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 ...

I watched as our county council spoke in circles around budget spikes. A percentage knocked off here and there, major capital projects put on the back burner for another year in an effort to keep the ...

Stormy winter weather forced the Dec. 10 regular meeting of county council to shift exclusively to an online platform. Warden Dave Burton efficiently hopped right into the meeting, bringing forth the ...

Please note that the following editorial contains depictions of domestic violence that some readers may find uncomfortable. If you are in a dangerous situation of domestic violence, contact ...

The provincial government recently passed the “Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act” (Bill 60), a major piece of legislation that changes several provincial laws, including the Residential Tenancies ...

Please note that the following article contains graphic depictions of gender-based violence and femicide that some readers may find disturbing. To receive support around this topic, please reach out ...

For some people, 30 years on the job may feel like a lifetime, but for Haliburton County Paramedic Service Chief Mike Slatter, it felt like it went by in the blink of an eye. “There’s no way I’ve been ...

Over the past few months, the differences between countries have stood out like a sore thumb. Constant comparisons, dichotomizations, polar opposites seen in real time. We see this in the form of ...

eep in the woods of Dorset, there is a magical place. A place where kids can be kids, where the pressures of the real world can be shed, and the joy of community connections and lifelong friendships ...