Two pivotal events in the gay rights movement in North America took place in 1969 the Stonewall riots in New York City, and the decriminalization of homosexuality by the Canadian government.

A Street Fest planned for the last day of Minden s Pride Week is set to bring together a diverse community in a culmination of celebration.

Organizers of Minden Pride Week s Burlesque Ball are promising an inclusive, end-of-summer dance party with fantastic costuming, fantastic performance art, world class music, world class DJing and some of Toronto s top drag queen performers.

An ongoing drawdown of lakes that are part of the Trent Severn Waterway feeder system, combined with evaporation, mean water levels on a number of county lakes are below average seasonal levels. July s hot, dry weather has contributed to lower-than-usual

Roxy Campbell walks through the automatic doors of the Minden emergency department and is immediately greeted by name by nurses, who get a quick pet in. She then takes a moment to cozy up to anyone waiting at triage who might need a cuddle before she walk

The Haliburton County Development Corporation and the County of Haliburton are each receiving funding for projects through the province s Rural Economic Development (RED) program, administered through the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

Art lovers visiting the Agnes Jamieson Gallery at the Minden Hills Cultural Centre to take in the permanent Andre Lapine collection housed there will now be guided by Lapine s work along the way.

In a tie vote broken by Mayor Brent Devolin at a July 25 council meeting, Minden Hills council opted to not submit an application for federal help through the disaster mitigation and adaptation fund.

Fifty children and 25 adults have benefited from the affordable housing Places for People provides since the Haliburton County charity began renting units in 2010. Currently, 12 adults and 21 kids live in the eight units spread across the four municipalit

A report stemming from a food forum hosted by Harvest Haliburton that took place in Minden earlier this year makes a number of recommendations for establishing a sustainable food system in Haliburton County.

The township received a clean audit from Oscar Poloni, KPMG auditor, who presented to council on the 2018 financial statements. The total financial assets have increased from $10.7 million in 2017 to $11 million in 2018, according to Poloni s report summa

Last year s Kinmount Fair ambassador is ramping up for the ambassador competition at this summer s Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.

Minden Hills council has opted to turn back to the community rather than hire a consultant to get input into a main street revitalization project.

Patricia Walshe began a presentation on light pollution on behalf of the Climate Change Action Committee with a colourful photograph of a busy city streetscape showing a background of the brightly lit windows of tall apartment buildings and the blur of ca

The proposed Haliburton Highlands Ontario Health Team has made it through the first round of self-assessments, according to an announcement on July 18 by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

Citizen group Environment Haliburton would like the County of Haliburton to expedite the creation of its climate change plan.

Craig and Carolyn Traynor gather with friends and patrons in their Norland gift shop, A Zebra of a Different Stripe, talking about the ceramic cow figurines colourfully collected on a display in front of them

Bruce Fisher has completed his week-long journey from July 3 to 9, battling intense heat to get to Courtright, Ont. from Minden Hills to raise money for the Haliburton County Special Olympics Red Wolves.

Our communities and our health-care system relies on unpaid caregivers the spouses, adult children, friends and neighbours who step up to provide care for loved ones.

Sometimes you have to be good to be lucky and Dalton Kellett took full advantage of a collision between two front runners to earn his first podium of the 2019 Indy Lights series season at the Honda Indy on Sunday, July 14 in Toronto.

After a noteworthy surge of animal bite investigations since the spring, the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit is reminding residents to enjoy wild animals from a distance, ask permission before touching an unknown pet, and ensure thei

Algonquin Highlands township is considering the purchase of a parcel of private land to provide more parking for water-access residents along Little Hawk Lake Road.

The provincial government is making funding available for the replacement of a bridge in Minden Hills, although the completion of the project would require the federal government to also produce funding.

Algonquin Highlands will make repairs to a large commercial hangar at the Stanhope Airport, a hangar known as Hangar D, before the space can be rented out to new clients. An inspection of the hangar built larger than the airport s other hangars at 2,50

For Ian Kinross and his wife Nadine Wirsig, it was a pleasant surprise to hear that the Haliburton Highlands Field Naturalists were launching an eastern bluebird bird box program along Gelert Road, as they ve been housing two boxes of their own for over f

Minden Hills council will enter into a site plan agreement with the Haliburton Kawartha Lakes Housing Corporation for the second phase of the affordable housing project off Parkside Street near the arena, meaning work on the project will soon be underway

For several years, residents in Ingoldsby have been keeping an eye on a recurring loon s nest on what Marj Andre calls Gull Island, in Lake Kashagawigamog.

The Woodlands Wildlife Sanctuary is looking for volunteers to assist with all aspects of its operation.

Artists Anna Swanson and April White have come to Haliburton County from Newfoundland to take part in the Halls Island Artist Residency, and they joked that they ve packed some garbage along with them.

The sun was bright and the mosquito count was down when we arrived at the latest Haliburton Highlands Land Trust Discovery Days event, Magnificent Moths. As we walked into the field, a gentleman poking around in the long grass with digital camera in hand,

After spending time at a new interactive exhibition devoted to beavers in Nature s Place, Minden s nature interpretive centre, children and their families will leave knowing a lot more about the ecosystem engineers and their importance to our environment.

On-air host of Tuesday Night Sessions David Mair received the Best Indie and Rock Music Award for his program from the National Campus and Community Radio Association, marking the first official award Canoe FM has taken home. The award was announced durin

Minden s Festival of the August Moon is cancelled for this summer, but organizers are hoping to renew the popular event next year.

The Halls Island Artist Residency Committee is thrilled that the new and innovative program in Haliburton County is up and running.

The marquee of the landmark Highlands Cinemas in Kinmount stands tall and proud on a hillside leading up to the unique, some say magical, five-screen cineplex and museum in the woods, built by local visionary Keith Stata.