By Mike Baker Some of the local businesses hit hardest by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may be eligible to receive an extra helping hand courtesy of the Ontario Highlands Tourism Organization [OHTO].The group, in collaboration…
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Seniors finding balance in fitness during Friday group
By Sue Tiffin For three years, Jim Hicks has been enjoying Balanced Fitness classes – a program that combines gentle seated and standing strength, balance and movement exercises – in the auditorium of Minden’s Hyland…
New cyber security initiative launched in Haliburton County
By Mike Baker The Haliburton County Development Corporation is partnering up with its sister organization in the Kawartha Lakes to provide “critical” cyber security and support services to small and medium sized businesses across the…
Ontario SPCA and Humane Society shares five tips…
As the thermometer continues to dip, the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society reminds pet guardians to take extra precautions to keep animals safe during cold weather.When the temperature drops below freezing, pets should not be…
County addresses ‘misinformation’ on shoreline bylaw
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County councillors are calling another special meeting to further discuss the county’s controversial draft shoreline preservation bylaw, after a discussion during a Jan. 13 council meeting that addressed misinformation about the…
Winsley celebrates history of printmaking
By Sue Tiffin Meggan Winsley has certainly made her mark on Toronto.The Haliburton-raised artist is drawing attention downtown in the city, her work being featured at the intersection of Queen Street West and Portland Street.Winsley…
‘This is serious,’ says MOH in health unit’s…
By Sue Tiffin On Jan. 13, at the first of a planned series of weekly media teleconferences launched last week, Dr. Ian Gemmill, acting medical officer of health for the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district…
Cancellation of February Frost Fest confirmed
By Darren Lum With outdoor activities such as dogsledding, ice-climbing, and bonfire feasting where the young and young at heart would eat s’mores by a fire, the Frost Festival always brought joy to Haliburton.Its venue…
Upcoming Connections show reflection of our world
By Darren Lum This story is a follow-up to an article called, Daily account of the pandemic in self-portraits, which was published in the Echo on May 5.It’s been almost a year since the first…
‘Life goes on’ at Woodlands Wildlife Sanctuary
By Sue Tiffin Two weeks in to the new year, Woodlands Wildlife Sanctuary, a year-round rehabilitation facility located in Minden, had already taken in about eight animals in need of care.“Life goes on for us,…
Man charged with impaired driving, committing indecent act…
A Highland Grove resident is facing numerous charges following an “indecent” incident in downtown Haliburton on Christmas Eve.At approximately 3 p.m. on Dec. 24, 2020 members of the Haliburton Highlands OPP responded to reports that…
County to create economic development position
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County council will create an economic development officer position for the county, as well as work toward joint procurement of goods and services for the county and its four lower-tier municipalities.During…
Chamber welcomes new ED, continues to promote local…
By Mike Baker The Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce is hoping for a much better year in 2021.While the COVID-19 pandemic brought a continuous flow of problems to the doors of the local business community…
Vaccine ‘likely’ not available in Haliburton until the…
By Mike Baker While rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine is well underway in some parts of Ontario, one local doctor, as well as the acting medical officer of health for the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge…
Haliburton represented in All-Around Champion reality TV show
By Darren Lum Like a veteran movie star, Evan Armstrong already knows how to tease a show since his claim to TV fame after being one of 10 competitors in the second season of the…
2020 the year of the pandemic, but not…
By Mike Baker Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott says “there is light at the end of the tunnel” as communities all across Ontario continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.Speaking to the Echo, a…
Youth Unlimited thanks community for support
By Darren Lum As Haliburton’s afternoon rush hour traffic rolled by, a masked man in a blue and yellow costume, resembling the Marvel character Wolverine, of X-Men comic book fame, waved his gloved hand with…
Reach out to help others, help yourself, support…
By Sue Tiffin While the new year might have started with hope and a new calendar, it also continues in the second wave of the pandemic that began almost a year ago, a crisis causing…
Record numbers for Nordic ski club
By Darren Lum It’s only when you see the parking lots that you realize how popular Nordic skiing is in the Highlands this season, owed in part to the provincial lockdown said the president of…
Clearing the air about aerosol cleaning for COVID-19
By Darren Lum With so much information out there in the public pertaining to what to do or not to do to protect against contracting the coronavirus, it’s difficult to know where to turn. Sometimes…
County continues to investigate transportation options
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County council continues to investigate options for some kind of public transportation system, and county staff are recommending that the county create a bylaw at the upper-tier level that would allow…