By Chad Ingram Published May 23 2017 Country troubadour Zachary Lucky will bring his hearty brand of roots music back to the Haliburton Highlands for a house concert at Wildwood Farm just outside Haliburton Village…
Out of the gloomy winter rises one grateful…
By Robert Mackenzie Published May 23 2017 It's a beautiful day in Haliburton and I'm inside my Echo office banging my head against a desk because I'm not good at writing personal introductions like this.…
Savage awaits trial in David Palmer murder
By Sue Tiffin Published May 23 2017 William Savage accused with the first-degree murder of Bowmanville man David Palmer remains in jail with his next courtroom appearance set for June 30 in Lindsay. Savage from…
NewsNews Scott pleased as human trafficking bill becomes law
Scott pleased as human trafficking bill becomes law By Chad Ingram Published May 23 2017 Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott is glad that victims of human trafficking in Ontario will have greater recourse after the…
Solar energy project addresses residents’ letter
By Sue Tiffin Published May 23 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a May 17 meeting of Highlands East council. Rob Hitchcock business development manager for Abundant Solar Energy Inc. made…
Trip to Japan inspires local club
By Jenn Watt Published May 23 2017 The group from Haliburton arrived in Japan just as the cherry blossoms were unfurling on the trees. It had been a cool spring and the iconic pink flowers…
Average EMS response time in county: 12 minutes
By Chad Ingram Published May 16 2017 The average response time to EMS calls in Haliburton County is 12 minutes or about 18 minutes if the villages of Haliburton and Minden are excluded. The county…
Drag Lake dam repairs on track
Published May 16 2017 Parks Canada says work on rehabilitating the Drag Lake Dam is going well. Culverts are being used to take care of outflows during the flooding and lake levels have not been…
Graduation rates up at school board
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…