By Vivian Collings Some Dysart residents are pushing for a total ban of deer feeding year-round as well as an extension of the applicable bylaw area. Stop Deer Feeding Property Owners Coalition, Haliburton-By-The-Lake Property Owners…
County gets in line early for new ambulance
By James Matthews Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Haliburton County’s paramedics are getting a new ride. County council agreed during its Sept. 27 regular meeting to give pre-budget approval for a new ambulance. It will cost…
New COVID-19 variants aren’t as severe as previous…
By James Matthews Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Local public health officials are preparing for another “atypical” respiratory season. Dr. Natalie Bocking, the medical officer of health and the CEO at the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge…
Dysart asks that personal docks be removed
By James Matthews Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Personal docks stored on the Haliburton Lake beach have drawn the ire of some residents. Andrea Mueller, manager of programs and events, said during Dysart township council’s meeting…
Monkeys in the middle
By Vivian Collings Timing is really incredible sometimes. Or should I say ironic? If Head Lake Park actually had a head with a thinking brain, I wonder if it would be reeling like mine after…
Henry
By Lynda Shadbolt Jim and I were in Orillia on the weekend for his brother’s wedding. It was such a happy occasion. Rob has had a lot of tragedy in his life, and we were…
Oh yes, we have no bananas
By Steve Galea I’m not entirely certain we have entered the end times yet, but I do know almost all the signs are there. For instance, I went to the grocery store the other day…
HHHS Foundation AGM highlights 2022 year
By Emily Stonehouse The change in season brings on the yearly Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation AGM. The numbers in review were from 2022, with 2023 numbers still not completed until the end of the…
How not to get scammed and other skills…
By Erin Kernohan-Berning According to the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada Fraud Study (2021), 73 per cent of Canadians have experienced a fraud attempt, and 33 per cent have fallen victim to fraud at some…
County moves closer to an accommodation tax
By James Matthews Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Haliburton County staff have identified a path toward establishing its municipal services corporation. Such an entity is required for the adoption of a municipal accommodation tax in the…
Let’s hear it for the boys in blue
I was never a hockey fan. I started the CanSkate program at age 4 or 5 in Minden. Efforts to convince me to play hockey bounced right off my pink helmet. I had my heart…
The paper bag gift
By Lynda Shadbolt Jim and I have been married for 33 years, and for 33 years we’ve been visiting our local LCBO. We do love a delicious glass of wine with our friends on a…
Highlands Opera Studio spreads their wings
By Emily Stonehouse It’s the dawn of a new era, these post-pandemic days. While some are feeling immense relief and others are entering with trepidation, the arts world is one industry that is feeling the…
Flooded property frustrates Haliburton couple
By James Matthews Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Flooding and subsequent finger-pointing has gone on long enough for Haliburton residents Cindy and Gary Rowden. The Rowdens bought their County Road 21 property in 1995, the same…
Newspaper database project launched
By Vivian Collings Soon there will be a way for everyone to access existing written history of Haliburton County. The Haliburton County Newspaper Digitization Project committee has formed to take on digitizing boxes and boxes…
Summer learning a boon to TLDSB students, says…
By James Matthews Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Summer learning has a direct impact on student success at schools within the Trillium Lakelands District School Board. The school board got an overview of the summer learning…
Hitting the road for healthcare
By Emily Stonehouse All aboard! The bus to stop closures and privatization of healthcare is taking off on Sept. 25 to head to Queen’s Park in Toronto for the day. “The camaraderie will be amazing,”…
‘August slipped away into a moment in time’
By Vivian Collings Taylor Swift’s lyrics capture the season all too well. Just like a favourite movie over too soon, the summer madness has reached its finale. Much faster than it came, it’s gone. Big…
Best friends
By Sharon Lynch All that was missing was an elbow hanging out the open window. It was a warm fall day, and the truck was parked in the grocery store’s lot, windows down. A pleasant…
Man’s inhumanity to man
By Steve Galea A lot has been written about man’s inhumanity to man, but frankly I think all those writers and philosophers have missed out on the one cruelty that makes all others pale in comparison.…
Martial arts is family with Kang Chul Martial…
By Christine Carr West Guilford is getting a little bit stronger thanks to Kang Chul Martial Arts, a new martial arts studio running out of the basement at the West Guilford Community Centre. With classes…