Published Oct. 10 2017 A 35-year-old man from Lindsay has been charged with several offences related to an attempted robbery on July 11 at the Lucky Dollar in Gooderham. The man has been charged with…
Putting the community on steady footing
By Jenn Watt Published Oct.10 2017 It’s Thursday morning and participants in the Falls Prevention class are sitting in a semi-circle around instructor Jane Grieves. They’re chatting amongst themselves as they wait for the last…
Rate of local HPV vaccination on par with…
By Sue Tiffin Published Oct. 10 2017 Consent packages for the HPV shot administered in later grades in elementary schools were sent home in early September and HPV clinics run from October to December in…
Baked and Battered taking winter hiatus
By Jenn Watt Published Oct. 9 2017 Five years ago Baked and Battered owners Colby Marcellus and Craig Gordon did an extraordinary thing: they decided to relocate to Haliburton and open a bakery and fish…
Thank you to a community
I grew up in a small town but thought I might like living in “the big city” only to find after university that all I really wanted was to be back in the countryside again.…
A $925K year for HHHSF
Published October 3 2017 Lisa Tompkins executive director of the Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation thanks the community for raising $925255 in donations for health services in 2016-2017. “We are so fortunate to have such…
Bark Lake’s wooden carvings on the chopping block
Wooden carvings on the Bark Lake Leadership and Conference Centre property in Irondale will come down after an onslaught of recent requests from visiting university students who reported them to be offensive. Staff at Bark…
Home Hardware must construct turning lane
By Chad Ingram Published October 3 2017 The owner of the Home Hardware store in Haliburton Village must construct a left-hand turn lane at what will be the new store’s location along County Road 21.…
Steep electricity costs put pressure on HHHS budget
The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board meeting on Thursday Sept. 28. Haliburton Highlands Health Services was sitting with a small surplus at the end of July…
Unexpected costs for Hometown Hockey
By Chad Ingram Published October 3 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Sept. 27 meeting of Haliburton County council. There will be some costs for Haliburton County associated with bringing…
Wilberforce school inspired to give
By Jenn Watt Published October 3 2017 For a group of 62 students the sum raised for the Terry Fox Run this year was astounding. Motivated to donate “a toonie for Terry” the student population…
Artist threads connection between landscapes and cityscapes
By Sue Tiffin Published Sept. 26 2017 When Sophie Creelman looks out her studio window she sees trees as far as the eye can see. But her canvas tells a different story. The Haliburton-based contemporary…
Fireworks 2017: a gorgeous show
By George Farrell Published Sept. 26 2017 It’s been such a busy summer for Rails End curator Laurie Jones and her team that it’s somewhat surprising the latest exhibition at the gallery was presented at…
Potter Rickie Woods says goodbye to tour Haliburton…
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 26 2017 After nearly four decades living in the Highlands and 30 years on the Haliburton County Studio Tour potter Rickie Woods has decided to embrace the next adventure in…
Dysart et al considers wood-fuelled energy system
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 26 2017 The Municipality of Dysart et al will apply for a grant that would assist with the creation of a wood-fuelled energy system in the village after councillors heard…
Haliburton Forest to generate carbon credits
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 26 2017 Forests are natural carbon sinks with trees taking carbon dioxide from the air and capturing it - a process that helps to slow climate change. This valuable role…
Haliburton’s Community Garden hosts Day of Caring
By Darren Lum Published Sept. 26 2017 After five years the community garden at the old Victoria Street School is growing. The United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes has given Community Living money…
Seniors looking for young minds to help with…
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 26 2017 CARP is looking for young people to sign up for their newest initiative Cyber Seniors to help older community members learn new technology. The Haliburton chapter of the…
Johnny Burke remembered for music carpentry and kind…
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 25 2017 Canadian country music lost one of its greats with the death of Johnny Burke 77 on Thursday. The Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame member was a staple…
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A 56-year-old man was airlifted to a Toronto hospital after a motorcycle accident on Essonville Line on Saturday Sept. 23. Just after 1:30 p.m. on Saturday police were called to the single-vehicle collision in Highlands…
CEWF urges lakefront owners to look at big…
Lake association members attending the Coalition for Equitable Water Flow’s (CEWF) annual meeting received two messages loud and clear to take back to their neighbours: see how your lake fits into the big system and…