Published May 16 2017 Trillium Lakelands District School Board has a graduation rate of 76.9 per cent for students within four years and 84.5 per cent for students who graduate within five years. This puts…
HHOA to bring Catch the Ace to Haliburton…
By Darren Lum Published May 16 2017 The Haliburton Highlands Outdoor Association is looking to a popular East Coast fundraising idea to help them meet growing financial demands. HHOA vice-president of education and marketing Rusty…
HHSS student elected as school board trustee
Published May 16 2017 The Trillium Lakelands District School Board student trustee for the 2017-2018 school year was elected by G7 Student Senate members at the G7 Student Leadership Conference on April 28. Madeline Hopkins…
High water floods lakefront properties
By Jenn Watt Published May 16 The town of Minden spent last week in a state of emergency with roads and bridges closed to not only vehicles but also pedestrians throughout the week as the…
Highlands Opera Theatre commissions original production
By Jenn Watt Published May 16 2017 Three First Nations singers three opera singers and one collaborative pianist will join forces with local community choirs to present an original production in the Haliburton Highlands. Wiikondiwin…
Massed choir delights despite move
By Sue Tiffin Published May 16 2017 Organizing a massed choir of 150 people from three different towns was a monumental project but moving that choir and 450 concert attendees the day of the event…
Minden Hills closes main street
By Sue Tiffin Published May 16 2017 Water levels in Minden Hills receded over the weekend offering residents and business owners some relief since Reeve Brent Devolin declared the town to be in a state…
Haliburton HHSS Rotary Interact teaming up to spread…
By Darren Lum Published May 16 2017 High school students with the help of the Haliburton and Minden Rotary Clubs are raising money to promote literacy in the Caribbean with this year’s Rotary Radio Day.…
Accomplished multimedia artist adds blacksmithing to repertoire
By Jenn Watt Published May 9 2017 Fire alarms emptied of their bells adorn an empty room. A computer programmed by Ken Gregory spins tiny brushes attached to little motors making the emptied metal shells…
Cranberry Cottage's Ruth Robinson sells business
By Sue Tiffin Published May 9 2017 June 28 is a special day for Ruth Robinson owner of Cranberry Cottage. It’s the day she first opened the Haliburton store in 1996 and it’s also the…
Flexing your mind's muscles
By Jenn Watt Published May 9 2017 Keeping the mind healthy is just as important as the rest of the body says Alzheimer Society public education co-ordinator Carolyn Hemminger and there are tangible things that…
Foreman moving on after 36 years with Emmerson…
By Jenn Watt Published May 9 2017 This time next week Rod Consack will no longer be donning his bright orange work shirt. He won’t be scheduling trucks or organizing workers at Emmerson Lumber. As…
Halls Lake recipient of HHOA surplus
By Darren Lum Published May 9 2017 Standing with several volunteers under a cloudy sky on the shore of Halls Lake the Haliburton Highlands Outdoors Association (HHOA) manager Randy Charter watched with pride as the…
New faces greet students at Stuart Baker
By Sue Tiffin Published May 9 2017 Students were welcomed by a new principal and secretary at Stuart Baker this week. Karyn Linton Marra replaced Peggy Barrette as principal and Penny Manol replaced Alison Rae…
Serving up success
By Jerelyn Craden Published May 9 2017 Cook it well and they will come. Serve it well and they will stay. Create a unique menu every time and they will come again. Over nine consecutive…
Studio Tour needs money for signs
By Sue Tiffin Published May 9 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed at the May 3 meeting of Highlands East council. Jan Simon Highlands East Studio Tour chair requested an additional $1000…
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“Trees give us oxygen.” “They take carbon dioxide out of the air.” “Animals live in them.” “They keep us alive.” Students at Wilberforce Elementary School responded quickly to questions about the benefit of trees posed…
Church relocation recommendation deferred again
by Chad Ingram Published May 9 2017 Dysart’s public meeting committee has again deferred making a recommendation on an application from The Lighthouse Pentecostal Church for a zoning change that would see the church move…
Community support amazes boy’s family
By Darren Lum Published May 9 2017 People of all ages and walks of life put their best superhero foot forward a few weeks ago to show six-year-old Rowan Pettinella he is not alone as…
Minden hit hardest by weekend flooding
By Sue Tiffin and Chad Ingram Published May 9 2017 Heavy rains over the weekend led to flooding throughout Haliburton County and put many of the reservoir and flow-through lakes of the Trent Severn Waterway…
Young local filmmaker wins at Georgian Bay festival
By Darren Lum Published May 9 2017 A local teenager has earned a first place award at a recent film festival for his horror short Unaware set entirely in the village of Haliburton. Rowan Tofflemire…