By Chad Ingram Haliburton Highlands Health Services will spend up to $2.1 million on a centralized electronic records system with Ross Memorial Hospital Campbellford Memorial Hospital Northumberland Hills Hospital and Lakeridge Health. HHHS board members…
The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Oct. 26 meeting of Dysart et al council. By Angelica Ingram The numbers are in for the impact the new OPP billing model will have…
By Angelica Ingram When George Kadoke travelled to South Africa a number of years ago he saw first-hand the good work Rotary Clubs are a part of. “I was in South Africa in 2005 for…
By Jenn Watt Nancy Brownsberger’s family lost many of their possessions on a cold March day in 2014. She watched as local firefighters hurried to rescue the things they could from her Eagle Lake home…
By Angelica Ingram When Erin Nicholls heard that the spring bear hunt was returning to all of Ontario he was elated. A bear guide for more than 20 years Nicholls said the provincial announcement made…
By Angelica Ingram Many busy Tuesdays in Head Lake Park and bustling Friday afternoons at the corner of Highway 35 and 118 resulted in a banner year for the area’s farmers’ markets. Coming to an…
By Angelica Ingram A familiar producer of music festivals who has previously tried bringing a large-scale event to Minden Hills is now setting his sights on the municipality of Dysart et al. Wolfgang Siebert and…
By Jenn Watt Climate change will not spare Haliburton County and the tourism industry would be wise to begin planning for what’s to come Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve owner Peter Schleifenbaum told a…
By Angelica Ingram If there was one resounding piece of advice the students of Haliburton Highlands Secondary School heard on Oct. 23 it was this: a good attitude and hard work will help find you…
By Angelica Ingram Oliver Zielke doesn’t know how he would have started his business JBeans Roastery if not for the help offered by the Ontario Self Employment Benefit program. Aside from offering financial support the…
A pile of ashes dumped on a Peninsula Drive property was to blame for a brush fire Tuesday. Dysart Fire Department sent seven firefighters to the property at 2:44 p.m. Oct. 20 to find "a…
By Chad Ingram County politicians who attended the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Niagara Falls in August accrued just more than $8300 in combined expenses. The annual conference offers seminars speakers and allows…
The following are brief reports of items discussed at county council committee meetings on Wednesday Oct. 14. By Jenn Watt The first phase of work on Haliburton’s Head Lake Bridge should be complete by late…
By Angelica Ingram Janet Wood points to a wall of thank-you cards hanging in her office and begins to get emotional. The enhanced care co-ordinator for Haliburton Highlands Health Services Community Support Services division regularly…
By Jenn Watt Around the world more than 60 million people have been displaced from their homeland. Syrians who have been in the news lately due to the brutal ongoing civil war represent the largest…
By Angelica Ingram Those looking to get physically and mentally fit while enjoying a scenic view now have a new option in Haliburton Village. Open for the past few weeks Exhale Fitness Studio has long…
By Angelica Ingram A missing man whose car was found in the Haliburton area has still not been found by OPP. David Palmer was last seen on Oct. 2 by an acquaintance and reported missing…
By Jenn Watt The Haliburton Legion was bustling on Saturday night for the Haliburton Hospital Auxiliary’s annual Taste of Italy fundraiser. Artists donated a smorgasbord of pottery paintings and sculpture while businesses offered up free…
By Echo Staff Conservative candidate Jamie Schmale will find himself outnumbered on Parliament Hill when he takes his seat as MP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock amongst a sea of Liberal red. “I think we knew it…
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By Jenn Watt Many years ago journalist Linden MacIntyre stood watching as the site of a massacre – a family home – in Lebanon was excavated. Boys in their early teens stood beside him looking…