By Sue Tiffin Published May 29 2018 Dennis Casey is ready to “step up.” Casey who has been a Dysart councillor for nine years filed his nomination papers on May 22 to enter what is…
Church chosen for youth hub location
By Jenn Watt Published May 29 2018 Youth wellness hub organizers have selected a building in downtown Haliburton to create space for young people in the community. On Thursday May 24 Stephanie MacLaren VP of…
Entry period open for Fashion Fallies show
Fashion Fallies is returning for fall of 2018. Organizers of the wearable art and performance event that wooed crowds last fall are busy planning this year’s event which will take place once again at Haliburton…
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Hawks celebrate pair of young COSSA champions By Darren Lum Published May 29 2018 First year student Desi Davies and second year student Emma Casey are going into the OFSAA East Regional Track and Field Championships…
Hawks crowned queens of Kawartha A pitch
By Darren Lum Published May 29 2018 There was elation for the Red Hawks senior girls’ soccer squad after holding on to a 1-nil win over Campbellford for the A Kawartha Championship in Peterborough. The…
Hawks team support basis for track success
By Darren Lum Published May 29 2018 The Red Hawks track and field team are sending 19 qualifiers to the OFSAA East Regional Track and Field Championships this Friday in Kingston. Top five placed competitors…
HHSS alumnus awarded fellowship for hydrogel research
By Olivia Robinson Published May 29 2018 Haliburton Highlands Secondary School alumnus Todd Hoare was awarded the prestigious E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship earlier this month to pursue his chemical engineering research into hydrogels and their…
MNRF asks for help with bear research
By Darren Lum Published May 29 2018 The smell of sardines wafting through the woods may not be for everyone but to a bear it’s an inviting perfume of food. Since May 14 the Ministry…
Patients of Lindsay dental clinic urged to get…
Submitted by the HKPR District Health Unit Published May 29 2018 Patients of Lakeland Clinic in Lindsay who received dental treatment between Nov. 10 2017 and Feb. 21 2018 are being urged to get tested…
Putting a pool on the agenda
By Jenn Watt Published May 29 2018 A few weeks ago my partner Steve and I had the opportunity to see a speaker at the Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre in Bracebridge. Having never been…
Red Hawks notable track results
The following are Red Hawks track briefs related to notable records and personal bests achieved by athletes at the COSSA (Central Ontario Secondary School Athletics) Championships last week in Peterborough. Isaac Little who is in…
Staffing issues worsen at emergency department
By Jenn Watt Published May 29 2018 Haliburton Highlands Health Services CEO Carolyn Plummer said even though physician recruitment has been a top priority there still aren’t enough emergency department doctors for the coming summer…
Fire destroys cottage on Redstone Lake
By Jenn Watt May 28, 2018 A small cottage and two sheds were lost in a fire on Redstone Lake over the weekend. Dysart Fire Department responded to the fire on Hunter Island…
Artist explores the beauty in ‘the detritus of…
By Olivia Robinson Published May 22 2018 The adage that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure is an understatement for oil-based painter Andrea Kastner. The Haliburton School of Art + Design’s reclaim artist in…
Candidate runs under Consensus Ontario banner
By Chad Ingram Published May 22 2018 Chuck MacMillan says the partisan political system fails Ontarians since MPPs become beholden to the directives of their parties often forgetting about the priorities of their ridings along…
Election HKLB: Child care policies vary across platforms
By Sue Tiffin Published May 22 2018 Affordability and access to reliable child care isn’t the number one election issue local provincial candidates say they’re hearing about from constituents but it’s one parties are all…
Evolving
By Lynda Shadbolt Published May 22 2018 I think my family’s invitation to the royal wedding must have gotten lost in the mail. We have so many connections to them. My mother was raised in…
Free groceries for surprised shoppers at Haliburton Independent
By Darren Lum Published May 22 2018 Haliburton shoppers standing in line at Todd’s Your Independent Grocer looked shocked as colourful confetti rained down and they learned their groceries would be free. Independent owner Steve…
Harcourt welcomes new community centre
By Jenn Watt Published May 22 2018 It took more than two years to replace the Harcourt Community Centre which burned down at the end of November of 2015. Many in the wider Highlands community…
Lakeside Golf Course tees up for another season…
By Olivia Robinson Published May 22 2018 Duane Adams had eyed the Lakeside Golf Club in West Guilford for ages. For the last three years when he boated by the course abutting Grass Lake he…
New competition for top job on Dysart council
By Sue Tiffin Published May 22 2018 Current Deputy Mayor Andrea Roberts is entering what is now a race to become Dysart et al’s next mayor. Roberts filed her nomination papers on May 17 preparing…