Police are looking for help in finding 12 stolen guns and identifying the person(s) who stole them. According to the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP 12 restricted and non-restricted firearms were taken from a residence…
Registrations suspended for RE/MAX North Country Realty
By Jenn Watt Update (Jan. 3 2020): A spokesperson for RE/MAX sent the following update: "To date 65 former RE/MAX North Country Agents are transferring their licenses and remaining in the RE/MAX network. There are…
County working to streamline services: warden
In the next year county council plans to face challenges including the question of governance physician recruitment and provincial changes to public health and paramedicine and celebrate successes such as the expansion of cell and…
Dysart council sees snowmobile bylaw
By Chad Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Dec. 16 meeting of Dysart et al council. Councillors saw the first draft of bylaw directing snowmobile activity within the municipality with…
Lipsy Lake association requests no signage for portage…
By Chad Ingram The Lipsy Lake Cottage Owners’ Association is requesting that the Municipality of Dysart et al minimize promotion of a portage route between Kennisis Lake and Lipsy Lake. In October Dysart et al…
Mental health and wellbeing focus of library book…
By Jenn Watt Everyone goes through difficult times in their life whether it be grief depression anxiety relationship issues or periods of intense stress. Sometimes finding the right book at the right time can make…
New parking system for medical centre
By Chad Ingram Council discussed options for replacing the pay gate at the Haliburton Family Medical Centre after the gate was vandalized to the point of irreparable damage in November. On Nov. 15 the unit…
Sports hall of fame planned for county
By Chad Ingram The Haliburton Highlands Sports Hall of Fame will celebrate sports excellence and community spirit and well as the history of sport in the county. The volunteer organizers of the proposed hall of…
Fire destroys Highland Grove home displaces family
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Couple creates winter wonderland
By Jenn Watt Atop a snowy hill on Unicorn Road sits a home alive with light. Glowing reindeer lead the way to the Clevelands’ home which shines like a wintry gingerbread house guarded by two…
Birders aflutter over varied thrush visitor
By Jenn Watt A bird rare to Ontario is creating a flap at Bark Lake Leadership and Conference Centre as a steady migration of birders make their way to check out the varied thrush that…
Council hears proposal for shooting range
By Chad Ingram Members of Highlands East council heard about a proposal for a private club and shooting range just outside Cardiff during a Dec. 10 meeting. The facility to be called Off Trail Odysseys…
HE endorses service delivery review
By Chad Ingram Highlands East council is supporting the service delivery and governance review the County of Haliburton is having performed making it the fourth and final of the county’s four lower-tier municipalities to do…
Moose FM Radiothon sets new record
Haliburton County food banks are getting an infusion of money thanks to the record collection of funds from Moose FM’s annual Christmas Radiothon held from Dec. 5 to 6. With $33800 raised this year the…
Proposed Centre Lake subdivision in Highlands East one…
By Chad Ingram Highlands East council is supporting the lifting and conveyance of a 200-foot Crown-owned reserve around the circumference of Centre Lake which would potentially allow for a subdivision to be constructed on a…
Teachers continue job action with second strike
By Darren Lum As colleagues walked back and forth in front of Haliburton Highlands Secondary School carrying flags and picket signs during the second one-day strike in two weeks their collective bargaining representative for OSSTF…
Volunteers needed for upcoming SIRCH Repair Cafés
By Darren Lum The public is invited to learn share skills enjoy fellowship and have fun at the first Repair Café facilitated by SIRCH Community Services. The free community event on Jan. 25 will be…
Davis left Haliburton County ‘a better place’
By Jenn Watt Friends and family are remembering Bill Davis for his caring nature love of family and commitment to the betterment of Haliburton County. The former municipal politician spent 29 years serving the community…
Updated: Mandies after truck breaks through ice
BySue Tiffin A 57-year-old man is dead after a truck went through the ice on Bushwolf Lake near Eagle Lake in Dysart et al last Saturday. Haliburton Highlands OPP reported Larry Bagg was plowing a…
The power of the purse
When Val Balaski heard about an initiative to send purses to women in First Nations communities she knew just how much the gesture would mean. Years ago when she lived in Nova Scotia Balaski spent…
Climate activist and beekeeper named ‘enviro-heroes’
By Jenn Watt A beekeeper and a student climate activist were honoured by the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust as this year’s “enviro-heroes” during a presentation at their office in Haliburton on Dec. 5. Ron Lofthouse…