By Chad Ingram Published March 26 2019 The federal budget released last week contains money for the expansion of rural broadband internet. The budget has $1.7 billion allotted for internet infrastructure and satellite technology for…
Getting a piece of $30 billion
By Chad Ingram Published March 26 2019 Earlier this month the provincial government announced a new $30-billion infrastructure funding program and Haliburton County officials are watching to see how they go about getting a piece…
Haliburton’s Morgan Burke honoured at Junior Citizen ceremony
Thirteen young people from across Ontario were honoured during a special ceremony at the TD Tower in Toronto on Monday March 18 including Haliburton’s Morgan Burke 16. Morgan received an Ontario Junior Citizen Award given…
HKPR relying on parents to self-report vaccinations
By Sue Tiffin Published March 26 2019 On March 15 the Toronto Star ran a story about an online vaccination reporting tool being used by the province to track student vaccinations through parent and caregiver…
Letter: Don’t miss the climate action incentive
Published March 26 2019 To the Editor The federal government’s plan to offset the cost of its carbon tax for residents of Ontario New Brunswick Manitoba and Saskatchewan could be missed by people filing their…
Midgets heading into Game 5 on Saturday
The OMHA Midget CC west championship continued with the Highland Storm and the Twin Centre Stars. The Storm team won the first two games. Game 3 was played in Wellesley Saturday March 23 and ended…
National curling title for Denyer
By Darren Lum Published March 26 2019 The Laurentian University Voyageurs women’s curling program is solidifying itself as a curling powerhouse having just won its second U Sports Championship title in three years. Part of…
Opinion: The power of one
By Sue Tiffin Published March 26 2019 When you already feel despair about the current trajectory of the plight of the earth due to human’s impact when you’ve read the research on altered agricultural patterns…
Pinestone to honour Murray Fearrey at Community Builders…
Submitted by Pinestone Published March 26 2019 On May 10 Pinestone Resort will honour Murray Fearrey for his 40 years of service to the community as part of the first annual Pinestone Resort Community Builder…
Province sendinglarge sums to municipalities
Published March 26 2019 On March 20 theprovince’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clarkannounced millions of dollars of one-time funding for local servicedelivery would be released to small rural municipalities. Haliburton County– the…
Rural Rogues stages readings
By Jenn Watt Published March 26 2019 On Friday March 15 and Saturday March 16 local thespians came together at the Haliburton Highlands Museum to do staged readings of four plays in progress through Rural…
Dysart man dies in snowmobile collision
Submitted by Bancroft OPP In the early afternoon of March 23 officers of the Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a collision involving a motorized snow vehicle on E109 trail in the…
P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; Hydro One confirms death…
By Chad Ingram Hydro One has confirmed that the youngman who died in an accident near Coleman Lake Road in HaliburtonCounty on March 21 was an employee of the utility. According to the OPP at…
Ancestry Roadshow helps research family history
By Darren Lum Published March 19 2019 Lit by the faint blue light of the projection screen showing names from a time forgotten Gayle Kitchener looks with interest at one corresponding to her grandfather on…
Coles repeats podium finish at OFSAA
Published March 19 2019 The 2019 wrestling season wrapped up last week with five Red Hawks competing at the OFSAA Wrestling Championships. The competition was held in Ottawa from March 4 to 6 and drew…
Dysart advised on tree planting in park
By Jenn Watt Published March 19 2019 Trees along the shoreline of Head Lake Park are doing well for the most part with good soil conditions. Trent University student Anieca Lloyd gave a presentation on…
Dysart council eyes 6.71% tax increase
By Jenn Watt Published March 19 2019 Dysart councillors took a third look at the budget on Thursday and determined a tax increase of 6.71 per cent was necessary. For residential properties with an assessment…
Fisher discusses women’s entry to provincial politics
By Jenn Watt Published March 19 2019 When broadcast journalist Robert Fisher first began reporting on Queen’s Park politics in the late 1970s there were only six women MPPs out of 125 seats. Women were…
Haliburton BMO to celebrate storied 100-year history
By Jenn Watt Published March 19 2019 The Haliburton Highlands Museum has a file folder an inch thick filled with photocopies of newspaper clippings and photographs of the 100-year history of the Haliburton Bank of…
Head Lake Ice Out contest
Published March 19, 2019 While it might not feel like it now, warmer weather is right around the corner. Along with the arrival of spring comes the Haliburton Echo’s annual Head Lake Ice Out contest. We’re…
Highlands East approves budget
By Sue Tiffin Published March 19 2019 The following are brief reports of items discussed at the March 12 meeting of Highlands East council. Highlands East council approved a 2019 annual budget which comes with…