By Angelica Ingram If you enjoy embarking on adventures learning about new places and humming along to a tune a new speaker series launching this week might pique your interest. Titled Telling Our Stories the…

By Jenn Watt It takes a quarter of a skein of yarn and a few hours to make a difference for a woman in need of a breast prosthesis. Knitted Knockers Canada collects prostheses made…

By Angelica Ingram There’s a new club in town that’s easy to join has no meetings and provides the most delicious food. The Bread and Bagel Club is a creative initiative started by Janine Papadopoulos…

By Angelica Ingram The Nutcracker ballet has become a staple performance for the community of Haliburton and this year a new and exciting feature is being added to the annual tradition. For the first time…

By Darren Lum There was raucus  applause when the Highlands Summer Festival  artistic producer Scot Denton announced this upcoming summer lineup of five performances to the packed crowd on Sunday at the McKeck’s restaurant in…

P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } By Angelica Ingram A special meeting of Dysart councilheld on Nov. 10 brought forth lots of questions comments and a fewfireworks from councillors directed at John Teljeur and WolfgangSiebert regarding…

By Angelica Ingram An unexplained murder in a rural farm town a peculiar secretary with an uncanny strength and a loveless husband and wife stuck on a deserted country road. These were just some of…

By Jenn Watt Many years ago journalist Linden MacIntyre stood watching as the site of a massacre – a family home – in Lebanon was excavated. Boys in their early teens stood beside him looking…

By Angelica Ingram Calling all thespians theatre lovers and dramatic critics. This November the Highlands Little Theatre will be hosting the Eastern Ontario Drama League’s Festival of One-Act Plays showcasing theatre groups from across the…

By Jenn Watt Down the Tamarack Lake Road past where the pavement meets the gravel after you’ve rounded corners lined with thick forest and a few country lots you’ll find an old farmhouse surrounded by…

By Darren Lum After taking the stage with hundreds in the Pan Am Games opening ceremonies Dawson Hutchings can say he has fulfilled a lifelong dream. His mother Kelly said her son was inspired to…

By Jenn Watt Siblings sit across the dinner table from one another spaghetti on their plates but their minds still at play. It starts with a flick of sauce and ends with a loaded meatball…

by Jenn Watt Sonny Cook riffles through the back seat of her car looking for her notes and some food ahead of her lunch hour interview with the newspaper. There are bags and papers in…

By Jenn Watt A white rocking chair sits in the corner of the old train station in Haliburton. Draped over it is an afghan blanket each granny square colourful and bright. On another wall is…

It all started with Bill Campbell’s desire to give back to the community. The owner of Curry Chevrolet in Haliburton is having his long-time friend and Juno award-winning singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith and his band perform…

July 2 2014 The Highlands Summer Festival is staging the Charles Dickens’ classic novel Great Expectations.