Just a week shy of the third year anniversary of a car accident that saw her trapped in a mail carrier van, postal worker Teresa Graham had the opportunity to thank face-to-face the first responders who climbed into the vehicle with her and worked to free

One of the first decisions that the new councils of Haliburton County s townships, and the upper-tier council of the county, will have to make in the term is whether they want to opt out of allowing marijuana stores within their boundaries.

Tickets for the Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation s seventh annual Cash for Care lottery fundraiser are now available.

Last week marked the final Dysart et al and Haliburton County council meetings for longtime Mayor (previously Reeve) Murray Fearrey.

A proposal from the Haliburton County Snowmobile Association requesting that the Township of Minden Hills allow the association to use unopened road allowances for approximately seven kilometres of new trails near Minden is causing concern among some resi

Two games. Two wins. Optimism is high for the Red Hawks hockey team this season.

One hundred caring kids in Haliburton County are coming together to make a difference in the community and learn the importance of philanthropy.

Boshkung Brewing Co. has done it again.

Beloved magical nanny Mary Poppins is coming to Haliburton next summer, opening the 20th season of the Highlands Summer Festival with a musical the whole family will enjoy.

With snowfall in the county beginning in earnest last week, residents may want to remember that if their parked vehicles interfere with snow removal operations, those vehicles can be towed.

What will become of the Dorset branch of the Haliburton County Public Library will be a decision for the next Algonquin Highlands council.

Safeguarding yourself against unhealthy levels of radon exposure will go a long way to decreasing your chance of developing lung cancer says Health Canada, which is raising the issue this November with its national radon awareness program during the Natio

A decision by the provincial government to place a pause on some funding, which includes the Parent Outreach (PRO) grant, is leaving local school and parent councils scrambling to make up the difference. During question period last month, Education Min

In Ontario, about 1.8 million people living with disabilities could be filling in gaps in the workforce, if they would be hired.

A living wage in Haliburton County for a family of four is estimated to be $5 higher than Ontario s current minimum wage.

Realtor Andrea Strano has been elected the new president of the board for the Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce.

Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP and Ontario Labour Minister Laurie Scott is keeping her labour portfolio amid a number of changes in high-profile cabinet positions during a shuffle by Premier Doug Ford, which took place Monday morning.

HHHS CEO Carolyn Plummer told board members that it s unclear at this point exactly what changes to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care under the new provincial government will look like, or how exactly those changes might impact HHHS

Algonquin Highlands Mayor Carol Moffatt said an article about Canada s first all-women municipal council elected in 1967 in Tweed, Ont. was funny and sad at the same time.

The first thing you see when you drive up the steep hill to Don Kerr s 100-acre property is not the cats. It s more likely the party of bright blue jays, flocking around the food he has scattered for them.

Municipal elections took place across Ontario last week and, by and large, voter turnout was low. According to the Association of Municipalities Ontario, total voter turnout across the province for the Oct. 22 elections was about 40 per cent. During the

Bonnie View Inn s chef Jay Picard is looking to draw more people to an industry near and dear to his heart with the launch a Haliburton County and Area Hospitality Industry Association.

As Craig Smith sits under the pavilion at the Minden baseball diamonds, surrounded by tournaments being played in part to raise funds for him during his recovery from a construction accident

The majority of respondents to a survey on the future of the Dorset branch of the Haliburton County Public Library indicated they would support turning the space, located within the Dorset Recreation Centre, into some sort of community hub.

Though cyanobacteria have been around for over 2.5 billion years, we re still learning about how best to deal with accumulations of the photosynthetic bacteria, groupings known as blue-green algae blooms.

Unofficial results show incumbent Minden Hills Mayor Brent Devolin has been chosen to lead council for the next four years.

The Dorset Health Hub continues to expand.

The County of Haliburton will make a cash contribution to the second phase of the Pinegrove Place housing complex in Minden.

In Haliburton County, top concerns of respondents to a community survey about substance use and the harm associated with drug and alcohol use were impaired driving, lack of resources and access to services, children and youth and crime and community safet

Minden Hills residents near the Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park are getting fed up with park visitors causing congestion by parking along roadways, and in at least one case, trespassing on private property.

Committee members heard a presentation from Rebecca Mackenzie, president of the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance about the continued and growing importance of food-based tourism in the province.

Grant and Jan Hutchinson, standing in the driveway of their Minden home, hesitate before they talk about how they met in 1993. They look at each other in that moment of hesitation, and Grant starts quietly laughing.

Members of the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were on patrol on Sunday, Oct. 14 in the Village of Bobcaygeon. Shortly before 11:30 a.m. an officer observed a black, mid-2000s GMC Sierra extended cab stepside pickup truc

Carnarvon s Zion United Church is scheduled to close following a vote by members of the amalgamated congregation of the church and Minden United Church.

Minden Hills township will install more vending machines at the S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena for the winter after a request for proposals for the operation of the concession stand at the facility failed to garner any interest.

The City of Kawartha Lakes, which is the social services provider for Haliburton County, is making inroads when it comes to housing the community s homeless.

Algonquin Highlands is entering an agreement with Rogers for the installation of equipment at the Dorset tower that will improve cell service in the township.

Work on the reconstruction of the Minden Hills Community Centre and S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena is commencing.

Haliburton Highlands Health Services is working to return to a balanced budget following news of a year-to-date deficit of $250,000 as of the end of July 2018, finance committee chairman David Gray said during a board meeting on Thursday, Sept. 27.

During an update of Haliburton County s civic addressing bylaw at a Sept. 26 council meeting, councillors said they d like to include in the resolution encouragement for private road owners to use names that pay tribute to the heritage of the community.