By Jenn Watt Published June 30 2020 Since restrictions on who can be tested for COVID-19 have been lifted demand has swelled at the assessment centre in Haliburton which is averaging  25 to 35 people…

By Jenn Watt Published June 30 2020 The Bog Bakery and Café now has a wooden play kitchen cutlery and a bread box. The Theatre in the Woods is equipped with 16 puppets two crowns…

Published June 30 2020 Staff Our thanks to Zachary Roman who completed his co-op with the Haliburton Echo and Minden Times last week. As our readers can attest Zach hit the ground running producing thought-provoking…

Published June 30 2020 With summer now in full swing the Ontario Provincial Police is sharing important facts and data about safety equipment that saves lives and reduces injuries on and off the road. A…

By staff Published June 30 2020 Haliburton’s annual downtown street sale Midnight Madness is cancelled for 2020 to help maintain a safe shopping experience during the coronavirus pandemic. The event which has been a summer…

By Sue Tiffin Published June 30 2020 Twenty years after graduating high school at Haliburton Highlands Secondary School Jennifer Mills is returning – this time as vice-principal. Mills has taught in schools in Haliburton County…

The following are brief reports of items discussed during a June 23 meeting of Dysart et al council. By Chad Ingram Published June 30 2020 Beginning this week the Haliburton Highlands Museum will be open…

By Darren Lum Staff reporter Emma Casey couldn’t hold back the tears when she learned she was named the Haliburton Highlands Secondary School’s Female Athlete of the Year. Casey learned the good news online from…

By Chad Ingram Staff reporter The City of Kawartha Lakes which is the social services provider for Haliburton County has designed a program to assist landlords in housing the homeless during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.…

By Jenn Watt Two residents of Highlands East have been charged with a variety of offences following the recovery of stolen items worth $80000. The OPP East Region’s street crime unit executed warrants at a…

By Darren Lum Staff reporter With two presidential terms already served Ted Brandon the Rotary Club of Haliburton’s incoming president said his experience is at the root of why he’s taking on the role for…

Backing basic income By Sue Tiffin Staff reporter The Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridgedistrict health unit’s board of health has unanimously supported aletter from the Simcoe-Muskoka district health unit that calls forthe Canada Emergency Response Benefit…

Police say several vehicles were damaged after a bear that developed the ability to open car doors broke into more than 10 of them. Officers from the Haliburton Highlands OPP were called on June 23…

By Sue Tiffin Staff reporter In 31 years working in education Andrea Borysiuk has missed only one September when she was on maternity leave with her daughter Natalya. Now the principal of J. Douglas Hodgson…

By Jenn Watt Changes are coming to what is permitted at gravesites in Dysart et al as well as how interactions between cemetery visitors and site staff are handled following a video message posted on…

Point in Time in strong financial position following 2019 fiscal year AGM attendees hear By Jenn Watt What would have been the standout accomplishment of the last year for Point in Time Centre for Children…

By Zachary Roman Haliburton County Public Library is set to begin testing its curbside pickup pilot plan on June 25 at its Dysart branch which is located at 78 Maple Avenue in Haliburton. The decision…

By Chad Ingram Haliburton County’s four lower-tier municipalities will continue to deal with recovery from the COVID-19 crisis separately county councillors decided during a June 10 special meeting. While there had been some thought given…

By Sue Tiffin A virtual town hall hosted in City of Kawartha Lakes on June 11 brought information from city and health officials straight to residents via the internet and cable television. “We are constantly…

By Sue Tiffin Most parents weren’t surprised that daycare centres didn’t open on June 12 the first day they were permitted to by the province as part of the COVID-19 reopening plan local daycare operators…