‘Great’ year for shoreline rules
Warden Liz Danielsen has given the County’s shoreline preservation bylaw a passing grade more than one year from its implementation, while Dysart et al...
Booze makes comeback with contract
Liquor stores across Haliburton County reopened July 23 as a two-week standoff between the LCBO and its unionized employees concluded.
All 680 LCBO stores...
Series of small events for County’s 150
Settlement wasn’t progressing well in the northern part of Peterborough County in the late 1850s and early 1860s.
It was hard to get people...
Green burial gazebo for St. Stephen’s takes shape
The Haliburton School of Art + Design, Algonquin Highlands and The Haliburton Highlands Green Burial Society have joined together to create a timber framed...
Brent Devolin committed to family, community, governance
Barry Devolin says the passing of his older brother, Brent, on July 22, will leave...
‘Great’ year for shoreline rules
Warden Liz Danielsen has given the County’s shoreline preservation bylaw a passing grade more than...
Booze makes comeback with contract
Liquor stores across Haliburton County reopened July 23 as a two-week standoff between the LCBO...
Series of small events for County’s 150
Settlement wasn’t progressing well in the northern part of Peterborough County in the late 1850s...
Green burial gazebo for St. Stephen’s takes shape
The Haliburton School of Art + Design, Algonquin Highlands and The Haliburton Highlands Green Burial...
Chief still running after 20 years
New Minden Hills fire chief, Don Kruger, did not began his career as a firefighter...
Art on the Dock sneak peek a success
It was a beautiful summer weekend to be exhibiting art on Kennisis Lake for the...
‘Ghost Seamstress’ closes book in final exhibit
After a 30-plus year career in contemporary installation art, Buckhorn-based artist Michele Karch-Ackerman reminisces as...
Al Skinner there for family and friends
Al Skinner built his Stormy Lake cottage, in 1961, when he was 37 years old....
Duchene Classic raises $222k for hospital
For Matt Duchene, returning home every summer and helping to raise money for Haliburton Highlands...
Amazing world of dragonflies and damselflies
The public went for a walk in the Dahl Forest July 20 as Ed Poropat,...
My shoreline ‘helped me through Covid’
Plants fix what ails us.
That’s one of the mottoes of Simon Payn, owner of...
Gooderham music festival to raise the roof
The Gooderham Music Festival is a go for the Robert McCausland Memorial Arena July 27....
Rec centre celebration years in the making
With just a few days to go until the grand unveiling of the renovated Dorset...
More questions than answers
Despite spending weeks deciphering statistics and comments about the County’s shoreline preservation bylaw, and Dysart’s...
Vandals target Haliburton’s Head Lake Park
Dysart et al deputy mayor Walt McKechnie said the township intends to press charges against...
Patient: CT services ‘a really big deal’
Minden resident Les Wilson says the addition of computed tomography (CT) services at the Haliburton...
Company had a blast with historic road project
A Haliburton County-based contractor has taken part in a pilot project that could now be...
Initiative sprouts award for Master Gardeners
The Ontario Horticultural Association (OHA) selected the Haliburton County Master Gardeners (HCMG) as recipients of...
Youth hub looking for new Haliburton home
Demand for service has increased so much at the Haliburton County Youth Wellness Hub over...
Charity golf tournament for slain officer
More than 31 years after he was killed in the line of duty, OPP Const....
Bringing the water festival on the road
Provincial funding is allowing the Friends of Ecological and Environmental Learning (FEEL) to bring a...
The Good Lovelies attracted to Haliburton
A folksy, pop, Americana trio, known as The Good Lovelies, will be stopping in Haliburton...
Cecil Bailey still tapping his toes at 100
“He’s always dancing, as you know,” said Paul Sisson, who’s known Cecil Bailey since they...
Eternal Root: ‘nurturing hearts and the environment’
When Angela Fearrey’s dad passed away in 2018, she wanted to create a living memorial....
The Miracle Worker arrives
The Highlands Summer Festival is continuing with its second musical of its season, The Miracle...
Get to work, health minister
Seeing Ontario health minister Sylvia Jones in Haliburton last week – beaming for a photo...
The struggle is real
The rising cost of living – and the need for a livable wage – continues...
Credit where it’s due
There was an awful lot to unpack last week after Haliburton Highlands Health Services (HHHS)...
Here to support you
This week, high school and elementary students, faculty and staff – as well as parents,...
Mixed bag with healthcare
June 17 was indeed an historic day for health care in Haliburton County.A new, German-made...
Community comes together
I left last week’s Teeny Tiny Summit in Minden feeling pretty inspired.Keynote speaker, Peter Kenyon,...
Last chance project a win
Some sources say more than 10 million tons of furniture waste (F-waste) ends up in...
The power of journalism
Hello Haliburton County. I’m your Highlander reporter for the summer.I’m very excited to be here...
Poverty rates ‘shocking, not surprising’
HIGHLANDER INVESTIGATES
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit (HKPR) has pegged the living wage...
Firefighters prevent vehicle blaze from spreading
Red Umbrella Inn owner Ziad Halasah was working in the office July 8 when he...
LCBO workers striking, stores closed
Rather than be ticked off they couldn’t pick up their favourite bottle of liquor from...
Minden urgent care clinic turns one, new manager at helm
As the Minden Urgent Care Clinic continues into its second year of operation, there is...
Barclay: ‘not heavy lifting’ coming to Minden
On the phone from Prince Edward County, Linwood Barclay is asked for his advice to...
Exhibit depicts beauty, but an underneath as well
Looking outside of Chris Hanson and Hendrika Sonnenberg’s art studio, The Inconvenience Store, one would...