April 19 2016 The Haliburton County Echo has been awarded a second place for General Excellence for its circulation category from the Canadian Community Newspaper Awards. General excellence takes into account editorial quality typography advertising…
By Angelica Ingram April 19 2016 Twenty-three years ago Mike Landry’s OPP partner was killed in the line of duty. That incident changed his life forever. An OPP officer for 30 years Landry retired from…
Submitted by Tayce Wakefield April 19 2016 Haliburton artist Shelley Beach was awarded the Toronto Watercolour Society’s Gold Level of Distinction for being juried into 35 shows and was awarded a gold medal for Juror’s…
By Jenn Watt April 19 2016 History is a resource more fragile than most; it must be captured quickly and accurately from those who lived it or it can be lost forever. It’s a struggle…
By Angelica Ingram April 19 2016 If Greg Thomas could have created a dream job for himself this would have been it. Thomas 36 is one of the most recent additions to the community since…
By Darren Lum April 19 2016 An enraptured audience hung on Wayson Choy’s every word seeing the world through his eyes. The celebrated Canadian author who had two near-death experiences spoke with an inspiring honesty…
Published April 13 2016 Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) has launched a community engagement campaign called Your Voice Matters to help gain a better understanding of what is important to parents staff students and…
By Darren Lum Published April 12 2016 West Africa is coming to Haliburton later this month through the words the rhythmic steps and evocative songs from bilingual entertainer Fana Soro. Soro will share the culture…
By Darren Lum Published April 12 2016 There were laughs and looks of fright at the local high school this past week for Autism Speaks Light It Up Blue campaign to raise money and awareness…
By Darren Lum Published April 12 2016 It was a stroll down memory lane as much as it was an opportunity to encourage students in high school to consider municipal work for local chief administrative…
By Jenn Watt Published April 12 2016 Whether you knew it or not for the last 40 years Brad Sales has put his name behind his company Cordell Carpet. The alliterative mainstay of home improvement…
By Jenn Watt Published April 12 2016 Martin Hofland’s memoir Warboy is a story of starvation fear and profound gratitude. Many in the Highlands are familiar with Hofland who for years has been working to…
Published April 12 2016 Responding to emergencies and putting out fires has been a decades-long passion for firefighter Mike Iles who will become fire chief for Dysart et al as of July 1. The service…
Published April 12 2016 Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MP Jamie Schmale had the largest campaign budget of the four candidates for the riding in last October’s federal election a report from Elections Canada shows. Schmale’s grand total…
By Angelica Ingram Published April 12 2016 Greg Gillespie isn’t considered a master carver yet but he hopes to one day be one. A retired fish and wildlife specialist with the Ministry of Natural Resources…
By Jenn Watt Plaid shirts and cowboy hats dotted the crowd at the Haliburton Legion branch on Saturday March 19 for the second annual Lions Club Chuck Wagon Dinner and Hoedown. The smell of meat…
Music that is described as both gritty and pretty at the same time is what one can expect at the Crooked Brothers’ concert on Saturday April 16 at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion. The…
The fifth annual haliburton documentary film festival - DOC(K) DAY - is April 9 at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion in Haliburton. See four movies starting at 10 a.m. that will surprise and inspire…
Published April 5 2016 By Angelica Ingram When Walter Tose retired from a career in teaching he wanted to stay active and give back to the community. So Tose began volunteering his time as a…
By Chad Ingram The Northwest Passage – the stretch of Arctic Ocean connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans along Canada’s northern coast – has become part of the Canadian identity. Just the words Northwest Passage…
By Darren Lum Plans for Halibana are going ahead this summer after council was encouraging about the free admission drum festival for Head Lake Park over the Labour Day weekend. Dubbed Halibana 2016: A Drum…