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No Haliburton Terry Fox Run again this year
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Strength of Apple Sauce Project is community
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The fish that didn’t get away
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Police ask public to help identifydriver in Hwy…
Haliburton Highlands OPP are asking forthe public's help in identifying a driver who failed to remain at thescene of a collision in Algonquin Highlands. Police responded to the collision onHwy 118 just east of Carnarvon…
Area realtors say Highlands in a balanced market
by Darren Lum Published Sept. 3 2019 After close to three strong years the Haliburton Highlands real estate market is stabilizing several area realtors say. This past month sales in Haliburton County were down seven…
Arrest warrant issued after altercation Police have issued an…
According to a media release from theOPP officers were called just before 2 a.m. on Sept. 3 to assist paramedicswith a male patient who had been assaulted. Police spoke to the manat the hospital where…
Author Susanna Kearsley looking forward to first Highlands…
By Darren Lum Published Sept. 3 2019 New York Times best-selling author Susanna Kearsley is excited and “honoured to be asked and given this chance to come up and meet the people of Haliburton.” Kearsley…
Cellphones in the classroom
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 3 2019 As we head into the new school year the Ontario government has announced it’s going forward with its classroom cellphone ban to take effect in November. The new…
Goodbye
By Lynda Shadbolt Published Sept. 3 2019 As I sit to write this article I’m sitting on a dock overlooking beautiful Drag Lake. I’m looking after a friend’s dogs while they drop their daughter off…
Dozens of kids waiting for licensed child care
by Sue Tiffin Published Sept. 3 2019 Although a capital expansion of the Compass Early Learning and Care Centre in Minden planned to be completed by December 2020 will increase licensed child care space for…
Dysart council imposes Garlon ban
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 3 2019 The Municipality of Dysart et al will impose a ban on the use of powerful herbicide Garlon. Back at an April council meeting councillors supported a recommendation from…
Dysart to purchase aggregate pit
by Chad Ingram Published Sept. 3 2019 The Municipality of Dysart et al will buy a licensed gravel pit off the Irish Line although one member of council has taken issue with the purchase. At…
Honey Week talk showcases native bees
By Darren Lum Published Sept. 3 2019 We can have a hand in helping all the pollinators said guest speaker Susan Blayney during her Native Bee Talk at Abbey Gardens Aug. 28 as part of…
Hospital auxiliary benefits from powerboat races
By Sue Tiffin Published Sept. 3 2019 Tobey Champ was the winner of a much-coveted hockey jersey autographed by Matt Duchene when her raffle ticket was drawn after the Haliburton Powerboat Races by Alan Gordon…
Boyhood in Haliburton
Published Sept. 3 2019 To the Editor As others have expressed it is good fun to read Ed’s childhood memories of Haliburton boyhood activities. I too share many of the reminiscences of Ed and those…
Some background on the boat races
Published Sept. 3 2019 To the Editor Re: “Weekend event too noisy” Haliburton Echo Aug. 20 2019 Haliburton Outboard Power Boat Races marked their fifth year at Head Lake this past month. As the event…
This year’s faces at the races
Submitted Sept. 3 2019 To the Editor As Head Lake Park awoke early on Saturday Aug. 17 the “Weather Gods” laughed once more and presented what seems like our annual challenge of intermittent torrential rain.…
Man charged with distributing intimate images without consent
Published Sept. 3 2019 A 41-year-old Haliburton County man has been arrested and charged with distributing intimate images without consent following an investigation. The accused and female victim are currently in a domestic relationship. In…
Provincial mountain biking championships to come to Sir…
By Darren Lum Published Sept. 3 2019
Staff assessing damage following events in Head Lake…
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 3 2019 Grass in Head Lake Park was torn up and three of the park’s sprinklers crushed following a series of events that took place in the park in July…