The lead on the Sam Slick Park shoreline restoration plan says the weather this summer did little to disrupt the next step for the Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners Association (CHA) project from going ahead…
Elizabeth May wants your help
By Angelica Ingram Sept. 1 2016 The leader of the Green Party of Canada wants the residents of the Haliburton Highlands to help her out. That was the key message Elizabeth May delivered on Aug.…
General store a pillar of Dorset
By Angelica Ingram Sept. 1 2016 This is the third and final installment of a series dedicated to highlighting general stores in cottage country. The history of Robinson's General Store cannot be told without first…
SBES students learn math and more
By Angelica Ingram Published Aug. 16 2016 School may be out for the summer but learning is always in as students in Grades 1 through 3 are finding out in the Summer Learning Program at…
Chamber of commerce picks new manager
By Angelica Ingram Published Aug. 23 2016 The Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce board of directors has announced staff member Autumn Smith will be the organization's new manager effective Sept. 1. The decision was made…
Upcoming concert to rock the pews in Irondale
By Angela Long Published Aug. 23 2016 If it’s been awhile since you’ve been to church here’s your chance. On Saturday Aug. 27 Samantha Martin and Delta Sugar will rock the pews of Irondale’s historic…
A place to call home: redefining rural homelessness
By Angela Long Published Aug. 23 2016 Home sweet home they say but what is home? If you’re one Canada’s 235000 people experiencing homelessness you might never know the answer to that question. If you’re…
Education is key for township in bylaw adherence
By Darren Lum Published Aug. 23 2016 It’s the weekend and a party continues past 11 p.m. leaving you struggling to sleep. What will you do to make sure it doesn’t happen again? Who do…
Gas station proposed for Cty Rd 21
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…