By Angelica Ingram Published Aug. 23 2016 An application for a gas station and convenience store to be constructed next to the Tim Hortons in Haliburton is currently in the works. A presentation made by…
More affordable housing planned
By Angelica Ingram Published Aug. 23 2016 More affordable housing units will be coming to the village of Haliburton following an announcement made at the Aug. 22 meeting of Dysart et al council. CEO of…
New sculpture invites you to explore the wild
By Angela Long Published Aug. 23 2016 The trees of the Haliburton Sculpture Forest shake in the wind and the rain turns pathways into rivulets. But in a small clearing two children ride atop a…
Textbook details county’s active transportation work
Kate Hall and Sue Shikaze local advocates for active transportation in Haliburton County are feeling a sense of pride after their co-authored work was included in the textbook Canadian Community As Partner: Theory and Multidisciplinary…
Accident on County Road 121 claims man's life
By Angelica Ingram August 19 2016 A serious motor vehicle collision on County Road 121 has claimed the life of a 67-year-old man from Fenelon Falls. Haliburton Highlands OPP were at the scene on the…
Schmale wants voters to decide new electoral system
By Chad Ingram August 16 2016 Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MP Jamie Schmale is launching a second constituency referendum this one on electoral reform. Earlier this year Schmale held a constituency referendum on Bill C-14 – the…
Update: Countywide burn ban cancelled
Published Aug. 23 2016 Thanks to a solid amount of rain over the last week the countywide burn ban was cancelled Wednesday Aug. 17. As of Aug. 23 the fire hazard level is now "high"…
City of Kawartha Lakes wants more cash from…
By Chad Ingram Published August 9 2016 The City of Kawartha Lakes is seeking amendments to its joint service agreement with Haliburton County amendments that would cost the county an additional $100000 or so a…
Condo plan meets resistance at meeting
By Angelica Ingram Published Aug. 9 2016 A proposal for a new condominium development for Haliburton Village is not sitting well with some of the neighbours. Those opposed to the project known as Wallings Way…
County council hears renewable energy policy
By Chad Ingram Published August 9 2016 Members of Minden Hills’s renewable energy task force presented their renewable energy policy to Haliburton County council on July 27 and it seems like before long the county’s…
Early Stages: life lessons on stage and off
By Angela Long Published August 9 2016 The name of the game says it all: Atoms. “Coming together as big clumps or as tiny individuals” director of Highlands Summer Festival Scot Denton says. Atoms is…
From a European opera house to St. George's…
By Angela Long Published August 9 2016 When packing for Europe don’t forget your ball gown. Opera singer Lauren Margison always packs hers “just in case” she says while on break from Highlands Opera Studio.…
Going local one video at a time
By Angela Long Published August 9 2016 All you need is love sang John Lennon. And maybe a video or two. Two local businesswomen have made dozens believing “go local” is more than just a…
HHHS receives $819640
By Jenn Watt Published August 9 2016 Haliburton Highlands Health Services will be improving its infrastructure with a chunk of money from the provincial government. Last week MPP Jeff Leal’s office announced HHHS will receive…
Highlands East to support youth at SPARC
By Angelica Ingram Published by Aug. 9 2016 The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Aug. 8 meeting of Highlands East council. Highlands East will be sponsoring two youth to attend an…
Homelessness count begins
By Chad Ingram Published August 9 2016 Are you couch surfing? Living in a shelter? Homeless? The 20000 Homes Campaign would like to hear from you. The City of Kawartha Lakes which is the social…
OPP investigating vandalism in Head Lake Park
By Angela Long Published August 9 2016 Vandalism that occurred sometime late Friday night or early Saturday morning in Head Lake Park left a decorative cart belonging to Rails End Gallery destroyed along with some…
Three generations of Scouts come home
By Angela Long Published August 9 2016 The signs begin after a few kilometres of dirt road bordered by forest: Please report all mosquito sightings. Who cut the cheese? Speak now or forever hold your…
VBS takes kids out into the wilderness
By Angelica Ingram Published August 9 2016 Children of all ages in Haliburton got a taste of the outdoors last week as they went on a wilderness escape at Lakeside Baptist Church for the annual…
Water levels to drop on some TSW feeder…
By Chad Ingram Published Aug. 9 2016 Parks Canada is accelerating the drawdown on Trent Severn Waterway feeder lakes in Haliburton County as dry conditions continue this summer. Water levels on some reservoir and flow-through…
County without ambulances on multiple occasions
By Chad Ingram August 2 2016 Eight times in the first six months of 2016 there were zero ambulances available in Haliburton County those incidents equating to a total of 12 hours. EMS director and…