In the depth of Haliburton winter the sweet sounds of bluegrass music will be heard drifting across hills of snow and over icy lakes emanating from Pinestone Resort host venue for Bluegrass in the Highlands…

By Angelica Ingram Nov. 22 2016 Michael Flaherty isn’t your average ceramics artist. Born in Newfoundland Flaherty has lived in many of Canada’s 10 provinces and has crossed North America by bicycle. An artist who…

Riding the success and popularity of this year’s production of Oliver! the Highlands Summer Festival will again feature a musical as its flagship production for its 2017 season. “I thought we needed to capitalize on…

By Angelica Ingram Nov. 8 2016 Janet Trull has been immersed in small town life for as long as she can remember. Her father owned the hardware store in the small town of Dunnville where…

By Angelica Ingram Nov. 8 2016 *This story has been amended since first being published. After a year-long hiatus organizers of the annual Forest Festival have announced it will be returning to Haliburton County in…

By Angelica Ingram Published Nov. 1 2016 Michael Redhill will not be showing up in a wig at Pinestone Resort and Conference Centre on Nov. 13. The acclaimed Canadian writer jokes that one of the…

By Jenn Watt Oct. 25 2016 “George is dead.” Those are the first words to be spoken in the upcoming play staged at the Legion by Highlands Little Theatre. The one-act play features five local…

By Angelica Ingram Published Oct. 18 2016 Artist April Gates is looking forward to once again opening the doors of Blackbird Pottery Studio and partaking in her love of teaching. The potter is offering fall…

By Angelica Ingram Published Oct. 11 2016 Cassidy Glecoff can’t believe how far she’s gotten in the Open Mic International Singing Competition. The Haliburton singer is one of six finalists who will be competing for…

By Jenn Watt Oct. 4 2016 Down the hill from the little green house that holds the staff of Community Support Services curves a paved path. Lined with shrubs and marked with granite stones the…

By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 27 2016 Columns of brightly coloured scarves hang from the ceiling of Helen Newton’s studio in Ingoldsby. Organized by colour and further sorted by shade the the flowing silk accessories…

By Angelica Ingram Published Sept 27 2016 Thom Lambert still remembers the piece written by former Haliburton County Echo editor Martha Perkins when he joined the Haliburton County Studio Tour 12 years ago. The long…

By Sylvia Rose Published Sept 27 2016 As the warm lazy days of summer pass and the first cool breezes of autumn blow 30 artists in 27 studio locations in the Haliburton Highlands start their…

Haliburton Village will be transformed into an authentic autumnal tableau for this year’s Colourfest complete with pumpkin rolling scarecrow building and fall food for sale at the farmers’ market. Hitch a ride on a horse-drawn…

By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 13 2016 Talking about death can be like turning a rusty wheel – it’s hard work getting started but once in motion things get easier says Yvonne Heath. The longtime…

By Angela Long Sept. 6 2016 It may be “The Devil Made Me Do It” that catches your eye or “On Bonnie’s Pond.” Whatever your fancy Hike Haliburton’s glossy 2016 Program Guide and Map has…

By Angelica Ingram Published Sept. 6 2016

By Angela Long Sept. 6 2016 The National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives website doesn’t say much: William John Hopkinson born in London England 1887 immigrated to Canada 1912 died in Aurora Ontario 1970.…

By Angela Long Published Aug. 23 2016 If it’s been awhile since you’ve been to church here’s your chance. On Saturday Aug. 27 Samantha Martin and Delta Sugar will rock the pews of Irondale’s historic…

By Angela Long Published Aug. 23 2016 The trees of the Haliburton Sculpture Forest shake in the wind and the rain turns pathways into rivulets. But in a small clearing two children ride atop a…