By Sue TiffinThough the fall season brings with it lower temperatures, it generally also brings to mind warm gatherings. But what do those gatherings look like during the COVID-19 pandemic?The world has been living through…
Applesauce project a success during challenging year
Submitted by SIRCH Community Services Another successful Applesauce Project is in the books thanks to the dedication of volunteers and the generosity of a caring community. This year, Lakeside Church took the lead. The annual…
Health unit assists congregate settings with COVID-19 protocol
By Sue Tiffin The COVID-19 pandemic brought to the health unit’s attention areas in which they needed to develop new or enhance existing relationships with in order to help protect vulnerable groups during the pandemic,…
Economic impacts of pandemic disproportionately affect women: report
By Chad Ingram The negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affect women, according to a new report from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. The She-Covery Project: Confronting the Gendered Economic Impacts of COVID-19…
Gendered impact of COVID-19
By Jenn Watt As we brace ourselves for a potential second wave of the coronavirus, with hundreds more positive tests coming back each day in Ontario than a month ago, we should be sure not…
Opioid overdoses in region may surpass 2019 numbers
By Sue Tiffin Preliminary data in the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district reports 15 suspected overdose deaths from January to May of this year, compared to 20 opioid related overdose deaths in all of 2019,…
Opera organizers cancel event as social gathering rules…
By Jenn Watt Restrictions introduced by the provincial government to slow the spread of the coronavirus, restricting social gatherings to 10 people inside and 25 outside, put a halt to plans to offer opera in…
Curbside still available while libraries re-open
By Sue TiffinThe following are brief reports of items discussed during a Sept. 9 meeting of the Haliburton County Public Library board. Erin Kernohan-Berning, branch services librarian, said curbside pick-up, while it was offered during…
Rumours of 100s of cottagers enrolling in local…
By Jenn Watt A rumour that 300 students from cottaging households had registered in Haliburton schools this fall was an inflated number, the school board’s director of education said at a meeting last week. Asked…
Go on a virtual journey Oct. 3
By StaffJoin area residents as they take you on a virtual journey, through their travel tales told during an online special performance called Six-Minute Escapes.The experience is being coordinated by the Arts Council ~ Haliburton…
Tracking COVID-19 in schools
By Sue Tiffin Parents and caregivers, as well as Ontarians in general, concerned about confirmed COVID-19 cases in class or at daycare will be able to track outbreaks of the virus at schools and child…
Online resources help Fleming students prepare for different…
Starting Tuesday, Sept. 8, students attending Fleming College will be back in class, though the fall 2020 semester will look much different than previous years. Classes are to take place online or be delivered through…
Masks mandatory for Haliburton County students going back…
Plans for staggered start, one-course block for high school students discussed at TLDSB meeting By Sue Tiffin Staff reporter All students physically going back to school in Haliburton County next month will be required to…
Storm planning to return to play with COVID-19…
By Darren Lum Highland Storm president Jason Morissette is asking the public to remember the importance of sport for what it can do for young people, as the hockey association works on a plan to…
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,…
$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…
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…
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…
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…
Tough Choices
Parents making hard decisions over whether to send their kids back to school in SeptemberBy Sue Tiffin Aarica Hurl feels anxious, scared, and says she has “mom guilt for sure.” Her four-year-old already had her…