General News
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Dysart council ‘not environmental pirates’
While Dysart et al council this week toyed with the idea of a lengthy deferral for proposed changes to the township’s official plan (OP)...
Children’s Aid Society overturns closure
The Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society (KHCAS) will not be shutting its office in Haliburton after all.
In August 2024, the agency announced its intention...
Hub providing bridge to hope for Haliburton County youth
It’s a Thursday afternoon at the cozy lakeside hub that Youth Unlimited runs in Haliburton village – volunteers are milling around, preparing food for...
Hollywood Haliburton
There’s a little bit of Haliburton County in the recently-released A Very Jonas Christmas Movie.
Fresh off their appearance in Frankenstein, the canines of...
Gooderham rebuild a labour of love
Scott Creighton dusts off the back of an aged panel from the original ‘Gooderham Garage and Livery’ sign that now hangs from the second-floor...
A seedy story with a happy ending
Two Haliburton businesses have partnered to help restore prairie grasses in the Oak Ridges Moraine - that may one day help the endangered Kirtland’s...
Last call for Haliburton Beer Store
The Beer Store (TBS) officially announced the pending closure of its location at 15 Hops Dr. in Haliburton, with grocery stores trying to figure...
Minden Hills to resume septic inspections
Minden Hills hopes to revise its beleaguered septic reinspection program by bringing it in-house,
Council, at a Nov. 13 meeting, gave deputy chief building...
Haliburton cycling caboose in limbo
Following the success of a six-month cycling pilot in Haliburton village this summer, Pamela Marsales says the Caboose Community Bike Hub located in Head...
U-Links looking for more local research projects
U-Links Centre for Community-Based Research has put out a final call to the community to submit their research project proposals for consideration for the...
Seniors group secures non-profit status
Aging Together As Community Haliburton Highlands (ATAC) is celebrating another important milestone, says lead Bonnie Roe, with the group recently securing official not-for-profit (NFP)...
Wanakita invests in leaders of tomorrow
YMCA Wanakita is paying homage to a key figure from its history, recently announcing a $2.6 million investment in anew leadership centre that camp...
Mental health and addiction support come full circle
The lead of a new peer support drop-in service covering Haliburton County says personalized programming is intended to meet people where they’re at, offering...
Tail gunners tell of luck and courage
Haliburton’s Barry Hart told a theatre full of high school students on Remembrance Day that he still shudders when considering how fortunate his father,...
Bringing the heat
This year’s Heat Bank dinner and auction entered a new chapter - with a new venue, The Bonnie View Inn, and chefs joining forces...
Giving County veterans a proper burial
It’s a frosty morning as genealogist Adele Espina climbs out of her pick-up truck on one of the internal roads at Evergreen Cemetery in...
OPP roll out town halls to sparse crowd
The new detachment commander for the Haliburton Highlands OPP said she is committed to holding more town halls in the County in future –...
Legion flying flags of military heroes
This is a banner year for the Haliburton Legion.
This week, flags commemorating 24 of the community’s military veterans were hung in the downtown...
Dog shelters pitch plan to Minden Hills
Minden Hills council, at its Oct. 30 meeting, was asked to work with Paws at Killara Station and Snowflake Meadows for dog control services...
Provincial minister visits wellness hub
Point in Time executive director Marg Cox welcomed Ontario’s associate minister of mental health and addictions, Vijay Thanigasalam, for a tour of the Haliburton...