How are you doing? How is your spirit in this first week of November? If you are anything like me, you have moments of worry, doubt, feeling disconnected, fear, grief, loneliness, anger, sadness and more.…
Low-cost training programs available through chamber of commerce
The Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce is offering online training programs to their membership and the wider community that promote safe, healthy workplaces.Occupational health and safety training including general WHMIS, personal protective equipment awareness, fire…
European gypsy moth egg scraping contest aims to…
By Sue TiffinIn June 2018, someone participating in the Queen Elizabeth II Bioblitz took a photo of a European gypsy moth caterpillar on a tree in the Minden area, resulting in the only positive identification…
War Boy
To mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, over the course of eight weeks, the Echo is publishing Haliburton resident Martin Hofland’s first-person account of living through the war as…
County council amenable to smaller, if not tiny,…
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County councillors seem open to permitting smaller footprint homes to be constructed within the county, although maybe not the type of tiny homes some residents would like to see.Councillors discussed the…
Surviving cold and flu season
To the Editor, When you are healthy and you are exposed to a viral illness, your immune system is equipped to fend off the virus so you have either no symptoms, or tolerable symptoms. When…
Reverse Advent Calendar collecting food for Haliburton’s 4Cs
To the Editor, As we look ahead to Christmas, we are drawn to the season of giving and of helping others. What can we do? What can you and your family do in these “COVID-19…
The potential of group testing
To the Editor, Our ability to quickly and properly process COVID tests and follow up with good contact tracing is in many ways broken. To resolve this testing issue, why is group testing not being…
Seven hearts
By Lynda Shadbolt I was having a “terrible, horrible, very bad, no good day” (have you ever read the children’s book by Judith Viorst – it is a good one!). It was early September and…
Community rallies for family following fatal fire
By Jenn Watt An outpouring of support and donations has been flowing for the Brown/Trotter family following a fatal fire near Gooderham in the early morning hours of Thursday, Oct. 15. More than $38,000 had…
Fundraiser to assist mother after son dies in…
By StaffDonations are being gathered for Marion Teatro following the death of her son Jeffrey Teatro, who was killed in a collision on Glamorgan Road on Friday. Jeffrey Teatro, 44, was in a single vehicle…
Collision claims life of Haliburton woman, 57
A woman from Haliburton has died following a collision on Gelert Road in Minden Hills on Sunday.Emergency responders received the call for assistance on Oct. 18 at about 4:35 p.m.“A motor vehicle travelling northbound crossed…
HKPR District Health Unit launches new COVID-19 data…
A new way to deliver data has been launched on the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit website. The health unit had been receiving requests from residents to present the data in a different…
Hike Haliburton winter edition gets goahead
By Chad IngramHaliburton County councillors are supporting going ahead with snowshoe festival Hike Haliburton: Winter Edition this February.Last February saw the inaugural winter version of the county’s popular Hike Haliburton Festival, the latter typically taking…
Resident warns community after being scammed
By Sue Tiffin When the phone rang at Eleanor Cooper’s house on the morning of Oct. 5, shortly after 8 a.m., she was not expecting what was to come – a series of events that…
Director of education explains recent class reorganization
By Jenn WattA “significant reorganization” of classes was needed across the school board as administrators sought to make adjustments following shifts in student preferences for in-school or at-home learning, board trustees heard at their meeting…
What would Sam Slick’s removal achieve?
To the Editor, Re: Sam Slick ImageryI read with interest the article in last week’s issue. I have tried to analyze what is involved in the controversy behind the decision of the Windsor, N.S. community.First…
SIRCH to open bistro in Haliburton Village
By Jenn Watt After years of running successful cooking and retail programs around Haliburton County, SIRCH Community Services is expanding, bringing together multiple facets of its operations under one roof and creating a community space.Renovations…
Looking for indoor pandemic-friendly exercise?
The Highlands Squash Club is the perfect place to get some exercise, with others in your immediate family or bubble. In an effort to support members of the community who wish to get Covid-safe, indoor…
Puzzle presented perfect fit as souvenir
By Darren Lum Coming next month, the public will be able to literally piece together most of the colourful cache treasures that can be found in Highlands East from the comfort of their own home…
Wilberforce Curling club shutters doors for season
The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Oct. 13 meeting of Highlands East council. By Darren Lum The Wilberforce Curling Club won’t operate this season. “After an extensive and exhaustive debate about…