By Darren Lum Starting from Feb. 6, over the next few weeks until March 7, there will be more than 1,200 Nordic skiers gliding and double-poling their way along snow tracked routes all over the…
Daisy Duke, beloved Bonnie View Inn pig: 2012…
By Sue Tiffin When Daisy Duke died at the end of January, Andrea Hagarty was inundated with comments, e-mails, messages, photos and stories of the eight-year-old pig that had become a beloved icon and mascot…
HHHS confirms negative results for COVID-19 testing of…
Haliburton Highlands Health Services (HHHS) confirmed on Sunday [Feb. 7] that the COVID-19 tests of all staff at Hyland Crest in Minden have come back negative.“Obviously this is a tremendous relief for everyone but it…
Variants not yet identified in Haliburton County
By Sue Tiffin As of last Wednesday, the public health unit was responding to nine outbreaks at long-term care homes, including one at Hyland Crest in Minden where two essential caregivers tested positive.Gemmill said of…
Dysart sees more than $58 million in new…
By Mike Baker While COVID-19 ensured that most people couldn’t wait to see the back of 2020, Dysart et al’s chief building official noted there were some positives to come out of the pandemic-ridden year.Karl…
Gerontology student bringing joy through robocats
By Sue Tiffin A few years back, researchers in southwest England invited a group of people aged 60 to 99 at a supported living retirement complex to interact with eight different toys, each of them…
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Hyland Crest
By Sue Tiffin A COVID-19 outbreak was declared at Hyland Crest long-term care home in Minden on Sunday [Jan. 31]. Two essential caregivers have tested positive for the virus. The outbreak is the first for…
COVID-19 vaccine administered at Extendicare Haliburton, second batch…
By Mike Baker 42 residents of Extendicare Haliburton were among the first county residents to be vaccinated on Friday [Jan. 29].There were plenty of smiling faces on show as some of the community’s most senior…
County donates $25K to assist students with internet…
By Chad Ingram The County of Haliburton will contribute $25,000 to Point in Time’s campaign to assist students in the county with internet costs in the online learning environment created by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.During…
Need for greater broadband service dominates 2021 ROMA…
By Mike Baker A need for further investment in broadband internet services, improvements to long-term care and issues surrounding blue-green algae in local lakes were some of Haliburton County warden Liz Danielsen’s key takeaways from…
Haliburton welcomes Claire Ashley Cox, first baby of…
By Sue Tiffin The newest resident of Haliburton has arrived - Claire Ashley Cox was born on Jan. 26, making her the first Haliburton resident to be born this year under the care of the…
County to hire consultant to garner feedback and…
By Mike Baker The County of Haliburton will put out a request for proposals “to retain consulting services to lead the development of a draft shoreline preservation bylaw, including a review of the related science,…
Sir Sam’s eyeing Feb. 11 re-opening
By Darren Lum It’s been weeks since Sir Sam’s Ski and Ride last opened, as it was forced to close because of the provincial lockdown measure to reduce the transmission of the novel coronavirus.The family-run…
‘If someone is saying there’s no coronavirus in…
By Sue Tiffin The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference held virtually Jan. 27. Dr. Ian Gemmill, acting medical officer of health, noted that Haliburton County…
Highland Storm hope for second session
Members of the Highland Storm executive met this week to discuss next steps for the second session of hockey.Initially a decision was made back in December that if a lockdown was to continue anywhere past…
Culinary contributions needed for CFN cookbook
By Darren Lum Bringing together the Highlands East community through food is at the foundation of a new cook book being led by the Central Food Network.This cook book is expected to be a celebration…
Highlands Summer Festival cancels 2021 season
By Mike Baker Another one bites the dust.After being forced to cancel its 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers of the Highlands Summer Festival [HSF] have made the “difficult decision” to shutter the…
HHHS in the hole as end of fiscal…
By Mike Baker The Haliburton Highlands Health Service [HHHS] is currently operating with a deficit of around $442,000 as the impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continue to be felt.HHHS board member David O’Brien, who…
Only 21 per cent of businesses ‘confident’ in…
By Mike Baker The president of the Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce wasn’t surprised by the general negativity surrounding the release of the fifth annual Ontario Economic Report [OER] last week.Providing the latest data on…
First doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrive in local…
By Mike Baker The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit received its first allocation of COVID-19 vaccine on Monday evening, with staff planning to start vaccinating residents of the area’s long-term care homes this…
Staff and students return to in-person learning
By Sue Tiffin More than 100,000 students from across Ontario returned to in-person learning on Monday morning [Jan. 25], including those from Haliburton County’s five elementary schools and one high school.Trillium Lakelands District School Board…