By Sharon Lynch Mark wondered why he cared so much. Standing beside the aquarium in his den, he watched the fish struggling. He had been doing the same thing every evening for almost a week.…
Cover boy
By Steve Galea If you notice me walking down the street this week wearing a ball cap, dark sunglasses and looking presentable and clean-shaven, it’s because I am trying to be unrecognizable for a while…
Aging Together as Community receives funding
By Emily StonehouseIt’s no secret that Haliburton County has a rapidly growing demographic of seniors. Jack Brezina wrote in his column Jack’s POV two weeks ago that it has the highest percentage of those over…
Nicholls and team win bronze at Canada Winter…
By Vivian CollingsLocal curler Owen Nicholls and team Stratton of London swept their way to victory while representing Ontario at the Canada Winter Games in Summerside, PEI at the beginning of March.Along with a bronze…
Registration opens for Canada 55+ Games
By Vivian CollingsThe Ontario Senior Games Association is warming up for the 55+ Games this year, and registration is now open to anyone 55 and over hoping to join in the fun.Haliburton/Muskoka’s District 11 is…
Interact, Rotaract, and Rotary add colour to international…
By Vivian CollingsIt’s time for the third-annual fundraiser between Interact, Rotaract, and the Haliburton and Minden Rotary clubs to brighten the Highlands with a Canadian-themed colouring book, and they need your drawings to make it…
Three years in a COVID world
By Emily Stonehouse It’s officially been three years since the country was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Many surely remember March 15, 2020. A day that the country began to implement shutdowns in an…
County’s shoreline bylaw tailored for three of four…
By James MatthewsLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter Haliburton County’s proposed shoreline bylaw has been changed to include three of the four lower tier municipalities.Steve Stone, the county’s director of planning, presented the new Shoreline Preservation Bylaw…
A dream playground
By Vivian Collings It’s been a couple of months since writing about poverty in the Highlands in one of my editorials.With the launch of the fundraising campaign to build a new playground in Head Lake…
Pura Vida
By Lynda Shadbolt I recently listened to a podcast by Tara Brach, a well known psychologist, teacher, meditator and author.She does weekly talks on mindfulness, Buddhism and psychology. In this talk she had just returned…
Pie in the sky
By Steve Galea On Sunday, Jenn and I decided to have some pie for dessert.“Ah, there’s nothing like a nice piece of pie and some intelligent conversation,” Jenn said.I took that as my cue.“You know,…
A ‘happy and peaceful home’ for everyone
By Emily Stonehouse Karinya: an Australian Aboriginal word that can be translated to “a happy and peaceful home.”This is the vision of Abby Gordon, the founder of Karinya Home Care Inc., based out of Minden.The…
Head Lake Park playground to break ground in…
By Vivian Collings Head Lake Park is set to have a 9000 square foot, accessible playground in late spring.The playground has been designed, all major pieces have been ordered, and the fundraising committee has been…
Team Dobson wins gold at Swiss Junior Cup
By Vivian Collings Jacob Dobson, HHSS alumnus, and skip for U20 men’s curling team, Team Dobson, recently represented Canada and slid into first out of 15 teams in the Swiss Junior Cup in Bern, Switzerland…
Lawyer asks county to defer condo decision
By James MatthewsLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterAn environmental group has asked Haliburton County to halt all development on Grass Lake and to reject a proposal to build condominiums there.The Friends of Grass Lake brought their concerns…
County defers decision on Grass Lake condo development
By James MatthewsLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterHaliburton County council will take some time before it decides the fate of a housing development on Grass Lake in Dysart.Harburn Holdings wants to build 88 condominiums and a commercial…
Invasive pests should be our biggest concern, says…
By Vivian CollingsIf we don’t prioritize invasive species as a problem, we may not have an environment left to be worried about.Invasive pests should be at the top of our list of concerns as Ontarians,…
The kids are alright
By Vivian Collings You may have noticed, but we feature kids and youth a lot in the Echo and the Times.Our papers are usually full of smiling young faces and success stories to go with…
Adverse conditions
By Lynda Shadbolt We’ve all got to do things that make us happy.We are all different, and we are all evolving. I think we are all happiest when we are doing something we love and…
It behoofs us all
By Steve Galea A week or so ago, my best buddy Tom called me and spoke with more enthusiasm than I have heard him exude in a long time.“I have seen the light,” he finally…
Finalists announced for restaurant makeover
By Emily StonehouseIt’s no secret that the number one industry in the area is tourism. That’s why ACM Designs wants to start giving back to the community with their upcoming restaurant makeover contest.“After the pandemic,…