By Olivia Robinson Published May 29 2018 Haliburton Highlands Secondary School alumnus Todd Hoare was awarded the prestigious E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship earlier this month to pursue his chemical engineering research into hydrogels and their…
MNRF asks for help with bear research
By Darren Lum Published May 29 2018 The smell of sardines wafting through the woods may not be for everyone but to a bear it’s an inviting perfume of food. Since May 14 the Ministry…
Patients of Lindsay dental clinic urged to get…
Submitted by the HKPR District Health Unit Published May 29 2018 Patients of Lakeland Clinic in Lindsay who received dental treatment between Nov. 10 2017 and Feb. 21 2018 are being urged to get tested…
Staffing issues worsen at emergency department
By Jenn Watt Published May 29 2018 Haliburton Highlands Health Services CEO Carolyn Plummer said even though physician recruitment has been a top priority there still aren’t enough emergency department doctors for the coming summer…
Fire destroys cottage on Redstone Lake
By Jenn Watt May 28, 2018 A small cottage and two sheds were lost in a fire on Redstone Lake over the weekend. Dysart Fire Department responded to the fire on Hunter Island…
Artist explores the beauty in ‘the detritus of…
By Olivia Robinson Published May 22 2018 The adage that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure is an understatement for oil-based painter Andrea Kastner. The Haliburton School of Art + Design’s reclaim artist in…
Candidate runs under Consensus Ontario banner
By Chad Ingram Published May 22 2018 Chuck MacMillan says the partisan political system fails Ontarians since MPPs become beholden to the directives of their parties often forgetting about the priorities of their ridings along…
Election HKLB: Child care policies vary across platforms
By Sue Tiffin Published May 22 2018 Affordability and access to reliable child care isn’t the number one election issue local provincial candidates say they’re hearing about from constituents but it’s one parties are all…
Free groceries for surprised shoppers at Haliburton Independent
By Darren Lum Published May 22 2018 Haliburton shoppers standing in line at Todd’s Your Independent Grocer looked shocked as colourful confetti rained down and they learned their groceries would be free. Independent owner Steve…
Harcourt welcomes new community centre
By Jenn Watt Published May 22 2018 It took more than two years to replace the Harcourt Community Centre which burned down at the end of November of 2015. Many in the wider Highlands community…
New competition for top job on Dysart council
By Sue Tiffin Published May 22 2018 Current Deputy Mayor Andrea Roberts is entering what is now a race to become Dysart et al’s next mayor. Roberts filed her nomination papers on May 17 preparing…
Retreat centre offering tranquility in a time of…
By Jenn Watt Published May 22 2018 The Abbey Retreat Centre is shimmering with possibility on Wednesday afternoon the day of its grand opening. An hour before the event the large home overlooking green forested…
Retreat resonates with gong maker
By Jenn Watt Published May 22 2018 Ray Dillard was snowshoeing at Abbey Gardens when he first heard about the Abbey Retreat Centre from Heather Reid operations director of Abbey Gardens. He knew instantly that…
Summer reporter has roots in the Highlands
By Olivia Robinson Published May 22 2018 My parents fell in love with the Haliburton Highlands over 30 years ago when they bought a cottage in Minden. Since then I’ve been extremely lucky to spend…
Turtle Walk coming to Haliburton on June 2
By Nate Smelle Published May 10 2018 For more than a decade The Land Between has been working to protect turtles in Ontario. Throughout this time as one of the organization’s co-founders Leora Berman has…
Upcoming jazz performance to feature Haliburton’s Joe Ferracuti
Joe Ferracuti is uncomfortable labelling the music of his jazz band B’s Bees which is set to play in Haliburton on Tuesday May 29. The band's sound is modern and original he says. “I feel…
Enviro-Café sounds off on municipal climate change action
By Olivia Robinson Published May 15 2018 Municipalities can lead the charge against climate change according to Victoria Ervick and Tracy Roxborough of Sustainable Severn Sound. The pair came to Haliburton on May 8 to…
Haliburton School of Art + Design instructor’s illustrations…
By Jenn Watt Published on May 15 2018 The day Canada Post released its stamps with Dave Murray’s bee illustrations the Toronto-based artist visited three post office branches to see the final product for himself.…
Learn more about bats at upcoming workshops
The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust (HHLT) has been approved to continue with the second year of its two-year grant by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Species at Risk Stewardship Fund. The primary…
MitBravour Piano Trio kicks off Haliburton Concert Series
On Sunday May 27 the Haliburton Concert Series will begin its 40th season of concerts by presenting the MitBravour Piano Trio. The trio is composed of Mauro Bertoli piano Jethro Marks viola and Paul Marleyn…
The do’s and don’ts of the Haliburton landfill
By Olivia Robinson Published May 15 2018 For those with spring cleaning on their mind many Haliburton residents look to the landfill as a means to minimize junk and clutter – like furniture stockpiles of…