By Mike Baker The CN Tower in Toronto is set to turn blue on March 22 – but not for the reason you’re probably thinking.Rather than commemorating the Leafs or Blue Jays, the national landmark…
Hawks rink receive belated provincial championship banner
By Darren Lum It was a long time coming for the Red Hawks boys’ curling team, but the Ontario School Curling Provincial Championship title banner has come home.Delivered by committee chairman Carlos Gregorio, the title…
Vaccination clinics planned in Minden, Haliburton
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference with acting medical officer of health Dr. Ian Gemmill, held virtually March 10. The Haliburton Family…
Bursaries available through YWCA Peterborough Haliburton
By Mike Baker The YWCA Peterborough Haliburton is offering women who have experienced gender-based violence the opportunity to pursue a new career.Applications for the 2021 Hazel Education Bursary have been opened, with Kim Dolan, executive…
Highlands hosting its own Journey to Easter
By Darren Lum Take a journey in the Highlands and celebrate Easter like you’ve never done before with the Haliburton County Stations of the Cross Tour.From March 26 to Easter Sunday, April 4, the community…
Haliburton County to receive $3.25m to bolster LTC…
By Mike Baker Haliburton County is set to receive a $3.25 million provincial windfall to expand the community’s paramedicine for long-term care pilot program.In a news release distributed to media on March 9, Laurie Scott,…
Public invited to first virtual Celebration of Research
By Darren Lum U-Links is inviting the public to its first ever virtual Celebration of Research, featuring 30 community-based research projects including the topics of biodiversity protection, shoreline stewardship and biomonitoring from 1 to 3…
Unexpected costs for Cardiff pool room addition
By Darren Lum The following are Highlands East briefs from the March 9 council meeting. Highlands East is looking to re-tender the work related to the Cardiff pool change room addition.While visiting the construction site…
Lost hikers rescued in QEII
By Sue Tiffin Two 62-year-old hikers were rescued after becoming lost in Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park on March 5, despite numerous challenges for OPP in the recovery.At about 4:19 p.m. that day, Haliburton…
Students required to quarantine after two confirmed cases…
By Staff This story has been updated from the original version. Haliburton Highlands Secondary School students in a Grade 11 chemistry class, a Grade 12 English class and a Grade 12 math class have been…
Sterling’s star shines, takes family work ethic to…
By Darren Lum Sterling Nesbitt shares more than the initials and the surname with the S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena. Named for her great-grandfather Sinclair ‘Sinc’ George Nesbitt, the Highlands teen has been on an enduring…
Highlands East tax rate increases 2.23 per cent
By Darren Lum The following are briefs from Highlands East special meeting of council on March 2 via YouTube, featuring the finance 2021 budget. The budget estimates bylaw will be approved at the March 9…
Vaccines rolling out across county
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Vaccines rolling out across county The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference with acting medical officer of health Dr.…
OGRA elects Highlands East Mayor Burton as next…
By Darren Lum Since 1894 the Ontario Good Roads Association has been working with municipalities to improve transportation throughout the province. Although the oldest municipal association in Ontario, executive director Scott Butler said OGRA’s mandate…
Fleming College receives $336,000 to bolster mental health…
By Mike Baker With many post-secondary students across the province struggling to adapt to new learning protocols brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario government is stepping in to provide additional funding for programs…
The Past Year of a Pandemic: Community reflects…
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. In Haliburton County, 51 cases of COVID-19 and one death due to…
Starlink brings the world to rural Highlanders
By Darren Lum High speed internet is here for rural residents through Starlink, an effort being led by the private spaceflight company owned by Elon Musk, SpaceX.SpaceX is constructing a satellite internet constellation to provide…
Fourteen variants of concern identified in region
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Fourteen additional variants of concern have been identified in COVID-19 cases in the region, that number more than doubling last week from five last Monday to 12 on…
Jaycock plans to keep community connections
By Chad Ingram One of Canoe FM’s iconic figures is moving away from Haliburton County, but listeners of the community volunteer radio station are still likely to hear Mike Jaycock’s signature baritone on the air…
Operatic artists form Racial Equity Advisory Council
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter As the pandemic progressed, so too did more public discussion of systemic racism alongside a rise in xenophobia, in which Asian people faced verbal and physical attacks and…
HCDC provides millions in loans during pandemic
By Chad Ingram The Haliburton County Development Corporation has provided millions of dollars in loans to local businesses since the COVID-19 pandemic began nearly a year ago.“Basically as soon as the pandemic hit, I got…