p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 9.0px; line-height: 10.0px; font: 9.5px Palatino} p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.3px 0.0px; line-height: 53.0px; font: 50.0px Helvetica} By Sue Tiffin Staff reporter A love for winter…
By Staff Haliburton Echo photographer Darren Lum is one of three finalists for the Photographer of the Year award and columnist Steve Galea is up for the Humour Columnist of the Year honour in the…
The season may have ended with a playoff loss for the Red Hawks girls’ senior volleyball team but not without an epic battle during the first round of the Kawartha championship playoffs. Down two sets…
Published Feb. 25 2020 Submitted by Ted Rule Little Redstone Lake provided the perfect venue for the third annual Finnish Lapphund Sledding weekend which took place from Jan. 24 to 26. Ted and Shirley Rule…
By Jenn Watt Fleming College president Maureen Adamson said she was honoured to be at the inaugural Pride flag raising at Haliburton School of Art + Design but that she wished it would have happened…
By Darren Lum Published Feb. 25 2020 A 4-2 loss to end the regular season against the AAA St. Peter Catholic Secondary School is a lesson the Hawks won’t soon forget. Coach Jason Morissette said…
Submitted by Darrell Dobson Published Feb. 25 2020 The Haliburton Highlands Secondary School’s boys curling team are provincial champions capturing the Ontario School Curling Provincial Championship with a dramatic finish in an extra end final…
By Sue Tiffin Within days of a display dedicated to works by Black-Canadians being set up in the library at Haliburton Highlands Secondary School to recognize Black History Month Brother by David Chariandry was signed…
By Darren Lum Sometimes it’s as simple as making someone a cup of tea says hospice volunteer Tina Koskelo. Koskelo is one of more than 50 dedicated volunteers who are the backbone of the hospice…
By Jenn Watt “We are not asked for our ideas and input on what could be done” “Organization seemed to be hiding behind insurance coverage” “Overwhelmed trying to meet the needs of 30 people undergoing…
By Jenn Watt A roof leak and subsequent evacuation of Highland Wood long-term care home last year which relocated residents to facilities across the region left some of those involved feeling traumatized and distrustful of…
By staff Published Feb. 25 2020 Seven curling teams entered the Kawartha High School Curling Championships in Omemee held from Feb. 18 to 19 but the Red Hawks boys’ curling team left as the best…
By Sue Tiffin Phase six of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario job action was announced Feb. 24 offering a reprieve from strike action but noting teachers will do only their scheduled teaching and supervision…
by Darren Lum Rachel Churko has undeniable energy as she talks about the growth she experienced professionally and emotionally since she started leading her crew of painters for Rachel Churko Painting Services under the Student…
By Chad Ingram Anyone with an interest in the county’s tourism activities may wish to attend a town hall meeting at the Haliburton Legion on the evening of Tuesday March 3. The County of Haliburton…
Published Feb. 25 2020 Clothing small appliances old clocks bikes jewelry electronics lamps lamps and more lamps in need of some tender care are being gathered in anticipation of the second SIRCH Repair Café event…
Published Feb. 25 2020 To the Editor Do you remember when Canada was a friendly kind compassionate country respected in the world that way? When people said “Sorry” when they bumped into you or “How…
By Darren Lum Lunar Bloom needs your vote to win theCBC spotlight contest with their popular love song Sweater. Haliburton's connection to indie folktrio Lunar Bloom is Jocelyn Regina a well-known singing and actingtalent who…
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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.3px 0.0px; line-height: 53.0px; font: 42.0px Helvetica}p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 9.0px; line-height: 10.0px; font: 9.5px Palatino} By Darren Lum Staff reporter More than just bacon and…
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