Annual assessments help schools plan for success By Lisa Harrison Eat well, drink water, sharpen pencils – go! The Education Quality and Accountability Office’s…
Paul Irwin calls for more hospice care volunteers By Lisa Harrison Paul Irwin’s life training has provided invaluable support to hospice palliative care patients…
By Mark Arike After months of negotiations, the Municipality of Highlands has announced that it…
Findings to go in report to determine next steps By Mark Arike Haliburton County’s stakeholders…
Letter of intent still not in hand By Lisa Harrison Preparations are continuing for the…
The Outsider By Will Jones Think of this as a purely prosaic public service if you like; consider it an…
STATE OF THE ARTS By Victoria Ward When change happens in life it can come fast, violently and be traumatizing.…
Aging Well By Penny Brown Dear Penny, I am 68 years old and I’ve started seeing oddly shaped flecks in…
Results from Friday, May 4 Submitted by Judi Paul The junior girls’ soccer team lost in their game against LCVI. Player of the game for Haliburton was Tamara Berry. The soccer team played their best game of the season against I.E. Weldon, but were unable…
Seven teams square off at The Fast Lane By Douglas Pugh The Ontario Senior Games…
Damage estimated at $250,000 By Mark Arike A fire caused by the lighting of a pellet stove has destroyed a home at 1263 Burke Rd., just outside the Village of Haliburton. The damage is estimated at $250,000. On April 27, 11 Dysart et al firefighters…
Club seeks early access to Rail Trail “I suggest a compromise opening, coinciding with the…
Not 10 minutes before starting to write this column, I heard the first loon call of the season, a coincidental clarion to all who will enjoy the Highlands in the coming months. This weekend marks the official start of the summer season in the Highlands.…
In some of my earliest childhood memories, I walk home from school at lunchtime, scramble…
Hal High student off to Calgary for snowboarding nationals By Terrance Gavan Greg Foster will be getting on a plane for Calgary next Tuesday (April 3). Once there, he travels to Nakiska Ski Area to compete in the Parallel Giant Slalom junior snowboarding nationals. Foster,…
PARDON THE ERUPTION By Terrance Gavan We wonder if Matt Duchene’s skyward glance in his…
PARDON THE ERUPTION By Terrance Gavan We wonder if Matt Duchene’s skyward glance in his rookie season – just before scoring the shootout goal that propelled the Colorado Avalanche into the 2010 playoffs – was noticed by anyone in that packed arena. Probably not. It…
PARDON THE ERUPTION “Sentence… a national travesty.” Todd Holt, victim of Graham James. By Terrance…
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