Community members frustrated with the state of the cemetery along Bobcaygeon Road in Minden took matters into their own hands during the week end, cutting the cemetery s grass and cleaning up debris

Laurie Scott will again serve as MPP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, and for the first time, her seat will be located on the government side of Queen s Park.

NDP candidate Zac Miller was answering questions on a bench outside of his campaign office on Kent Street in Lindsay early on election night.

Autumn Wilson called the Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce s annual general meeting, held June 5, a big success.

Artist Harvey Walker is finally a full-time resident in the area where he has firmly planted roots and followed opportunities along the way to get here.

PC candidate Laurie Scott reclaimed her seat in Queen s Park Thursday evening. With election results rolling in at a rapid pace, CBC called the riding for Scott by 9:30 p.m.

Follow our reporters as they post updates from the candidates and their supporters in Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock.

Minden Hills is a gateway to a little-known ecological gem called the Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park, or QE2.

Minden Hills council has approved a proposal from Minden River Run, which will provide tube rentals and a shuttle service, allowing people to float from Rotary Park into Minden s downtown, this summer.

Bats have been facing an unprecedented population decline, leading the HHLT to launch a bat project last year to identify bat species and their distribution throughout the county. All eight species found in Ontario, including the four endangered species,

It was a hot evening in the Archie Stouffer Elementary School gym on the evening of May 31 both with humidity and a stage full of talent.

Keeping her hands busy with yarn has helped Kyla Grexton stay focused, even when the stressors of life have been overwhelming.

The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust announced at its June 2 annual general meeting that close to 500 acres has been donated to the HHLT, which will be known as the Barnum Creek Nature Reserve.

A group of residents who live in the area of the Irondale landfill contend the site violates numerous provincial regulations, and are asking that it be shut down.

Outside, it was a grey afternoon at the Haliburton School of Art + Design for the May 25 convocation, but valedictorian Amy Black s speech made the day brighter.

The County of Haliburton has approved for funding from the National Disaster Mitigation Program to assist with flood prevention planning. The county applied for the funding, nearly $180,000, last September. It will fund half the cost of Phase 1 of a c

A new online tool from the Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners Association (CHA) allows residents to discover what types of native vegetation best suit their properties as they go about re-naturalizing their shorelines.

If you re planning on heading to the 154th annual Haliburton County Fair on June 9, you may have a superhero sighting.This year s fair will feature much of the traditional line-up of fun, with some new highlights, including the first ever Minden Comic

A bird s eye view of the Minden Hills Cultural Centre and Museum grounds on the morning of May 25 would have shown parades of children heading there for a StoryWalk hosted by the EarlyON Child and Family Centre. Students from kindergarten and Grade 1 clas

While he wasn t in the room, PC leader Doug Ford loomed large during a provincial all-candidates meeting Monday, with a number of references to the party leader and the fact that, just 10 days before the election, the PC party had yet to release a fully

Many county residents have likely, at one time or another, received care from Dr. Douglas Fiddler. Fiddler, a longtime physician with the emergency department at the Minden hospital, was piped and applauded out of the Minden HHHS facility on May 17, upon

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.

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.

There seems to be some dissatisfaction province-wide about the choices before Ontarians for the June 7 provincial election.

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.

This past Saturday was the beginning of an ongoing effort to learn what the public wants when it comes to meeting housing needs in Minden.

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.

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.