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,…
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…
$3 million in recreation upgrades coming to Haliburton…
By Sue Tiffin Four projects in Haliburton County are benefitting from almost $3 million in joint federal, provincial and project recipient funding.Upgrades to the Haliburton County Rail Trail corridor; renovations to the Kinark Outdoor Centre…
Musician details her love for music following release…
By Mike Baker Shannon Roszell’s love affair with music began, in her own words, in the most Canadian way imaginable.“My first memories of music were listening to Gordon Lightfoot while driving around with my mom…
Highlands Opera Studio is back with a bang
By Mike Baker After spending a year in the wilderness, the Highlands Opera Studio roared back to life this past weekend with the first performance in a new online concert series.From May 2 to July…
Band reflecting on latest album, eyeing next project
By Darren Lum Like the rugged terrain of the Highlands, the album The Mess We Made is a raw expression of local experimental punk band, The Bones of Jim Jones.Drawing on a period of life…
Athletes serve as role-models for BIPOC in community,…
By Darren Lum The JDHES student-led effort to have Haliburton-raised Olympian Lesley Tashlin and former CFLer Taly Williams added to the wall of athletes at the A.J. LaRue Arena has led to the creation of…
Hike Haliburton ‘Light’ to proceed in September
By Chad Ingram The County of Haliburton plans to host a scaled-down version of the Hike Haliburton Festival this fall.County councillors discussed options for a festival this year during an April 14 meeting. Last year,…
Learn about the Highlands’ history at the museum
By Darren Lum Currently, the museum is closed due to the provincial stay-at-home order. However when the province lifts the stay-at-home order the museum will once again welcome visitors. Take a journey back in time…
Radio Playhouse brings the theatre to you
By Sue Tiffin The show must go on and it will do so over the airwaves into your living room, over your car speakers or straight into your ears via headphones beginning April 7.Canoe FM…
Despite lockdown, some April Break activities available
By Sue Tiffin Given changing restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, please contact organizers before planning to participate in any in-person events to ensure they are running as planned. Spring Activity KitsThe Municipality of Dysart et…
Jaycock plans to keep community connections
By Chad Ingram One of Canoe FM’s iconic figures is moving away from Haliburton County, but listeners of the community volunteer radio station are still likely to hear Mike Jaycock’s signature baritone on the air…
Operatic artists form Racial Equity Advisory Council
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter As the pandemic progressed, so too did more public discussion of systemic racism alongside a rise in xenophobia, in which Asian people faced verbal and physical attacks and…
Community biking challenge pencilled in for September
By Mike Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Haliburton’s Friends of the Rail Trail [FoRT] are hoping to kick-start a brand new annual event.Pamela Marsales, a FoRT member, says the organization want to organize a family-friendly…
New Nick Russell album to be released next…
By Chad Ingram Virtuosic Haliburton Highlands guitarist Nick Russell is dropping a new album March 1.Entitled ARCHTOP, the album takes its name from the 1949 Gibson L-7 guitar Russell used throughout its recording. Archtop guitars…
Canadian rites of passage for rink makers
By Darren Lum There are few images more iconic than skating on a lake, surrounded by a blanket of snow, set against a stand of trees that stretches off to the horizon, or on a…
Highlands Summer Festival cancels 2021 season
By Mike Baker Another one bites the dust.After being forced to cancel its 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers of the Highlands Summer Festival [HSF] have made the “difficult decision” to shutter the…
Dysart provides dollars, inkind support to Haliburton Sculpture…
By Mike Baker When Barb Bolin joined the volunteer committee of the Haliburton Sculpture Forest more than two decades ago, she would never have imagined the site would eventually become one of Ontario’s top tourist…
Haliburton Youth Wellness Hub offering connection, support
By Sue Tiffin Isolation, disconnection from friends, nowhere to go and nothing to do.People of all ages are dealing with the stresses of a stay-at-home-order during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s…
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…
Upcoming Connections show reflection of our world
By Darren Lum This story is a follow-up to an article called, Daily account of the pandemic in self-portraits, which was published in the Echo on May 5.It’s been almost a year since the first…