Dysart approves 4.64 per cent tax increase
After Dysart et al council rubber stamped its 2025 budget Jan. 10, implementing a 4.64 per cent levy increase for ratepayers, mayor Murray Fearrey...
County CAOs hope to ‘resurrect’ review
County of Haliburton CAO Gary Dyke said he was working with the heads of Algonquin Highlands, Dysart et al, Highlands East and Minden Hills,...
Minden Hills to get new kids’ summer camp
Minden Hills council has been asked to approve a zoning bylaw amendment to pave the way for St. Alban’s Boys and Girls Club to...
Minden gets handle on assets
If Minden Hills had to replace all of its assets, they’d be worth nearly $307 million, consultants Watson & Associate Economists Ltd. told council...
Time to pass the Highland Yard baton
Haliburton County’s iconic Highland Yard fundraising race is looking for a new home.
Places for...
Dysart approves 4.64 per cent tax increase
After Dysart et al council rubber stamped its 2025 budget Jan. 10, implementing a 4.64...
County CAOs hope to ‘resurrect’ review
County of Haliburton CAO Gary Dyke said he was working with the heads of Algonquin...
Minden Hills to get new kids’ summer camp
Minden Hills council has been asked to approve a zoning bylaw amendment to pave the...
Minden gets handle on assets
If Minden Hills had to replace all of its assets, they’d be worth nearly $307...
Changes in store for Canadian Tire Minden
The new owner of Canadian Tire in Minden started working with the company as a...
Bringing community together through song
Highlands Opera Studio (HOS) is embarking on a “daring” new year-long project through 2025 -...
This kid isn’t horsing around
After a 2024 season that saw so many highs, including a top five show finish...
Community turns up heat for P4P
Places for People has announced it has surpassed its fundraising goal of $15,000 – generating...
U9s hit full ice
The Highland Storm U9MD Haliburton Hockey Haven team took to the ice this past weekend...
Huskies in it to win it as playoffs loom
Haliburton County Huskies co-captain Raine Nadeau said he can’t wait to take to the ice...
HSAD launches March break courses
The Haliburton School of Art + Design (HSAD) said it is “thrilled” to announce a...
Lightfoot to help folk society kick off new year
Terra Lightfoot is coming back to the Highlands, kicking off the Haliburton County Folk Society’s...
Fearrey wants to break ground at CR21 by 2026
Eighteen months from the $1.725 million purchase of 91.5 acres along County Road 21 in...
Schmale: ‘inevitable Trudeau took this step’
Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MP Jamie Schmale said the only surprising thing about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s...
HKLB Liberals envision ‘interesting few months’
Bonnie French is the spokesperson for Leaning Left in HKLB – a recently-formed group she...
CUPE calls for more class supports
After Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) reported an $8 million surplus for the 2023/24...
Show me the money to attract candidates
Octogenarian County coun. Murray Fearrey has raised the idea of increasing councillor salaries to attract...
Former Kilcoo director settles civil lawsuits
A pair of civil lawsuits alleging a former director of Minden’s Kilcoo Camp sexually assaulted...
County declares intimate partner violence an epidemic
The YWCA Peterborough Haliburton and Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre conservatively estimate that more than 2,500...
Ryall elected vice chair of new health unit
The recently merged health unit covering Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton, Northumberland and Peterborough counties met...
Storm record win and a tie
This past weekend marked a successful set of games for the U11 Rep Cottage Country...
Huskies load up for playoffs
Haliburton County Huskies coach Ryan Ramsay predicts it’ll be a rat race for playoff positioning...
Learn about Lapine at Agnes Jamieson
Shannon Kelly says anyone looking for an education on a core piece of the County’s...
Christmas delivers two new docs for 2025
While Haliburton County won’t be one of the 26 rural communities to benefit from the...
It’s snow joke, winter arrives in Highlands
When the heavens opened in early December, covering Haliburton County with a thick blanket of...
Dysart council sides with staff on patio
The owners of Haliburton’s Hook, Line and Sinker restaurant say they may have to pull...
County postal service has resumed
Highlands-based Canada Post delivery personnel are disappointed to have been mandated back to work, says...
County closes book on budget
County taxpayers will pay an extra $15.97 per $100,000 of residential assessment after the upper-tier...
Sir Sam’s becomes community ski hill
Sir Sam’s Ski/Ride has become a community-owned ski hill with six families investing in the...
County paramedic honoured for 30-plus years of service
When Haliburton County paramedic Chris Parish started working in the Highlands 33 years ago, he...
Reinvigorating community spirit in Minden
Dominion Hotel owner Shawn Chamberlin said this is the first time in years he’s felt...
U13 LL Storm Yellow impress at Silver Stick
The U13 LL Highland Storm Casey Water Wells & Geothermal Inc. competed in the International...
Huskies keeping pace with rivals in standings
Haliburton County Huskies head coach Ryan Ramsay said he’s been impressed by a recent run...
Putting ‘happy’ back in the holidays
Even with chestnuts roasting on an open fire and Jack Frost nipping at your nose,...
Province must step up
The old saying goes that good things come to those who wait.
Thousands of County residents...
Government commits $10M to health merger
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit (HKPR) is moving ahead with a voluntary...
Summer ice continuing in Minden Hills
Haliburton County Huskies representatives made their plea for maintaining summer ice at S.G. Nesbitt Memorial...
Dysart wants to demolish Wig
Dysart et al has applied for a special exemption through the Ministry of Environment, Conservation...
Targeting substance abuse and mental health
Point in Time, in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge,...