By Vivian Collings Jennifer Abbott has been helping make the dreams of graduates come true for the past 11 years. Make Dreams Come True is a not-for-profit local organization that collects donated dresses or suits,…
BIA ready for a fresh, new year
By Vivian Collings Brandon Nimigon joined the Haliburton Business Improvement Area (BIA) board in 2016 with the desire to see downtown grow and flourish. After eight years of participating in decisions, helping hang flowers, put…
No wish to discourage farmers’ market, says Dysart…
By James Matthews, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The group representing the Haliburton County Farmers’ Market presented a new proposal to Dysart council they hope will open their familiar venue to them this season. Angel Taylor,…
Area public health boards petition province for merger
By James Matthews, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Given their history collaborating, it only makes sense for the local and Peterborough health boards to merge. The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR) and Peterborough…
Dysart releases 2023 waste management study
By Vivian Collings Dysart residents care about what they consume and where it’s going. It’s evident the municipality’s innovative waste management programs are doing the trick. With only two of Dysart’s five landfills “active”, it’s…
Cultivating joy: The solution to the LTC crisis
By Vivian Collings Lurking in the shadows of crises in Canada are long-term care homes. During the Aging Together as Community’s conference last month, Dr. Pat Armstrong, professor of sociology at the University of Toronto,…
Hawks soar high at OFSAA Nordic championships
Violet Humphries earns bronze medal; Three Red Hawk relay sprint team finish top 5 By Karen Gervais, Special to the Echo The Red Hawk Nordic Ski team found huge success at the OFSAA Nordic Championships…
Many students comply with immunization record request
By James Matthews, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The public health campaign toward updated student vaccination records garnered much compliance. The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit reminded parents and guardians of students that health…
Two individuals charged in Minden
Submitted by the Haliburton Highlands OPP (TOWNSHIP OF MINDEN HILLS, ON) -The Haliburton Highlands Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged two individuals in relation to an assault and robbery that occurred earlier this…
Group brings green, winter burial issue to Highlands…
By James Matthews, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterThe Green Burial Society would like to resurrect the past effort to allow that form of interment in Highlands East.The municipality had by 2019 sponsored a U-Links research project…
Local syrup producers take advantage of warm winter
By Thomas Smith Warmer temperatures and a lack of snow has made for plenty of changes in Haliburton County this winter.One Haliburton County couple knows this well.Rick and Wendy Wood have been boiling maple sap…
STR rules complicate lives, says operator
By James Matthews, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterPeople do whatever they can to get through the curveballs that life throws at them.Sometimes doing whatever you can includes putting your Highlands East area cottage up for rent…
County taps the brakes on thoroughfare
By James Matthews, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterHaliburton County will reduce the speed limit on a section of County Road 3 to improve motorist safety.The speed limit along part of County Road 3 starting at 370-metres…
STR bylaw is anti-business, anti-tourism, says Dysart operator
By James Matthews, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterThe proposed bylaw to govern the short-term rental of properties will hurt Dysart in the long run.Dysart resident Alex Dagg owns properties north of Eagle Lake. One property is…
Dysart asks Haliburton vendors for $5 per market…
By Vivian Collings Haliburton Farmers’ Market vendors still don’t know where they’ll be setting up their tents in a couple of months.In December, the Haliburton County Farmers’ Market Association (HCFMA) brought a letter to Dysart…
Use of Dysart reserve funds cuts tax levy…
By James Matthews, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterFinance staff expect Dysart’s treasury to have finished last year with a surplus.An initial draft of the 2024 municipal operating and capital budget on Dec. 8 included an almost…
Stakeholders, county plan for shifts in winter tourism
By Vivian CollingsWinters in Haliburton County may never be the same.It’s a harsh reality, but those working in the tourism industry know it to be true.For businesses dependent on snow and ice in the winter,…
Health board hears it’s time to accept COVID…
By James Matthews, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterWelcome to the new normal in communities under the umbrella of the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit.Dr. Natalie Bocking, the medical officer of health and the unit’s…
Fifty years a Lion
By Emily Stonehouse“I became a Lion on January 4, 1974,” said David Mills, as he sat down with a coffee in the winter sun.The days seem like they’re getting colder, but the space inside the…
First baby in Canada welcomed by local family
By Emily Stonehouse What started as a standard New Year’s Eve for Haliburton County local Nadia Shivji, turned into an evening she will never forget. Shivji and her husband, Jake Martell, currently reside in Halifax,…
HSF presents Flannel Frolic
By Vivian Collings Highlands Summer Festival has stitched together the perfect blanket to warm up a cold January night: their first ever Flannel Frolic. Grab your favourite flannel, your partner, and some friends on Friday,…