To the Editor “Changing the Metaphor” is a perfect headline for an important editorial which explores Alanna Mitchell’s new book based on the cancer experience of local philanthropist John Patterson. As a cancer survivor of…
Tourist info centre to close at year’s end
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County will close its tourist information centre along Highway 35 in Minden at the end of the year. County councillors made that decision during a Jan. 27 council meeting. At a…
Wolves dominant in home stand
By Darren Lum Heading into the final stretch of games of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League’s regular season the Wolves gave their home fans something to cheer for beating the Coldwater Falcons 6-2…
Highlands East man dies aftersnowmobile goes through ice
P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } By Angelica Ingram A 53-year-old man from Highlands East died after the snowmobile he was on went through the ice Friday night. Thomas Rivers was…
New technology could be coming to Haliburton
P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } By Angelica Ingram A new type of green energy could be manufactured in Haliburton County in the future. On Jan. 27 community members gathered at Pinestone Resort and Conference Centre…
Changing the metaphor
By Jenn Watt “Cancer’s resonance today lies in our perception that it is inevitable preventable and deserved.” – Malignant Metaphor: Confronting Cancer Myths by Alanna Mitchell Cancer has taken over the North American psyche. It…
County heading for 3.85 per cent tax hike
By Chad Ingram Councillors on Haliburton County’s finance and correspondence committee are recommending the municipality contribute an extra $280000 to reserves in 2016 which would result in a 3.85 per cent tax rate increase at…
Crosswalk being reconsidered
By Angelica Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Jan. 25 meeting of Dysart et al council. Councillors are straying from a decision they made last year regarding a pedestrian crosswalk…
Fear and solutions
To the Editor Many people I have been listening to lately are against having more refugees arrive in Canada or the U.S. In the United States a lot of people are really afraid of allowing…
Fire chief announces retirement
By Angelica Ingram He started his career in the park and eventually worked his way up to become the first paid fire chief for the municipality of Dysart et al. Soon Miles Maughan will be…
Hawks dominate Hurricanes 10-3
By Darren Lum Finding the back of the net was easy for the Red Hawks boys’ hockey team once it overcame a 2-1 deficit at the end of the first period against the visiting Holy…
Hawks preparing to storm the Stronghold
By Darren Lum After three years the Red Hawks Robotics team is hoping for greater success with its most dynamic challenge to date facilitated by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics…
New food bank open in Wilberforce
By Angelica Ingram A volunteer at the Wilberforce Food Bank pushes a red cart along two rows of shelves that stretch from floor to ceiling. The shelves are arranged with stacks of food just like…
Patterson subject of new book on cancer
By Angelica Ingram When Haliburton’s John Patterson was diagnosed with malignant melanoma he turned to his sister-in-law Alanna Mitchell for help. Patterson who has faced cancer once before was diagnosed just shy of six years…
Bantams shut out Eagles
The Pepper Mill Highland Storm Bantam A team started the playoffs against theEnnismore Eagles Saturday afternoon in Ennismore. The Storm team had abit of a slow start allowing the Eagles the first goal early in the first…
Hawks return to winning ways over Tigers
By Darren Lum Coming off the team’s first Kawartha conference loss to rival Falcons of Fenelon Falls Secondary School the senior boys’ Red Hawks basketball team bounced back into the win column with a dominant…
Jr Hawks hang on for win against Norwood…
By Darren Lum Composure and maturity are being added to the characterization of the junior Red Hawks boys’ basketball team after a win over the Norwood Knights in the Kawartha A Interlock game against the…
Losing streak stretches to six for Wolves
By Darren Lum Finding wins in the new year is proving elusive for the Haliburton Wolves. Like any team sport the competition doesn’t care whether you’re the new kid on the block or suffering from…
Red Hawks win streak ends at eight
By Gord Cochrane On Monday Jan. 18 the Haliburton Highlands Secondary School (HHSS) senior basketball team saw its eight game win streak come to an end. The Red Hawks travelled to Fenelon Falls and lost…
Selbie honoured for work on mine disaster
By Jenn Watt Water its components and the life it sustains have been the passion of Haliburton’s Daniel Selbie for most of his adult life. Growing up surrounded by the lakes of the Highlands Selbie…
Make bathroom design your New Year’s resolution
By Andria Cowan Molyneaux As we start a new and exciting year we turn our attention to achieving our New Year’s resolutions and with them our hopes for a safer easier and healthier way of life.…