By Angelica Ingram Published Oct. 18 2016 Artist April Gates is looking forward to once again opening the doors of Blackbird Pottery Studio and partaking in her love of teaching. The potter is offering fall…
On the road with Hank and Doug
By Jenn Watt Published Oct. 18 2016 Hank O’Reilly is still in his Essonville Line home when I arrive. It’s a beautiful sunny Wednesday morning and Hank is in the mood to chat. And sing.…
Tourism champion up for provincial award
By Angelica Ingram Published Oct. 18 2016 There isn’t much going on in the Haliburton Highlands that Barrie Martin isn’t somehow involved with. The founder of Yours Outdoors and a former biologist with the Ministry…
Wallings Way clears zoning hurdle
By Angelica Ingram Published Oct. 11 2016 Following months of public meetings the planning committee of Dysart et al council has approved a zoning change to allow a condo development to be built on Walling’s…
Haliburton Highlands Brewing expands
By Jenn Watt Published Oct. 11 2016 The success of Haliburton Highlands Brewing was beyond what owners Jewelle and Michael Schiedel-Webb expected when they opened on the Abbey Gardens property back in May 2014. They…
HHHSF built on volunteers like Don Ross
By Darren Lum Published Oct. 11 2016 Four years ago lying on his back in Sunnybrook Hospital Don Ross thought he was going to die from a gallstone lodged in his pancreatic duct. He spent…
Jeuxdi night returns for fun French
By Darren Lum Published Oct. 11 2016 The Trillium Lakelands Haliburton Chapter of Canadian Parents for French invites its members and non-members from kindergarten to Grade 12 with their parents grandparents or guardians to learn…
Quit smoking help available this month
By Jenn Watt Published Oct. 11 2016 The average smoker tries to quit 30 times before succeeding. If that number seems high it’s because statistics have changed in recent years capturing the number of people…
Singer closer to winning international competition
By Angelica Ingram Published Oct. 11 2016 Cassidy Glecoff can’t believe how far she’s gotten in the Open Mic International Singing Competition. The Haliburton singer is one of six finalists who will be competing for…
Survivor to share inspiring story at CFUW
By Angelica Ingram Published Oct. 11 2016 When Cyndi Desjardins awoke out of a coma in St. Michael’s hospital in Toronto she discovered she no longer had her hands or her feet. Weeks earlier she…
Police seek assistance in Palmer case
A year after Bowmanville man David Palmer, 47, went missing, Ontario Provincial Police are still trying to find out who is responsible for his death . Palmer's remains were found north of Haliburton and…
Covering ground with Meals on Wheels
By Jenn Watt Oct. 4 2016 Haliburton County is about the same geographic size as Prince Edward Island. It’s vast with roads converging in unlikely places. The grid pattern of most towns doesn’t apply to…
CSS volunteers honoured with commemorative garden
By Jenn Watt Oct. 4 2016 Down the hill from the little green house that holds the staff of Community Support Services curves a paved path. Lined with shrubs and marked with granite stones the…
Hidden homeless in Haliburton
By Chad Ingram Oct. 4 2016 While they may not sit on pieces of cardboard on the sidewalk there are indeed homeless people in Haliburton County. The City of Kawartha Lakes which is the social…
New budgeting process for county
By Chad Ingram Oct. 4 2016 There will be some changes in the way Haliburton County councillors pass the upcoming year’s budget changes designed to give councillors more input. During a Sept. 28 council meeting…
Patient News brightens bad situation
By Jenn Watt Oct. 4 2016 As with the first time Prettypaws was vandalized the community has rallied to support owner Christopher O’Mara. One of the projects was hatched by local artist Brandon Jarvis who…
Project celebrates sweet success
By Darren Lum Oct. 4 2016 This year’s Community Apple Sauce Project easily produced double the combined total of food the last two years. As a result of harvesting apples the project produced 818 cups…
Wheels turning on Haliburton Children’s Museum
By Angelica Ingram Oct. 4 2016 Things are moving forward with the creation of Haliburton’s first museum dedicated solely to children. Earlier this year Community Living Central Highlands was the recipient of a $29700 Ontario…
Emotions run high at meeting to discussfuture of…
By Angelica Ingram Sept. 28 2016 The residents of Gooderham feel likethe heart and soul of their community is being taken away from themby the members of Highlands East council. It was an emotional evening…
Love of the art makes filling studio easy
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 27 2016 Columns of brightly coloured scarves hang from the ceiling of Helen Newton’s studio in Ingoldsby. Organized by colour and further sorted by shade the the flowing silk accessories…
Potter's work always evolving
By Angelica Ingram Published Sept 27 2016 Thom Lambert still remembers the piece written by former Haliburton County Echo editor Martha Perkins when he joined the Haliburton County Studio Tour 12 years ago. The long…