Mike Baker

Sandy MacDonald has always believed it takes a village to raise a child and, for the past four years, she’s put that into practice at Wilberforce Elementary School. Secretary at the rural school, MacDonald was recognized with a Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) director’s award in April for her role bringing several beneficial programs […]

While Dominion Hotel owner Shawn Chamberlin expects his front-of-house to be a little quieter on Saturday afternoons this winter, he’s grateful for what the Haliburton County Huskies did for businesses in Minden these past five years. Franchise owners Paul Wilson and Ryan Ramsay announced in May that the team would be relocating to Cobourg ahead […]

Two columns that held up the building’s pool deck began to fail several weeks before the 2021 collapse, according to a new federal report.

As is tradition, YMCA Wanakita welcomed the public to its property on Koshlong Lake Road on Sunday (June 28) for its 49th annual community open house and strawberry social. Hundreds of people came out for an afternoon of swimming, kayaking and a host of other free, fun activities, said Wanakita’s Aisling Higgins. The party continued […]

Hal High principal Jennifer Mills told the school’s class of 2026 to go out and make a difference in the world following their graduation last Thursday (June 25), saying “there is a superhero in all of us, we just need the courage to put on the cape.” The gymnasium at the local high school was […]

When life gave Halls Lake teen Kadyn Gilooly lemons last summer, she embraced the old cliché and immediately got to work figuring out how to turn them into lemonade. The now 14-year-old is one of the top up-and-coming motocross racers in the province. After a knee injury ended her 2025 season prematurely, Gilooly used her […]

Haliburton County council has supported Habitat for Humanity Peterborough and Kawartha Region’s request to apply for $15.5 million in provincial funding through Infrastructure Ontario, with the money to be used to bring 57 new affordable housing units to Haliburton village. Approved at last Wednesday’s (June 24) County meeting, the loan will support construction of a […]

Less than two years after townships in Haliburton County adopted new rules for short-term rentals (STRs), three of four lower-tier councils are contemplating major changes to the file. Algonquin Highlands, Dysart et al, Highlands East and Minden Hills all adopted a new bylaw regulating STRs in 2024. New rules came into effect that October, with […]

George McKay and Vicky Krieps join the previously-announced Monica Barbaro and Josh Gad.

The city struggled for years after the pandemic shutdown and the rush to remote work. But downtown has been full of soccer fans for the past month.