By Angelica Ingram August 2 2016 When Greg Luck and Abby Hagerman were camping across Canada this past spring they were also hard at work promoting their new business. The young couple who call Haliburton…
Tour de Forest offers colourful art tour
By Huw Morgan August 2 2016 Yves Ameline stands with his acrylic paintings at Studio J on Tour de Forest. The 10th annual studio tour offered 26 artists at 14 studios on July 30 and…
Agnew's General Store a hub of the community
By Angelica Ingram Published July 28 2016 This is the second instalment of a feature series on general stores in cottage country. Agnew’s General Store has been a family tradition since 1921. Founded as a…
Artist gathers impressions of garbage
By Jenn Watt Published July 28 2016 Valerie Ashton thinks the earth might be telling her something as she works on her residency at Haliburton School of Art and Design. Trees keep emerging from the…
Boat tour offers different view of Haliburton
By Angelica Ingram Published July 28 2016 The Lady of the Lake has a calm and unassuming presence. Unlike some boats she's not loud and fast but rather as her name would suggest graceful elegant…
Building an enchanted forest
By Jenn Watt Published on July 28 2016 Phoebe Stamp loves her grandparents’ house. She explores the outdoors running along the paths and over bridges discovering the wilderness. But when it came to the woods…
New initiative wants you to Get on Gelert…
By Angelica Ingram Published on July 28 2016 When local artist April Gates decided to move her home and business to the hamlet of Donald she was excited about the offerings her new neighbourhood would…
Paddle art contest marks significant anniversary
By Angelica Ingram Published on July 28 2016 In 2017 Canadians will mark a historic milestone in the art world as next summer will be the 100th anniversary of the death of Tom Thomson one…
Plucking the heartstrings of the world
By Angela Long Published July 28 2016 Somewhere on Drag Lake a man sits in a Muskoka chair sipping a single-malt scotch. He’s trekked the jungles of Rwanda to meet silver-backed gorillas flown to Monte…
Water Lilies transcends and unites
By Jenn Watt Published July 28 2016 When the world was at war French painter Claude Monet was in his gardens at Giverny painting. It wasn’t a retreat artist and instructor Andrea Mossop says rather…
‘Art rock star’ Robert Bateman headed to HSAD
By Angela Long July 26 2016 It’s Monday morning on Saltspring Island British Columbia and Robert Bateman can’t decide which painting to work on next. There’s the pheasant sitting on a stone wall a snowshoe…
Brazda brings vintage vibe to Haliburton
By Chad Ingram Published July 26 2016 The Haliburton Highlands Museum could have been a 1920s American speak-easy on Saturday night. Well minus the booze. Toronto-based jazz songstress Tia Brazda and her quintet breezed into…
Elizabeth May to speak in Minden on Aug. 25
Environment Haliburton has invited Elizabeth May Officer of the Order of Canada Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada to speak on Aug. 25 at their annual keynote speaker…
Here comes the governor – a local Lion…
By Angela Long Published July 26 2016 When a lion roars it’s hard not to notice. When 31000 Lions roar watch out. From June 24 to 28 31000 Lions descended upon Japan to roar at…
Simply Homemade program feeds hungry students
By Angela Long Published July 26 2016 It’s break time at the Haliburton School of Art and Design’s J. Douglas Hodgson Elementary School summer campus. The lineup in front of the SIRCH Community Services Café…
The art of luthierie: crafting the perfect note
By Angela Long Published July 26 2016 It’s nine o’clock in the morning and the luthiers are already busy. Curls of wood shavings litter the floor. Sets of carving tools crowd the tables. “We’re here…
Home Hardware proposes new largerstore
By Angelica Ingram July 25 2016 The owner of Haliburton's HomeHardware Jerry Walker has his sights set on a new store for hisbusiness. Walker gave councillors a look at hisplans for a 20000 square foot…
And the winner is: Artists in the Schools
Art on the Dock – the Kennisis Lake Cottage Owners’ Association’s second annual studio tour on the Kennisis Lakes – has raised $2963 for the Arts Council ~ Haliburton Highlands’ Artists in the Schools program…
Beach water results susceptible to many variables
By Darren Lum Published July 19 2016 Beach water testing is not as simple as black and white says Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit inspector Frances Tsotos – there are many variables that…
County Coffee has 'bean' around the world
By Angela Long Published July 19 2016 When the beans reach between 390 and 400 degrees Fahrenheit they begin to pop. “It sounds just like popcorn popping” County Coffee co-owner David Patterson says. He watches…
Forest art tour to mark 10th anniversary
By Jenn Watt Published July 19 2016 The Highlands’ summer art tour Tour de Forest has rolled out a special exhibition this year in Haliburton to connect the public with the artists ahead of the…