By Sue Tiffin Staff Reporter April 25 2017 One day soon CBC viewers might be tuning in to see Highlands East Reeve Dave Burton on a side-by-side taking the host of Still Standing to breakfast…
Butterfly release to fund grief resources
By Jenn Watt Published April 18 2017 A few months after Joannie Ransberry moved to the Haliburton Highlands her father died. Harold (Mac) Ransberry was 92 and had lived a long fulfilling life but his…
Buy your native plants by Earth Day
By Jenn Watt Published April 18 2017 You have until Earth Day to order your native plants from Friends of Ecological and Environmental Learning. From shrubs to trees flowers to ferns there’s a wide variety…
Check out students’ art this Saturday
By Erin Lynch Published April 18 2017 A flurry of activity is happening in the studios of Fleming College. Students are busy preparing for I MADE IT! the end of semester art exhibition hosted by…
College honours officer’s work
By Darren Lum Published April 18 2017 Haliburton Highlands OPP Const. Tim Negus was awarded an Outstanding Police Officer Service Award on Monday April 10 at the Fleming College’s Sutherland campus in Peterborough. Started three…
County culinary exchange results now online
By Sue Tiffin Published April 18 2018 The following are brief reports of items discussed during an April 12 Haliburton County council meeting. A report about Haliburton County’s offerings knowledge marketing and attitudes to local…
Rooting for Ryan
Students rallied to show their support by wearing blue and Highland Storm clothing for local teen Ryan Prentice who was admitted to St. Michael's Hospital after he suffered a spontaneous brain hemorrhage from an undetected…
Student artists impress at annual show
By Darren Lum Published April 18 2017 Four local high school students are still in awe after this year’s Kawartha Art Gallery Juried Student Exhibition awards presentation at the Lindsay Golf Course several weeks ago.…
TLDSB offers online payment for students
By Darren Lum Published April 18 2017 Trillium Lakelands District School Board is promoting School Cash Online a new method of payment for student activities sports and field trips. Schools post items and activities with…
Jim Cuddy Trio Buffy Sainte-Marie to playForest Fest
Published April 12 2017 Crowd favourites and new talent will beentertaining at this year's Forest Festival hosted at HaliburtonForest and Wild Life Reserve. National icon Buffy Sainte-Marie willbe opening the event on Wednesday Aug. 16…
Abbey Retreat Centre welcomes first visitors
By Sue Tiffin Published April 11 2017 In March a group of people living with cancer and their caregivers were able to get away from the world for a weekend in Haliburton County. The group…
Church seeks new home in former gym
By Chad Ingram Published April 11 2017 Haliburton’s Lighthouse Pentecostal Church has plans to move its congregation from its building in the village’s core to the former home of Millennium Fitness on Harmony Road. Some…
Committee finds compromise on Wenona Lake file
By Chad Ingram Published April 11 2017 After a lengthy process that has included multiple deferrals and public meetings the planning committee for Dysart et al is recommending that council approve a zoning amendment for…
Esson Creek Maple taps into syrup business
By Jenn Watt Published April 11 2017 Last year the Bramhams tapped 16 trees. The year before: 12. This year they have 530 taps. The owners of Greenmantle Farm have lept into the maple syrup…
Haliburton Echo wins general excellence seven other awards
Published April 11 2017 The Haliburton Echo took first place in its circulation category for general excellence at the Better Newspapers Competition this year. First second and third place winners were announced on Friday April…
MPP alarmed at long-term care wait times
By Chad Ingram Published April 11 2017 Combined there are more than 110 people on the waiting list for basic beds at Minden’s Hyland Crest and Haliburton’s Highland Wood long-term care homes and they could…
New HHHSF executive director chosen
By Darren Lum Published April 11 2017 The Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation chairman Peter Oyler said the newest addition to the team is more than capable of taking over the job of executive director…
Reeve returns following months-long recovery
By Sue Tiffin Published April 11 2017 Dave Burton is back to the council table earlier than expected after recovering from a serious accident in December. The Highlands East reeve required double knee surgery on…
Seeing things differently: Doc(k) Day takes viewers around…
By Jenn Watt Published April 11 2017 Saturday’s documentary day gave attendees a new way to view the world organizer Tammy Rea said at the conclusion of the annual spring event. The audience could see…
Septic maintenance and reinspection program begins
The following are brief reports of items discussed during an April 5 meeting of Highlands East council. By Sue Tiffin Published April 11 2017 Property owners in the Glamor and Billings lakes area will be…
Wilberforce children embrace Youth Night
By Darren Lum Published April 11 2017 Robin Carmount smiles as he looks across the room where more than 20 boys and girls from Grade 4 to 8 laugh and shriek with delight playing ball…