Former Minden resident Garry Handlen has been found guilty of first-degree murder by a B.C. Supreme Court jury.
The verdict for Handlen, who was living in Minden at the time of his arrest in the fall of 2014, was issued on Jan. 17, after the judge in the
A snowshoeing-based spinoff of the Hike Haliburton Festival to be called Hike Haliburton Festival: Winter Edition will send snowshoers out into the woods of the highlands next winter.
A substantial grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation will allow the Friends of the Muskoka Watershed to conduct a study on the use of wood ash to restore calcium levels in the region, a study that will have implications for Haliburton County.
Minden Hills residents got a glimpse of what a new arena and renovated community centre could look like earlier this week, and Minden Hills approved additional funding for what is being referred to as the validation phase of the project, that phase esse
The Township of Minden Hills has launched the Made in Minden: Room for Improvement Contest to name the common room at the Minden Hills Cultural Centre.
The pigeons roosting on the roof of the Grill on the Gull on Bobcaygeon Road in Minden have become a familiar sight for many walking or driving down the main street of the village.
Like wearing a seatbelt when you drive, getting the flu vaccine is your best line of defence against the virus, says Marianne Rock, manager of communicable disease prevention and control with the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit
The Haliburton Highlands Outdoors Association is hoping the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry will revisit its decision to cease its assistance in an egg collection program that supplies eggs for the Haliburton Fish Hatchery.
The murder trial of one-time Minden resident Garry Handlen was wrapping up in B.C. Supreme Court this week.
Handlen, who was living on Minden s Anson Street at the time, was arrested in November of 2014, in connection to the killings of two British Colu
The 52nd annual Minden Christmas Bird Count was held on Saturday, Dec. 15 in pleasant, mild, partly sunny conditions. The count area consists of a standardized 24km diameter circle, roughly centred on the village of Minden. The goal of the event is to co
Emily Stonehouse, economic development, destination and marketing officer for the Township of Minden Hills, gave councillors an overview of her plans for 2019, during a December council meeting.
Food tourism co-ordinator keeping it local
Haliburton County s food tourism co-ordinator is preaching the power of keeping it local as she goes about creating a food supply chain in the county that pairs producers with purveyors.
Lila Sweet was recent
On April 2, 1946, Morgan Prentice purchased a sirloin steak for 60 cents, and some beef for $1.10, from Harry Easton Butcher, according to yellowing receipts that are now more than 70 years old.
In a display of perfect timing, on Dec. 11 as Heather Kirby of Kawartha Lakes Food Source was thanking representatives of the Minden Food Centre, the Kinmount Baptist Church, and numerous volunteers who collaborated together to open a new Kinmount and Ar
Haliburton County council, along with the councils of its lower-tier municipalities, has opted in to allowing marijuana stores within its boundaries, and asked staff to produce a municipal cannabis policy statement.
Haliburton County, and its lower-tier townships, have jointly attained the services of an integrity commissioner, county councillors confirming that appointment during their Dec. 12 meeting.
If you came late to this year s Haliburton County inauguration you would be hard pressed to find a seat let alone much standing room at the back of council chambers in Minden.
Former Minden Hills deputy mayor Cheryl Murdoch foresees travel and volunteerism in her future, as she reflects on nearly four decades in public office.
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.
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
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.
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
