To the Editor In the past several months Haliburton has become a Blue Dot community with the county and the four townships endorsing our right to a healthy environment. On World Water Day March 22…
Teen rider heading to world competition
By Darren Lum Grade 8 JDHES student Alyssa Bogardis is excited that her dream to represent her country in the upcoming World Team Championships of mounted games is being realized. The sport’s origins are tied…
Uniting pastimes
By Jenn Watt We got news this week that the nascent junior A team the Haliburton Wolves is looking for a new owner. According to Stephane Laveault the point person for the Wolves Brad Williams…
Water Ambassadors reflect on humanitarian efforts in Nicaragua
By Angelica Ingram Sticks of glue pairs of scissors and other craft materials are splattered across a dining room table. A buzz of activity fills the room as a group of teenagers work on a…
Wolves junior A team for sale
By Jenn Watt Following the death of an owner Brad Williams Haliburton’s junior A team is up for sale Stephane Laveault told the Echo . “We’re working on a few things right now” said Laveault…
HeadLake Ice Out deadline changed due to warm…
Dueto the extremely warm March we're having we need to change the HeadLake Ice Out contest deadline. Younow have until Friday March 18 to get your guesses in. Tellus exactly when you think the last…
Man wanted in child porn investigation found dead…
A Toronto man wanted by police for possession of child pornography has been found dead in Haliburton County. Darren Padilla 47 also known as Darren Laite was found by Ontario Provincial Police in the county…
Forest to appeal court order to remove buildings
By Angelica Ingram A decision by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found in favour of Dysart et al on Feb. 5 in a case between the municipality and Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve.…
Goldhawk fights elder abuse in talk
By Jenn Watt It is society’s view of its oldest demographic that contributes to elder abuse journalist and radio personality Dale Goldhawk told an audience at Pinestone on Thursday March 3. Speaking as part of…
Haliburton in the 1950s – the music and…
By Eddie Burke The annual music festival took place every June in the Minden arena; it was a very big event in Haliburton in the 1950s. Whole school classes would practice all year to compete…
Hawks hockey ends in COSSA
By Darren Lum There’s always next year. After the last two years of consecutive all-provincial berths the Red Hawks won’t be part of the top-16 teams vying for an Ontario Federation School Athletic Association (OFSAA)…
HHHS to renovate long-term care space
By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a March 2 meeting of the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board. The meeting was originally scheduled to take place Feb. 25 but was…
Leal says budget to benefit eastern Ontario
By Jenn Watt Rural affairs minister and regional minister for eastern Ontario MPP Jeff Leal was promoting his government’s budget last week asserting that many of its measures would be particularly useful for this region.…
Medeba gets set to break ground on $1…
By Angelica Ingram Medeba is getting ready to climb to new peaks with the construction of a $1 million multi-purpose facility called Mountain Lodge. Set to break ground on the building this spring Medeba staff…
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On debt By Jenn Watt On Feb. 25 the provincial Liberal government revealed this year’s budget filled with ambitious promises. Among them the announcement that students coming from homes bringing in $50000 or less a…
Red Hawks set Pasta Challenge record
By Darren Lum Haliburton Highlands Secondary School trumped everyone in The Great Pasta Challenge and did it in record setting style with the support of its students faculty and the community. Over two weeks the…
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To the Editor Re: ice covered roads on Feb. 29 I guess that the cleaning of the snow embankments in town is more important than salting and sanding the icy roads in the rest of…
Robert Bateman to teach workshop at HSAD
By Jenn Watt Famed Canadian wildlife painter Robert Bateman will be teaching a workshop at Haliburton School of Art and Design this summer. From Aug. 9 to 11 Bateman will be taking students through the…
Spring happenings
By Gail Stelter Survive and thrive: what makes a small town successful? Haliburton Village boasts a beautiful locale on a lake among the lakes of the Ontario highlands. It’s a meeting place a hub for…
Snowmobiler taken to hospital following crash
A 45-year-old woman from Hanover Ont. was taken to hospitalfollowing a snowmobile accident on Saturday. According to the Haliburton Highlands detachment of the OPP around2:30 p.m. on March 5 a single sled struck a cabin…
Pinestone owners purchases Wigamog Inn
MooseBar and Grill could open this summer The Wigamog has a new owner. The Aurora family which recently purchased Pinestone Resort and Conference Centre announced in a press release March 3 that they had purchased the…