By Jenn Watt Published Jan. 23 2018 There are new resources available in Haliburton well known to some which still elicit looks of puzzlement among others. Down the corridor at Haliburton School of Art and…
Caring for strays
By Jenn Watt Published Jan. 9 2018 When fire destroyed The Great Haliburton Feed Company on a frigid evening in November of 2014 the community stepped up. Support for the store and the owners Maureen…
Holiday spirit
By Jenn Watt Published Dec. 19 2017 This is our last newspaper before Christmas and includes our annual Season’s Greetings special section. Each year we assemble this supplement trying to capture some of what makes…
Remembering Dec. 6
By Jenn Watt Published Dec. 5 2017 The stomach-turning fear-inducing heart-breaking trial of Basil Borutski ended Nov. 24 with relatively little fanfare. Covered most thoroughly by the CBC and the Ottawa Citizen the Pembroke-based case…
We need to listen
By Jenn Watt Published Nov. 21 2017 As a community we haven’t been doing a good enough job listening to young people. Among us we find examples of exceptional people going out of their way…
Get tested
By Jenn Watt Published Nov. 14 2017 Radon is a gas naturallyoccurring during the breakdown of uranium in the earth. Typically as this processhappens radon is dispersed into the air posing no health risk. However…
100 years later
By Jenn Watt Published Nov. 7 2017 This is the second year that we’re publishing our We Remember feature composed of images readers send in of loved ones who served over the years. Overwhelmingly composed…
Is there too much to do?
By Jenn Watt Published Oct. 31 2017 Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? Over the last couple of weeks a concert in Minden was cancelled due to low ticket sales…
Beyond statistics
By Jenn Watt Published Oct. 24 2017 Human trafficking happens in our community. It’s hard to imagine perhaps because representations in the media typically show images of young women brought from another country smuggled across…
Making Hometown Hockey
By Jenn Watt Published Oct. 17 2017 Sunday night Haliburton was Hometown Hockey. Despite the rain cold and blasting winds the town showed up clad in jerseys and those big bright smiles to watch as…
Hockey town
By Jenn Watt Editor Published Oct. 10 2017 H aliburton’s particular brand of hockey obsession became apparent to me nearly four years ago on a cold night in January. It was the premiere of the…
Thank you to a community
I grew up in a small town but thought I might like living in “the big city” only to find after university that all I really wanted was to be back in the countryside again.…
Driving the message
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 26 2017 Even before smartphones came along our vehicles were loaded with distracting things. Complicated dashboard radios video screens kids fighting in the back seat food from the drive-thru window…
Happy Huskies
By Jenn Watt Published Sept. 12 2017 Local dogsled tour providers Hank DeBruin and Tanya McCready-DeBruin have been trying to head off unwarranted criticism following the release of a film called Sled Dogs which is…
Balanced media diet
By Jenn Watt Published Aug. 22 2017 If your home is anything like mine the last week has been one of captivated horror as news from the States pours in. Starting Aug. 12 with the…
Septic check-up
By Jenn Watt Editor Published August 15 2017 A s was noted in Robert Mackenzie’s story on page 10 mandatory septic reinspections are becoming the norm across the Haliburton Highlands. This is very good news.…
Too close for comfort
By Jenn Watt Published Aug. 1 2017 This week we have a story about a coyote that grabbed a small dog and ran off into the woods with it. The pet’s owner was thankfully close-by…
To keep or to sell
By Jenn Watt Published July 18 2017 T his week’s paper features two stories about special land and difficult decisions. On one hand we have Norah’s Island donated to the land trust 10 years ago…
Climate emergency
By Jenn Watt Published July 11 2017 Dianne Saxe arrived less than two months after a state of emergency was lifted in Minden due to flooding and a day before a wild storm that ripped…
A long marriage
By Janet Trull Published July 4 2017 D ysart et al and Canada go arm in arm into the sesquicentennial celebrations like an old couple strolling around the Rotary Carnival. For better and for worse…
Vote for Haliburton
By Jenn Watt Published June 20 2017 Every four years we’re given a ballot and a decision – who do we want on our local council? Within that four years we likely have another couple…