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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...
AH looks at backyard camping
Algonquin Highlands council is considering a zoning bylaw change that could pave the way for people to legally camp on private residential property within...
Township finds license of occupation fix
Algonquin Highlands has partnered with insurance firm Marsh Canada Ltd. to offer residents a first-of-its-kind solution to protections required through the township’s license of...
Cottager ‘shocked’ dog shot with pellet gun
Moore Lake cottager Jake Moreau is still reeling after his dog, Bowie, was shot between the eyes with a pellet gun Nov. 24.
Moreau said...
Winter weather arrives with bang in County
Intense squalls this past weekend blanketed parts of Haliburton County with more than 25 inches of snow as the Highlands belatedly transformed into its...
Brooksong goes virtual
Eighteen months ago, Toronto resident Laura Hughes was navigating a recent Stage 2 cancer diagnosis feeling scared, alone, and unsure about what to do...
Grass Lake development reduced to 38 units
The years-long battle between property developer Paul Wilson and members of the Friends of Grass Lake (FGL) over a proposed build off Peninsula Road...
Service Ontario goes mobile in Haliburton
It’s been four weeks since the Service Ontario location in Haliburton closed and Joey Wu, spokesperson for the ministry of public and business service...
Businesses struggle with postal strike
County entrepreneur Sandi McElwain has endured a lot during her 25 years in business, but said the ongoing Canada Post strike is crippling her...
Stuart Baker teacher scoops provincial prize
Elementary school teacher Krista Patterson routinely embraces one key principle she feels helps her connect with students on a deeper level, improving results inside...
Reconciling life at Grenville Christian College
Sarah Patrick recalls the headlines “looming ominously” on the front pages of The Globe and Mail in September and October of 2007.
They included,...
Partnerships tackling mental health and addictions
Rev. Canon Joan Cavanaugh-Clark met Andrew Hodson in 2017. At the time, Hodson was with the Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge...
County postal workers part of national strike
The president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) local 564 covering Lindsay and Haliburton County, Doug Ford, said people waiting on government...
County draft budget – 5.15 per cent levy jump
County staff presented a first draft of the 2025 budget Nov. 13 – with a 5.15 per cent tax rate increase – or an...
Minimum wage falls short across region
The Ontario Living Wage Network (OLWN) released its latest report Nov. 18, indicating people in their ‘east’ region, which includes Haliburton County, would need...