Mike Baker

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Louise Sisson is always a welcome guest at the Youth Wellness Hub in Haliburton at this time of the year. The St. George’s Anglican Church parishioner stopped by the Dysart Avenue facility Dec. 9 to deliver 50 handmade satchels, filled with gift cards and other goodies, to be given out to youth over the holidays. […]

Dysart et al has applied for a special exemption through the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) to take over demolition of the Wigamog Inn property. The township’s chief building official, Karl Korpela, said staff discussed the situation with MECP officials Nov. 25. Tear down of the main lodge structure and 36 accessory buildings […]

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit (HKPR) is moving ahead with a voluntary merger with Peterborough Public Health effective Jan. 1, 2025, with the Ontario government committing $10.1 million to support the partnership. HKPR board members voted 5-2 in favour of the merger Dec. 6. Highlands East deputy mayor Cec Ryall, the County […]

After a drizzly hike through one of Japan's lush mountain ranges this year, Luigi Mangione, a computer engineer in his mid-20s who had set off on

Police investigators have been scrambling to trace Luigi Mangione's movements not only in the days before the Dec. 4 shooting, but also in the months that preceded it.

Before he abruptly cut ties with friends and family, the suspect in the shooting of healthcare executive Brian Thompson retreated from his day-to-day life.

The Pacific Northwest, and particularly Whatcom County, was a hot spot for concern over the invasive species first sighted here in 2019.

When the heavens opened in early December, covering Haliburton County with a thick blanket of snow, Tanya McCready of Winterdance Dogsled Tours felt like her prayers had been answered. It had been another late start to the winter season for most in the Highlands. It used to be that businesses would prep and get ready […]

Highlands-based Canada Post delivery personnel are disappointed to have been mandated back to work, says Doug Ford, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) local 564 covering Haliburton County. Workers returned to their usual routes Dec. 17 after spending a month on the picket line lobbying for wage increases, greater job protection, and […]