By Emily Stonehouse January 1 is a date that brings fresh starts, new beginnings, and the start of a brand new chapter. For ...

By Adam Frisk The 2025 holiday shopping season was a banner year, thanks to the early arrival of winter weather, community loyalty, and a surge in tourism, according to local businesses. For stores ...

By Thomas Smith Changes to the Ontario Fire Code are here. On New Year’s Day, new carbon monoxide regulations were put in ...

By Emily Stonehouse When you type the word “dogsled” into the Haliburton Highlands Digital Archives, a free online portal ...

With the fall colours coming near their peak time, Loon Lake is a popular destination for motorists taking in the sights. But with vehicular accidents accumulating along the stretch of provincial ...

By Stephen Petrick Some big decisions loom for Haliburton County on how to manage paramedic services, in light of a perceived growing population.Haliburton County councillors voted on Oct. 13 to begin ...

Sitting with his wife of 64 years in their home on the outskirts of town, the importance of community is clear to David and Phyllis Bishop, with their numerous photos on the wall and examples of lives ...

When Haliburton Village was first settled in 1864 under the direction of the Canadian Land and Emigration Company, the crucial factor that determined the village’s location was the presence of a ...

It’s not every day a new doctor comes to town. Actually, it’s fairly rare. The province-wide doctor shortage is a problem that is not isolated to our neck of the woods. But staff at both the ...

The momentum around the Haliburton Highlands Healthy Democracy Project does not seem to be slowing down any time soon. With their second presentation completed on Oct. 14 to over 60 attendees at the ...

If you were to explain Canada Day to someone who had never heard of the holiday before, how would you start? Would you lead with the fact that it’s the day we officially became a country? But it was a ...

Three days after Chris Stephenson took on the role of CEO at Haliburton County Public Library last September, he arrived at work to encounter a rare request – for a book to be removed from circulation ...