By Angelica Ingram Published July 17 2018 Sixteen months ago almost to the day I walked out of the Haliburton Echo office and my life changed forever. Not at first of course. At first I…
Making connections
By Jenn Watt Published July 10 2018 One of the great strengths of the Haliburton area is the ebb and flow of people. Not just those who savour their weekends away from the city but…
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Sanctuary comes through again By Jenn Watt Published July 3 2018 The Highlands’ own Woodlands Wildlife Sanctuary made headlines again this week as Monika Melichar made her way to Ottawa to assist the Bluesfest organizers…
Bring your own bag
By Jenn Watt Published June 12 2018 Reducing single-use plastic has been dominating international news lately as troubling new information comes out about the amount of plastic in our oceans coupled with China’s shift away…
Putting a pool on the agenda
By Jenn Watt Published May 29 2018 A few weeks ago my partner Steve and I had the opportunity to see a speaker at the Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre in Bracebridge. Having never been…
What they can do for you
By Jenn Watt Published May 22 2018 The election is now looming large on the horizon with only a handful of days before Ontarians go to the polls. And in less than a week we…
Power of the park
By Jenn Watt Published May 15 2018 One of Haliburton’s most iconic trees came down last week. The big old willow that once towered over the bridge in Head Lake Park took a beating during…
Grow for it
By Sue Tiffin Published May 8 2018 Spring is a good time to think about resilience as residents from around the county come out of the dark clutches of hibernation (or perhaps warm up in…
Doing it themselves
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Strength of papers
By Jenn Watt Published April 24 2018 One of the most enjoyable parts of attending the Ontario Community Newspaper Association awards gala is seeing what other papers are up to. Reading the top three stories…
Close to home
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Ripple effect
By Jenn Watt Published April 10 2018 The loss of Bob and Noreen Bishop on March 27 and then of Earl Cooper a few days later on March 31 feels like a shift in the…
Talking to candidates
By Jenn Watt Published April 3 2018 Last week the Echo ’s sister paper the Minden Times published a story about the candidates who have declared they’re running in this riding in the upcoming provincial…
Preventing deaths
By Jenn Watt Published March 27 2018 John Francis Smith’s brother Terry Smith was the first witness called in the coroner’s inquest on Wednesday morning. Asked to tell the story of John’s death on July…
Funding mental health
By Jenn Watt Published March 20 2018 Most of us can probably sense the conversation around mental health has shifted over the last decade. Topics that were once taboo about bipolar disorder panic attacks or…
Workforcedevelopment
<!--@page { margin: 2cm }P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }--> By Jenn Watt Published Mar. 13 2018 There aren’t enough workers for the jobs that exist and the workers who are here don’t always have the…
Don’t fall victim to scams
By Jenn Watt Published March 6 2018 A recent CIBC poll found that 77 per cent of Canadians surveyed had been targeted by a financial fraud attempt. Fifty-six per cent of respondents said they’d been…
Black history month
By Sue Tiffin Published Feb. 27 2018 February is almost over and with it Black History Month. Black Canadians are most likely to have arrived in what is now Canada in the 1600s alongside Samuel…
Close calls
By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 13 2018 Twelve people in Haliburton County have been exceptionally lucky. Between Feb. 2 and Feb. 9 a dozen people found themselves on thin ice and then in the frigid…
Moving forward
By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 6 2018 It seems like council’s been considering a transportation system forever. Much like the pool discussion it returns again and again to the table for debate. This is for…
Embracing wet weather
By Sue Tiffin Published Jan. 30 2018 DURING ANY type of event something can and likely will go wrong – ask any newly married couple what went wrong at their wedding and there will have…