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Wildlife sanctuary says not to feed ‘Mooch’
Lisa Tolentino was leaving Todd’s Independent in Haliburton with a cart full of groceries one recent winter night when a stealthy visitor approached her...
Three rescued after sleds go through ice
Members of the Haliburton Highlands detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to three snowmobiles going through the ice - on Gull Lake...
AH mayor talks priorities for new year
Algonquin Highlands mayor Liz Danielsen said her number one priority for the township’s 2025 budget is to deliver as little an increase as possible...
Aging together, and thriving, as one community
With Aging Together as Community Haliburton Highlands (ATAC) now into its third year, co-founder Bonnie Roe said she’s proud of the things the organization...
Gun charges after arrest at Places for People property
A Dysart et al man has been charged with several firearms-related offences following a police bust at a multi-unit property in Haliburton on Tuesday...
Time to pass the Highland Yard baton
Haliburton County’s iconic Highland Yard fundraising race is looking for a new home.
Places for People (P4P) announced last week it is relinquishing the...
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 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...
Bringing community together through song
Highlands Opera Studio (HOS) is embarking on a “daring” new year-long project through 2025 - with lead Valerie Kuinka, inviting the Haliburton County community...
This kid isn’t horsing around
After a 2024 season that saw so many highs, including a top five show finish at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, 16-year-old equestrian Tavia...
Community turns up heat for P4P
Places for People has announced it has surpassed its fundraising goal of $15,000 – generating $17,600 towards a furnace replacement at one of its...
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 2025 season.
Lightfoot and her trio are performing at...
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 Haliburton - and Dysart et al mayor, Murray Fearrey,...
Schmale: ‘inevitable Trudeau took this step’
Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MP Jamie Schmale said the only surprising thing about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation announcement Jan. 6 was that it took the...
HKLB Liberals envision ‘interesting few months’
Bonnie French is the spokesperson for Leaning Left in HKLB – a recently-formed group she says has more than 150 members.
She personally thinks...
CUPE calls for more class supports
After Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) reported an $8 million surplus for the 2023/24 school year, Bill Campbell, president of the Canadian Union...
Show me the money to attract candidates
Octogenarian County coun. Murray Fearrey has raised the idea of increasing councillor salaries to attract municipal candidates in 2026.
During a Dec. 11 County...
Former Kilcoo director settles civil lawsuits
A pair of civil lawsuits alleging a former director of Minden’s Kilcoo Camp sexually assaulted a student camper and former staffer has been settled...
County declares intimate partner violence an epidemic
The YWCA Peterborough Haliburton and Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre conservatively estimate that more than 2,500 women in Haliburton County have, or are now, experiencing...