Lisa Gervais

Members of Haliburton County Paramedic Service, municipal fire departments, and the Haliburton Highlands Ontario Provincial Police have collectively come together to invite the public to a free Haliburton County community open house to learn more about the critical role professional and volunteer emergency responders have in keeping our communities safe. Residents of all ages are […]

As he attends a calendar-full of appointments, stretched over days, weeks and months of uncertainty, Carnarvon’s Curtis Barker does not have much control over what is happening to his body. He is dealing with a rare bile duct cancer, related complications, and liver disease. But on this day, the sun is shining. He puts out […]

The township of Minden Hills has released details on its community clean-up following recent flooding. The municipality said residents can use sand from sandbags on their property. Empty sandbags can be disposed of with regular household waste, and are not recyclable. If you can’t use the sand, you can bring sandbags to the curling club […]

Deborah Renda wiped tears from her eyes as she and husband, Matt, were on hand April 30 for the official unveiling of a new public access automated external defibrillator (AED) in downtown Minden. The unit was donated in memory of Deborah’s parents, Don and Diane Banks. Deborah told The Highlander her mom suffered a heart […]

In the spring, Haliburton’s Nancy Brownsberger just wanted to dance. Perhaps it was to shake off a long winter, but most definitely to reconnect with joy. She was aware of a growing movement of women’s dance parties in larger cities and towns and began talking to Melissa Tong about what they might be able to […]

Haliburton County-based builders, Brown + Co, said a decision by the provincial government to waive the HST for any new home purchased, to become a principal residence, is “a very exciting announcement. “We’re surprised, and delighted, such extreme measures are going to be taken to boost new home sales,” Benton Brown told The Highlander in […]

Chris Near’s lease is up at Carnarvon Family Golf, and new owner, Jamie Luck, is planning a soft opening for this weekend (May 15-18) as he continues to work on the facility at the corner of Hwy. 35 and 118. It all came about because Luck, who owns Mill House Design, was looking for a […]

It’s a weekday evening or weekend when your dog decides to eat a chocolate bar you have inadvertently left on the counter. You are a bit panicked, wondering if you should rush your canine to the Kawartha Veterinary Emergency Clinic in Peterborough. Not so fast, according to Minden Animal Hospital, which has added an after-hours […]

Readers have been enthralled with crime, and true crime, for as long as the genre has existed and part-time Haliburton resident, Hope Thompson, has added to the bookshelves. Thompson recently published Dark Thoughts & Other Stories: a collection of 11 crime stories, with many having a “noir quality.” She described it as, “set on city […]

Two Haliburton men – who illegally used an excavator last summer to remove woody debris and aquatic vegetation along the Lipsy Lake shoreline – have been convicted and fined for unlawful use of machinery on lake shore lands. The Ministry of Natural Resources said on May 22 that Patrick Mark and Jonathan Mark of Haliburton […]