By Mike Baker While rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine is well underway in some parts of Ontario, one local doctor, as well as the acting medical officer of health for the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge…
Haliburton represented in All-Around Champion reality TV show
By Darren Lum Like a veteran movie star, Evan Armstrong already knows how to tease a show since his claim to TV fame after being one of 10 competitors in the second season of the…
2020 the year of the pandemic, but not…
By Mike Baker Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott says “there is light at the end of the tunnel” as communities all across Ontario continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.Speaking to the Echo, a…
Youth Unlimited thanks community for support
By Darren Lum As Haliburton’s afternoon rush hour traffic rolled by, a masked man in a blue and yellow costume, resembling the Marvel character Wolverine, of X-Men comic book fame, waved his gloved hand with…
Reach out to help others, help yourself, support…
By Sue Tiffin While the new year might have started with hope and a new calendar, it also continues in the second wave of the pandemic that began almost a year ago, a crisis causing…
Record numbers for Nordic ski club
By Darren Lum It’s only when you see the parking lots that you realize how popular Nordic skiing is in the Highlands this season, owed in part to the provincial lockdown said the president of…
Clearing the air about aerosol cleaning for COVID-19
By Darren Lum With so much information out there in the public pertaining to what to do or not to do to protect against contracting the coronavirus, it’s difficult to know where to turn. Sometimes…
County continues to investigate transportation options
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County council continues to investigate options for some kind of public transportation system, and county staff are recommending that the county create a bylaw at the upper-tier level that would allow…
Hall of Fame working toward fulfilling vision
By Darren Lum It’s no surprise that COVID-19 put a delay on the plans for the Haliburton Highlands Hall of Fame’s first induction ceremony that was originally planned for October of 2020.Like the high-level athletes…
Health unit produces COVID-19 information videos
A series of videos featuring acting local medical officer of health Dr. Ian Gemmill have been uploaded to the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District health unit YouTube channel.“The health unit produced these videos as a…
Schools to remain closed until Jan. 25 as…
By Sue Tiffin On the same day the province reported a single-day record of 3,519 new cases of COVID-19, as well as a record high number of 89 deaths, Ontario's chief medical officer of health…
A silly tradition
By Mike Baker When you really think about it, New Year’s resolutions are a bit silly.It’s a tradition that dates back some 4,000 years, to the time of the ancient Babylonians. There’s evidence that the…
MP Jamie Schmale reflects on year, hopes for…
By Mike Baker While he doesn’t want to see another federal election any time soon, sitting Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MP Jamie Schmale has once again ensured he will be the Conservative candidate on the ballot the…
HCSA asking sledders to abide by the rules…
By Darren Lum The Haliburton County Snowmobile Association is preparing for the 2021 season, hoping sledders take care, heed trail status reports, and for more snow accumulation to open more of its 370 total kilometres…
Wilberforce gives students a hand up for future…
By Darren Lum Even with masks on, the two Haliburton Highlands Secondary School Grade 12 students couldn’t hide the light in their eyes, expressing their happiness for being chosen as the first recipients of the…
Report on blue-green algae says ‘there is no…
By Mike Baker A scientist hired by the Haliburton County Home Builders’ Association [HCHBA] to put together a report on the status of algal blooms across the county’s lakes says “there is no simple fix”…
Coboconk pair hit with drug trafficking charges
By Mike BakerTwo Coboconk area residents are facing multiple drug trafficking charges following a joint investigation by the Haliburton Highlands OPP and the provincial force’s Kawartha Lakes-based community street crime unit.Officers executed a search warrant…
Rails End Gallery needs more funding as COVID-19…
By Mike Baker 2020 was a tough year for Haliburton’s Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre.Located on York Street, inside the community’s landmark rail station, the gallery promotes Canadian art, crafts and music created by…
Community effort brightens sombre festive season
By Darren Lum The Haliburton Highlands Secondary School Interact Team members helped to orchestrate a positive tone in 2020 during the pandemic with its club’s Holiday Shoebox Event.The idea behind the Shoebox collection, which started…
HHHS Foundation receives $92,000 grant from Canadian Medical…
By Mike Baker Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation has secured some additional funding to help support frontline workers during this second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Announced back in December, the organization received $92,000 from the…
Make the most of your Christmas
By Mike Baker Bah Humbug.While Christmas hasn’t been completely cancelled, and the early speculation that the Ontario government would be enacting a province-wide lockdown on the eve of the biggest and best holiday of the…