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…
A life filled with song
By Chad Ingram Jan. 19 2017 Local music mogul Bill Gliddon conducts his weekly Sunday night classical program The Concert Hall from Canoe FM studios in Haliburton Village. The building that houses Canoe FM was…
Aggressive winter puts pressure on roads dept.
By Chad Ingram Published on Jan. 17 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Jan. 11 meeting of the Haliburton County roads advisory committee. Dysart et al Reeve Murray Fearrey said…
Cellular gap top priority for wardens’ caucus
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 17 2017 Improving cellular networks and broadband Internet services is the No. 1. priority of the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus for 2017. The EOWC which represents about 750000 residents in…
Committee nixes gas station plan
By Angelica Ingram Published Jan. 17 2016 A proposed gas station for the property next to Tim Hortons on County Road 21 has hit an obstacle. On Jan. 9 the Dysart planning committee recommended denying…
Haliburton woman wins $250000
A recent lottery win means Haliburton’s Heather Allan will be able to get the brand new pickup truck she’s always wanted. “Ever since I was a little girl I have wanted a black pickup truck…
Loon Lake dam work to finish in March
Rehabilitation of the Loon Lake dam should be done by March Parks Canada said in an update to the community last week. The structure was built in 1934 and needed major repairs including the replacement…
Old ashes can cause major fires
By Jenn Watt Published Jan. 17 2017 The darkness and cold temperatures of the New Year asks us to recede to our dwellings earlier closing ourselves up in our warm homes folded into a blanket…
Planting seeds towards understanding
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 17 2017 Canada is getting a little smaller for local students who are reaching north to Nunavut to learn about a world away with the help of Abbey Gardens. The…
School board explains snow day procedures
By Angelica Ingram Published Jan. 17 2017 Last week students across the county awoke to news that it was a snow day and that buses for Trillium Lakelands District School Board were cancelled. They heard…
Survey says largest group of visitors 45 and…
By Chad Ingram Published by Jan. 17 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Jan. 11 meeting of Haliburton County council. The county tourism department continues to conduct an online survey…
Talking death over tea and cake
By Jenn Watt Published Jan. 17 2017 We are all at least a bit curious about death – what comes after life how to deal with losing someone close to us how to plan for…
What is biochar anyway?
Published Jan. 17 2017 Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve is planning a biochar facility off Kennaway Road in Dysart et al. Their various appearances before council to rezone the property means there is plenty…
Blanket project a circle of giving
By Darren Lum Jan. 10 2017 Giving back this season by producing Busy Blankets will mean the world to local long-term care residents with Alzheimer’s and dementia and everyone they touch. The design of these…