By Mike Baker The Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce is offering free COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits to small and medium-sized businesses across the county.In partnership with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and both the…
MOH asks residents to avoid post long-weekend COVID-19…
By Sue TiffinStaff reporter The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference with medical officer of health Dr. Natalie Bocking, held virtually May 19. In her introductory…
Haliburton’s mass vaccine clinic to close rather than…
By Sue Tiffin Staff reporter The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference with medical officer of health Dr. Natalie Bocking, held virtually May 12, and a press…
Police investigating Loon Lake death
By Staff Police are investigating the death of a 63-year-old woman in Dysart et al. Yesterday [May 12] afternoon, at around 3 p.m., Haliburton Highlands OPP was called to Loon Lake in response to a…
Haliburton County Huskies to join OJHL for 2021/22…
By Mike Baker The Huskies are coming home to Haliburton County.Rumours of a Jr. A hockey franchise finding a home in the Highlands was confirmed last week, when the Ontario Junior Hockey League [OJHL] announced…
Embrace the flavours of Mexico at Poquito Loco
By Darren Lum A new restaurant owner is hoping to share her love and passion for Mexico with the Village of Haliburton when it opens on May 20.Claudette Pitre said opening her eatery, Poquito Loco…
Landfill changes pose problems for construction industry
By Mike Baker Widespread changes recently introduced at five landfill sites in Dysart et al are going to have far-reaching negative impacts on the local construction industry, says the president of the Haliburton County Home…
Debate over Sam Slick Park continuing
By Darren Lum What’s in a name?Everything and nothing, apparently, when it comes to opinions about what to do about Sam Slick Park, following the last Cultural Resource Committee virtual meeting via Zoom on Friday,…
Minden and Haliburton mass clinics still not running…
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference held virtually May 5 with medical officer of health Dr. Natalie Bocking. For the third successive…
HSAD near full registration for summer
By Darren Lum The following are briefs from the last Cultural Resource Committee virtual meeting via Zoom on Friday, April 23. The next meeting is in June. Strong numbers for summer registration at the Haliburton…
Farmers’ Market essential, going ahead with season
By Darren Lum Whatever the Ontario government decides regarding the current stay-at-home order, set to run until May 20 as of press time, the Haliburton County Farmers’ Market, which is considered an “essential service,” is…
Residents disappointed by ‘newsletter’ delivery
By Darren Lum When Halbiem Crescent resident David Blodgett looked at the Druthers newsletter with the main headline, Pandemic of Fraud he was left in disbelief.“I look at it and I think how unfortunate that…
Highlands East woman charged with impaired driving
By Mike Baker Haliburton Highlands OPP has charged a 46-year-old Highlands East woman with impaired driving after she drove her vehicle into a ditch on May 2.While investigating an unrelated incident on Mountain St. in…
Shop to support hospitals and health care facilities
By Sue Tiffin While we might feel fatigue about so many of our events, meetings, holidays and other ways of connecting being held online, a new virtual offering allows us to give back to the…
Rock our World fundraiser is about paying it…
By Darren Lum Getting through the pandemic has been a lesson on how working together helps everyone.It’s that kind of approach that is at the heart of this year’s Rock our World, a major fundraiser…
U-Links launches new Woodlands and Waterways EcoWatch program
By Mike Baker U-Links Centre for Community Based Research is launching a new collaborative program to analyze the health of waterways and woodlands across Haliburton County.Launched in conjunction with Trent University, Fleming College and local…
Up to 40 new internet towers to be…
By Chad Ingram The Eastern Ontario Regional Network’s cell gap project will see between 30 and 40 new communication towers constructed throughout Haliburton County and the entire project, which includes the construction of 300 new…
$3 million in recreation upgrades coming to Haliburton…
By Sue Tiffin Four projects in Haliburton County are benefitting from almost $3 million in joint federal, provincial and project recipient funding.Upgrades to the Haliburton County Rail Trail corridor; renovations to the Kinark Outdoor Centre…
JDHES students emboldened by perceived resistance to adding…
By Darren Lum Standing in front of the mural wall of athletes on the side of the A.J. LaRue Arena, Grade 8 J. Douglas Hodgson Elementary School student Cheyenne Degeer said learning about Lesley Tashlin,…
Musician details her love for music following release…
By Mike Baker Shannon Roszell’s love affair with music began, in her own words, in the most Canadian way imaginable.“My first memories of music were listening to Gordon Lightfoot while driving around with my mom…
Chamber president pleased with paid sick day program,…
By Mike Baker Representatives from the Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce say the Ontario government’s decision to introduce a temporary paid sick day program is “a step in the right direction.”Premier Doug Ford unveiled plans…