By Mike Baker With a new COVID-19 vaccination clinic set to open at A.J. LaRue Arena next week, the Rotary Club of Haliburton is looking for volunteers to help ensure the day-long sessions operate smoothly…
Premier announces four-week ‘emergency brake’
By Sue Tiffin A day after Ontario saw the highest number of people with COVID-19 related critical illness admitted to intensive care units [ICUs] so far during the pandemic, and a day before the Easter…
Police investigating downtown incidents
By Mike Baker The Haliburton Highlands OPP are following up on incidents at Emmerson Lumber and CIBC in Haliburton village over the long weekend.With Easter Monday serving as a statutory holiday for administrative members of…
Radio Playhouse brings the theatre to you
By Sue Tiffin The show must go on and it will do so over the airwaves into your living room, over your car speakers or straight into your ears via headphones beginning April 7.Canoe FM…
Rotaract celebrates one year anniversary
By Darren Lum It’s been more than 365 days since Rotaract started in the Highlands.Members reflected about what has been and will be for the future of the service club for young adults over 18…
Skateboard park graffiti disappoints users, municipality
By Darren Lum When it comes to the municipality and the skaters, graffiti isn’t what anyone wants to see at the Haliburton Junction Skateboard Park.Sometime between the night of Friday, March 26 and the morning…
Places for People needs $700k to move ahead…
By Mike Baker It’s going to take something special to save the 15-unit affordable housing project Places for People is hoping to establish at the Lakeview Motel in Haliburton.The organization worked quickly on developing a…
Haliburton realtor raising money for SIRCH Community Services
By Mike Baker Century 21 realtor Brandon Nimigon needs help from the local community if he is to avoid an uncomfortable 60-second dip in the frigid waters of Head Lake.The second-annual Jump in the Lake…
County planning director resigns
By Chad Ingram The County of Haliburton is seeking a new director of planning as current director Charlsey White has tendered her resignation in order to pursue a new career opportunity.County councillors accepted that resignation…
HCSA sees bump in memberships this year
By Darren Lum Participation in outdoor recreational activities was way up this winter with the pandemic and snowmobiling in Haliburton County following that trend, as indicated by the numbers from the Haliburton County Snowmobile Association…
Positive reaction to big-spending budget
By Chad Ingram The provincial budget tabled by the Ford government last week contains $186 billion in spending and years of planned deficits as the province seeks to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.Titled Ontario Action…
Despite lockdown, some April Break activities available
By Sue Tiffin Given changing restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, please contact organizers before planning to participate in any in-person events to ensure they are running as planned. Spring Activity KitsThe Municipality of Dysart et…
Community celebrates research at virtual U-Links gathering
By Sue Tiffin Each March, the annual U-Links Celebration of Research event fills a room with unadulterated excitement from a community joining to share in the research findings of the year.A collective hubbub created by…
County vaccination clinics begin this month, new MoH…
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports from the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference held virtually March 31 with acting medical officer of health Dr. Ian Gemmill. A mass vaccination…
Looking at locations for charging stations
By Chad Ingram The County of Haliburton and its four, lower-tier townships are considering funding applications and locations for electric vehicle charging stations.County council received a report from climate change co-ordinator Korey McKay during a…
HE council welcomes Bell plans for communication tower
By Darren Lum The following are Highlands East news briefs from the March 23 council meeting. A Bell Canada telecommunications tower proposal is bringing hope for greater connectivity to Wilberforce and surrounding areas.From its coverage…
Trial set for Hart, preliminary hearing ongoing for…
By Sue Tiffin Two men charged with second-degree murder in separate occurrences that happened weeks apart in 2019 both made court appearances last month.Norman Hart’s last court appearance was on March 26 this year, and…
Vaccination clinic provides relief to elders: ‘overwhelmed and…
By Sue Tiffin In just eight days, over about 40 hours, a team of people made up of physicians, nurses, paramedics, administrators, roads crew, volunteers and spouses of those team members vaccinated 1,946 people in…
Grade 5/6 ASES class and Bus #20 required…
By Sue Tiffin Archie Stouffer Elementary School students in a Grade 5/6 class have been identified as close contacts of a person who has tested positive for COVID-19.An April 2 email to families in the…
Haliburton business pays for upgrades to OPP ‘soft…
By Mike Baker Haliburton business ACM Designs has pledged more than $15,000 to renovate an “important space” at the Haliburton Highlands OPP detachment.As a former police officer Andria Cowan Molyneaux knows all too well the…
The Highlands’ ‘liquid gold’ fuels a passion for…
By Darren Lum There’s a certain romantic quality to the experience behind the traditional way of maple syrup production.It includes tromping through the woods with snowshoes, hanging the buckets and inserting the spiles in trees,…