By Sarah Sobanski Special to the Echo Feb. 7 2017 The Bancroft Area Forest Industry Association is celebrating the New Year by honouring one of the oldest forest industry families. President of BAFIA Larry McTaggart…
Ombudsman won’t act on OPP billing
By Chad Ingram Feb. 7 2017 Ontario’s ombudsman won’t take any action on a complaint from Haliburton County regarding the OPP billing formula. In May county council sent a letter to the office of the…
Sculpture Forest to mark sesquicentennial with special celebration
By Angelica Ingram Feb. 7 2017 There are many birthdays to celebrate this year including Canada’s the province’s and the municipality of Dysart. To mark all of these occasions the Haliburton Sculpture Forest is planning…
Council ponders role of warden considers change
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 31 2017 County councillors briefly discussed making changes to the role of county warden during a Jan. 25 meeting and will have a more in-depth conversation on the subject in…
County council folds physician recruitment committee
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 31 2017 Haliburton County is folding the Haliburton Highlands Health Professionals Recruitment and Retention Committee replacing it with a committee with a new function. County councillors made that decision during…
Enchanted Forest coming to life at Abbey Gardens
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 31 2017 Bringing the Enchanted Forest to life this summer will require discarded items from all over the county to be repurposed for outdoor learning at Abbey Gardens. The enchanted…
Former library rezoned for outfitter
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 31 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Jan. 23 meeting of Highlands East council. The building once home to the Wilberforce library has been rezoned…
Fundraiser to offer a taste of Canada
By Angelica Ingram Published Jan. 31 2017 Ever wondered what a signature dish from Ontario would be? Have you travelled the country and enjoyed culinary experiences from coast to coast? An authentic Canadian experience awaits…
Highlands East council considers small tax increase
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 31 2017 Highlands East residents should prepare for a tax increase of approximately 2.4 per cent for 2017. Councillors for the township discussed the draft budget during a Jan. 23…
Jones no longer with county
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 31 2017 Haliburton County EMS director and paramedic chief Craig Jones is no longer with the municipality. County chief administrative officer Mike Rutter told the paper Jones’s last day with…
Local women share stories of participating in the…
By Angelica Ingram Published Jan. 31 2017 For Judy Skinner it really came down to the issue of health care. Born and raised in the United States Skinner couldn’t just sit idly by and watch…
New deputy fire chief chosen by Dysart
By Angelica Ingram Published Jan. 31 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Jan. 23 meeting of Dysart et al council. The municipality has chosen Dan Chumbley to fulfill the role…
Policy on medically assisted death being drafted by…
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 31 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board on Jan. 26. Chief of staff Dr. Kristy Gammon told the board that…
Razzamataz needs public’s help to continue
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 31 2017 The public’s help is needed or there won’t be a Razzamataz Kids’ Shows! say volunteers behind the theatrical series for all ages staged during the academic year for…
Walker to retire from HHHS Foundation
By Jenn Watt Published Jan. 27 2017 After 18 years as executive director of Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation Dale Walker will be retiring from the organization responsible for raising more than $13 million as…
LHIN announces additional health-care dollars for HHHS
By Jenn Watt Published Jan. 26 2017 Local health care representatives politicians and community members came to the Haliburton hospital on Thursday Jan. 26 to hear about a funding announcement from the Central East Local…
Community rallies around little boy fighting cancer
By Angelica Ingram Jan. 24 2017 Parker Simpson is a tough kid. The eight-year-old has been living in various hospitals for the past year his most recent home being Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto. At…
Council gives nod to biochar rezoning
By Angelica Ingram Jan. 24 2017 An application for a zoning bylaw amendment that would permit the construction of a biochar facility on Kennaway Road has been approved by Dysart council. The approval was passed…
Gas station proposal on County Road 21 denied
By Angelica Ingram Jan. 24 2017 A proposed gas bar to be situated next to the Haliburton Tim Hortons will not become a reality after all following council’s rejection of a zoning bylaw amendment at…
Reid House stories welcomed for new book
By Darren Lum Jan. 24 2017 The couple heard laughter and giggling on the second floor as they stood in the entrance of the Reid House a Haliburton landmark. They smiled and assumed it was…
Scotiabank closes Wilberforce branch
By Jenn Watt Jan. 24 2017 On Wednesday Scotiabank officially closed its doors for good in Wilberforce. The hamlet is now left without a financial institution. Scotiabank customers have been asked to continue with the…