By Angelica Ingram Published March 7 2017 How many rough drafts do you write? How long does it take to get a book published? Are any of your characters based on real people? These were…
Evening of song will support women’s shelter
By Chad Ingram Published March 7 2017 An evening of storytelling and song on March 8 will not only celebrate International Women’s Day but also raise money for HERS (Haliburton Emergency Rural SafeSpace). The fundraiser…
Get your wallet out – paid parking returns
By Jenn Watt Published March 7 2017 After a months-long hiatus paid parking returned to Haliburton’s main street on Feb. 23. Meters had been covered since mid-November in order to assist businesses over the Christmas…
Lightning strikes Dysart multiple times
By Angelica Ingram Published March 7 2017 An uncharacteristic thunderstorm kept Dysart firefighters busy on Friday Feb. 24 as a few homes in Haliburton were struck by lighting. Haliburton fire chief Mike Iles said the…
Record number of snow days for Haliburton schools…
By Angelica Ingram Published March 7 2017 It may seem like the winter of 2016/2017 has brought on a record number of snow days for students in the Trillium Lakelands District School Board. And in…
Skate park gets financial infusion
By Angelica Ingram Published March 7 2017 Less than a week after the municipality of Dysart launched a capital campaign for the new skate park in Haliburton community organizations have stepped up and dedicated large…
Biochar facility to be taken to OMB
By Angelica Ingram Published Feb. 28 2017 Four individuals have filed an appeal against a biochar facility to be constructed by Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve on Kennaway Road. A zoning bylaw amendment for…
Bob Nichol remembered for work in community
By Darren Lum Published Feb. 28 2017 There’s no doubt when Bob Nichol died he left our community a little poorer. The Haliburton born and raised father of two adult children loved his golf about…
County council costs $105000 for 2016
By Chad Ingram Published Feb. 28 2017 Haliburton County council cost just more than $105000 to operate for 2016. Councillors for the upper tier – county council is comprised of the reeves and deputy-reeves of…
County to apply for extension on community transportation…
By Chad Ingram Published Feb. 28 2017 Haliburton County will be applying to the Ministry of Transportation for funding to extend the community transportation project being conducted by local transportation advocacy group Rural Transportation Options…
Dysart council considers voting methods for 2018 election
By Angelica Ingram Published Feb. 28 2017 A debate into what voting methods to use for the upcoming municipal election was had around the table on Feb. 27 at the regular meeting of Dysart et…
Financial business celebrating 25 years in Haliburton
By Angelica Ingram Published Feb. 28 2017 For Gord Schakelaar and Jan McMaster business is about relationships. The financial planning team who make up Assante Wealth Management in Haliburton believe the key to their 25…
Medland’s commitment to kids remembered
By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 28 2017 Bill Medland brought the happy beat of the marching band to the streets of Haliburton when he founded the Silver Flutes back in 1994. With a few fellow…
Not enough natural shoreline in county: CHA
By Chad Ingram Published Feb. 28 2017 There is not sufficient natural shoreline within Haliburton County not by a long shot according to the Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners Associations (CHA). “This is a very…
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By Angelica Ingram Published Feb. 28 2017 Last week the province of Ontario passed legislation that will make it illegal for utility companies to disconnect people during the winter months. Called the Protecting Vulnerable Energy…
Reeve breaks down Dysart tax rate
By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 28 2017 Dysart et al Reeve Murray Fearrey says he expects residents in his municipality will have an overall three per cent increase on their taxes in 2017 – factoring…
Schools to receive major repairs
By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 28 2017 All schools in Haliburton County will be receiving upgrades of some sort over the next year. At its committee of the whole meeting on Feb. 14 the Trillium…
Skatepark kicks off large capital fundraising campaign
By Angelica Ingram Published Feb. 28 2017 Volunteers have been working for more than a year to raise money for a new skate park in Haliburton Village and now efforts have been kicked up a…
Volunteers busy making activity mats
By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 28 2017 The counter at Community Support Services’ Haliburton office is covered in scraps of cloth rubber toys bells zippers and photos. You can’t help but reach out to pet…
YWCA fundraiser has special meaning to organizer
By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 28 2017 When Georgia Shank heard that the YWCA had to close its shelter last year due to increased use and lack of funding the news affected her on a…
Bilingual performer offering by-donation concert Tuesday
By Jenn Watt Feb. 21 2017 Juno-nominated bilingual singer/songwriter Mike Ford will be returning to Haliburton next week. The enthusiastic performer formerly of Moxy Früvous will be holding small sessions with students and putting on…