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 Contest rewards cottagers who are fire and carbon monoxide safe
Drier than normal weather plus vivid memories of Ontario's many large fires and evacuations in 2011, has a number of cottage and fire safety organizations working together to make fire prevention and preparedness a top priority for anyone who owns or rents a woodland property this season.[...]
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 Tickets now available for Rotary Car Draw
The Rotary Car Draw's importance to the community continues, as long as the event itself. Every year for decades, the Rotary Club of Haliburton has run the draw for a brand new car or a cash prize.[...]
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 ACHS students leave mark
On Wednesday, May 9, St. Peter's ACHS College School attended the annual SSAF track and field event for grades 5 to 8 students at York University in Toronto. The event hosted more than 50 schools and had more than 2,000 in attendance.[...]
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 HHSS students hit the big time
Student filmmakers are soaking in the limelight since screening their short films at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Bell Lightbox theatre in Toronto.[...]
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 Highlands East reaches deal with union
Highlands East has reached an agreement with CUPE local 4416, representing the public sector employees of the municipality. The municipality announced the settlement on May 7 through a press release.[...]
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 Home and Cottage Show coming soon
The 34th annual Home and Cottage Show is running June 1, 2 and 3 at the Haliburton Arena and Curling Club. This show gets bigger and better every year. This year there are more than 150 exhibitors and attendance is expected to exceed 3,000 visitors.[...]
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 Bear problems? Call the MNR first
With the recent changes concerning the Ministry of Natural Resources' Bear Wise program, the Haliburton Highlands detachment of the OPP has been receiving questions about nuisance bears.[...]
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 County to consider digital marketing agency
The county will consider hiring a digital marketing agency to help boost its online presence. The idea was suggested by Minden Hills Reeve Barb Reid during a May 9 meeting of the county's tourism development committee.[...]
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 Annual radio day gives students taste of the airwaves
They were on air hosts, studio technicians and involved with advertising sales. Students from the Haliburton Highlands Secondary School Rotary Interact Club learned all aspects of radio life during the annual Rotary Radio Day held on May 10 at Canoe FM.[...]
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 Board office unsuitable for students
I write to offer a different opinion to that of the public servants quoted in last week's article on the best use of the Victoria Street School. I would like to see the school continue to be the home of the Adult Education and Training in our community.[...]
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 Planning for Tim Hortons
LAST WEEK, DOZENS of local residents came to a public meeting to question, and in many cases oppose, a proposed Tim Hortons restaurant on County Road 21. Their concerns reflect the conflict between residential property and commercial property uses: noise, traffic, property value, garbage, etc.[...]
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 Town hall meeting examines county's tourism landscape
An improved visitors' centre. A solid destination brand. A better website. Those were just a few of the suggestions on how the county might strengthen its tourism magnetism that participants of a town hall meeting provided on May 7.[...]
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 Public access computer service to continue
With some reorganization and some digging in its pockets, the county will be able to continue offering free Internet access at the branches of the Haliburton County Public Library.[...]
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 Peterborough woman beats out regional rivals for Bears' Lair win
The dreams of Peterborough's Tia Star are coming true. The stars lined up in that direction as the 31-year-old Toronto native and Peterborough resident by way of Lindsay was named the winner of the second Bears' Lair Entrepreneurial competition at Showplace Peterborough on Saturday night.[...]
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 Linguist collecting Haliburton stories for study
When language comes up in this country, it's usually the French/English divide. Sometimes discussion centres on Aboriginal languages soon to be lost. What is rarely discussed are the subtle, but unique, dialects specific to the towns and hamlets throughout Canada.[...]
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 Heritage fair celebrates Canadian history
They learned about First Nations and the early explorers of Canada. Students in grades 5 and 6 at J.D. Hodgson Elementary School dug deep into their social studies curriculum to create projects for the Heritage Fair, held on May 11.[...]
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 Update: Man pulled from Soyer's Lake dies
Police have released the name of the man who was pulled from the water on Soyer's Lake near Haliburton Monday. Kieran Wulff, 20, "succumbed to his injuries" May 14 after being rescued from the water around 1 p.m.[...]
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 Man pulled from Soyer's Lake
A man was pulled from Soyer's Lake around 1 p.m. Monday, but his condition remains unknown. Haliburton OPP issued a release that says only that emergency services arrived to the Poverty Bay area of the lake, which is west of Haliburton just off County Road 21.[...]
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 Red Hawks offense explodes, tames Bulldogs
Red Hawks Bailey Walker's hat-trick helped to propel the Haliburton Highlands Secondary School senior girls' soccer team to a dominating 4-1 win over the winless Brock High School Bulldogs this past Thursday.[...]
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