By Jenn Watt Published Nov. 6 2018 Indigenous author Richard Wagamese once wrote that the Huron word Kanata from which the word Canada comes along with meaning village could also mean one fire that people…
Growing culinary tourism in Haliburton County
By Chad Ingram Published Oct. 23 2018 The following are brief reports of items discussed during an Oct. 10 meeting of the Haliburton County tourism advisory committee. Committee members heard a presentation from Rebecca Mackenzie…
Wilberforce Still Standing episode debuts next week
By Sue Tiffin Published Oct. 23 2018 It’s likely that most of the televisions in Wilberforce will be tuned in to CBC next week when the hamlet makes its nationwide debut on Still Standing. The…
Retreat centre in Haliburton bringing mindfulness practice for…
By Darren Lum Published Oct 9 2018 Set against the backdrop of trees and surrounded by the song of birds sits a 2500-square-foot well-cared-for back-split bungalow. After the leaves fall in autumn the property on…
Gord Jones: Playing with light in winter
By Chad Ingram Sept. It’s the play of light and shadow that attracts Gord Jones to painting wintry scenes. The Kushog Lake resident and watercolour artist is part of the Haliburton County Studio Tour which…
Painter captures Haliburton’s downtown
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 25 2018 It took more than 30 hours for Haliburton artist Marianne Woolley to get her depiction of the Haliburton Fire Department just right. Using photos taken by a firefighter…
Pottery passion fuels innovation at Purple Door studio
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 25 2018 There’s nothing like the earthy smell of a fresh bag of clay or the feeling of a new creation forming between your hands and the pottery wheel says…
Studio tour helps Pearson make connections
By Darren Lum Sept. 25 2018 Like her garden of flowers bordered by walls and paths of native rock around her two-storey home Rose Pearson’s artwork is a complex collection of images (and sometimes text)…
SIRCH fall lunch program serving up international cuisine…
By Jenn Watt Sept. 18 2018 Delicious dishes from around the world will be sizzling on the stoves of SIRCH Central this fall for a special program called Cook It Up All Fall. Each Monday…
Haliburton's Outloud Womyn’s Voices marks 20 years united…
By Darren Lum Published Sept. 18 2018 Like it has been for two decades Haliburton’s Outloud Womyn’s Voices Chorus sang as one unified in joy and love for one another at their 20th anniversary celebration.…
Award-winning Canadian novelist named writer in residence
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 11 2018 Writing has been author Frances Itani’s life’s work. It has taken her around the world and into the inner worlds of her characters who occupy the pages of…
Camp Dwayne to meld music festival and camp…
By Jenn Watt Published Aug. 28 2018 After performing at Camp Timberlane over the last couple of years Toronto-based band Dwayne Gretzky and their management team got an idea: host a weekend-long music festival to…
Minden’s suffrage re-enactment
By Laurie Carmount Published Aug. 28 2018 Margaret Haile may have been the first woman to run for major elected office within the entire British Empire. She ran in Toronto North in the 1902 Ontario…
Pianist brings Stuart McLean show to Haliburton
By Angelica Ingram Published Aug. 28 2018 Stuart McLean used to ride his bike over to John Sheard’s house and the pair would talk about music and artists and enjoy a glass of wine together.…
Reggae band to close out Hike Haliburton Festival
By Angelica Ingram Published Aug. 28 2018 The Sattalites have been performing reggae songs for nearly four decades and will be bringing their uptempo beats to Head Lake Park on Sept. 23 at the Biggest…
Everlasting bonds take sculpted form
By Noelle Dupret Smith Published Aug. 28 2018 One of the most endearing parts of my life is the 15 years I have spent being a sister. Your siblings are the people who even when…
MacArt Studios finds niche with outdoor games
By Angelica Ingram Published Aug. 14 2018 Take a stroll through Head Lake Park and you may see kids huddled around a large structure with pictures of animals on square slats of wood. Who’s Your…
Production features local playwrights' work
By Kate Butler Published Aug. 14 2018 C.S. Lewis is reputed to have said “You can make anything by writing.” Putting pen to paper is often considered to be a solitary pursuit but what happens…
TheImportance of Layers
By Noelle Dupret Smith Published Aug. 14 2018 To paraphrase Shrek “All good thingshave layers.” For these two sculptures both the physical layers andthe layers of techniques play a key role in their identifies. As…
Local musicians to perform at Haliburton’s Rotary Carnival
The Rotary Carnival this Wednesday Aug. 8 will feature music performed by local bands in Head Lake Park starting at 3 p.m. Andy Salvatori organizer and Rotarian said adding music to the event would give…
Sculptures redefined
By Noelle Dupret Smith Have you walked past the large compelling sculpture in downtown Haliburton in front of Wind in the Willows Spa? That is “This Side Up #9 Shall We Dance” by Michael Truelove.…