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{Haliburton Highlands Ontario Health Team proposed}

Haliburton Highlands Ontario Health Team proposed

Health services organizations in Haliburton County are responding to plans to transform the provincial health system through significant changes by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care by proposing a unified Haliburton Highlands Ontario Healt
{Not enough student interest to run HHSS music course}

Not enough student interest to run HHSS music course

Music class was offered as a course selection, but too few students chose it as an option, meaning it will be postponed for the 2019-2020 school year. The number of students selecting music is just not there, said HHSS principal Chris Boulay.
{Pharmasave Heart Heroes ride for heart health}

Pharmasave Heart Heroes ride for heart health

Besides organizing Minden s Big Bike ride supporting the Heart and Stroke Foundation on May 16, Sandra Heywood raised almost $1,000 herself toward heart and stroke research, bringing this year s total of the Pharmasave Heart Heroes to $5,702 and the team
{The Minden Experience revs up the fun}

The Minden Experience revs up the fun

When The Minden Experience adventure fun park opened last Saturday, a steady stream of visitors came in to meet new owners Alisa and John Dermott, and take a look around the revitalized facility, which was formerly known as Pole Position Kartways.
{New book promises guidance on stocked lakes}

New book promises guidance on stocked lakes

Stocked Lakes Guidebook provides the public with insight about dozens of stocked lakes. Each page provides the reader with the name of the lake, including the contours of the lake to know where to fish, the fish species present and directions to boat acce
{Walk to raise awareness of threats to turtles}

Walk to raise awareness of threats to turtles

Turtle Walks take place during the peak nesting season, as turtles like to nest beside roads and cross the same places every year to mate. Berman estimates Ontario has lost more than 70 per cent of the original turtle population, and the major threat is r
{Green burials ‘beginning of a community-wide project’}

Green burials ‘beginning of a community-wide project’

Terry Moore, a member of Environment Haliburton, appealed to Algonquin Highlands council at their meeting May 16 to offer all-year green burial options for residents. After the death of his son Kyle Moore, the Moore family could not find adequate options
{Hawks side advancing to Kawartha championship}

Hawks side advancing to Kawartha championship

The Red Hawks girls soccer teams travelled to Fenelon Falls on Friday, May 17, for their regular season finale.
{Red Hawks swoop in to capture Kawartha track and field titles}

Red Hawks swoop in to capture Kawartha track and field titles

The Red Hawks track and field team turned in many strong performances Thursday at the Kawartha Track and Field Championships held at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary in Peterborough. The Hawks captured five individual golds as well as winning the open boys 4
{Massage therapist celebrates 25 years in Minden }

Massage therapist celebrates 25 years in Minden

Jacqueline Ziorjen sits by the window in her massage therapy clinic, looking out onto Bobcaygeon Road in Minden while sun streams through the glass onto her smiling face. This year marks 25 years a quarter century since she opened Of Sound Body Massa
{Landfill, planning fees to increase}

Landfill, planning fees to increase

A number of fees in Minden Hills are set to increase, and some new ones introduced, with a public meeting on those fee changes taking place in council chambers on May 9.
{Toronto organization looks to revive old camp in Minden Hills }

Toronto organization looks to revive old camp in Minden Hills

Toronto s St. Alban s Boys and Girls Club has purchased a summer camp property in Minden Hills, and its president made a presentation to township councillors during a May 9 meeting.
{County focused on financial sustainability: warden}

County focused on financial sustainability: warden

On Tuesday, May 7, Haliburton County Warden Liz Danielsen addressed public concerns and questions over what her and the council s plans will be for the next coming year.
{Koshlong Lake residency attracts artists for first summer}

Koshlong Lake residency attracts artists for first summer

Ten artists will be taking part in the Halls Island residency on Koshlong Lake this summer, coming from Newfoundland, Manitoulin Island, Durham Region, eastern Ontario, Toronto and Haliburton.
{MH to revise food truck bylaw}

MH to revise food truck bylaw

Minden Hills council has given instructions to bylaw staff to revise a township bylaw regulating food trucks.
{Red Hawks soccer starts with success}

Red Hawks soccer starts with success

The HHSS girls soccer teams got off to a good start this season on May 1 despite being unable to practice or play on their home field due to winter damage. The junior and senior teams travelled to Lindsay for their season opening games.
{EMS calls spiked last summer }

EMS calls spiked last summer

As a cottaging community, it s common for Haliburton County to experience a spike in EMS calls during the months of July and August, but that spike was especially large in 2018. Councillors on the county s EMS committee received a year-in-review report
{Museum marks 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth }

Museum marks 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria. The life of the British monarch, who ruled over her global empire from age 18 to 81, is being marked, around the world, by exhibitions and tours in 2019.
{Residents can take survey on community improvement plan}

Residents can take survey on community improvement plan

Minden Hills councillors got an update on the creation of a community improvement plan for Minden during an April 25 meeting.
{Permeable paving offers environmental benefits }

Permeable paving offers environmental benefits

The Coalition of Haliburton County Property Owners Association is encouraging any property owners who are undertaking paving projects on their properties to consider the use of permeable paving.
{Bookstore owner didn't 'sweat the small stuff' }

Bookstore owner didn't 'sweat the small stuff'

To many, Paul Reng was a mainstay on Main Street.
{Residents question Highway 60 project noise}

Residents question Highway 60 project noise

Council has asked staff for more information about a request to bypass the noise bylaw after hearing concerns from the Oxtongue Lake community about potential noise caused by a Highway 60 rehabilitation project.
{App helps residents get garbage right }

App helps residents get garbage right

Residents questioning how to rid their homes of old electronics, batteries, paint or styrofoam will soon be able to use an online search tool expected to make disposal at local landfills easier to navigate.
{New reporter immersing herself in Highlands culture}

New reporter immersing herself in Highlands culture

After a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Brampton (longer than it should have been I made a few mistakes along the way), my mom, grandma and I all piled out of our cars.
{OSGA district 11 conveners come together}

OSGA district 11 conveners come together

On April 25, only a few weeks before seniors from Muskoka and Haliburton County are set to compete in the OSGA 55 plus senior summer games for district 11, conveners for the district gathered for a luncheon meeting at Rhubarb Restaurant in Carnarvon.
{ATV ride supports survivors of breast cancer}

ATV ride supports survivors of breast cancer

With ATV and snowmobile rides, the Kelly Shires Foundation works hard to raise money for breast cancer survivors.
{Spreading field approved in 4-3 vote}

Spreading field approved in 4-3 vote

During an April 25 meeting, Minden Hills councillors approved zoning and official plan amendments to allow for the operation of a sewage spreading field off of Bobcaygeon Road in a vote that was as close they come.
{Boshkung Brewing requests bylaw change }

Boshkung Brewing requests bylaw change

Boshkung Brewing Co. is looking to the Township of Minden Hills to change a bylaw regulating food trucks in the municipality.
{Land ambulance costs will climb, CAO says}

Land ambulance costs will climb, CAO says

Haliburton County will certainly be paying more for the operation of ambulances as a result of the provincial government s plan to consolidate ambulance services, the county s chief administrative officer says.
{Bob Lake Association continues to seek solution }

Bob Lake Association continues to seek solution

Members of the Bob Lake Association made a delegation to Minden Hills councillors during their April 25 meeting, explaining a new plan for the re-establishment of a boat launch on the lake south of Minden.
{No action on transit in 2019 }

No action on transit in 2019

Haliburton County councillors decided last week that they will continue to monitor trends in rural transportation, and revisit the possibility of some kind of transit system for the county during their 2020 budget discussions.