http://www.mindentimes.ca Recent Local News en-us Copyright: (c) 2012 www.mindentimes.ca, All rights reserved. http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3461291 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.[...] Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:20:00 GMT http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3461291 129729432000000000 http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3458775 A tragedy more than two thousand kilometres away is hitting home and acting as a reminder how a simple device can save lives.[...] Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:51:00 GMT http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3458775 129726930600000000 http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455793 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).[...] Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455793 129725460000000000 http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455812 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.[...] Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455812 129725460000000000 http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455814 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.[...] Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455814 129725460000000000 http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455819 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.[...] Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455819 129725460000000000 http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455820 Minden Hills township will not be hanging flower baskets in downtown Minden this year. Councillors made the decision at their Jan. 26 meeting.[...] Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455820 129725460000000000 http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455821 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.[...] Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455821 129725460000000000 http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455824 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.[...] Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455824 129725460000000000 http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455828 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.[...] Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455828 129725460000000000 http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455830 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.[...] Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455830 129725460000000000 http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455835 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.[...] Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455835 129725460000000000 http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455831 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.[...] Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:39:00 GMT http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455831 129725195400000000 http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455815 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.[...] Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:27:00 GMT http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455815 129725188200000000 http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455804 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.[...] Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:24:00 GMT http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455804 129725186400000000 http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455788 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.[...] Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:11:00 GMT http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3455788 129725178600000000