It’s that time of the year again!While it may not feel like it now, spring, and the warmer weather it brings, is right around the corner. To go along with that, the Haliburton Echo is…
Vaccine roll-out: ‘trickle is starting to turn into…
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The following are brief reports from the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference with Dr. Ian Gemmill, acting medical officer of health, held on Feb.…
Community biking challenge pencilled in for September
By Mike Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Haliburton’s Friends of the Rail Trail [FoRT] are hoping to kick-start a brand new annual event.Pamela Marsales, a FoRT member, says the organization want to organize a family-friendly…
CMHA continues to support transgender and gender-diverse people
By Mike Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Canadian Mental Health Association of Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge has launched a new program to provide additional community supports for transgender and gender-diverse individuals.Unveiled on Monday [March…
Sales of ‘Girl Gang’ T-shirts benefit food banks
By Darren Lum Lifelong friends and newly formed business partners Kirsten Rae and Kelly Kay are paying it forward to the community they’ve always called home through the sale of T-shirts with what they call…
Dorset man worried about 3 wolves that are…
By Mike Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A Dorset man is concerned by the lack of accountability at both the provincial and municipal levels as a pack of wolves run roughshod over his tiny, rural…
Presentation on blue-green algae blooms draws huge audience
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Cyanobacteria are one of the oldest organisms on the planet, evolving about three billion years ago, but there is still much for us to learn about cyanobacteria and…
Board of health advocating for paid sick day…
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Acknowledging the difficulty in staying at home and self-isolating for people who do not have paid sick leave benefits, the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit’s board…
100 years of Agnew’s General Store having what…
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Karen Knox remembers that the adventure-filled bike rides from her family’s cottage on Big Straggle Lake to Agnew’s General Store on Allen Lake in Harcourt Park began in…
Region sees 1,000th case of COVID-19
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference held virtually Feb. 17. The health unit marked a milestone over this…
Dysart discusses main priorities outlined in new service…
By Mike Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Dysart et al council continued to kick the can on its service delivery review process last week, with township CAO Tamara Wilbee providing a thorough breakdown of seven…
Students displaying symptoms told to stay home for…
By Mike Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Ontario government has introduced changes to the COVID-19 school screening protocol, now calling on students who display even a single symptom to stay home for at least…
Passion for hockey drives Highland Storm’s second session
By Darren Lum This past Friday the A.J. LaRue arena came alive with the sound of skates on ice, carving and stopping, accompanied by the intermittent ping of a puck off the post or the…
New Nick Russell album to be released next…
By Chad Ingram Virtuosic Haliburton Highlands guitarist Nick Russell is dropping a new album March 1.Entitled ARCHTOP, the album takes its name from the 1949 Gibson L-7 guitar Russell used throughout its recording. Archtop guitars…
Echo/Times up for multiple OCNA awards
The Haliburton Echo and sister publication the Minden Times have been nominated in numerous categories for this year’s Ontario Community Newspaper Association’s Better Newspapers Competition.The Echo is nominated for general excellence in its circulation class,…
SIRCH offering pathway to jobs through free four-month…
By Mike Baker SIRCH Community Services is preparing to relaunch a pair of popular programs designed to help area residents learn new skills and potentially enter the workforce.The ‘Cook It Up’ and ‘Ready For Retail’…
Second Talk with the Doc meeting planned for…
By Sue Tiffin Members of the public can now connect directly with the health unit’s acting medical officer of health and have questions related to COVID-19 and the ongoing pandemic answered in ‘Talk with the…
Cardiff pool project encounters issues
By Darren Lum The recommendation to council is to focus on meeting provincial requirements for the Cardiff pool when it comes to renovations said Shannon Hunter, Highlands East Township CAO and treasurer at the virtual…
Keep eyes open for Hydro One letters
By Chad Ingram Seasonal residents in the county may want to keep an eye out for letters from Hydro One, with details on the next step of the process by which the Ontario Energy Board…
Dysart approves 2021 budget with 1.16 per cent…
By Mike Baker Following several months of discussion, Dysart et al council officially approved its 2021 budget on Friday morning [Feb. 12].In what was a third draft of the document, councillors settled on implementing a…
Families react to decision to delay March Break
By Mike Baker The Ontario government’s recent decision to postpone March Break for all students and teachers across the province has received a mixed response from families throughout Haliburton County.Last Thursday [Feb. 11], Ontario’s education…