By Thomas Smith In the far off land of Dwight, our neighbours to the west of Algonquin Highlands, the Winterbottoms are hard ...

By Adam Frisk Haliburton residents are getting into the competitive spirit and are eager to cheer on Team Canada as the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games get underway in Italy. The Olympics ...

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 ...

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 like Algonquin ...

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 ...

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 ...

Decades before other colleges, universities and professional sports teams such as the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League, the Cleveland Indians of the Major League Baseball, the ...

Changes to the Ontario Fire Code are here. On New Year’s Day, new carbon monoxide regulations were put in effect across Ontario. Carbon monoxide detectors will need to be installed on every storey of ...

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 main street of Haliburton Village was freshly adorned with banners honouring local veterans in a project that was met with profound pride by some of the families of those who served. Among those ...