By Jenn Watt Published July 18 2017 Catch the Ace hopes to net community support The ace of spades has proved elusive for the last nine weeks in the new Catch the Ace fundraising initiative…
Future uncertain for Camp Adelaide
By Robert Mackenzie Published July 18 2017 After hosting generations of Girl Guides for more than 50 years Haliburton’s Camp Adelaide may be closed and put up for sale in the coming months. This June…
Medeba celebrates new building
By Chad Ingram Published July 18 2017 A vision some five years in the making came to fruition this past weekend as Medeba celebrated the opening of its Mountain Lodge. The 10000-square-foot building in West…
No crosswalk at Highland and York
By Chad Ingram Published July 18 2017 Pedestrians crossing Highland Street at the sometimes busy intersection of York Street and Cedar Avenue in Haliburton Village will continue to do so without a crosswalk. The council…
Norah’s Island remains cherished part of Kennisis Lake
David Carruthers remembers visiting Norah’s Island long before it was named after his mother. His family used to visit friends on Kennisis Lake and while they were there pop by the 22-acre island. He can’t…
Preliminary hearing set for Savage
By Sue Tiffin Published July 18 2017 A preliminary hearing has been set for William Savage accused with the first-degree murder of Bowmanville man David Palmer. The matter will be back in court for the…
Province funds HHHS infrastructure project
By Sue Tiffin Published July 18 2017 Plans are in the works to improve health facility infrastructure in the county with a $293500 investment from the provincial government. Haliburton Highlands Health Services was awarded the…
Store owner moving on from attempted robbery
By Robert Mackenzie Published July 18 2017 The Haliburton Highlands OPP are looking for two suspects after an attempted robbery at the Lucky Dollar in Gooderham on the morning of July 11. In an interview…
Sun Life moves to new location
By Darren Lum July 18 2017 A new chapter and location for the Sun Life Financial offices of Haliburton owned by K. Brewer Financial Services Incorporated. To mark the occasion a group came together to…
Two dead two injured following Hwy 118 crash
By Chad Ingram Published July 18 2017 Two people are dead and two others have been left with life-threatening injuries after a disastrous collision on Highway 118 near Loon Lake on the evening of Saturday…
West Nile virus found in Haliburton County
By Sue Tiffin Published July 18 2017 No human or equine cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Ontario this year but the virus has been discovered in a batch of mosquitoes from…
West Nile detected in Haliburton County
By Chad Ingram July 13 2017 The West Nile virus has been discoveredin a batch of mosquitoes from Haliburton County. According to the Haliburton KawarthaPine Ridge District Health unit mosquitoes collected in the countyon July…
Dysart et al council approves occupancy permit for…
By Chad Ingram Published July 11 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a June 26 meeting of Dysart et al council. Dysart council approved an occupancy permit that will allow two…
Lions build Little Free Library for West Guilford
By Jenn Watt Published July 11 2017 The Haliburton Lions Club marked the Dysart 150 and Lions Club International's 100th with their first Little Free Library constructed by Peter Stelter and stocked with books purchased…
Man charged after traffic complaint
A 26-year-old Dysart et al man was charged with having care and control of a vehicle while impaired by a drug after police responded to a call of a truck in a ditch July 7.…
OPP investigate attempted robbery in Gooderham
Published July 11 2017 Updated July 13 2017 Shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday July 11 officers with the Haliburton Highlands Detachment of the OntarioProvincial Police responded to a report of an attempted robbery at theLucky…
Country Rose has 30 reasons to celebrate
By Robert Mackenzie Published July 11 2017 Country Rose Garden Centre increased their stock of red and white flowers this year ahead of Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations all while the store celebrated a big birthday…
Enchanted Forest excites and stimulates senses
By Darren Lum Published July 11 2017 After a year of work and planning by the Haliburton Home School senior students excitement was in the air as they shared their Enchanted Forest at Abbey Gardens…
Remembrance in spotlight
By Darren Lum Published July 11 2017 Later this month the Highlands Summer Festival is bringing an award-winning show that has wowed audiences and critics alike. Jake’s Gift is about a Second World War veteran…
Writers present versions of Canadiana in new book
By Jenn Watt Published July 11 2017 Patricia Miller has cottaged in the Highlands her whole life. Her parents bought land on Lake Kashagawigamog in 1968 the same property that she and her family now…