By Darren Lum Area producers are finding the golden colour to an otherwise less-than-sweet season for maple syrup production in what can only be described as a down year when it comes to yields.The website…
Covert hits the road for retirement after 46-year…
By Sue Tiffin Highlands East roads superintendent Earl Covert has retired after 46 years from a job that all started because of a snowfall.Covert, who has lived in Highland Grove his entire life, graduated from…
Hart pretrial continues May 10
Norman Hart’s pretrial continued in a brief virtual court session held on April 19, adjourned to continue on May 10 at 9:30 a.m.Hart, of Dysart et al, was 33-years-old in 2019 when he was arrested…
Athletes serve as role-models for BIPOC in community,…
By Darren Lum The JDHES student-led effort to have Haliburton-raised Olympian Lesley Tashlin and former CFLer Taly Williams added to the wall of athletes at the A.J. LaRue Arena has led to the creation of…
Echo recognized for continued excellence at 2020 OCNA…
By Mike Baker The Haliburton County Echo scooped five first-place finishes, two second-place finishes and three third-place finishes at the Ontario Community Newspaper Association’s 2020 Better Newspaper Competition.During a virtual ceremony held on Friday afternoon…
Mass vaccination clinics temporarily close due to low…
By Sue TiffinLocal Journalism Initiative reporter The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference held virtually on April 21 with medical officer of health Dr. Natalie Bocking.…
Haliburton businesses ‘at the breaking point’
By Mike Baker Commerce has condemned the latest raft of COVID-19 measures implemented by the provincial government, saying further business supports will be required to help entrepreneurs through this prolonged third lockdown.On Friday [April 16],…
Getting the virtual wheels rolling to create a…
By Darren Lum There’s no denying the strangeness of the year with the pandemic’s lockdowns and restrictions on public gatherings around the world.The Highlands wasn’t immune to this reality and up until several weeks ago…
Hike Haliburton ‘Light’ to proceed in September
By Chad Ingram The County of Haliburton plans to host a scaled-down version of the Hike Haliburton Festival this fall.County councillors discussed options for a festival this year during an April 14 meeting. Last year,…
Condo development proposal for affordable rentals
By Darren Lum A delegation at last week’s Highlands East council meeting on Tuesday, April 13 is bringing hope for affordable housing with a 40-unit condominium project for independent living seniors in Cardiff.Led by Stephen…
New respite service ‘plugging the gap’ in Haliburton…
By Mike Baker While many families have been struggling since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year ago, those who relied on community supports and services to care for vulnerable individuals have…
Students quarantining after coming into contact with positive…
By Mike Baker An entire bus load of students and at least one classroom from Haliburton County are quarantining after being identified as close contacts of a positive COVID-19 case over the weekend.In a letter…
Local COVID-19 cases on the rise, MoH calls…
By Mike Baker The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit [HKPRDHU] is “sounding the alarm” with the recent spike in local COVID-19 cases stretching the capacity of the health unit to its limits.In the…
TLDSB bags $7.5 million in new COVID-19 relief…
By Mike Baker Trillium Lakelands District School Board is receiving around $7.5 million in additional COVID-19 relief funding from the provincial and federal governments.In a release to media last week, Laurie Scott, MPP for Haliburton-Kawartha…
Construction is booming in Highlands East
By Darren Lum The following are briefs from the April 13 Highlands East meeting. Laurie Devolin, chief building official for the township, said the numbers are showing a lot of building activity when compared to…
Ferguson pretrial begins May 11
A preliminary hearing for Robert Ferguson held in a virtual court session on April 6 was adjourned to May 11 in the Superior Court for pretrial.Ferguson, a Highlands East resident, was 58-years-old at the time…
New study focuses on substance use recovery and…
By Sue Tiffin Sandra McNeil has been studying substance use recovery and stigma in rural communities as part of her work toward a PhD, and found that what she has learned from residents living in…
Ontario schools to remain closed following break
By Mike Baker High school and elementary students in Ontario will be transitioning back to at-home learning following April Break, Premier Doug Ford confirmed on Monday [April 12].Ford said the rapid spread of “deadly” COVID-19…
New Medical Officer of Health urges public to…
By Sue Tiffin Dr. Natalie Bocking officially assumed the role of medical officer of health for the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit on April 6, replacing Dr. Lynn Noseworthy, who retired in December…
New initiative looks to honour frontline and essential…
By Mike Baker Carolina Barberi and Joel Ideson have taken the pledge – now they’re looking for the local community to do their part.The couple, who recently announced they had taken ownership of Haliburton Solar…
Camp Towhee goes virtual, bringing Haliburton home
By Darren Lum Like everywhere else in the province during this pandemic, there will be a virtual offering at Camp Towhee, which is looking to bring Haliburton to its young participants wherever they are.The Child…