Submitted by Judi Paul Published May 31 2016 The following are HHSS sports briefs for the week ending May 27. Congratulations to the Red Hawks junior girls’ soccer team on the culmination of a season…
June kicks off with home show
By Gail Stelter June is yet another great Highlands month that begs your participation. The Haliburton Home and Cottage Show starts things off on June 3 4 and 5. With 150 exhibitors the show will…
Personal best achievements by Hawks at track meet
By Darren Lum Published May 31 2016 This year the Red Hawks track and field team is not sending any representatives to the Ontario Federation of Sports Athletic Associations championship in Windsor. However the team…
Post office closure a slap in the face
To the Editor Eroding of Ward 3 Gooderham continues to transpire under the direction of Highlands East council. In its wisdom it has decided not to renew its contract with Canada Post and the post…
Track Meet results
Top six overall finishers (by accumulated points for placing) at Haliburton Legion Haliburton County Track and Field meet for elementary schools held at the Gary G. Brohman Athletic Field in Haliburton on Saturday May 28.…
Watch for scams
By Jenn Watt Published May 31 2016 Your taxes are filed your bills are paid maybe you even have a return coming. Then you get the call: the Canada Revenue Agency is after you. You…
Developer working on new condo for Haliburton
By Jenn Watt Published May 31 2016 Greystone Construction Ltd. and sales representative Trophy Property Corp. are moving through the necessary steps and studies to bring a new condo to Haliburton Village. Called Wallings Way…
Initiative aims to reduce wildlife/car collisions in county
By Chad Ingram Published May 31 2016 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is teaming up with the OPP and the Ministry of Transportation in an attempt to reduce the number of collisions involving…
Library lacks staff to keep up with demand
By Chad Ingram Published May 31 2016 An annual report from Haliburton County Public Library CEO Bessie Sullivan shows the library struggling to keep pace with demand for digital literacy programming. “The growth of the…
School board contacts mediator after labour board ruling
By Chad Ingram Published May 31 2016 The chairwoman of the Trillium Lakelands District School Board says the board intends to get back to the bargaining table with Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation District 15…
Staffing emergency dept. difficult
By Jenn Watt Published by May 31 2016 The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board meeting on Thursday May 26 in Haliburton. Dr. Greg Karaguesian chief of…
Fatal collision in Highlands East
Police are in the early stages of an investigation into a single-vehicle collision that killed Belleville man Gerald Pope 64 on Wednesday May 25. According to a press release just after 6 p.m. Haliburton Highlands…
CHA is asking for realtors’ pledge
By Darren Lum Published May 19 2016 Local realtors are making a pledge towards a healthier Highlands through an education and awareness initiative by the Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners’ Associations (CHA). The Lake Protectors…
Kennisis Lake’s Art on the Dock is back
The Kennisis Lake Cottage Owners’ Association (KLCOA) is delighted to announce that Art on the Dock will be back for a second great year on July 9 and 10. The exhibition hours for this unique…
Logger’s cabin holds untold history
By Jenn Watt Published May 19 2016 Cottager Molly Ferguson has been known for much of her life for the work she and her late husband Bob did on their Little Glamor Lake property. Their…
Magnificent life detailed in new book
Published May 19 2016 Lea Kitler is incredibly thankful for “the magnificent life” she has on her hilltop organic farm near Highland Grove which is not surprisingly called Magnificent Hill. She is also a local…
Orchestra gets by with help from friends
By Angelica Ingram Published May 19 2016 It will be an evening celebrating friendships at the upcoming Highlands Chamber Orchestra performance on Saturday May 28 at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion. The orchestra which…
Tiny invasive organism a big threat to our…
Even though there are signs at public boat launches warning of invasive species including the spiny water flea it is hard to appreciate the damage this tiny organism can do until you comprehend its impact…
TLDSB welcomes new superintendent
Published May 25 2016 Atlast night’s board meeting trustees approved the appointment ofDave Golden as a new Superintendent of Education for TrilliumLakelands District School Board. Due to the upcoming retirement ofEarl Manners from the senior…
CARP tackles assisted dying bill at AGM
By Angelica Ingram May 24 2016 The assisted dying legislation also referred to as Bill C-14 has been making headlines in the news and is a topic of much discussion. The issue was also the…
Finding the Group of Seven
By Jenn Watt Over the last four decades Jim and Sue Waddington have travelled Canada solving mysteries. A professor and nurse respectively the couple used their vacation time to follow clues scouring the landscape for…