News

By Adam Frisk Hints of fall have started to decorate the county with autumn colours appearing on the skyline as drought-stricken trees begin to change and drop some leaves. The hot and dry summer is ...
By Emily Stonehouse The other day, I inched my way towards a line of red brake lights around the high school. I wasn’t sure why we had stopped, and my initial response was irritation. Summer ...
By Emily Stonehouse Many would note the construction at the intersection of Highway 35 and 21, next to the Minden Legion. While speculations were flying on social media, Deputy Mayor for Minden Hills, ...
By Thomas Smith While Kris Hamill was adopted from Russia at the age of one and grew up in Mississauga, the Eagle Lake area ...
By Emily Stonehouse We all saw it coming. As of Tuesday, Aug. 5, the four fire chiefs from across Haliburton County ...
By Thomas Smith Kim Restivo Galea, longtime cottager of Davis Lake, has been a resident of the Kinmount area for the past eight years. “My mother was one of the first patients of Dr. Mihu,” said Galea ...
The Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Haliburton and Kawartha Lakes, Laurie Scott, made an appearance at the Summit Wellness Centre in Coboconk last Tuesday to make an announcement on the ...
By Adam Frisk An air quality warning was issued last week for Haliburton County as wildfire smoke blanketed the region. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued a special air quality ...
To the Editor, First, congratulations to those local community groups and private individuals that volunteer their time and efforts to clean up roadside litter. It is heartening to see in local media ...
Finding opportunities within the community that are engaging for our entire class of students with unique and diverse learning needs can be challenging.
The following is an open letter to the mayor and members of Minden Hills council: I was shocked to learn of the end of the employment of Laurie Carmount as the curator at the Minden Hills Cultural ...
By Thomas Smith Ron Claridge has been coming to Kinmount for 30 years. With his wife originally from Kinmount, the couple retired to Kinmount in 2022. “When I retired in Kinmount, [the Kinmount Model ...