By Mike Baker Bonnie Roe has had enough.As one of the founding members of the Haliburton-City of Kawartha Lakes Long-Term Care Coalition, Roe has spent the past 12 months advocating for local seniors and calling…
Mitigating mystery snails in county waters
By Chad Ingram The Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners’ Associations is launching a program aimed at decreasing the population of Chinese mystery snails, an invasive species, in the county’s lakes.County councillors heard a presentation about…
Fewer school suspensions in first 2020-2021 semester compared…
The following are brief reports of items discussed at the board of trustees meeting of Trillium Lakelands District School Board held virtually on May 11. Paul Goldring, TLDSB superintendent of learning, presented numbers of suspensions…
Minden featured in second season of Scott’s Vacation…
By Darren Lum A Minden residence was featured during the opening episode of the newest season of Scott’s Vacation House Rules on HGTV Canada on Sunday, May 16.Hosted by real estate expert, contractor, entrepreneur and…
Police investigating Loon Lake death
Police are investigating the death of a 63-year-old woman in Dysart et al. On May 12, at around 3 p.m., Haliburton Highlands OPP was called to Loon Lake in response to a person in the…
End-of-life doula speaks to choice at Green Burial…
By Sue Tiffin Adriane Weller’s curiosity in understanding better what the end-of-life time might be like has led to a passion to encourage others to become informed of their options and prepared to plan in…
Haliburton chamber participating in COVID-19 Rapid Screening Initiative
By Mike Baker The Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce is offering free COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits to small and medium-sized businesses across the county.In partnership with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and both the…
Hockey in the Highlands
By Mike Baker I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who felt a smile stretch across their face last week when news that Haliburton County would be getting its very own Jr. A hockey team…
Haliburton County Huskies to join OJHL for 2021/22…
By Mike Baker The Huskies are coming home to Haliburton County.Rumours of a Jr. A hockey franchise finding a home in the Highlands was confirmed last week, when the Ontario Junior Hockey League [OJHL] announced…
Embrace the flavours of Mexico at Poquito Loco
By Darren Lum A new restaurant owner is hoping to share her love and passion for Mexico with the Village of Haliburton when it opens on May 20.Claudette Pitre said opening her eatery, Poquito Loco…
Landfill changes pose problems for construction industry
By Mike Baker Widespread changes recently introduced at five landfill sites in Dysart et al are going to have far-reaching negative impacts on the local construction industry, says the president of the Haliburton County Home…
Debate over Sam Slick Park continuing
By Darren Lum What’s in a name?Everything and nothing, apparently, when it comes to opinions about what to do about Sam Slick Park, following the last Cultural Resource Committee virtual meeting via Zoom on Friday,…
Minden and Haliburton mass clinics still not running…
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference held virtually May 5 with medical officer of health Dr. Natalie Bocking. For the third successive…
HSAD near full registration for summer
By Darren Lum The following are briefs from the last Cultural Resource Committee virtual meeting via Zoom on Friday, April 23. The next meeting is in June. Strong numbers for summer registration at the Haliburton…
Farmers’ Market essential, going ahead with season
By Darren Lum Whatever the Ontario government decides regarding the current stay-at-home order, set to run until May 20 as of press time, the Haliburton County Farmers’ Market, which is considered an “essential service,” is…
Residents disappointed by ‘newsletter’ delivery
By Darren Lum When Halbiem Crescent resident David Blodgett looked at the Druthers newsletter with the main headline, Pandemic of Fraud he was left in disbelief.“I look at it and I think how unfortunate that…
Highlands East woman charged with impaired driving
By Mike Baker Haliburton Highlands OPP has charged a 46-year-old Highlands East woman with impaired driving after she drove her vehicle into a ditch on May 2.While investigating an unrelated incident on Mountain St. in…
Shop to support hospitals and health care facilities
By Sue Tiffin While we might feel fatigue about so many of our events, meetings, holidays and other ways of connecting being held online, a new virtual offering allows us to give back to the…
Rock our World fundraiser is about paying it…
By Darren Lum Getting through the pandemic has been a lesson on how working together helps everyone.It’s that kind of approach that is at the heart of this year’s Rock our World, a major fundraiser…
U-Links launches new Woodlands and Waterways EcoWatch program
By Mike Baker U-Links Centre for Community Based Research is launching a new collaborative program to analyze the health of waterways and woodlands across Haliburton County.Launched in conjunction with Trent University, Fleming College and local…
Up to 40 new internet towers to be…
By Chad Ingram The Eastern Ontario Regional Network’s cell gap project will see between 30 and 40 new communication towers constructed throughout Haliburton County and the entire project, which includes the construction of 300 new…