General News
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It’s snow joke, winter arrives in Highlands
When the heavens opened in early December, covering Haliburton County with a thick blanket of snow, Tanya McCready of Winterdance Dogsled Tours felt like...
Dysart council sides with staff on patio
The owners of Haliburton’s Hook, Line and Sinker restaurant say they may have to pull the plug on their plan to install a second-floor...
County postal service has resumed
Highlands-based Canada Post delivery personnel are disappointed to have been mandated back to work, says Doug Ford, president of the Canadian Union of Postal...
County closes book on budget
County taxpayers will pay an extra $15.97 per $100,000 of residential assessment after the upper-tier government passed its 2025 budget at a council meeting...
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 Eagle Lake business, and another three or four expected...
County paramedic honoured for 30-plus years of service
When Haliburton County paramedic Chris Parish started working in the Highlands 33 years ago, he was an ambulance driver attendant.
“We would go as...
Reinvigorating community spirit in Minden
Dominion Hotel owner Shawn Chamberlin said this is the first time in years he’s felt the Christmas spirit truly take hold in Minden village....
Putting ‘happy’ back in the holidays
Even with chestnuts roasting on an open fire and Jack Frost nipping at your nose, Five Counties Children’s Centre says stress and upheaval can...
Government commits $10M to health merger
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit (HKPR) is moving ahead with a voluntary merger with Peterborough Public Health effective Jan. 1, 2025,...
Summer ice continuing in Minden Hills
Haliburton County Huskies representatives made their plea for maintaining summer ice at S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena during a Nov. 28 Minden Hills council meeting....
Dysart wants to demolish Wig
Dysart et al has applied for a special exemption through the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) to take over demolition of the...
Targeting substance abuse and mental health
Point in Time, in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge, and several organizations representing the Haliburton County Connections Committee,...
Turning up the heat for Places for People
Places for People has launched a seasonal fundraising campaign – birthed when they found out they have to replace an “ancient” oil furnace in...
St. George’s the gift that keeps on giving
Louise Sisson is always a welcome guest at the Youth Wellness Hub in Haliburton at this time of the year.
The St. George’s Anglican...
McKelvey found in breach of Municipal Act
Integrity commissioner, Tony Fleming, has ruled that Minden Hills coun. Tammy McKelvey has breached two sections of the Municipal Act’s code of conduct.
However,...
New police board meets for first time
Calls for service to the Haliburton Highlands OPP have dropped about seven per cent this year, though interim detachment commander, Mike Cavanagh, said there’s...
Ontario government announces rural police relief
The Ontario government has announced $77 million in relief funding for rural municipalities feeling the pinch with escalating policing costs.
Solicitor general Michael Kerzner...
Mail workers say strike ‘hard on all of us’
With negotiations between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) picking up again this week, County-based mail men and women say...
School board suspends more than 1,100 students
The Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) says it issued 1,888 suspensions board wide in 2023-2024, to 1,101 students. Of those, 971 were high...
Minden council dusts off budget shoes
Minden Hills taxpayers got their first look at the township’s 2025 budget Nov. 21 – with a starting point of an estimated 8.7 per...