Haliburton County will spend up to $565,000 on a mobile broadband expansion project through the Eastern Ontario Regional Network, and contribute another $40,000 for a broadband internet gap analysis for the region.
While some provincial candidates in Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock favour Ontario s cap-and-trade system, others oppose it and one does not have a position on the issue.
The Township of Algonquin Highlands plans to outfit the Stanhope branch of the Haliburton County Public Library with a lift, rather than a new exterior ramp, for accessibility purposes.
Through a voice-activated X-Box, the Flash television series is paused in Trevor Clement and Christine Barnes living room. The Minden couple sit on their couch surrounded by autographed pictures of some of their favourite sci-fi and horror film and TV ac
Disease. Infestation. Extreme weather. These are just a few of the consequences of human caused climate change in Haliburton County as highlighted in a new Environment Haliburton! display at Nature s Place.
Great happens here, said Archie Stouffer Elementary School students in a video presented on Leadership Day, May 11, to an assembly gathered at the school.
Chuck MacMillan says the partisan political system fails Ontarians, since MPPs become beholden to the directives of their parties, often forgetting about the priorities of their ridings along the way.
Changes from the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services to the Fire Protection and Prevention Act will create new criteria for mandatory training and certification of firefighters in the province.
My parents fell in love with the Haliburton Highlands over 30 years ago when they bought a cottage in Minden. Since then, I ve been extremely lucky to spend most summers dockside and I jump at any chance to duck up to the cottage. And now, I m grateful to
Ruth E. Walker, an Oshawa-based author, welcomes a group of writers at an intimate gathering at the Minden Hills Cultural Centre with a powerful statement that even she didn t know she was a writer until the age of 40.
Toddlers step in from outdoor play and loudly inhale. It smells delicious, they note. A visitor to the EarlyON Child and Family Centre daycare in Minden says that it smells like Thanksgiving dinner in there. When the children sit down to eat lunch, they d
A famous balcony, two dueling families and many kisses will be coming to the Highlands as the 2018 season of the Highlands Summer Festival kicks off with Romeo and Juliet.
Discover a rewards program no purchase is required. The #ReadWithMe campaign is designed to reward parents caregivers who read with their children during Speech and Hearing Month in May. Local families can win prizes by posting pictures online of thems
The Township of Algonquin Highlands will consult users the Dorset Recreation Centre about how they would like to see the space within the building that has housed the Dorset branch of the Haliburton County Public Library used in the future.
The modest boardroom of the Haliburton County Snowmobile Association (HCSA) was packed with more than 20 attendees for its annual general meeting on May 5. Board members discussed how the unpredictable climate resulted in the club netting a $31,249.19 def
Having only recently returned home from the 13th annual Miss North Ontario 2018 pageant in Sudbury, Minden s Jordyn Greer is already aspiring to reach a new goal.
When it comes to insurance and risk management, municipal governments should essentially treat volunteers as through they are employees, members of Algonquin Highlands council heard last week.
This includes proper training and vulnerable sector backgroun
The Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus is pleased about a $71 million funding announcement from the provincial government to expand and improve wireless broadband capabilities in eastern Ontario, however, the project will require much more funding.
To kick off National Hospice Palliative Care Week in Canada, Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation is bringing back the popular community fundraiser, Hike for Hospice.
This past Tuesday, May 1, was the first day of registration for October s municipal elections. Anyone wishing to run for council has until 2 p.m. On Firday, July 27 to file nomination papers.
By July 1, residents in Haliburton County will be able to go online to find information on health inspection results from restaurants, hair and beauty salons and recreational water facilities.
Algonquin Highlands township will supply staff resources and equipment for the continued planting of native species as part of an ongoing shoreline naturalization project at Halls Lake s Elvin Johnson Park.
The Minden Times took home the top prize in its circulation category on Friday at the Ontario Community Newspaper Association s Better Newspaper Competition.
Last Monday night, the sounds of lighthearted conversation and clinking dishes of dinner being served wafted out into the street through the open windows of the Minden Community Food Centre, along with the warm aromas of authentic Thai food.
Volunteers make nice towns into great places, said Minden Hills Deputy Mayor Cheryl Murdoch, standing in front of a room filled with community helpers on Saturday in the Minden Hills Cultural Centre.
The implementation of a fill bylaw and a potential berm are among the suggestions to mitigate flooding in Minden Hills contained in a draft drainage study that was reviewed by councillors during a meeting last week.
There s more to sport than winning it all for local young Minden curlers, representing Archie Stouffer Elementary School and the Minden Curling Club, who finished 18th out of 72 teams at the Pinty s Provincial Elementary School Curling Championships held
Algonquin Highlands councillors passed the township s 2018 budget last week, and the impact of the tax increase on residents should be fairly negligible.
WSP Canada, the firm Algonquin Highlands has hired to conduct mandatory septic re-inspections in the municipality, has lowered the fee it will charge to residents who ve already had an inspection completed by a third party.
The Haliburton Kawartha District Health Unit has issued suspension orders for some 600 students in Haliburton County, the City of Kawartha Lakes and Northumberland County over vaccination records.
Traffic has slowed down after rounding the corner of Bobcaygeon Road on Minden s main street recently, as curious passersby check out a flurry of work being done at Up River Trading Co.
Minden Hills council has voted to make some changes to operations at the township s landfills and transfer stations including, most notably, the year-round closure of the Scotch Line landfill on Wednesdays.
Three or four years ago, Moore posted his first local weather report on his social media page, which has spread to four other public group pages in the area, and he hasn t stopped. The forecasts detail quite accurate weather in this region temperatures,
Concerned residents in the Harvey Lake area have not backed down in their resolution to actively oppose a 35-acre proposed quarry in what they say is not a strategic nor suitable location.
An afternoon devoted to the annual U-Links Celebration of Research became an afternoon of making connections for the students who studied the county, local community partners who helped to initiate the research, as well as for the curious guests at the ev
It s a sunny, spring-like day as the enticing sounds of a brass sectional spill out from a meeting room at the Pinestone Resort, filling the air outside with music. Inside the room, members of the Highlands Chamber Orchestra brass section are arranged aro
Remuneration reporting for members of Haliburton County council will change next year, to include expenses accrued on the municipality s corporate credit cards, expenses that are not captured under the current reporting system.
The county s redesigned tourism website will include more user-generated content, as well as integrate the stories of tourism stakeholders in the Haliburton Highlands.
