…
Graduation rates up at school board
Published May 16 2017 Trillium Lakelands District School Board has a graduation rate of 76.9 per cent for students within four years and 84.5 per cent for students who graduate within five years. This puts…
HHOA to bring Catch the Ace to Haliburton…
By Darren Lum Published May 16 2017 The Haliburton Highlands Outdoor Association is looking to a popular East Coast fundraising idea to help them meet growing financial demands. HHOA vice-president of education and marketing Rusty…
HHSS student elected as school board trustee
Published May 16 2017 The Trillium Lakelands District School Board student trustee for the 2017-2018 school year was elected by G7 Student Senate members at the G7 Student Leadership Conference on April 28. Madeline Hopkins…
High water floods lakefront properties
By Jenn Watt Published May 16 The town of Minden spent last week in a state of emergency with roads and bridges closed to not only vehicles but also pedestrians throughout the week as the…
Highlands Opera Theatre commissions original production
By Jenn Watt Published May 16 2017 Three First Nations singers three opera singers and one collaborative pianist will join forces with local community choirs to present an original production in the Haliburton Highlands. Wiikondiwin…
Massed choir delights despite move
By Sue Tiffin Published May 16 2017 Organizing a massed choir of 150 people from three different towns was a monumental project but moving that choir and 450 concert attendees the day of the event…
Minden Hills closes main street
By Sue Tiffin Published May 16 2017 Water levels in Minden Hills receded over the weekend offering residents and business owners some relief since Reeve Brent Devolin declared the town to be in a state…
OFSAA experience motivates badminton player
By Darren Lum Published May 16 2017 Ben Schmidt might have only finished in the semi-finals of the C flight at the all-provincials in badminton but he is eager to return next season. The Grade…
Support for paddling festival
To the Editor I was interested in the article entitled “Reel Paddling Film Festival aims to fix the Gull” (by Jerelyn Craden) in the April 23 issue of County Life. It was exciting to read…
Haliburton HHSS Rotary Interact teaming up to spread…
By Darren Lum Published May 16 2017 High school students with the help of the Haliburton and Minden Rotary Clubs are raising money to promote literacy in the Caribbean with this year’s Rotary Radio Day.…
The Pause
Published May 16 2017 By Lynda Shadbolt In my 20 years of learning about yoga I have come to understand that every style and every teacher has his or her own focus for the practice.…