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By Darren Lum Published Feb. 4 2020 Teachers parents and students aredisappointed by the Trillium Lakelands District School Board'sdecision to cancel all extra-curricular activities at secondaryschools made at the board's public meeting on Tuesday Jan.…
By Kristena Schutt-Moore Special to the Echo Published Jan. 28 2020 The firefighters from Highlands East’s Station 2 took over the Highlands Grove Community Centre on Saturday Jan. 18 but they weren’t there for training…
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 28 2020 Last week the provincial government announced annual funding allocations for municipalities under both its Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund and Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund programs. Under the OMPF which…
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 28 2020 The 30-person Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Big Bike may have been taken for its last ride in the Highlands last year if not enough people pre-register in the…
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 28 2020 Haliburton Highlands Secondary School student Jessica Byers is taking her curling skills from Oshawa to the land of chocolate and clocks. Nearing the end of December Byers and…
By Lynda Shadbolt Published Jan. 28 2020 Sometimes in life you do things just so you can be around certain people. Perhaps they inspire you or are fun or have great energy and you just…
By Staff Published Jan. 28 2020 The Haliburton County Youth Hub is holding its official opening ceremony. The youth hub is one of the Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario initiatives which brings together services for young…
Published Jan. 28 2020 By Chad Ingram Haliburton County council cost approximately $133500 to operate for 2019. The 2019 statements of remuneration and expenses for county council were received by councillors during a Jan. 22…
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 28 2020 Haliburton County residents can expect a 1.67 per cent increase on the upper tier portion of their tax bills for 2020. County councillors passed the budget during a…
By Jenn Watt Published Jan. 28 2019 We watched the news last week as rescue workers spent days searching for the bodies of six snowmobilers who went through the ice in Quebec’s Lac-Saint-Jean region. The…
By Staff Published Jan. 28 2020 The first SIRCH Repair Cafe in Haliburton County finished with a 54.2 per cent repair rate including 33.3 per cent of items that can still be fixed said event…
By Jenn Watt Published Jan. 28 2020 For the last 10 years the members of Lemon Bucket Orkestra have travelled the world bringing their high-energy Eastern European folk-punk dance party to venues big and small…
Published Jan. 28 2020 To the Editor Paul Heaven’s talk on preserving wetlands (reported in The Echo Jan. 21) had a message for everyone who wants to help reduce the severity of spring flooding. Protecting…
Published Jan. 28 2020 To the Editor I just read about the possibility of library closures in the County as recommended by KPMG. Notwithstanding the fact that not all branches might offer public use of…
Published Jan. 28 2020 To the Editor My electricity bill has risen by a whopping 55 per cent as of Nov. 1 2019. Premier Doug Ford made a big deal of accusing the former Liberal…
Published Jan. 28 2020 To the Editor Enough is enough! I am furious that the Ford government is continuing to blame the members of the educational community for the current political strife. According to a…