By Sue Tiffin Published June 6 2017 What appeared to be a nun holding a shopping bag and an umbrella attempting to help a wounded snapping turtle cross the street caused traffic to slow down…
LCBO workers bring labour concerns to public
By Robert Mackenzie Published June 6 2017 Members from Ontario Public SectorEmployees Union (OPSEU) Local 379 were picketing outside ofHaliburton's LCBO Wednesday afternoon in order to raise awareness ofthe union's current contract negotiations. Local 379…
Proposed bait policy to bring big changes for…
By Steve Galea Published June 6 2017 A proposal by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry that would change the way live bait can be collected distributed and kept in Ontario is the target…
Remembering Phoenix Acero
By Jenn Watt Published June 6 2017 Phoenix Acero could strike up a conversation with just about anyone. When he was five years old he started talking about fresh produce with a couple of 70-year-old…
Storytime event to encourage love of reading
Retired educator Gail Stelter said there’s nothing better you can do for your children than to read to them. Fifteen minutes a night is all it takes to plant the seeds of literacy which pays…
Students receive inspirational but tempered message on career…
There’s nothing wrong with following your dreams but don’t forget to create a plan to achieve them a panel of community members told local high school students at the Making Connections Between Students and Local…
Using art for rehabilitation
After teaching visual art for more than 30 years Marta Scythes is now hoping to use the medium to help stroke patients’ physical therapy. A part-time instructor at Fleming College’s Haliburton School of Art and…
Hunting film to premiere in Haliburton June 17
By Jenn Watt Published May 30 2017 The easiest way to introduce Leora Berman’s new project is by saying it’s about hunting – a young woman from L.A. travelling to Ontario to learn how to…
150 vendors in one weekend
By Robert Mackenzie Published May 30 2017 Haliburton’s Home and Cottage Show one of the biggest in the province is returning to the county for the 39th year this June 2 weekend. Rick Ashall says…
Council says no to second boat race
By Chad Ingram Published May 30 2017 Dysart et al council is giving the red light to a second weekend of power boat racing on Head Lake. Members of the Ontario Power Boat Racing Association…
County questions its role in UN designation
Councillors seek clarity on touted achievement By Chad Ingram Published May 30 2017 Earlier this year Haliburton County was designated as an exceptional area for environmental education by the United Nations. The UN chose Peterborough…
Deep Roots plants itself in new Wilberforce home
By Sue Tiffin Published May 30 2017 Corina Mansfield is passionate about being outdoors but it wasn’t always that way. A few years ago she was feeling a bit bored of her work as an…
Entrepreneur teen stocks county storesBy Sue Tiffin
Published May 30 2017 Erik Morrison is a natural born businessman. At 14 the Wilberforce resident runs Erikord Survival a thriving paracord products company that supplies his designs at retailers across the county and through…
Fashion Fallies returning to Haliburton in November
By Robert Mackenzie Published May 30 2017 Fashion Fallies Haliburton County’s whimsical fun outrageous catwalk is returning this fall following a six-year hiatus. This November the Arts Council and Haliburton School of Art and Design…
Health services corp balances budget
By Jenn Watt Published May 30 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed at the May 25 meeting of the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board. Haliburton Highlands Health Services is in the black…
Shoppers Drug Mart to move downtown
By Darren Lum Published May 30 2017 Haliburton’s Shoppers Drug Mart plans to move and expand later this year. Aimee Mansfield an associate owner and pharmacist at the location is happy about the plans for…
HHHS balances budget
By Jenn Watt Published May 25 2017 Haliburton Highlands Health Services is in the black this year. Finance committee chairman David Gray gave a report to the board at its May 25 meeting in which…
$15 minimum wage unpopular with Chamber of Commerce
By Robert Mackenzie Published May 23 2017 Haliburton’s Chamber of Commerce has spoken out against a $15 minimum wage and other potential changes to Ontario employment laws reportedly being considered by the provincial Liberal government.…
Big Bike raises cash for lifesaving research
By Jenn Watt Published May 23 2017 Dressed in red T-shirts and ball caps members of the Haliburton Highlands Stroke Support Group are gathered in around a picnic bench in Head Lake Park on a…
Charity barbecue to benefit county’s kids
By Jenn Watt Published May 23 2017 Just more than a week before the fourth annual Food for Kids fundraiser at Sears Adrian and Wendy Vargas their staff and volunteers are gearing up to raise…
Land trust recording bat sightings
By Jenn Watt Published May 23 2017 Ontario has eight species of bats and all of them have been spotted in the Haliburton Highlands. However in recent years half of the province’s bat species have…