By Thomas Smith From the stage of the Highlands Festival Theatre to Bobcaygeon Road during the Santa Claus Parade, there’s ...

By Thomas Smith Imagine preparing to open your first restaurant and at the same time, you have a baby due in two weeks. That ...

By Emily Stonehouse 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 ...

By Adam Frisk Hello, Haliburton County! My name is Adam Frisk and I’ve recently joined The Haliburton County Echo, Minden Times and County Life as a reporter and photographer. I’m thrilled to join the ...

By Thomas Smith Two years ago, Natliya Chernytska made the decision to let her lawn grow wild. After reading The Garden ...

By Emily Stonehouse In a time where consuming Canadian is of the utmost importance, Shawn Chamberlin of the Dominion Hotel has just the thing: Hell of a Burg. The unique offering from the oldest ...

By Thomas Smith Bronwin Ironside and Samina Khokhar opened their dream custom electric tattoo studio in Minden in October of 2022. Both artists operate their businesses at the 105 Bobcaygeon Road ...

The Trillium Lakelands District School Board has joined other Ontario boards in a lawsuit against social media companies. The local board, along with the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, ...

By James Matthews (Local Journalism Initiative reporter) A power outage in the Duck Lake Road area is much like being thrusted into a communications void.Unless you use a cellphone, but not everybody ...

Students are out of the classrooms this week and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit) is advising residents to be cautious traveling this March break ...

Whenever the next federal election is called, Judi Forbes will once again attempt to unseat Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes- Brock Conservative incumbent Jamie Schmale. The Liberal riding association ...

This won’t come as a surprise: After a mild winter and wet spring it’s going to be a banner year for bugs. Experts say the mild winter allowed more adult bugs to survive and lay eggs early.