Attitude is key to driving, period     
Posted 4 days ago
The following is an experience of half of a winter driving school day, which is offered by the ILR Car Control School every Saturday until March 10 (weather pending).

The Brown Dog goes AWOL   
Posted 4 days ago
FROM THE FAR END of my cabin, over the crackle and snap of the wood fire, I think I hear the faintest of yelps coming through the cabin door. Home at last, I think. After four hours on the lam, The Brown Dog Jiggs must be home from the hills, just outside my cabin door, begging to be let in.

Cutting back    
Updated 4 days ago
IT’S BUDGET SEASON. The smell of frugality is hovering thick over Haliburton County. This financial year is proving to be an unpleasant one for the municipality.

Places for People interested in Minden property    
Updated 4 days ago
Places for People is hoping to locate its next project in Minden. The non-profit, affordable housing corporation is interested in turning a building on Bobcaygeon Rd. into a duplex for low-income families.

No flower baskets for downtown Minden this year    
Updated 4 days ago
Minden Hills township will not be hanging flower baskets in downtown Minden this year. Councillors made the decision at their Jan. 26 meeting.

Prentice Power Sports sells     
Posted 4 days ago
It hasn’t been the snowiest winter on record, but Paul Prentice is still smiling. The owner of Prentice Power Sports Inc. sold his recreational products business earlier this month and is looking forward to a slower pace of life.

New dental clinic opens its doors in Minden     
Updated 4 days ago
While Dr. Bill Kerr has been visiting and living in Minden his whole life, he has never opened a clinic in the community, until now. Dentistry in the Highlands opened in what used to be Dr.

Plans for festival continue    
Updated 4 days ago
Minden Hills councillors got an update on a large music festival being planned for the Minden fairgrounds during their meeting last week. John Teljeur was in council chambers on Jan. 26 to talk about the event, which he called the Minden International Concert for Water.

Municipal staff meet with architects on new emergency base      
Updated 4 days ago
A brainstorming session on the potential EMS base/fire hall for the old Walker’s Repair Property in Minden took place last week. Municipal staff, including county EMS director Pat Kennedy and Minden Hills fire chief Doug Schell, met with architect Ron Awde at county offices on Jan.

Cultural centre seeks new curator    
Updated 4 days ago
Minden Hills township is seeking a new curator at the cultural centre. Two weeks ago, the township terminated the jobs of former R.D. Lawrence Place co-ordinator Sheryl Loucks and Minden Hills Museum curator Caroline McLachlan-Darling.

Youth Unlimited offers a Haven for Archie Stouffer students   
Posted 4 days ago
It promises to have games, snacks and fun. A new after-school program was launched at Archie Stouffer Elementary School Jan. 31. Haven is geared to students in grades six to eight and will be taking place in the school library Tuesday afternoons from 3:30 p.m.

Win this autographed jersey     
Posted 4 days ago
Local celebrity Scotty Morrison wears the fourth annual Scotty Morrison Charity Hockey Tournament raffle prize: a 2012 Canadian National Junior team road jersey autographed by all 22 players, who are all future NHL stars.

Gala a celebration of community     
Posted 4 days ago
It was fitting that the last award given at the sixth annual Business and Community Achievement Awards not only created a stirring speech, but was preceded by an applause virtually heard throughout the county.

Councillors grapple with budget cuts   
Posted 4 days ago
Haliburton County councillors discussed the 2012 budget at their meeting Jan. 25. The county must raise approximately $12 million of its approximately $18.5 million budget through taxation and it looks like councillors are aiming for a tax levy increase in the neighbourhood of two per cent.

By-election date set for Layton's seat    
Posted 29 minutes ago
A by-election will be held in Jack Layton’s former riding on March 12, the prime minister’s office announced Sunday. The riding of Toronto-Danforth, which Layton claimed in 1997, has not been represented in the House of Commons since the former NDP leader died from cancer in August.