By Darren Lum When former Red Hawks volleyball standout Natalya Gimon made the Dalhousie Tigers volleyball team earlier this year it was a dream come true.The second-year health promotion student said it felt a little…
Reviewing physician recruitment program
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County councillors discussed a number of potential changes to the county’s physician recruitment program during a Dec. 16 meeting.The county has a recruitment committee and a physician recruitment co-ordinator in the…
Field Hooky collaboration celebrates childhood, nature
By Sue Tiffin Readers familiar with seeing Deborah J. Reed and Janet Trull’s names and written work in the Haliburton County Echo and County Life will now see their names on a colourful collaboration: a…
Creative form of winter golfing comes to Haliburton
By Darren Lum Getting to golf this winter is as easy as pressing a few keys said golf pro Andy MacMillan, owner of the Haliburton Golf Centre.Working out of the Pinestone Resort and Conference Centre…
Finding the threads that binds us all
By Darren Lum Earlier this month, students at the Cardiff Elementary School and Wilberforce Elementary School learned about the important role nature plays during the year for Indigenous people, particularly during the holiday season.Led by…
COVID-19 deals blow to Haliburton Forest’s Poker Run
By Darren Lum COVID-19 has delivered a fatal blow to what would have been the 30th annual Poker Run, traditionally hosted by the Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve every February.With rising cases of the coronavirus…
One child’s gesture, sows seed of generosity
By Darren Lum An eight-year-old’s selfless gesture is teaching a lesson in how a little can go a long way.When Oliver Williams of Haliburton found $5 outside the A.J. LaRue Arena on Saturday, Dec. 5…
Privacy a concern for local health unit when…
By Sue Tiffin With each update of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the area from the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District health unit, comments from the public regarding their questions and concerns – namely, why…
Highland Pharmacy robbed at gunpoint
By Sue Tiffin Haliburton Highlands OPP are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at Highland Pharmacy on Dec. 9. At approximately 6 p.m. that evening, officers responded to the robbery at the business, which is…
Don Smith remembered for love of nature, land,…
By Sue Tiffin A few minutes into a video of an interview Don Smith participated in as part of a Haliburton Highlands Land Trust storytelling series last year, he pauses, cranes his neck behind and…
Ministry investigating North Shore Road blast
By Mike Baker An incident that occurred back on Dec. 2 that has some area residents believed could have been an earthquake or home explosion turned out to be a “blast gone wrong” at the…
The Noble Barber wants new shop to become…
By Mike Baker While he wasn’t born or raised in the Haliburton area, Nick Folco still considers his most recent return to the region to be something of a homecoming. Launching the downtown area’s newest…
Province announces $350K in new tourism funding
By Sue Tiffin Much-anticipated provincial funding to support the tourism region that includes the Haliburton Highlands was announced last Monday, Dec. 7, with $350,000 awarded to Ontario’s Highlands Tourism Organization to help offer relief to…
New owners want to take Century21 ‘to the…
By Mike Baker There will soon be a new face at the helm of Century21 Granite Realty Group in Haliburton, and it’s one you just might recognize. Brandon Nimigon, and his wife Megan, will take…
Thousands more added to Shindig totals for Fuel…
By Darren Lum Days after the stage lights went out and the performers went home following the Highlands Virtual Shindig 2020, thousands of dollars has since been added to the $41,500 initially raised from the…
Storm reflect on first session of season
By Darren Lum As session one for the Highland Storm Hockey Association winds down for the Christmas break, there is optimism and hope for more hockey with session two starting in January. With the exception…
Longtime West Guilford volunteer acknowledged
By Sue Tiffin When Carol Stamp resigned from the West Guilford Community Centre committee in the fall, she did so after 40 years of service for the community she has called home since the ‘70s.…
Haliburton retirement residence to open May 2021, will…
By Mike Baker The Gardens of Haliburton retirement residence will open up its doors on May 1, 2021 and with it create between 50 and 60 new jobs in the local community. Phil McKenzie, representing…
New docs at HHHS emergency rooms
By Chad Ingram Kristin Lythgoe is one of two doctors who recently began working in the emergency department at Haliburton Highlands Health Services, and while Lythgoe may be new to HHHS, she is not new…
Dusting off forgotten musical instruments for kids
By Sue Tiffin A new initiative to bring loved but unused instruments into the hands of kids throughout the county is only a few days old, but already an inventory is growing and a couple…
Haliburton moves into Ontario’s COVID-19 ‘Yellow’ zone
By Mike Baker New COVID-19 restrictions limiting the number of people allowed at social gatherings and tightening regulations on bars and restaurants are being implemented across Haliburton County this week. It was revealed on Friday,…