Mike Baker

After seven weeks on the picket line in Haliburton, Community Living Trent Lakes staffer Michelle Cooper said she and 35 other Highlands-based workers remain resolute as the strike action involving 4,500 public sector employees continues. Members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 358 walked off the job May 25. They’re fighting for […]

A refresh of the County of Haliburton’s community safety and wellbeing (CSWB) plan is underway with an updated document to be presented to the upper-tier’s new council in November and adopted by spring 2027. Sue Tiffin, the County’s director of community outreach, told council at its June 24 meeting that since the current plan is […]

Earlier this summer, Laurie Jones from Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre was replying to some work emails when she was suddenly inundated with messages from several local artists asking about new application fees for next week’s Art and Craft Festival in Haliburton. The notes surprised Jones, as the application deadline for the annual event […]

As wildfires rage in northern Ontario, burning more than 3,500 sq. km. of bush and rural land to the north and west of Thunder Bay, people in Haliburton have been working hard this week gathering donations to help those most impacted. Striking Community Living Trent Highlands employees launched a donation drive on Monday (July 20). […]

After recently spending three hours waiting for a routine bloodwork appointment at the LifeLabs location in Minden, 83-year-old Mary Hodgins believes the private company should bring a mobile unit to the Highlands to replace its temporarily shuttered Haliburton office. The Haliburton Lake resident attended the site, located inside the Minden Health Hub at 6 McPherson […]

In an interview from prison, Bryan Kohberger said he had filed a petition to reopen the case. He blamed his guilty plea on ‘false promises’ and wrong information.

The criminology student convicted last year of murdering four University of Idaho students in their home is seeking to abandon his guilty plea and

After a 26-plus year career in competitive gymnastics, John Craig said he planned his permanent relocation to Haliburton County this past winter expecting to leave his old coaching life behind him. Then he met Kathy Judson. Craig will serve as head coach at the new Haliburton Gymnastics facility once it opens next month. Located at […]

Lakelands Public Health (LPH) officials are warning about rising tick populations in Ontario, resulting in a near doubling of known local Lyme disease cases since 2022. The health unit’s Dr. Stephen McCarthy said data collected by Public Health Ontario in recent years shows several tick-borne diseases are on the rise. He blamed the recent phenomenon […]

Taking his fishing boat out on Drag Lake recently, Haliburton resident Jim Miners said he had anything but a relaxing time on the water. He was one of approximately 30 volunteers from the Drag and Spruce Lake Property Owners’ Association (DSLPOA) to work with four professional divers July 13-15 as mitigation efforts to limit the […]