Lisa Gervais

Minden dentist Bill Kerr, and his late wife, Lisa, were on their way back from Honduras – doing charitable dental work – when they thought their volunteer team should actually be doing something at home. That thought birthed Volunteer Dental Outreach (VDO) for Haliburton County, which is now into its 14th year. On May 19, […]

The Ontario Living Wage Network (OLWN) released its latest report Nov. 18, indicating people in their ‘east’ region, which includes Haliburton County, would need to make $21.65 an hour to make ends meet. The report comes on the heels of a May study by the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR), which put […]

Rev. Canon Joan Cavanaugh-Clark met Andrew Hodson in 2017. At the time, Hodson was with the Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge (CMHA HKPR), as its only crisis worker. It was before the establishment of the Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT) in 2021, but laid the groundwork for the MCRT, which saw its […]

Sarah Patrick recalls the headlines “looming ominously” on the front pages of The Globe and Mail in September and October of 2007. They included, ‘Born into the abusive grip of a cult’; ‘light sessions and school’s dark past’ and ‘apology for hurt and pain’. In her book, Binding Shame: Life in a Cult of Obedience, […]

Minden Hills taxpayers got their first look at the township’s 2025 budget Nov. 21 – with a starting point of an estimated 8.7 per cent levy increase. That will not be the final number when council is expected to endorse the completed document early next year. Director of finance and treasurer, Wendelin Lonergan, said, “staff […]

Moore Lake cottager Jake Moreau is still reeling after his dog, Bowie, was shot between the eyes with a pellet gun Nov. 24. Moreau said the 100-pound snow white Husky mix is recovering from its injuries, but the family is shaken since their cottage, “is supposed to be a place to relax and unwind; a […]

Integrity commissioner, Tony Fleming, has ruled that Minden Hills coun. Tammy McKelvey has breached two sections of the Municipal Act’s code of conduct. However, McKelvey told council Nov. 28, “she felt she had not violated the code of conduct.” Council went on to accept the report as information only, not endorsing Fleming’s recommendations council reprimand […]

Point in Time, in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge, and several organizations representing the Haliburton County Connections Committee, have announced the launch of a two-year project. ‘Coming Full Circle: Training, Mentorship and Employment Supports for People with Lived Experience in Haliburton County ’ will begin Jan. 1. Canada’s Substance […]

When Haliburton County paramedic Chris Parish started working in the Highlands 33 years ago, he was an ambulance driver attendant. “We would go as fast as we could, do minimal care, and drive to the hospital. It was called scoop and run,” he recalled in a recent interview. He added they worked all day, and […]

County taxpayers will pay an extra $15.97 a month per $100,000 of residential assessment after the upper-tier government passed its 2025 budget at a council meeting Dec. 11. The budget carries a 4.82 per cent levy increase plus a 1.5 per cent capital levy. The Minden-based municipality determined it needs nearly $25 million from ratepayers […]