By Chad Ingram Published Feb. 27 Residents of Dysart et al may be happy to learn they'll be looking at a pretty meagre property tax increase this year. Councillors for the municipality discussed the draft…
Black history month
By Sue Tiffin Published Feb. 27 2018 February is almost over and with it Black History Month. Black Canadians are most likely to have arrived in what is now Canada in the 1600s alongside Samuel…
Councillors’ remuneration to increase next term
By Sue Tiffin Published Feb. 27 2018 The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Feb. 20 meeting of Dysart et al council. Councillors voted to increase pay of elected officials changes that…
Hawks reach Kawartha’s final four
By Darren Lum Published Feb. 27 2018 It wasn’t the prettiest hockey but the result was perfect for the Red Hawks boys’ hockey team during the double-header quarter final to decide a semi-final Kawartha championship…
Hawks rinks finish top-four in province
By Darren Lum Published Feb. 27 2018 There is a lot to be proud about after this year’s performance by the Red Hawks curling teams at the Gore Mutual Provincial Curling Championships held at the…
It's all about the playoff action for minor…
The following are minor hockey dispatches about teams based in and outside the county. Published Feb. 27 2018 The Canadian Tire/Parkview Dental Bantam Girls Jets achieved their goal of making it to provincials with two…
Jets team home to Highlands players
By Darren Lum Published Feb. 27 2018 It’s all for the love of hockey. Under the Bancroft Jets Girls Hockey Association which includes a peewee and midget team with Highlands girls the bantams’ 15-member roster…
Make Dreams Come True gives students special grad…
By Darren Lum Published Feb. 27 2018 It’s about making graduation a special highlight in a student’s life. Organizers of Make Dreams Come True a community initiative are giving Highlands students from Grades 8 to…
Pair of silver medals for Hawks teams at…
The following are HHSS sports briefs for the week ending Feb. 23. Published Feb. 27 2018 Congratulations to the Red Hawks boys' curling team for qualifying for the Kawartha finals last week Wednesday. Way to…
Polar plunge thanks
Published Feb. 27 2018 To the Editor The Polar Bear Challenge recently held by the Haliburton and District Lions Club as part of the annual Dysart Frost Festival was a resounding success with approximately $6900 collected…
Puppy yoga
By Lynda Shadbolt Published Feb. 27 2018 Yes puppy yoga is a thing. And I did it. It was our annual Family Day weekend with friends in Ottawa. This weekend always begins with us all…
Senior Red Hawks basketball team captures silver medal…
Published Feb. 27 2018 At the start of the season in early October the HHSS Senior Red Hawks basketball team identified three goals they wanted to achieve this season: to finish first in Kawartha A…
Students will never forget trip to see Duchene…
By Darren Lum Published Feb. 27 2018 Tears welled up in Barb Davies’s eyes watching the 40 children mostly from Wilberforce Elementary School meet with Haliburton’s Matt Duchene after he helped the Ottawa Senators beat…
University women hear from refugee committee
Published Feb. 27 2018 The Canadian Federation of University Women Haliburton Highlands hosted a public talk on Thursday Feb. 15 at Haliburton School of Art and Design. Chris Lynd and Sean Pennylegion spoke about their…
Walkabout and Children’s Foundation receive Rexall grants
By Sue Tiffin Published Feb. 27 2018 Two organizations supporting youth in the community are being given a bit of a lift toward helping the community thrive. The Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation received $15000 from the…
Wescali debut as champions at band battle
By Sue Tiffin Published Feb. 27 2018 The crowd in the darkened room is chanting“One more song! One more song!” Soon the chant becomes the name of the band they are beckoning for an encore…
BIAinvesting in downtown sculpture project
By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 20 2018 TheBusiness Improvement Area membership gave enthusiastic support to aproject that would bring five sculptures to downtown Haliburton asearly as this summer. Theidea was brought forward by Jim Blake…
Countypartnering with HHOA to restore Gould’s Creek
By Sue Tiffin Published Feb. 20 2018 Thefollowing are brief reports of items discussed at the Feb. 14 countycommittee meetings. TheHaliburton Highlands Outdoors Association (HHOA) has asked the countyfor funding support to help restore Gould's…
NewsNewsDocumentingthousands of years of human history in the…
Documentingthousands of years of human history in the Highlands By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 20 2018 Canadaand Dysart et al both celebrated 150 years since establishment lastyear spurring special projects parties and a renewed interest…
FromHaliburton with love
By Darren Lum Published Feb. 20 2018 Let’sgo Red Hawks! This was the chant shouted in unison from the crowdwatching the Hawks’ senior basketball team in last minutes of theKawartha Championship final on Wednesday Feb.…
Helping Wildlife
By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 20 2018 Whenpeople began spotting a deer in the village ofHaliburton with an arrow protruding from its head the first instinctfor many was to call the Ministry of Natural Resources…