By Jenn Watt Editor The coronavirus pandemic has changed nearly every facet of our daily lives, disrupting routines and limiting contact with loved ones, introducing financial pressures and heightening anxiety about our health and that…
Health unit retracts second COVID-19 hospitalization report
A second hospitalization related to COVID-19 – the first since April – reported on Aug. 5 was retracted on Aug. 7 in the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit's data update. On Aug. 5…
TLDSB asks parents to decide between in-school or…
By Jenn Watt Information about a pre-registration process will be going out to parents and guardians by the end of this week asking whether they intend to enrol their children full time in school or…
Haliburton County reports second COVID-19 hospitalization
A second hospitalization related toCOVID-19 – the first since April – has been reported by theHaliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge district health unit. On Aug. 5 at 12:25 p.m. the healthunit updated cumulative data on confirmed…
Province announces backtoschool plans reopening of daycare
By Sue Tiffin When the school bell rings in September students in Haliburton County will be able to head back full time. After weeks of parents fretting going over three options the provincial government had…
Water Ambassadors golf tourney raised more than $30000
By Darren Lum Water Ambassadors Canada’s eighth annual Charity Golf Classic raised more than $32000 thanks to the support of the community. With 84 golfers 17 volunteers the staff of the Pinestone and a collection…
Health unit answers questions on COVID-19 data contact…
By Sue Tiffin As of Monday July 27 13 people in Haliburton County have had confirmed cases of Haliburton County. All cases but one reported yesterday have been resolved. The Haliburton Echo asked the health…
HHHS ends fiscal year with surplus
By Jenn Watt The last fiscal year for Haliburton Highlands Health Services has been one unlike any other the attendees of the annual general meeting heard on July 16. “It certainly was an unprecedented year…
Face mask mandate getting mixed reviews in HKPR…
By Sue Tiffin A mask mandate issued by the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit for July 13 has been met with positive and negative reviews from the public. “Like all issues we have…
Council backs U.S. border closure
By Jenn Watt Highlands East has added its support to the Canadian government’s decision to extend the border closure with the U.S. and in a resolution passed on July 14 asked that the federal government…
Health unit clarifies business responsibility to enforce mask…
By Jenn Watt The region’s face-mask regulations have been put in the spotlight following the fatal police-involved shooting of a man at his residence north of Haliburton which followed an incident earlier that morning when…
Next Pontunes concert on Head Lake
By Jenn Watt A series of lake concerts accessed from the safety of one’s personal watercraft comes to Haliburton as a silver lining to the coronavirus pandemic. “Pontunes” which started on Lake Kashagawigamog on July…
School board prepares for very different September semester
By Jenn Watt When the September semester arrives at Trillium Lakelands District School Board some parents will likely be unhappy director of education Larry Hope told the board of trustees at their meeting last week.…
County to enter Stage 3 on July 17
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County along with most parts of Ontario will enter Stage 3 of the provincial government’s phased COVID-19 recovery process as of 12:01 a.m. this Friday July 17. Premier Doug Ford made…
COVID losses exceed $3 billion in eastern Ontario
By Chad Ingram As of the beginning of June the estimated economic losses created by the COVID-19 pandemic in eastern Ontario totalled more than $3 billion with the equivalent of 80000 jobs lost. During an…
Demand for real estate in the Highlands growing…
By Jenn Watt Cottage owners looking to sell their property this summer should have little trouble doing so with strong demand in the Haliburton Highlands and throughout the region. Several factors have converged to make…
Masks recommended not (yet) mandated
By Sue Tiffin Mandatory mask wearing orders are spreading throughout Canadian cities, with governments and public health units in Ontario, including Toronto, Sudbury and Durham region, and Quebec issuing orders to residents to wear non-medical…
Haliburton doctor worked during 1918 influenza pandemic
By Sue Tiffin On Nov. 9 in 1918 The Globe newspaper ran an obituary for Dr. E. K. Henderson a well-known Toronto physician who had died in Haliburton. Henderson an eye ear nose and throat…
HHHS staff residents test negative for COVID-19
Haliburton Highlands Health Services confirmed on May 13 that tests of the staff and residents at Highland Wood and Hyland Crest long-term care homes have come back negative. In addition, surveillance testing of all HHHS…
Haliburton County declares state of emergency
By Jenn Watt Update (March 18 4 p.m.): Since the this article was first published information has been updated regarding emergency measures in the Municipality of Dysart et al. New information is in italics below.…
College cancels in-person classes takes instruction online
With only five weeks left in the winter semester Angela Stukator dean of Haliburton School of Art + Design said she’s optimistic that alternate forms of course delivery will allow students to continue to learn…