By Sue Tiffin Published Feb. 11 2020 YMCA Wanakita a space known to some local kids for its strawberry social Breakfast with Santa event or day and summer camps is about to become much more…
Dysart budget includes 3.65% tax increase
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Highlands East draft budget focuses on maintaining
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Hike Haliburton launches winter edition
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As coronavirus cases rise elsewhere HHHS takes precautions…
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Dysart welcomes sledders restricts snowmobiles from downtown
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Extracurriculars sports left in state of limbo
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Incentives for creating affordable housing
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Interest growing for new forest school
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Mandatory septic pump-outs may be eliminated from re-inspection…
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Extra-curriculars cancelled by TLDSBdecision
By Darren Lum Published Feb. 4 2020 Teachers parents and students aredisappointed by the Trillium Lakelands District School Board'sdecision to cancel all extra-curricular activities at secondaryschools made at the board's public meeting on Tuesday Jan.…
A firefighter’s breakfast for a local family
By Kristena Schutt-Moore Special to the Echo Published Jan. 28 2020 The firefighters from Highlands East’s Station 2 took over the Highlands Grove Community Centre on Saturday Jan. 18 but they weren’t there for training…
Annual equalization infrastructure funding announced
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 28 2020 Last week the provincial government announced annual funding allocations for municipalities under both its Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund and Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund programs. Under the OMPF which…
Big Bike needs big participation to keep rolling…
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 28 2020 The 30-person Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Big Bike may have been taken for its last ride in the Highlands last year if not enough people pre-register in the…
Community invited to Youth Hub opening
By Staff Published Jan. 28 2020 The Haliburton County Youth Hub is holding its official opening ceremony. The youth hub is one of the Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario initiatives which brings together services for young…
County council cost about $135K for 2019
Published Jan. 28 2020 By Chad Ingram Haliburton County council cost approximately $133500 to operate for 2019. The 2019 statements of remuneration and expenses for county council were received by councillors during a Jan. 22…
County tax increase 1.67 per cent
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 28 2020 Haliburton County residents can expect a 1.67 per cent increase on the upper tier portion of their tax bills for 2020. County councillors passed the budget during a…
Hands up for the next SIRCH Repair Cafe
By Staff Published Jan. 28 2020 The first SIRCH Repair Cafe in Haliburton County finished with a 54.2 per cent repair rate including 33.3 per cent of items that can still be fixed said event…
Lemon Bucket Orkestra to bring folk-punk dance party…
By Jenn Watt Published Jan. 28 2020 For the last 10 years the members of Lemon Bucket Orkestra have travelled the world bringing their high-energy Eastern European folk-punk dance party to venues big and small…
Roberts deputy warden for 2020
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 28 20 20 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Jan. 22 meeting of Haliburton County council. Dysart et al Mayor Andrea Roberts was chosen by her…
Speed alcohol top factors in snowmobile fatalities
By Jenn Watt Published Jan. 28 2020 Nearly half of snowmobile fatalities in Ontario in the last 10 years occurred on frozen lakes or rivers; 45 per cent involved alcohol or drugs; and 34 per…