By Chad Ingram The annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference took place last week, and like so many events in 2020, the conference, which normally brings together municipal leaders and provincial representatives for three…
Early morning scare as cottager wakes to find…
By Jenn Watt Jeannie Glover woke up on a Tuesday morning earlier this month to the sound of someone rummaging through her bathroom. It sounded like someone was aggressively cleaning out a linen closet, but…
JoAnne Sharpley readies for retirement
Landmark Haliburton sporting goods store to close after nearly three decades in business By Jenn Watt Three decades is a long time to be working at anything, and when you own one of Haliburton’s landmark…
Concern over full buses, classrooms raised at TLDSB…
By Jenn Watt Trillium Lakelands District School Board will use money from its reserves for health and safety including reducing class size in certain situations, but there will be situations, such as on full buses,…
Letter: Crowded classrooms unsafe
To the Editor,As a former kindergarten teacher, I am supporting kindergarten educators who are advocating to reduce the maximum class size of 30 students in order to achieve safe environmental distancing and meet the requirements…
Letter: Masks, masks, masks
To the Editor,Not wearing a mask in public is like double dipping the guacamole. It’s just not nice. Two things to know about mask-wearing. First, your face covering protects others from your viral-laden respiratory droplets.…
Editorial: Advocate for better
By Sue Tiffin In her memoir, disability rights activist Judith Heumann wrote of how historic changes that had been fought for might be taken for granted by those who hadn’t seen the work put in…
Beating your age on the fairway driven by…
Salvatori, who has learned a trick or two in his time, wears a wet towel around his neck to keep cool during the heat of the day.Lenny Salvatori drives the ball from the tee. By…
$25,000 prize provides brighter future for Bonnie View…
By Darren Lum The Bonnie View Inn’s owner and operator Andrea Hagarty’s smile said it all after her business won Haliburton’s Big Lobby Makeover valued at $25,000. She remembers the day of the announcement being…
Puzzle makers collaborate with area artist
By Sue Tiffin When the doors of TheOccurrence, local puzzle purveyors, open on Aug. 21, at The Puzzle Factory, it could be to a line of fans – of puzzles, of Canadian landscapes, or both.…
Business gets support from community for taking precautions
By Sue Tiffin When a post on McFadden’s Meat Market social media page on Aug.4 alerted customers that the store would temporarily close due to possible exposure to someone with COVID-19, the responses came quickly…
School’s Cool back in class
By Sue Tiffin The details of schools reopening are still being worked out, but a modified School’s Cool program began last week in Haliburton, Coboconk, Gravenhurst, Huntsville and Lindsay. In March, while the province was…
Set timelines needed for septic fixes, Highlands East…
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports of items discussed during an Aug. 11 special and regular meeting of Highlands East council. Arlene Quinn, septic inspector, reported to council that of 275 properties deemed…
County plans to reduce emissions 15% by 2030
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County councillors accepted a corporate climate change mitigation plan for the county during their online Aug. 12 committee-of-the-whole meeting. The county hired climate change co-ordinator Korey McKay last fall, McKay working…
EORN applies for funding for gig project
By Chad Ingram The Eastern Ontario Regional Network, owned by the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus, of which Haliburton County is a part, is applying for federal and provincial funding for what it’s calling its gig…
County receives more than $2.8 million in COVID…
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County and its four lower-tier townships will collectively receive some $2.87 million in COVID-19 relief funding from the provincial government, money to help offset operating pressures related to the ongoing pandemic.…
Mental toll
By Jenn WattEditor Over the last five months, since the pandemic really hit Canada in a big way, we’ve become increasingly aware of the toll the pandemic is taking on mental health. We can see…
Kindness of strangers
To the Editor, This is a story about how good people still do exist. I was brought to Haliburton Hospital on Saturday, Aug. 1, by my daughter and husband for an anaphylaxis reaction to an…
Highlands inspire Fergus the horse stories
By Darren Lum Jean Abernethy’s love of horses and trail guide experiences in the Highlands is the foundation for her cartoon character, Fergus. Fergus is the title horse character in a series of humourous books…
Treasure hunter of the deep dives for lost…
Dustyn McCready-DeBruin retrieved this gold coin from a lake in Muskoka. /Submitted By Darren Lum Teenager Dustyn McCready-DeBruin said having a mentor has been key to the success of his fledgling diving retrieval business, Dusty…
Haliburton Curling Club wants curlers to stay in…
By Darren Lum Part of new safety measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 being implemented by the Haliburton Curling Club this season is leaving competitive curlers disappointed, looking for another facility. The club’s protocols…