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…
Slowing down the mail
To the Editor Anyone who knows me knows that I love to receive personal mail. I correspond with people across North America in the U.K. and Australia and send hundreds of cards and letters every…
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…
Heart and Stroke Big Bike is recruiting riders…
Submitted Published March 20 2018 Last year 70000 riders from over 200 communities nationwide took a ride on the Heart and Stroke Big Bike presented by Dairy Farmers of Canada. The funds they raised helped…
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…
Spring is in the air
By Cindy Campbell Published March 6 2018 I’m back! The last time I was able to be with you was during the 2017 holiday season. Now we are just days away from spring 2018. During…
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…
Polar plunge thanks
Published Feb. 27 2018 To the Editor The Polar Bear Challenge recently held by the Haliburton and District Lions Club as part of the annual Dysart Frost Festival was a resounding success with approximately $6900 collected…
Puppy yoga
By Lynda Shadbolt Published Feb. 27 2018 Yes puppy yoga is a thing. And I did it. It was our annual Family Day weekend with friends in Ottawa. This weekend always begins with us all…
Helping Wildlife
By Jenn Watt Published Feb. 20 2018 Whenpeople began spotting a deer in the village ofHaliburton with an arrow protruding from its head the first instinctfor many was to call the Ministry of Natural Resources…
The moving stories of Fredrik Backman
By Bessie Sullivan Haliburton County Public Library CEO Bessie's Books and Other Things Published Feb. 15 2018 I discovered a writer last year that I really loved. Fredrik Backman lives in Sweden and he has…
Varied ingredients flavour an entertaining evening
By George Farrell Published Feb. 15 2018 On the eve of Jan. 27 I finally made it to a Homemade Stew concert the annual celebration of local musicians presented by the Haliburton County Folk Society.…
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…
First responders unsung heroes
To the Editor My family and I have lived on the narrows for a few years. It is not a rare circumstance to hear snowmobiles going by at all hours of the day and night…
Love
By Lynda Shadbolt Published Feb. 13 2018 It’s on these beautiful Canadian winter days when I’m outside snowshoeing or skiing or walking to town or skating or watching dogsledding that I have these moments where…
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…
We’ve come a long way
To the Editor When RTO (Rural Transportation Options) began as a committee of Environment Haliburton! and we started to talk about public transportation in Haliburton County we were greeted with skepticism and disbelief. And now…
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…
Remembering renaissance man Bill Lishman
By George Farrell Published Jan. 18 2018 Multi-talented Bill Lishman passed away on Dec. 30 10 days after being diagnosed with leukemia. He’s best known for raising Canada geese and teaching them how to fly…
Join the makers
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…