By Jenn Watt Accessed from lake or land more than two dozen artists on Kennisis Lake will be welcoming visitors to their properties for the sixth Art on the Dock event Aug. 8 and 9.…
Musical evening to benefit Abbey Gardens
By Jenn Watt Although Jason Fowler’s plans to teach at Haliburton School of Art + Design this summer were delayed when the school cancelled their summer programming the musician will still be coming to the…
Cause of early July fires unknown Herlihey Park…
By Jenn Watt Published July 21 2020 The following are brief reports of items discussed at Highlands East council July 14. Meetings are currently held via video conferencing and viewable on YouTube. Fires at landfills…
Council backs U.S. border closure
By Jenn Watt Highlands East has added its support to the Canadian government’s decision to extend the border closure with the U.S. and in a resolution passed on July 14 asked that the federal government…
Gooderham transfer station may open to Snowdon residents…
By Jenn Watt Minden Hills will close the Irondale landfill this fall and Irondale residents may be able to take their waste to a Gooderham site in the new year if Highlands East council continues…
Green Burial Society receives HCDC funding
The Haliburton Highlands Green Burial Society has received a grant of nearly $5000 from the Haliburton County Development Corporation through its 2020 Local Initiatives Program which the society will use to upgrade its website to…
Remaining high-risk septic systems concern deputy mayor
By Jenn Watt High-risk septic systems in Highlands East have been troubling Deputy Mayor Cec Ryall who said during the municipality’s council meeting on July 14 that he wanted to see the number of them…
Health unit clarifies business responsibility to enforce mask…
By Jenn Watt The region’s face-mask regulations have been put in the spotlight following the fatal police-involved shooting of a man at his residence north of Haliburton which followed an incident earlier that morning when…
House lost to fire on Irish Line
By Staff A house on the Irish Line was destroyed by fire on Monday July 13. When firefighters from the Dysart et al fire department arrived the building was fully engulfed. The call for assistance…
Fire ban lifted across county
By Chad Ingram A fire ban that has been in place across the four townships of Haliburton County since July 7 has been lifted as of July 17. “The current risk of wildfire has reduced within…
Man, 30, dies following ATV accident in Harcourt…
A 30-year-old man from Oakville died following an ATV accident in Harcourt Park on Sunday, July 12. Police say the man was found by a passerby before 11 a.m., though the time of the crash…
Man killed in police-involved shooting wanted to be…
By Darren Lum When Butch Munshaw a retired postmaster and well-known handyman in the Haliburton area heard shots fired near his house on Indian Point Road involving who he would later learn was his reclusive…
Fatal incident stemmed from face mask dispute
By Chad Ingram A 73-year-old man is dead and the Ontario Special Investigations Unit is investigating after a dispute that began when the man assaulted an employee at Easton's Valu-Mart in Minden on the morning…
Bear killed at Kennisis Lake posed safety concern:…
By Jenn Watt Haliburton Highlands OPP killed a bear in the Kennisis Lake area after reports it had been breaking into dwellings for three weeks and had lost fear of humans. “This is a dangerous…
Haliburton podcasts offer new way to tune-in to…
By Jenn Watt Those not near a radio at the precise time may have missed Dr. Norm Bottum explain COVID-19 masks to host Barry Wilhelm or Terry Moore discuss shoreline bugs and lake health or…
School board prepares for very different September semester
By Jenn Watt When the September semester arrives at Trillium Lakelands District School Board some parents will likely be unhappy director of education Larry Hope told the board of trustees at their meeting last week.…
SIU investigating fatal shooting in Haliburton Highlands
The Special Investigations Unit is investigating a "fatal police-involved shooting in Haliburton Highlands" the civilian agency tweeted on the afternoon of Wednesday July 15. The tweet comes following a morning of heavy police presence at…
County to enter Stage 3 on July 17
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County along with most parts of Ontario will enter Stage 3 of the provincial government’s phased COVID-19 recovery process as of 12:01 a.m. this Friday July 17. Premier Doug Ford made…
COVID losses exceed $3 billion in eastern Ontario
By Chad Ingram As of the beginning of June the estimated economic losses created by the COVID-19 pandemic in eastern Ontario totalled more than $3 billion with the equivalent of 80000 jobs lost. During an…
Masks now required in Haliburton County businesses
By Sue Tiffin Face masks are now mandatory in businesses in Haliburton County according to instructions issued by the medical officer of health of the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit. “Owners and operators…
Minister’s visit promotes local tourism
By Darren Lum Ontario Minister of Tourism Lisa MacLeod had nothing but good things to say about the Highlands as she walked through the Haliburton Sculpture Forest last week as part the “Reopening Ontario Tour.”…