By Jenn Watt Published May 15 2018 Severe summer weather can arrive with little warning destroying property downing trees and sometimes threatening lives. Environment Canada has plenty of methods of tracking storms as they develop…
Weekend camp for women strikes a chord
By Jenn Watt Published May 15 2018 Jennifer James loves summer camp. She attended as a child and as an adult she has helped plan camps for other children. When she was a child she…
Abbey Retreat Centre readies for grand opening
By Sue Tiffin Published May 15 2018 A year after a pilot program offering a retreat for people living with cancer came to Haliburton County the Abbey Retreat Centre is opening its doors for a…
Addressing the housing shortage in Haliburton County
Published May 14 2018 There is a severe shortage of housing for the “missing middle” in Haliburton County. The missing middle are those who don’t qualify or don’t want subsidized housing and can’t afford much…
Business brings smiles throughout the season
By Jenn Watt Published May 15 2018 Smiling Season’s Yard Work celebrating three years this October has succeeded in Haliburton thanks to hard work help from friends and Jamie and Ben Guenther’s belief in themselves.…
County transit meeting turns tense
By Chad Ingram Published May 15 2018 There was much confusion misunderstanding and frustration at a meeting between the director of operations for Bancroft Community Transit (BCT) and members of Haliburton County council last week.…
Growing interest in green burials
By Sue Tiffin Published May 15 2018 Highlands East could become one of the first places in Canada offering a space for green burials. After being approached last year by a funeral director in Maynooth…
Haliburton Highlands Secondary School wraps up first ever…
By Olivia Robinson Published May 15 2018 Students at Haliburton Highlands Secondary School were exploring new ways to promote health and wellbeing through physical creative and musical activities at HHSS’s inaugural Wellness Week. Wellness Week…
Head Lake ice out date breaks record
by Olivia Robinson Published May 15 2018 The ice on Haliburton’s Head Lake finally melted on May 5 marking 2018 as the latest ice out date on record since 1945. The previous record was set…
Highland Grove residents win $1 million in lottery
By Jenn Watt Published May 15 2018 Cheryl Ellis found out she won $1 million in Lotto 6/49 while she was in Toronto responding to what she thought was an emergency. Her partner and fellow…
It’s finally patio season at Home Hardware in…
By Olivia Robinson Published May 15 2018 With the icy storms of winter and spring behind us Haliburtonians can finally start thinking about summer and lounging dockside. Walkers Home Hardware is ahead of the game.…
Liberals name community volunteer as candidate
By Chad Ingram Published May 15 2018 Brooklynne Cramp-Waldinsperger says she’s proud to stand behind a number of Liberal programs that are making life easier for Ontarians. Cramp-Waldinsperger was named the Liberal candidate for Haliburton-Kawartha…
Make poverty housing an election issue
Published May 15 2018 To the Editor Poverty is a serious problem for our community and the province. Poverty affects an individual’s physical and mental health as well as their dignity and quality of life.…
Wilberforce students feast on cooking lessons
By Sue Tiffin Published May 15 2018 The kitchen in the Lloyd Watson Community Centre was a feast for the senses on May 8. Filled with Wilberforce Elementary School Grade 8 students and the Community…
Popular tree in Head Lake Park comes down…
By Jenn Watt May 10 2018 The willow tree that grew over Haliburton's Head Lake Park bridge used by young people for years as a jumping off point or to swing from was removed on…
$1 million win for Highland Grove residents
By Jenn Watt May 9 2018 Cheryl Ellis found out she won $1 million in Lotto 6/49 while she was in Toronto responding to what she thought was an emergency. Her partner and fellow lottery…
Author brings The Spoon Asylum to life
By Sue Tiffin Published May 8 2018 It’s fitting that with the launch of The Spoon Asylum author Caroline Misner is living her dream because the idea for the story that became her most treasured…
Concert shines light on dedication to musical excellence
By Jenn Watt Published May 8 2018 For more than two decades the Haliburton Highlands Music Festival has been giving musicians an opportunity to improve their skill and practise their art. The event includes days…
EORN welcomes provincial funding for cell service
By Chad Ingram Published May 8 2018 The Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus is pleased about a $71 million funding announcement from the provincial government to expand and improve wireless broadband capabilities in eastern Ontario however…
Fair participants try try try again
Published May 8 2018 Kids made music by playing “keys” made of carrots and citrus fruit at the library booth. Families knocked pins by spinning a wooden top through the corridors of “Skittles” an old…
Fearrey Kennedy and Scott file for nomination in…
By Sue Tiffin Published May 8 2018 Four candidates have filed their nomination papers in Dysart including current and longtime Mayor Murray Fearrey. Fearrey who was first elected to Dysart council in 1971 filed his…