The Echo sent the following questions to all candidates running for a seat at the council table in Dysart et al. The Questions: 1. Provide an introduction to yourself. (This could be about how you…
Nancy Wood-RobertsCandidate – Councillor Ward 1
The Echo sent the following questions to all candidates running for a seat at the council table in Dysart et al. The Questions: 1. Provide an introduction to yourself. (This could be about how you…
Patrick KennedyCandidate – Deputy Mayor
The Echo sent the following questions to all candidates running for a seat at the council table in Dysart et al. The Questions: 1. Provide an introduction to yourself. (This could be about how you…
Retirement facility proposed for Haliburton
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 25 2018 A retirement facility one offering both independent and assisted-living units is being proposed for 1 Sunnyside St. in Haliburton the “old college property” where condominium projects had previously…
Short-term rental bylaw requires further study
To the Editor An email arrived at our house today and I feel that it totally misrepresented what was said at the all-candidates meeting in Highlands East. The email would have you believe that present…
Students protest curriculum changes
By Darren Lum Published Sept. 25 2018 High school students stood in front of the school holding signs with the phrases “Protect Our Education” and “Save sex education” to protest the provincial government’s changes to…
Tammy DonaldsonCandidate – Councillor Ward 3
The Echo sent the following questions to all candidates running for a seat at the council table in Dysart et al. The Questions: 1. Provide an introduction to yourself. (This could be about how you…
Townships looking at contingency plans
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 25 2018 Three of Haliburton County’s four lower-tier townships are using mail-in ballots for the Oct. 22 municipal elections and are looking at contingency plans in case a strike by…
Voters ask Highlands East candidates about housing transportation
By Sue Tiffin Published Sept. 25 2018 Two mayoral candidates and eight candidates vying for councillor positions in Highlands East answered questions from constituents at the all-candidates meeting held at the Lloyd Watson Centre on…
Walt McKechnieCandidate – Councillor Ward 5
The Echo sent the following questions to all candidates running for a seat at the council table in Dysart et al. The Questions: 1. Provide an introduction to yourself. (This could be about how you…
World champion off-road rider offering lessons
By Darren Lum Published Sept. 25 2018 Getting four-time world champion off-road motorcycle rider David Knight to come to this year’s Corduroy Enduro is all part of a plan to raise the profile of the…
Becoming plastic-free takes long-term effort
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 18 2018 Reducing plastic use in the community needs a multi-pronged approach and it needs to start at the grassroots organizers from Blue Bayfield told an audience in Haliburton last…
Fuel for Warmth preparing for another winter
After a hot summer and more warm weather to come it may seem a little early to be thinking about winter. But that’s exactly what Fuel for Warmth is doing. Since the winter of 2008/2009…
Party politics
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 18 2018 The PC government has taken Ontario by storm since winning the last election reversing course on many initiatives that were underway. Most of the changes were unsurprising though…
SIRCH fall lunch program serving up international cuisine…
By Jenn Watt Sept. 18 2018 Delicious dishes from around the world will be sizzling on the stoves of SIRCH Central this fall for a special program called Cook It Up All Fall. Each Monday…
Board of health prepares for marijuana legalization
Published Sept. 18 2018 With more than 50 per cent of area residents reporting that they have used cannabis at some point in their lives the local health unit is working to prepare for this…
Council backtracks with election looming
To the Editor How very interesting Highlands East council backtracking on the short-term rental bylaw. I wonder would the forthcoming election have anything to do with causing council to scurry for cover. They once again…
Family effort shines light on Rotary’s battle to…
By Darren Lum Published Sept. 18 2018 Seven-year-old Mazey Robinson of Lochlin beams proudly sitting in a swivel chair at the Echo office answering questions about how she and her family have collected 850 empty…
Haliburton's Outloud Womyn’s Voices marks 20 years united…
By Darren Lum Published Sept. 18 2018 Like it has been for two decades Haliburton’s Outloud Womyn’s Voices Chorus sang as one unified in joy and love for one another at their 20th anniversary celebration.…
Highlands East clean and clear bylaw being revised
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 18 2018 The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Sept. 5 meeting of Highlands East council. Staff is working on a revision to the clean and clear…
Highlands East council gives OK to Cardiff paving…
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 18 2018 Highlands East council passed a resolution at its last meeting authorizing Norway Asphalt to begin work paving the Cardiff townsite with unbudgeted funds coming from reserves. Roads superintendent…