By Angelica Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed at a March 14 meeting of Highlands East council. If you live or cottage in Highlands East your tax increase for 2016 will likely…
Water Ambassadors reflect on humanitarian efforts in Nicaragua
By Angelica Ingram Sticks of glue pairs of scissors and other craft materials are splattered across a dining room table. A buzz of activity fills the room as a group of teenagers work on a…
HeadLake Ice Out deadline changed due to warm…
Dueto the extremely warm March we're having we need to change the HeadLake Ice Out contest deadline. Younow have until Friday March 18 to get your guesses in. Tellus exactly when you think the last…
Man wanted in child porn investigation found dead…
A Toronto man wanted by police for possession of child pornography has been found dead in Haliburton County. Darren Padilla 47 also known as Darren Laite was found by Ontario Provincial Police in the county…
Forest to appeal court order to remove buildings
By Angelica Ingram A decision by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found in favour of Dysart et al on Feb. 5 in a case between the municipality and Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve.…
Goldhawk fights elder abuse in talk
By Jenn Watt It is society’s view of its oldest demographic that contributes to elder abuse journalist and radio personality Dale Goldhawk told an audience at Pinestone on Thursday March 3. Speaking as part of…
Haliburton in the 1950s – the music and…
By Eddie Burke The annual music festival took place every June in the Minden arena; it was a very big event in Haliburton in the 1950s. Whole school classes would practice all year to compete…
HHHS to renovate long-term care space
By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a March 2 meeting of the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board. The meeting was originally scheduled to take place Feb. 25 but was…
Leal says budget to benefit eastern Ontario
By Jenn Watt Rural affairs minister and regional minister for eastern Ontario MPP Jeff Leal was promoting his government’s budget last week asserting that many of its measures would be particularly useful for this region.…
Medeba gets set to break ground on $1…
By Angelica Ingram Medeba is getting ready to climb to new peaks with the construction of a $1 million multi-purpose facility called Mountain Lodge. Set to break ground on the building this spring Medeba staff…
Red Hawks set Pasta Challenge record
By Darren Lum Haliburton Highlands Secondary School trumped everyone in The Great Pasta Challenge and did it in record setting style with the support of its students faculty and the community. Over two weeks the…
Robert Bateman to teach workshop at HSAD
By Jenn Watt Famed Canadian wildlife painter Robert Bateman will be teaching a workshop at Haliburton School of Art and Design this summer. From Aug. 9 to 11 Bateman will be taking students through the…
Snowmobiler taken to hospital following crash
A 45-year-old woman from Hanover Ont. was taken to hospitalfollowing a snowmobile accident on Saturday. According to the Haliburton Highlands detachment of the OPP around2:30 p.m. on March 5 a single sled struck a cabin…
Pinestone owners purchases Wigamog Inn
MooseBar and Grill could open this summer The Wigamog has a new owner. The Aurora family which recently purchased Pinestone Resort and Conference Centre announced in a press release March 3 that they had purchased the…
Chamber of Commerce marks decade of awards
By Jenn Watt Fuel for Warmth and the woman who founded it received a hearty community thank-you on Saturday night when both the charity and Joanne Barnes took home Not-for-Profit of the Year and Highlander…
Company looking at bringing fibre optic Internet to…
By Jenn Watt Small communities like Minden Bancroft and Haliburton could be ideal candidates for a fibre optic network Grant Roughley of North Frontenac Telephone Company told Minden Hills council during their meeting Feb. 25.…
Creating new jobs by supporting local entrepreneurs
By Jenn Watt Economic development is no longer solely about attracting outside investment economic development specialist Brock Dickinson says; it’s more about fostering growth using what you have already. Dickinson is CEO of MDB Insight…
Liberal budget unsustainable Scott says
By Jenn Watt The provincial Liberals’ budget offers plenty of policy changes and spending commitments but under that is an unstable foundation of crippling debt says local Conservative MPP Laurie Scott. “Everything’s going to get…
March Break madness in the Highlands
By Angelica Ingram There is no reason to let boredom get your family down this March as there is a plethora of activities to choose from in and around the Highlands. Throughout the middle of…
New meditation group emerges in Haliburton
By Angelica Ingram Everyone meditates for their own reason. That’s the message Lynda Shadbolt and Peter Smith want to promote when talking about a new meditation group in Haliburton. The pair are two of the…
Teacher two students involved in car accident
Echo staff Three members of Haliburton Highlands Secondary School were involved in a serious car accident on Thursday Feb. 25. “One teacher and two students were injured on their way to an OFSAA Nordic ski…