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Updated list of closures and cancellations
The Province said all non-essential businesses must close before midnight March 24.
The Province of Ontario declared a state...
Highlands real estate booms during pandemic
BUSINESS --- COVID has been good for business for Haliburton County realtors.
Health Unit offers Thanksgiving advice
HEALTH --- The local health unit is issuing some advice for Thanksgivng weekend.
Minden business owner fined for non-mask compliance
NEWS --- The owner of a Minden business has been fined for posting a sign asking customers not to wear masks when in her store.
Curling Club sweeps through pandemic
The Haliburton Curling Club is planning to carry on its season even with...
Who’s zooming whom at council meetings
It’s early on a Tuesday morning and the Dysart et al council chambers...
Confirmed active COVID cases down to one in Haliburton
Haliburton's active confirmed COVID-19 cases dropped down one in an update from the...
Haliburton County municipalities get $2.87 million to help with COVID costs
NEWS: The province today announced nearly $3m to help local townships offset COVID costs.
The do’s and don’ts of pandemic yard sales
NEWS: Thinking of holding a yard or garage sale. Thinking of going to one? Here's what you need to know.
New COVID hospitalization in Haliburton
For the first time since April, someone in Haliburton County has been hospitalized...
Health workers await promised pandemic pay
Local healthcare workers are still waiting for the province to fulfill its promises...
Health measures bring harassment fears
Baked and Battered co-owner Colby Marcellus said a strong majority of people have...
Masked men and women enter County stores
Local businesses implemented the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine
Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit’s mask mandate...
Councils hold off on in-person meetings
County council agreed to spend up to $15,000 to broadcast future in-person meetings...
Church finds ‘silver lining’ in COVID
LIFE --- Almost all Haliburton County churches are opting to remain closed for the time being.
Oh Canada, we’re staying home this year
ARTS --- With COVID-19, Canada Day as we’ve known it in the past has been cancelled locally.
Dysart task force charts course for recovery
Dysart et al officially launched its COVID-19 Community Recovery Task
Force June 11.
Excitement builds for business reopenings
NEWS -- Some businesses are reopining to the general public June 12.
Hosts welcome opening of short-term rentals
Short-term rental businesses and hosts are welcoming the province loosening restrictions on them...
Restaurants say they’re struggling
NEWS --- Local restaurants - only allowed to do takeout - say they are struggling.
Campers disappointed as getaways cancelled
Victor Surkos was planning for his third year at Haliburton Hockey Haven Sports...
Minden restaurant defies no dine-in rules
NEWS --- A Minden business has protested the closure of restaurants to all but takeaway,
Frustration as renters defy restrictions
Short-term rentals are still mostly banned across Ontario, but professional cottage rental agencies...
Seniors seek long-term financial support
Seniors advocates are welcoming a $500 one-time payment from the federal government but...
Libraries plan for reopening
The Haliburton County Public Library (HCPL) is planning for reopening but staff are...
Haliburton County getting back in business
Haliburton County’s construction and retail sectors began further reopening May 19 after the...
COVID-19 costly for Algonquin Highlands
NEWS --- Algonquin Highlands treasurer Jean Hughes will table a report to the May 21 meeting on the cost of COVID-19 to the township.
Sweet soap helping community cooks
Treehouse Soap owner Lea Bartlett wanted to do something sweet to help the...
Pandemic puts search for Heaven on hold
Documentary filmmakers Mike (Heaven) Mildon and Jackson Rowe did not expect a twist...
Community gardens open with new restrictions
Community gardens are working to open under new social distancing restrictions after the...
MP critiques government support programming
Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MP Jamie Schmale fielded questions and discussed gaps he saw in...
Fleming puts health first with plans for the fall
NEWS --- Fleming College has announced it will begin the fall semester using online and alternative delivery Sept. 8
The most unusual time of his working life
PEOPLE: He is also conscious of humans balancing having to live and reducing the burden of disease, calling it a “mortality-freedom trade-off.”
Realtors feel they’ve turned the COVID corner
NEWS --- Haliburton County realtors are feeling optimistic about the future despite the challenges COVID-19 has thrown at them so far this year.
School board adapts to learning at home
Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) is working through the hurdles of Learning@Home...
Businesses open doors as restrictions eased
Local businesses are re-opening, welcoming the province beginning to ease COVID-19related restrictions.
Paramedic chief worked front lines of SARS, managed Ebola
PEOPLE --- She was an on-road paramedic during SARS in 2003 and had a managerial position during the ebola virus disease outbreak in 2014.
Doctor part of ‘quite inspiring puzzle’
NEWS --- Dr Suke helped create, and is helping to run, the COVID assessment centre in Haliburton.
County mayors okay with return of cottagers
NEWS --- County mayors and the warden say it’s okay for cottagers to come to Haliburton County for the Victoria Day long weekend, as long as they’re responsible.
County mayors plan to issue unified message
The County’s four mayors are planning to send out a unified message to...
Stories from the frontline of the ER
OPINION --- As essay by an emergency department doctor in North Vancouver, who has local ties.