By Adam Frisk With just a few weeks left for the Haliburton County Farmers’ Market, the summer season has already proven to be a success for vendors. On any given Tuesday throughout the summer months,…
Police investigating increase in property crime in Haliburton…
By Adam Frisk Officers with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say they are investigating an uptick in property crime including break-ins at several businesses in downtown Haliburton over the weekend. Police are seeking to identify…
Recipe
By Emily Stonehouse During her presentation for the Haliburton Highlands Healthy Democracy Project, civic facilitator Jessica Slade made reference to a recipe for success: citizens with ideas, councils with authority, staff with expertise, and volunteers…
Drought taking the fun out of peak fungi…
By Adam Frisk The summer-long drought has taken its toll on trees, crops, some local businesses and now it seems to have taken the fun out of peak fungi season. For many outdoor enthusiasts, foraging…
Colleges declare strike
By Emily Stonehouse It’s official. As of 12:01 a.m. on Sept. 11, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) has declared a strike amongst college support staff, in an effort to ensure job security, says…
Hope
By Emily Stonehouse 45 years ago, Terry Fox started his Marathon of Hope. A true Canadian icon, Fox rallied communities in the name of hope, and put one foot in front of the other as…
Long live locals
By Emily Stonehouse We are a town that greatly depends on summer traffic. I get it. And I haven’t seen any specific numbers, but as a local, it seems like the community was bumping this…
G.J. Burtch Construction nominated for OHBA Builder of…
By Thomas Smith Local construction firm G. J. Burtch Construction has been nominated for the Ontario Homebuilders’ Association’s (OHBA) Builder of the Year Award. Andrew Burtch, son of Gary Burtch, started working for the family…
PM Carney visits the county
By Emily Stonehouse The annual Haliburton Forest Trail Race is sure to bring people from all over the country. Including Parliament Hill. Prime Minister Mark Carney joined his wife, Diana Fox Carney in a 26…
Council suggests pet owners should keep cats inside;…
By Adam Frisk The Municipality of Dysart et al is suggesting cat owners should keep their felines inside, restricting them from roaming the great outdoors in an effort to deal with an apparent feral cat…
Iron grip: Arm wrestlers unite in Haliburton
By Adam Frisk With a thunderous smack of a hand hitting a pad, two giants shake hands signaling the end of another round of a weekly meeting of the Haliburton arm wrestling club. Throughout the…
Do it for the staff
By Emily Stonehouse The dynamic between staff and council has long been a relationship I find interesting. At a lengthy county council meeting last week, for nearly an hour, councillors stayed at odds over the…
Total fire ban lifted in Haliburton County
Submitted With recent rainfall, effective immediately on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, the total fire ban that was enacted throughout the County of Haliburton on Aug. 5 has been lifted. This means that outdoor nighttime burning is…
Drag Queen Storytime continues Pride tradition
By Adam Frisk For more than a half-decade, Drag Queen Storytime has been a part of Pride week festivities in the county, a family-friendly event that promotes the love of reading while celebrating diversity, inclusion…
Thrift Warehouse provides vital role in community
By Thomas Smith One person’s trash is another’s treasure. But how are you supposed to find that treasure before it ends up in the landfill? That is the goal of SIRCH Community Service’s Thrift Warehouse.…
Lens
By Emily Stonehouse At the first official flag raising in Dysart by Pride in the Highlands, I brought my kids. I was thrilled to be there. A first in the community, and a clear-cut action…
Latest report recommends closure of HE fire halls
By Adam Frisk A new report recommends that Highlands East should work to consolidate its fire services by closing some of its current fire halls while building a new facility. Consulting firm Loomex Group presented…
The joys of camp, without the bugs
By Thomas Smith Carving their own path through cutting-edge contemporary theatre in Haliburton County, Ctrl-ART-Del’s latest production, The Grown Ups by Simon Henriques and Skylar Fox was performed at the Haliburton Legion from Aug. 14…
The greater good
By Emily Stonehouse The other day, I inched my way towards a line of red brake lights around the high school. I wasn’t sure why we had stopped, and my initial response was irritation. Summer…
Imagine the possibilities, says local drag king
By Thomas Smith While Kris Hamill was adopted from Russia at the age of one and grew up in Mississauga, the Eagle Lake area has always been his second home. His grandparents lived in the…
Sorry
By Emily Stonehouse We’ve all made jokes about it. The fact that we as Canadians have ‘sorry’ built into our daily repertoire, right up there with toonie and double-double. We say it when we bump…