Lisa Gervais

The Walker’s Heating and Cooling Highland Storm U13 rep team continued their epic ‘march’ toward the OMHA championships March 29 with a stunning win in game three against the Lindsay Muskies. The victory was even sweeter, considering that the leading point scorer, Travis Rowe, was unavailable. The Storm began their series against Lindsay, with captain […]

County council has backed a request from director of economic development and tourism, Scott Ovell, to enter into partnership with the Haliburton County Homebuilders Association (HCHBA), which is working with Haliburton Highlands Secondary School to boost the trades. Ovell said that last May, the County and HCHBA hosted their first skilled trades bus tour. They […]

The potential future of landfilling in the Highlands came before County council April 10 with a presentation on single-tier waste management. Dysart’s John Watson, Algonquin Highlands’ Melissa Murray, Highlands East’s Perry Kelly and Minden Hills’ Chelsea Cosh delivered a staff report emanating from the 2020 service delivery review – accompanying a final report by Dillon […]

An estimated 1,000 properties on Boshkung, Little Boshkung and Twelve Mile lakes could be affected if the new owners of Wedgewood Marina get out of the marina and boat launch business, Boshkung Lake Property Owners Association (BLPOA) president Tom Steele says. RPM Marinas general manager Cheryl Downs recently shared the news on social media that […]

Haliburton County Folk Society’s Barrie Martin says churches have ideal acoustics and are great venues for live music. Highlands’ churches often host concerts presented by organizations such as the Highlands Opera Studio, HCFS, choir groups, and the churches themselves. Martin added there have been memorable concerts in the Maple Lake United Church, Lakeside Baptist, St. […]

Minden Hills council gave Chelsea Cosh, its manager of waste facilities, the green light April 11 to complete a Bee City Canada application to designate the township a Bee City. Council also supported the celebration of national pollinator week, annually held the third week of June. Founded in 2016, Bee City Canada is a federally-recognized […]

Scott Ovell, the County’s director of economic development and tourism, is on a road show – selling a municipal accommodation tax (MAT) to lower-tier governments. He began his virtual tour with an April 9 Highlands East meeting, explaining that much like the short-term rental bylaw, the MAT will be the job of Algonquin Highlands, Dysart […]

Minden Hills taxpayers will begin contributing to an infrastructure levy, as the township moves towards an infrastructure renewal reserve. Director of finance, Greg Bedard, broke it down for the public, and council, at an April 25 meeting. Council has endorsed a compounding one per cent levy to be included in the 2025 levy and subsequent […]

At the one-year anniversary of news the Minden emergency department would be closing, health care lobbyists are accusing the Haliburton Highlands Health Services (HHHS) of a 36 per cent jump in CAO salary last year; have panned the Ontario government budget; and gone to Queen’s Park to provide feedback on Bill 180 (the budget). It […]

The Haliburton School of Art + Design (HSAD) has been spared after parent entity, Fleming College, announced widespread program cuts at its Lindsay and Peterborough campuses last week. President, Maureen Adamson, confirmed April 24 that 29 full-time programs are heading for the scrapheap – 16 in Peterborough and 13 in Lindsay, including several renowned geographic […]