Submitted by SIRCH Are you a young-at-heart senior who’s passionate about family research? Do you like working with others to solve mysteries about their ancestry? A new pilot project offered by SIRCH Community Services will…
Students compete in regional chess championships
By Darren Lum The 2019 TLDSB District Chess Championship showcased the talents of 160 girls and boys from Grade 1 to 8 on Tuesday April 2 at J. Douglas Hodgson Elementary School in Haliburton. Twenty-two…
Wait list for financially assisted housing growing
By Chad Ingram The wait list for financially assisted housing in Haliburton County and the City of Kawartha Lakes is growing quickly. Since 2013 the list has almost quadrupled increasing by 375 per cent “which…
A little goes a long way with Food…
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Chamber awards recognize hard work community involvement
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NewsNewsConversation continues regarding snowmobiles on Highland Street
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County starts climate change plan process
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Dysart to create new noise fireworks bylaws
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Herlihey Park designed to become heart of town
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Highland Wood moves forward with roof replacement
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Protest at MPP’s office moved outside privacy cited
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Rotary Club making an impact for 75 years
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Fed budget contains cash for rural broadband
By Chad Ingram Published March 26 2019 The federal budget released last week contains money for the expansion of rural broadband internet. The budget has $1.7 billion allotted for internet infrastructure and satellite technology for…
Getting a piece of $30 billion
By Chad Ingram Published March 26 2019 Earlier this month the provincial government announced a new $30-billion infrastructure funding program and Haliburton County officials are watching to see how they go about getting a piece…
Haliburton’s Morgan Burke honoured at Junior Citizen ceremony
Thirteen young people from across Ontario were honoured during a special ceremony at the TD Tower in Toronto on Monday March 18 including Haliburton’s Morgan Burke 16. Morgan received an Ontario Junior Citizen Award given…
HKPR relying on parents to self-report vaccinations
By Sue Tiffin Published March 26 2019 On March 15 the Toronto Star ran a story about an online vaccination reporting tool being used by the province to track student vaccinations through parent and caregiver…
Pinestone to honour Murray Fearrey at Community Builders…
Submitted by Pinestone Published March 26 2019 On May 10 Pinestone Resort will honour Murray Fearrey for his 40 years of service to the community as part of the first annual Pinestone Resort Community Builder…
Protest for climate change action draws support raises…
By Darren Lum Published March 26 2019 People showed their support for the climate change rally on Friday outside the Dysart township office by honking their horns and bringing hot chocolate to the participants of…
Province sendinglarge sums to municipalities
Published March 26 2019 On March 20 theprovince’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clarkannounced millions of dollars of one-time funding for local servicedelivery would be released to small rural municipalities. Haliburton County– the…
Rural Rogues stages readings
By Jenn Watt Published March 26 2019 On Friday March 15 and Saturday March 16 local thespians came together at the Haliburton Highlands Museum to do staged readings of four plays in progress through Rural…
Dysart man dies in snowmobile collision
Submitted by Bancroft OPP In the early afternoon of March 23 officers of the Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a collision involving a motorized snow vehicle on E109 trail in the…