By Staff At 7:28 a.m. on June 22, a team of 20 firefighters from the Dysart et al fire department responded to a structure fire on Kennisis Lake Road in West Guilford. "Upon arrival there…
Haliburton Highlands OPP investigate Wilberforce death
From OPP press release On June 3, at approximately 2 p.m., members of the Haliburton Highlands Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with EMS, responded to a call for service regarding a body…
MOH asks residents to avoid post long-weekend COVID-19…
By Sue TiffinStaff reporter The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference with medical officer of health Dr. Natalie Bocking, held virtually May 19. In her introductory…
Haliburton’s mass vaccine clinic to close rather than…
By Sue Tiffin Staff reporter The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference with medical officer of health Dr. Natalie Bocking, held virtually May 12, and a press…
Police investigating Loon Lake death
By Staff Police are investigating the death of a 63-year-old woman in Dysart et al. Yesterday [May 12] afternoon, at around 3 p.m., Haliburton Highlands OPP was called to Loon Lake in response to a…
Mass vaccination clinics temporarily close due to low…
By Sue TiffinLocal Journalism Initiative reporter The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference held virtually on April 21 with medical officer of health Dr. Natalie Bocking.…
Province-wide, four-week ’emergency brake’ begins Saturday
By Sue TiffinLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter A day after Ontario saw the highest number of people with COVID-19 related critical illness admitted to intensive care units [ICUs] of the pandemic, and a day before the…
Leopoldina Dobrzensky remembered as steward of land and…
By Sue TiffinLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter A decade or so ago, Leopoldina Dobrzensky told Julia Robertson that she had found a timber signed by Robertson's grandmother in her farmhouse. The farmhouse Dobrzensky lived in had…
Students required to quarantine after two confirmed cases…
By Staff This story has been updated from the original version. Haliburton Highlands Secondary School students in a Grade 11 chemistry class, a Grade 12 English class and a Grade 12 math class have been…
Sterling’s star shines, takes family work ethic to…
By Darren Lum Sterling Nesbitt shares more than the initials and the surname with the S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena. Named for her great-grandfather Sinclair ‘Sinc’ George Nesbitt, the Highlands teen has been on an enduring…
Highlands East tax rate increases 2.23 per cent
By Darren Lum The following are briefs from Highlands East special meeting of council on March 2 via YouTube, featuring the finance 2021 budget. The budget estimates bylaw will be approved at the March 9…
Now isn’t the time to relax
By Mike Baker, Editor When news came through late last week that Haliburton County would be moving into the Yellow-Protect level of Ontario’s COVID-19 framework response, you could almost sense the broad exhale of a…
Vaccines rolling out across county
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Vaccines rolling out across county The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference with acting medical officer of health Dr.…
OGRA elects Highlands East Mayor Burton as next…
By Darren Lum Since 1894 the Ontario Good Roads Association has been working with municipalities to improve transportation throughout the province. Although the oldest municipal association in Ontario, executive director Scott Butler said OGRA’s mandate…
Fleming College receives $336,000 to bolster mental health…
By Mike Baker With many post-secondary students across the province struggling to adapt to new learning protocols brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario government is stepping in to provide additional funding for programs…
HHSS alumna assumes leadership of Abbey Gardens
By Darren Lum Abbey Gardens’ new operations director will be a familiar face to some in Haliburton. Ashley McAllister is a Haliburton Highlands Secondary School alumnus, who has been living in the area while working…
The Past Year of a Pandemic: Community reflects…
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. In Haliburton County, 51 cases of COVID-19 and one death due to…
Haliburton County reports first death due to COVID-19
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A resident of Haliburton County has died due to COVID-19, according to an epidemiological report update from the health unit on March 4. The death marks the first…
Six additional variants of concern identified in health…
By Sue Tiffin Staff reporter This story was updated after a regularly scheduled Feb. 24 press conference held by Dr. Ian Gemmill, acting medical officer of health for the Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes, Pine Ridge district.…
Winsley celebrates history of printmaking
By Sue Tiffin Meggan Winsley has certainly made her mark on Toronto.The Haliburton-raised artist is drawing attention downtown in the city, her work being featured at the intersection of Queen Street West and Portland Street.Winsley…
Storm reflect on first session of season
By Darren Lum As session one for the Highland Storm Hockey Association winds down for the Christmas break, there is optimism and hope for more hockey with session two starting in January. With the exception…