Haliburton County Huskies sweep Panthers in pre-season tilts

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September 8, 2022

With the intensity of a playoff game, the Haliburton County Huskies ousted 2021-22 league champs, the Pickering Panthers, 4-1 in an exhibition tilt at home Sept. 4.

They also mauled the Panthers 3-0 Sept. 2, preparing the team for its regular season home opener, Sept. 10.

Head coach and general manager Ryan Ramsay said with players fighting for a spot on both teams, he wasn’t surprised at the level of play.

“We have too many D (defencemen) and too many forwards. Every night you have guys sitting out so, if guys are in the lineup, they’re trying to stay in the lineup so it’s a good, competitive atmosphere. It just challenges the players to be better,” he said.

On Sunday, the Dogs opened the scoring when Christian Stevens fired one home at 6:37 of the first period, assisted by Alex Cunningham and Patrick Saini.

The Huskies were the first on the board in the second as Saini put in an early one, at 3:12, from Myles Perry.

The Panthers answered back, with Ryan Johnstone potting one at 7:54 of the second, assisted by Mitchell Ferras. But the Dogs came out on fire in the third and took advantage of a steady Panthers’ parade to the penalty box to close this one out.

Haliburton was two for 10 on the powerplay. The Panthers did not score on their lone attempt with the man advantage. At the 3:31 mark, Cunningham scored on the powerplay, from Saini and Isaac Sooklal and then Josh Sordo potted one with the man advantage, unassisted, at 11:57.

Christian Linton was solid between the pipes, turning away 19 of 20 shots. On Friday night, Linton picked up the shutout.

After a scoreless first, Stevens got the home side on the board at 12:57 of the second, with an assist from Saini. Perry was next up at 13:44, assisted by Lucas Stevenson and Nicholas Dowling. Nathan Duplessis padded the lead at 6:39 of the third, with Cunningham getting the helper.

The Huskies end the pre-season with a record of three wins and one loss. On Aug. 25, they beat Stouffville 4-3 and on Aug. 28 lost 2-1 to the Spirit.

Ramsay said although it was pre-season, and the Panthers are not the same team that hoisted the cup in the spring, “the way we played gives our team confidence … I think we played the right way, in the right style that I want to play.”

He said he did not feel the same way in the Stouffville back-to-back. This weekend, “the guys responded well and they were really working hard.”

The coach prefers intensity, hard work, and competitiveness every night, not taking games or shifts off. However, Ramsay conceded they have 11 new players this year.

He noted skaters are getting used to a different system, teammates, and some are away from home for the first time. It’s been a busy couple of weeks. “Once they get comfortable on and off the ice, that helps as well.”

The general manager doesn’t think he’ll shuffle the playing deck as much as he did in the fall of 2021.

“We’re a better opening day roster team than we were last year.” He said he liked the way they played in the Cobourg playoff series in the spring and, “I’m confident. I like our style. I think the guys have really come together in the last couple of weeks and worked hard so I like it. I think we have a really good team this year.”

Puck drop Sept. 10 against the Cobourg Cougars is 4 p.m. at the S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena.

Filmmaker worked on Summit hockey doc

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Lisa Gervais

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September 8, 2022

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County-based filmmaker Helen Parker is excited about the release of Ice-Breaker, a documentary that pays tribute to the 50th anniversary of the historic Canada-USSR hockey series.

It debuted Sept. 6 and 7 in Perth, ON and is now on a month-long film festival and theatre circuit. It will eventually air on Bell TV. A subsequent television series is planned with Parker saying one episode will be devoted to hockey player alumni interviews she filmed in Moscow in 2017. For now, some of that footage appears in the end credits of Ice-Breaker.

With the release coinciding with the famous series of September 1972, which culminated in Canada beating Russia four games to three on Sept. 28 that year, Parker said the documentary focuses on Canadian diplomat Gary Smith. While just 26 at the time, Parker said he was the only person to have access to both teams’ dressing rooms. She added the documentary celebrates other behind-thescenes individuals.

“I’m excited for Canada. Especially right now with all of the awfulness that’s going on with Russia. It gives us hope that enemies can become friends and that countries that behave badly, figures that behave badly, can be turned around by sport,” she said.

Parker added, “How good is Canada? While the rest of the world was pointing missiles at each other, Canadians strapped on their ice skates and ended up being at the frontline of the Cold War. It’s incredible’.”

Parker said she was also impressed with Smith and his wife, Laurielle Chabeaux.

“I think it’s good for this generation to think about that. I think this generation, even though they grow up fast with the Internet, are kind of slow to make it into adulthood. So many young people in that 19-30-year-old age group live at home with mom and dad for various reasons. You think back to this previous generation who did things in their 20’s. It’s not better, just a different way of living.”

She said the story of Smith is, “this remarkable 26-year-old posted to Moscow, Russia. And they recognized very quickly he was very calm, considerate, and had diplomatic ways about him, so he became the centre of talking between the Russians and the Canadians and he was the only person who had a pass to both changerooms. It’s amazing.”

Parker had extraordinary access to the 45th anniversary celebration of the series in Moscow in 2017.

She spent five days and nights in the Russian capital interviewing former Soviet and Canadian hockey players who had been invited to the commemoration, which included an audience with Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Parker did not get to meet Putin but did have an opportunity to interview some of the Russian legends. They were en route to meet up with the Canadian veterans before boarding a plane to a function being hosted by Putin.

“Very poignant, very interesting, they were very excited to meet the Canadian players,” Parker recalled in a 2021 chat with The Highlander. “Nobody else had interviewed those Russian players – so that was amazing.”

During a talk with the late Pat Stapleton, she said she asked him if he was proud to be back. He said, “I carry pride where ever I go. I don’t have to be here to feel it.” Parker said Stapleton wanted the documentary to be shown around the nation. “Now, that’s what will happen.”

To commemorate the 50th anniversary, two award-winning filmmakers, Robbie Hart of Adobe Productions International and Peter Raymont of White Pine Pictures teamed up to produce Ice-Breaker – The ’72 Summit Series.

Wilberforce bursary makes a difference

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September 8, 2022

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The Wilberforce FUNraising committee is once again stepping up to the plate to assist local youth in achieving their post-secondary dreams.

Since 2020 the group has been offering bursaries to qualifying students looking to enrol in college and university programs outside the community. The idea, says Joan Barton, is to help offset some of the high costs associated with moving, and purchasing expensive materials such as books and computer programs.

“Rural students have to overcome an extra hurdle if they want to go out and get a post-secondary education, because more often than not they have to leave their community. We don’t have much of a choice in Haliburton County for post-secondary education, so that means these students are having to incur massive costs to pay for accommodation and food, without even thinking about their schooling costs,” Barton said. “That’s why we started this, to be able to offer some support to our youth who are looking to go out into the world and make it a better place.”

To qualify, students must reside in or come from the Wilberforce area, or have graduated from Wilberforce Public School.

Haliburton Highlands Secondary School alumni Nikita Watson and Ezra Hill each received $500 through this year’s bursary. Watson is heading to the University of Ottawa to pursue a degree in social science, with a focus on criminology. Hill will be studying environmental engineering at the University of Guelph.

Watson said she learned about the bursary through former schoolmates Sydney Little and Chelsea Flynn, who each received money from the FUNraising group in 2020.

“Coming from a small town, there aren’t many opportunities like this. When you start thinking about the cost of post-secondary education, it can be overwhelming so I’m incredibly grateful to receive this bursary,” Watson said, noting she’ll be putting the money towards purchasing textbooks and other school supplies.

Hill said it felt special to be recognized and thanked the FUNraising group for establishing the bursary.

“I am very grateful for the hard work and dedication put into raising the money that allowed me to receive this bursary,” Hill said.

Barton said this year’s bursaries were largely funded by proceeds raised at a community sale, held in Wilberforce in May. The group also continues to receive private donations from community members to support the program.

“We want to keep this going for as long as we can. It’s a great initiative, and it helps our young people out during a time of great transition in their life,” Barton said. “There’s a lot of people in the Wilberforce community that thinks this is great and supports it… That’s why we keep doing it.”

Author inspired by family lore

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Sam Gillett

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September 8, 2022

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Marie Gage has a nose for a good story. An intriguing whiff of her in-laws’ past inspired her latest novel, Promise of the Bluebell Woods.

It’s a story about Rod, a Canadian laboratory technician stationed in England, and Pearl, an English woman who’s contributing to the war effort through her work in a factory.

It’s a story about their love, but it’s also a dive into a unique slice of war history.

“I didn’t understand the contribution Canada made in a medical sense to the Second World War,” Gage said.

The novel unravels the pair’s story with fact mingling with fiction.

“I have this need to know the answer to the unanswered questions. I think that’s the researcher in me… there’s no way with a non-famous person like members of my family would I find the actual fact. I’m driven to resolve it in my own mind by making up a story. I think the stories work for other people and they’re grounded in reality as well.”

She said she was drawn to their love story because of how it shows the small ways people sacrificed for the war effort.

“There were a lot of ordinary people who had to live through the war. They might not have been heroes but they did their bit,” Gage said. “It’s the accumulation of a lot of ordinary people that really makes a difference.”

The pair met at a dance in Watford, a suburb of London.

“The romance is the same way my motherin-law told it when I interviewed her,” Gage said. Pearl was at a dance “fulfilling her civic duty,” said Gage, to help provide entertainment to the men stationed in the town. They hit it off, but it was only when they were later separated and Rod deployed that they realized the extent of their feelings.

In some sections of the novel, Gage details the work of a laboratory technician and what medical life on the front lines was like. “It was really hard to be sure that I was getting that right. There wasn’t a training program for lab techs at that time,” she said.

Gage’s passion for spinning stories from family lore first hit the page in her first novel, A Ring of Promises. It was inspired by her grandfather’s journal.

It told a story of a canoe trip, and upon deeper inspection, it emerged he undertook an epic canoe trip to Port Nelson on Hudson Bay, a ghost town.

“Grandpa had actually travelled a fur trading route from Hudson Bay to Winnipeg, trying to escape the company.”

She wanted to know more: why was he driven to flee? How did he make the trip?

“How do I verify these things?” said Gage.

“I started looking at our family and more deeply at artifacts. That ignited my passion for these stories.”

Couple offers alternatives for creative kids

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Sam Gillett

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September 8, 2022

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Sandra and Justin Collins’ son Shawn started Junior Kindergarten shortly after the family moved to Highlands East, but they found the public school system wasn’t a good fit.

“I think some kids are able to thrive in that system, but I don’t think there’s one system that’s good for every kid or personality type,” said Sandra. “They don’t all learn the same way.”

That’s why the couple has developed Creative Minds Learning Centre, based out of their Tory Hill property.

Under the instruction of early childhood educator Amy Strathy, Shawn and his brother Josh’s education will focus on self-guided learning and hands-on experiences, with lots of time outside.

The learning centre is accepting new learners this fall and is hosting an open house Sept. 10.

“We’re excited to have people here to see that there are alternatives in Haliburton County,” said Justin.

He’s an English teacher, who’ll be consulting on the curriculum while Sandra is director of operations.

The learning centre is housed in a building adjacent to their home, equipped with kitchen facilities, whiteboards, chairs and tables. Outside, a play structure on a hillside sits in front of meadows and a sprawling forest. Nearby is a garden, along with a chicken coop.

The learning centre’s core focuses are literacy development, real-life numeracy, student-drive learning, hands-on learning, free discovery time and an outdoor focus.

“You flip over a rock and you see the bugs that crawl out,” Justin said, mentioning his family did just that recently.

“You can learn that in a classroom, but Josh got to hold a salamander this morning. That’s a pretty cool experience you might not normally get.”

Sandra added, “I think you retain the information better when you’re hands-on and engaged.”

Creative Minds Learning Centre offers three-day-a-week schooling for students in Junior Kindergarten through to Grade 3 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The first is due to begin Oct. 3.

Sandra said the learning centre is aimed at inspiring her kids and others to learn.

“I want their personalities and creativity to come out and explore what comes naturally to them”, she said.

To find out more about the learning centre, visit CreativeMindLC.ca or on Facebook at @CreativeMindsL.C.

Time to remember at Head Lake Park

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Sam Gillett

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September 8, 2022

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While hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19 have been trending downward in 2022, another health crisis is worsening.

Across Canada and the Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes, Pine Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit, opioid overdoses are on the rise, with 41 people dead between April 2020 and March 2021.

Approximately 21 people across Canada died each day in 2021 due to an increasing supply of the toxic drugs.

Community organizations gathered at Head Lake Park Aug. 17 to remember those whose lives have been lost.

“Overdose is often seen as a dirty word that comes with lots of baggage, but this is an unfortunate view that’s far from the truth,” said Natasha James, the Harm Reduction and Crisis Coordinator with the Haliburton and Kawartha Lakes John Howard Society, in a media release ahead of the event.

“People who use drugs do so for many reasons. If an overdose or death occurs due to a poisoned drug supply, as it often does, we cannot blame the victims. Overdoses are a societal scourge that we must all work to address to save lives and end the stigma.”

One person at the event described how overdoses impacted their lives.

“This day means a lot to me, I’ve been there,” they said. “My mother was dealing with prescription drugs from the hospital. It affects me. I had to watch her suffer. Losing her brought me closer to those who have lost their lives and the people who have watched those people suffer.”

The health unit launched an “Early Warning System Opioid Dashboard” in June. Updated weekly, it will give a picture of the number of suspected and confirmed overdoses in the region, including those responded to by local police and paramedic services. It also shows historical data on opioid-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths in the region.

According to the dashboard, there were 21 deaths in the HKPR region due to overdose from April 2019 to March 2020, with a further 41 deaths from April 2020 to March 2021.

“In the event of an overdose or death due to a poisoned drug supply, families and friends need compassion and support to grieve their loved one without blame or shame,” said Kate Hall, an HKPR health promoter. Addressing stigma within each of us and reducing the harms of drug use will save lives.”

The health unit offers the following tips to decrease the risk of overdose when consuming drugs:

• Never use alone.

• If you are alone, contact the National Overdose Response Service (NORS) virtual safe consumption at 1-888-668- NORS (6677), or practice the buddy system and call a friend.

• Call 9-1-1 in the event of an overdose.

• Keep a naloxone kit on hand. You can get a naloxone kit at most pharmacies and needle exchange sites.

• Avoid mixing drugs.

Pre-COVID summer for tourism

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Sam Gillett

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September 8, 2022

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“We did it, baby,” said Jon Tulk of Kate’s Burger Counter in a video posted to social media on Labour Day.

“Summer of 2022, we’re done.”

He then jumps back into Lake Kashagawigamog in celebration.

Service providers and tourism businesses across Haliburton County are now looking back on the busiest months of the year.

It was the first summer season in three years without capacity restrictions, mandatory masking, and other rules that have changed the face of business in the Highlands.

Haliburton County’s manager of tourism, Tracie Bertrand, said this summer’s tourism traffic seemed to match 2021.

“What I’m hearing is summer 2022 is similar to summer 2021 for visitation,” she said.

However, interest in the Highlands as a tourism destination has been increasing year-over-year

She reports website traffic on myhaliburtonhighlands.com, the County’s tourism website, is up 34 per cent from 2021’s numbers.

She added it’s clear Haliburton County is drawing a healthy number of tourists. “There are a lot of visitors in our region. Our focus should not be on driving more visitation in the summer season, but increasing the visitor experience,” she said.

“It’s understanding what it’s like to be part of the community, so they become proud of the community they’re visiting.

Plan to get more off-season visitors

“That drives visitor loyalty… that drives visitation year-over-year.”

Tegan Legge, general manager of the Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve, said the forest is, “back to business of pre-COVID,” with tours and camping booked solid throughout the summer.

One unique trend she noticed was increased bookings on weekdays and a decreased amount on weekends.

“Everyone had plans during the weekend, they needed to make plans during the week,” she speculated.

Other tourism operators said they noticed an August-centric summer. “June and July seemed to be quiet. August has been very busy,” said Barrie Martin of Yours Outdoors, a company that provides adventure and cultural experiences.

“We often find August is the busiest month of the summer.”

He noticed the company’s flyfishing and rock-hounding tours seemed especially popular.

Staffing and costs rise

Tanya Smith, co-owner of Kate’s Burger Counter, said they didn’t feel the staffing pinch until the week before Labour Day, but acknowledged many restaurants across Haliburton County had to limit hours due to shortages.

Smith said a big challenge was rising costs, most notably with oil for their deep-fryer.

“Like everybody else, our prices are a little bit higher than last year to compensate,” she said.

Legge dealt with staff shortages. “We’re feeling the pinch, we don’t have enough staff on-site,” she said, adding that some senior staff members retired.

Bertrand said she’s met with other regional partners about how to combat staffing struggles.

“Tourism was hit very hard I believe,” she said.

“There were operators that were letting us know, it’s hard to provide that amazing visitor experience when you’re so short-staffed.”

Now Haliburton County faces the fall, which brings a new host of those eager to see changing leaves or check out multiple events, such as Hike Haliburton or The Studio Tour.

For Smith, chilly weather brings new possibilities. “We’re hoping with the studio tour, people come up for that, or people who weren’t necessarily up here in the summer.”

Upcoming talk explores ‘heartbeat’ of Atlantic battle

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Sam Gillett

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September 8, 2022

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TED_SPEAKING_2019 (2) — Ted Barris delivers a talk. Submitted.

Ted Barris’ latest book, Battle of the Atlantic: Gauntlet to Victory spans six years of Canadian wartime history along the vital lifeline of supplies headed from Canada to England.

It begins, however, with a Haliburton connection. Barris features the letters of Alix Masheter (nee Mackay) who moved from Haliburton to England, and details the preparations for war in letters to family back home.

Through her letters, Barris said he realized the convoys that Canadians helped protect were “supplying England with the means to survive.”

The celebrated Second World War writer is coming to Haliburton to discuss his 20th book Sept. 14 at the Haliburton Fish Hatchery.

“It is overlooked, in a way because it’s almost too big to tell,” Barris said of the battle of the Atlantic.

For over five years allied convoys travelling to Britain faced German warships and submarines, which nearly “strangled” the effort. “It was distilled down to the fact the legacy of the battle isn’t so much the big picture stuff, it’s the witnesses, it’s the people whose voices are in the books,” he said.

He said getting close to “the heartbeats of people who witness” is a common thread in his work. For example, Barris digs into the story of Norville Everrett Small.

The Canadian helped the allied forces conquer U-boats by camouflaging the bottom of planes and piloting their crafts higher in the sky to evade detection. He died during an experimental flight, which was aimed at decreasing the weight in his aircraft to enhance how long it could fly, and give protection to convoys making the crossing.

“He was giving his all to essentially give boats greater protection,” Barris said.

The author and journalist has long been known for distilling Canadian history into novels focused on human stories. He was awared a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012, along with a 2014 Libris Award recognizing his book The Great Escape: A Canadian Story.

“When you dig deep enough, you find Canadian stories that most people have overlooked,” he said. Barris’ talk is scheduled for Sept. 14 at 7:00 pm. Admission is $15. Reservations can be made by calling Yours Outdoors at 705-457-
0459.

Highlands East learning centre to open: couple offers alternatives for creative kids

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Sam Gillett

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September 7, 2022

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Sandra and Justin Collins’ son Shawn started Junior Kindergarten shortly after the family moved to Highlands East, but they found the public school system wasn’t a good fit.

“I think some kids are able to thrive in that system, but I don’t think there’s one system that’s good for every kid or personality type,” said Sandra. “They don’t all learn the same way.”

That’s why the couple has developed Creative Minds Learning Centre, based out of their Tory Hill property.

Under the instruction of early childhood educator Amy Strathy, Shawn and his brother Josh’s education will focus on self-guided learning and hands-on experiences, with lots of time outside. The learning centre is accepting new learners this fall and is hosting an open house Sept. 10.

“We’re excited to have people here to see that there are alternatives in Haliburton County,” said Justin. He’s an English teacher, who’ll be consulting on the curriculum while Sandra is director of operations.

The learning centre is housed in a building adjacent to their home, equipped with kitchen facilities, whiteboards, chairs and tables.

Outside, a play structure on a hillside sits in front of meadows and a sprawling forest.

Nearby is a garden, along with a chicken coop. The learning centre’s core focuses are literacy development, real-life numeracy, student-drive learning, hands-on learning, free discovery time and an outdoor focus.

“You flip over a rock and you see the bugs that crawl out,” Justin said, mentioning his family did just that recently. “You can learn that in a classroom, but Josh got to hold a salamander this morning. That’s a pretty cool experience you might not normally get.” Sandra added, “I think you retain the information better when you’re hands-on and engaged.”

Creative Minds Learning Centre offers three-day-a-week schooling for students in Junior Kindergarten through to Grade 3 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The first session is due to begin Oct. 3. Sandra said the learning centre is aimed at inspiring her kids and others to learn. “I want their personalities and creativity to come out and explore what comes naturally to them,” she said. To find out more about the learning centre, visit CreativeMindsLC.ca or on Facebook at @CreativeMindsLC

Draft federal map splits Highlands East

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Lisa Gervais

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September 1, 2022

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Collage Maker-01-Sep-2022-04.14-PM (1) — A map of the current (left) and proposed (right) boundaries. Source: Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario.

Highlands East mayor Dave Burton said his municipality is lobbying hard to ensure a proposal to split the township between two new federal riding boundaries does not occur.

Burton said he got an email from Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock (HKLB) MP Jamie Schmale after the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario released its suggested maps for the next election.

While Algonquin Highlands, Dysart et al, and Minden Hills would remain in HKLB, a portion of Highlands East would become part of a new Hastings-Lennox and AddingtonTyendinaga riding. The commission is undertaking public consultations this month and isn’t expected to finalize new boundaries until September 2023.

The next federal election will be in 2025. Burton said Schmale met with township representatives via Zoom Aug. 25 to say they, “absolutely wanted no part of that. Just even to set the tone of the meeting with Jamie, I said, ‘I want to be with Haliburton County. I don’t want to be split up the centre. It will make it extremely difficult to do business’.”

He added, “I’m happy with the way the boundaries are now, and we made it very clear to Jamie and his bunch.”

Burton said they are preparing documentation to send to the commission and are hopeful of getting letters of support from other County municipalities, as well as regional ones.

“I’ll certainly be looking for support to stay in Haliburton County and I do feel very positive that we are going to remain in Haliburton County,” Burton said.

Schmale said the first draft is showing “a number of fairly significant changes” for the riding.

The Highlands East split would see Gooderham and Tory Hill staying in HKLB, and Cardiff and Wilberforce heading towards the Hastings riding. He said after meeting with Highlands East, “It’s clear in their minds that they want to keep Haliburton County together for a whole bunch of valid reasons. I think that’s a fairly easy argument to make to the commission.”

He will make a public appearance at the committee hearings in late September. “I’m also encouraging organizations like the chamber of commerce, business organizations, anybody that would have a vested interest in this to write a submission to the commission,” he added. Overall, Schmale said the new riding would take in Trent Lakes, or the Buckhorn area, “which does add a bit more geography, a bit more complexity to doing the job.”

He said he will pitch the status quo, including keeping all of Highlands East and Cavan-Monaghan.

The commission released its proposed electoral map for public consultation Aug. 19.

They said it reflects population changes in the 2021 Census. Under the Canadian constitution, federal electoral districts must be reviewed after each 10-year Census to reflect population shifts.

The population of Central East Ontario – which includes the ridings of Peterborough-Kawartha, HKLB, Northumberland-Peterborough South, Hastings-Lennox and Addington, and Bay of Quinte – grew by nine per cent, from 535,322 in 2011 to 583,287 in 2021.

The commission is proposing shifted boundaries to balance the population of the districts across Central East Ontario.

The proposed HKLB, comprising a population of 120,241, would include the City of Kawartha Lakes, the Municipality of Dysart et al, the western portion of the Municipality of Highlands East, the Municipality of Trent Lakes (except for the islands of the Curve Lake First Nation), the townships of Algonquin Highlands, Brock, and Minden Hills, and a portion of the Cavan Monaghan Township. The commission is holding in-person and virtual public hearings this fall to gather comments and feedback on the proposed boundaries and electoral district names. The first virtual hearing for Central Ontario will take place on Monday, Sept. 26.

Those wanting to speak have to complete a public hearing participation form by Sept. 25. There will also be an Ontario open virtual hearing on Oct. 29. Find out more at redecoupage-redistribution-2022.ca. A map of the current (top) and proposed (bottom) boundaries. Source: Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario.