By Sue Tiffin Dysart et al councillors discussed the issue of speeding throughout the municipality – and how to slow down drivers who are doing it – after receiving a request from constituents for warning…
County council amenable to smaller, if not tiny,…
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County councillors seem open to permitting smaller footprint homes to be constructed within the county, although maybe not the type of tiny homes some residents would like to see.Councillors discussed the…
Community rallies for family following fatal fire
By Jenn Watt An outpouring of support and donations has been flowing for the Brown/Trotter family following a fatal fire near Gooderham in the early morning hours of Thursday, Oct. 15. More than $38,000 had…
Fundraiser to assist mother after son dies in…
By StaffDonations are being gathered for Marion Teatro following the death of her son Jeffrey Teatro, who was killed in a collision on Glamorgan Road on Friday. Jeffrey Teatro, 44, was in a single vehicle…
Collision claims life of Haliburton woman, 57
A woman from Haliburton has died following a collision on Gelert Road in Minden Hills on Sunday.Emergency responders received the call for assistance on Oct. 18 at about 4:35 p.m.“A motor vehicle travelling northbound crossed…
HKPR District Health Unit launches new COVID-19 data…
A new way to deliver data has been launched on the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit website. The health unit had been receiving requests from residents to present the data in a different…
Hike Haliburton winter edition gets goahead
By Chad IngramHaliburton County councillors are supporting going ahead with snowshoe festival Hike Haliburton: Winter Edition this February.Last February saw the inaugural winter version of the county’s popular Hike Haliburton Festival, the latter typically taking…
Resident warns community after being scammed
By Sue Tiffin When the phone rang at Eleanor Cooper’s house on the morning of Oct. 5, shortly after 8 a.m., she was not expecting what was to come – a series of events that…
Director of education explains recent class reorganization
By Jenn WattA “significant reorganization” of classes was needed across the school board as administrators sought to make adjustments following shifts in student preferences for in-school or at-home learning, board trustees heard at their meeting…
SIRCH to open bistro in Haliburton Village
By Jenn Watt After years of running successful cooking and retail programs around Haliburton County, SIRCH Community Services is expanding, bringing together multiple facets of its operations under one roof and creating a community space.Renovations…
Looking for indoor pandemic-friendly exercise?
The Highlands Squash Club is the perfect place to get some exercise, with others in your immediate family or bubble. In an effort to support members of the community who wish to get Covid-safe, indoor…
Puzzle presented perfect fit as souvenir
By Darren Lum Coming next month, the public will be able to literally piece together most of the colourful cache treasures that can be found in Highlands East from the comfort of their own home…
Wilberforce Curling club shutters doors for season
The following are brief reports of items discussed at the Oct. 13 meeting of Highlands East council. By Darren Lum The Wilberforce Curling Club won’t operate this season. “After an extensive and exhaustive debate about…
Strong fall start for U-Links with 21 projects…
U-Links has had an exciting start to the fall 2020 academic term, with a high number of community-based research projects matched with several departments at Trent University.A total of 21 research projects involving 26 student…
Office of the Fire Marshal investigating fatal fire…
By Jenn Watt Four investigators from the Office of the Fire Marshal are on the scene of a fatal house fire in Highlands East that occurred in the early morning hours of Thursday, Oct. 15. …
‘No guarantee’ students can switch between at-home and…
Students wishing to switch placed on waiting list, board says class cap sizes play into decisions By Jenn Watt Students who want to switch between in-school and at-home learning will have their name added to…
Hundreds of jobs created or maintained through HCDC…
By Jenn Watt Over the last fiscal year, and in the months since the coronavirus pandemic began, Haliburton County Development Corporation has been making funding available to the county’s business community with hundreds of thousands…
Municipalities, library helping to reduce waste
By Staff Marking the 19th Waste Reduction Week, the County of Haliburton, the four lower-tier municipalities and the Haliburton County Public Library are teaming up to provide information on how to reduce the amount of…
Nova Scotia town removes Haliburton’s Sam Slick imagery
By Jenn Watt It wasn’t until an illustration from one of Thomas C. Haliburton’s books was reproduced in a festival program that many in Windsor, N.S. became aware of the racist content in The Clockmaker,…
As the unknown of winter looms, restaurants look…
By Sue Tiffin Mid-September, Felicia Dai, co-owner of Win Yeung Chinese Restaurant in Haliburton posted on the restaurant’s Facebook page that, since the restaurant has not been open for dine-in service since March, they had…
Water charity redirects efforts during pandemic
By Jenn Watt Water Ambassadors Canada, founded by Haliburton residents Barry Hart and Heather Alloway, has established itself over the years as a charity that provides water and sanitation access to communities in need. Most…