By Chad Ingram Published Oct. 24 2017 The Municipality of Dysart et al will become the third of Haliburton County’s four lower-tier municipalities to change the title of its head of council from reeve to…
Featured author takes readers into wartime London
By Jenn Watt Published by Oct. 24 2017 The story just wasn’t working for author Jennifer Robson as she worked on her fifth novel Goodnight from London. Set in England during the Second World War…
Fire consumes residence on Eagle Lake
By Darren Lum Published Oct. 24 2017 Firefighters worked to contain a fire after it consumed a Parsons Road dwelling off of Eagle Lake Road in Haliburton on Monday Oct. 23. The Haliburton Fire Department…
Land trust honours year’s ‘enviro-heroes’
By Jenn Watt Published Oct. 24 2017 A dozen years of stewardship were marked on Sunday evening when the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust held its annual fundraising banquet thanking those who had donated land money…
Local service award winners recognized
By Echo staff Published Oct. 24 2017 To celebrate Canada’s sesquicentennial MP Jamie Schmale gave out special awards to community members in the riding. There were hundreds of nominations for the awards which Schmale created…
Lower your risk for stroke
To the Editor World Stroke Day is Sunday Oct. 29. This year’s theme is “What’s Your Reason for Preventing Stroke.” Stroke effects everyone – we all have a reason to prevent it. The effects of…
Lower your risk for stroke
To the Editor World Stroke Day is Sunday Oct. 29. This year’s theme is “What’s Your Reason for Preventing Stroke.” Stroke effects everyone – we all have a reason to prevent it. The effects of…
Minor hockey dispatches
The following are hockey stories for teams in the county and in surrounding area. The Cottage Country Building Supplies/ Ridgewood Ford Highland Storm Atom A’s hosted the Matt Duchene Fall classic tournament at the A.J.…
Red Hawks end regular season winning
By Darren Lum Published Oct. 24 2017 Two quick goals in the first half was all that the Red Hawks varsity field hockey team needed to secure their second win of the Kawartha High School…
Red Hawks jr football team rolls over Kenner…
By Darren Lum Published Oct. 24 2017 The junior Red Hawks football team left the visiting Rams of Kenner Collegiate Vocational Institute with virtually nothing dominating the yellow and blue 41–6. There was a lot…
Welcoming the Wisos
By Sue Tiffin Published by Oct. 24 2017 Sean Pennylegion remembers the day in September last year that he and fellow members of the Haliburton Refugee Sponsorship Committee (HRSC) waited at Toronto’s Pearson airport for…
Update: Man who fled police charged
Published Oct. 19 2017 Updated Oct 20 2017 The man who fled a traffic stop in Minden Hills on Tuesday has been charged with several offences. On Oct. 17 just after 4:30 p.m. police attempted…
Curling Club turns 75 this year
By Darren Lum Published Oct. 17 2017 When the cold northern wind howls across the Highlands whipping up the snow under the grey pall of a Canadian winter sky there is a contrasting atmosphere inside…
Fans flood village for Hometown Hockey
By Sue Tiffin Published Oct. 17 2017 It rained – sometimes poured – but that didn’t stop hordes of hockey fans and former NHL players from representing Haliburton at the much-hyped Rogers Hometown Hockey event…
HCDC disburses 61 loans worth $3.4 million in…
By Jenn Watt Published Oct. 17 2017 Dozens of Haliburton businesses (and hundreds of employees) continue to benefit from the loans and grants provided through Haliburton County Development Corporation members at the annual general meeting…
Home win for Atom As during Hometown Hockey…
The following are minor hockey dispatches for teams based in Haliburton County and area. The Cottage Country Building Supplies/ Ridgewood Ford Highland Storm Atom A’s hosted the Durham Crusaders at the A.J. LaRue Arena on…
Making Hometown Hockey
By Jenn Watt Published Oct. 17 2017 Sunday night Haliburton was Hometown Hockey. Despite the rain cold and blasting winds the town showed up clad in jerseys and those big bright smiles to watch as…
No four-wheel drive ambulance for county
By Chad Ingram Published Oct. 17 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during an Oct. 11 meeting of Haliburton County’s EMS advisory committee. The committee is recommending the pre-budget purchase of a…
Paramedics honoured for commitment to others
By Jenn Watt Published Oct. 17 2017 Three local paramedics were honoured one posthumously for exemplary service at a special ceremony in Ottawa in September. Dwight Thomas Brad Robinson and Gord Riddle were given the…
Red Hawks win for character win for life
By Darren Lum Published Oct. 17 2017 It’s a given when a team wins a championship that emotions will run freely. However for the Red Hawks senior football team a regular season 22-8 win against…
Sterling Nesbitt runs down solid finish
The following is a HHSS sports brief for the week ending Oct. 13. A great big shout-out to our cross-country team. They ran in the pre-OFSAA race earlier this month in Petawawa with some very strong…