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CFUW work just as important 100 years on
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How do young people meet in Haliburton County?
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Students pitch in to restore shoreline
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Track team impresses at OFSAA Eastern Regionals
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Bedside singers soothe and support
By Sue Tiffin If you search online for bedside singing choirs you’ll find numerous results from coast to coast in Canada as close as Peterborough and throughout the world in places like Cambodia Mexico and…
Cuts taking province backward
To the Editor The frequently shared “Rules for Teachers 1872” sounds like an old regressive conservative platform. Today it’s cut health education library research environment welfare and more budgets. This is replaced with a one-dollar…
Dirty diapers and beer cans – volunteers talk…
By Sue Tiffin It doesn’t matter which part of the county people are picking up roadside garbage from they all say the same thing: they’re finding plastic bags candy wrappers plastic bottles coffee cups cigarette…
Eastern Ontario reps sit down with MPPs
Provincial politicians heard from eastern Ontario municipal leaders about issues concerning the region during a meeting on Friday May 24 co-hosted by the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus chair Andy Letham and MPP Todd Smith. The…
Editorial: More to do
By Jenn Watt Nothing seems more hopeful and pleasant than a sunny afternoon in June spent in the company of smart motivated women snacking on canapés and sipping wine. There was real camaraderie in the…
Honk Jr.
By Lynda Shadbolt I take my seat in the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion and I start to look at the program for the play that we are attending Honk Jr. The cover art is…
How long-time volunteer Ronald Mark got his award
By Vanessa Balintec Ronald Mark thought it was a prank when he received a call from the secretary of the Governor General Julie Payette telling him he won the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers. “I felt…
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Layoffs at Trillium Lakelands District School Board By Chad Ingram Some 70 support staff at Trillium Lakelands District School Board collectively representing nearly 55 full-time positions have received layoff notices amid reduced funding from the…
Park washrooms welcome
To the Editor Congratulations to the new Dysart council and to the Haliburton Rotary Club for taking the initiative to build new washrooms combined with a welcome centre at Head Lake Park. The current outhouse…
Sir Sam’s Inn navigating marijuana legislation
By Chad Ingram Eagle Lake’s Sir Sam’s Inn is looking at options to incorporate the country’s new marijuana legislation into its operations. The federal government legalized marijuana in the fall of 2018 and marijuana edible…
Thanks to county gardeners
To the gardening community of all Haliburton County Thank you for the overwhelming and generous reception to our Haliburton County Master Gardeners Plant Sale at its new venue this year in the town of Haliburton.…
Caboose gets visitors on the right track
By Sue Tiffin Nancy Stinson remembers being a teenager in Haliburton and standing with a group of friends watching the passenger train bring visitors to shop and play in the area. Years later she now…
Council considers regulating yurts
By Vanessa Balintec Dysart et al council will be discussing regulating yurts. “The current one needs to be examined” said Councillor John Smith about the zoning bylaw during the May 28 council meeting. “It’s a…
Gear up for fall fashion show with weekend…
By Erin Lynch Have you ever wanted to create the gown you’ll wear to your wedding; the suit you could wear to explore Jupiter’s sixth moon or the armour you would wear to survive the…
June 8: The Young Novelists to perform in Haliburton
By Vanessa Balintec The Young Novelists will be performing at the Haliburton Curling Club on Saturday June 8 a gig that according to duo Graydon James and Laura Spink has been close to five years…
Researcher warns against permethrin use
By Jenn Watt Use of a chemical called permethrin to rid properties of mosquitoes could have unintended consequences a guest speaker at the Kennisis Lake Cottage Owners’ Association spring meeting told the audience. Chris Brew…