By Chad Ingram Published Feb. 28 2017 There is not sufficient natural shoreline within Haliburton County not by a long shot according to the Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners Associations (CHA). “This is a very…

By Angelica Ingram Feb. 7 2017 With its lush forests pristine lakes network of trails and wildlife habitat it may not come as a surprise to many that the region encompassing Haliburton County was recently…

By Angelica Ingram Jan. 24 2017 An application for a zoning bylaw amendment that would permit the construction of a biochar facility on Kennaway Road has been approved by Dysart council. The approval was passed…

By Chad Ingram Published on Jan. 17 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Jan. 11 meeting of the Haliburton County roads advisory committee. Dysart et al Reeve Murray Fearrey said…

Rehabilitation of the Loon Lake dam should be done by March Parks Canada said in an update to the community last week. The structure was built in 1934 and needed major repairs including the replacement…

By Jenn Watt Oct. 25 2016 Ontario’s Building Code is a living document; it changes regularly to improve the way homes are constructed and to better our environments. In July the province tabled a change…

By Darren Lum Oct. 4 2016 This year’s Community Apple Sauce Project easily produced double the combined total of food the last two years. As a result of harvesting apples the project produced 818 cups…

By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 27 2016 Despite years of education and advanced warning when WSP Canada went out to inspect septic systems in the municipality of South Bruce Peninsula one in five systems failed.…

By Jenn Watt Sept. 13 2016 Spring and summer of 2016 presented particularly difficult weather conditions for the staff at Parks Canada as they grappled with management of the Trent Severn Waterway and the lakes…

The lead on the Sam Slick Park shoreline restoration plan says the weather this summer did little to disrupt the next step for the Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners Association (CHA) project from going ahead…

By Darren Lum Sept. 6 2016 Eighteen students and the faculty of Fleming College’s sustainable building design and construction program stood tall and proud at Abbey Gardens in front of the new mercantile building an…

By Angelica Ingram Sept. 1 2016 The leader of the Green Party of Canada wants the residents of the Haliburton Highlands to help her out. That was the key message Elizabeth May delivered on Aug.…

By Darren Lum Published July 19 2016 Beach water testing is not as simple as black and white says Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit inspector Frances Tsotos – there are many variables that…

By Chad Ingram June 28 2016 Off-road vehicles will remain banned from the Haliburton County Rail Trail at least for the foreseeable future. Last year the Haliburton County ATV Association requested that off-road vehicles (ORVs)…

By Angelica Ingram June 28 2016 An application coming to the Haliburton County Land Division Committee has residents of Wenona Lake upset about what it might mean for their area. A notice that applicant Mumtaz…

By Jenn Watt Published June 14 2016 Of the four main types of ticks that could latch onto your pup it’s the blacklegged deer tick pet owners in Ontario should be most concerned about says…

The Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners Association is seeking interested lakefront landowners and volunteers to participate in a Shoreline Naturalization Workshop and planting event this June! In 2016 the Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners Association…