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Lisa Gervais

Lisa Gervais

Editor at Haliburton Highlander

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Recent Articles

thehighlander.ca

County adds advanced care paramedics

The Haliburton County Paramedic Service has introduced advanced care paramedics into front-line operations, in what it says represents an important step in the evolution of health care for residents and visitors across the Highlands. The County of Haliburton said Aug. 18 that following council approval, the service (HCPS) has now deployed its first front-line advanced […]
about 2 months ago
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Crazy: Bringing Patsy to the Highlands

After “really missing” the Highlands Summer Festival season last year, Leisa Way and her band return with ‘sweet dreams: the music of Patsy Cline’ for five shows starting Aug. 2. She has brought four shows over the years to the festival at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion (NLPAP): Early Morning Rain (Gord Lightfoot), Opry […]
3 months ago
thehighlander.ca

No blues as Canoe show wins award

CanoeFM was recognized at the recent National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA) awards, with Lorne VanSinclair winning for his show, Backbeat Radio, in the blues or similar music category. The NCRA announced the winners of its 2026 Community Radio Awards in Broadcast and Online awards in May. “These awards are a way to highlight […]
4 months ago
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Minden Hills declares state of emergency

Minden Hills resident James Smith loaded as many sandbags as he could onto a trailer outside the Minden Curling Club April 14. He lives on the Burnt River. “The river side is higher than it’s ever been, and I’m worried because the water actually gets into our house from the back side of our property. […]
6 months ago
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Learning to love husband again in memoir

Minden Hills author Fay Martin writes to figure out what she is thinking. The creator of the soon-to-be released Dementia Widow is asked if penning her memoir was therapeutic in the aftermath of her husband Michael’s death in 2020. “Writing it was very therapeutic. I learned to love him again through writing it because that […]
8 months ago
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Getting Kosy for 90 years

Kosy Korner celebrated its 90th birthday Aug. 12; serving up pork and beans on toast for 25 cents, and free coffee and kombucha. CanoeFM was on-site, there was a photo board of memories, and face painting for the kids. Co-owner Brendon Clarke said, “it’s a pretty crazy milestone” while co-owner Christine Clarke added, “so much […]
about 1 year ago
thehighlander.ca

Landlords concerned about new rules

A Places for People (P4P) founder and board member says her “hair is lit up” trying to understand what the Ontario government’s newly-enacted Bill 10 means for landlords when it comes to tenants and drugs. The Bill received royal assent June 5. It basically says a landlord can’t knowingly permit a property to be used […]
about 1 year ago
thehighlander.ca

Instructor offers insight for spring driving

Richard van Nood knows a thing or two about driving. He opened Driver’s Edge Driver Training in Haliburton County in 1990 and has been teaching the skill for 35 years. He is asked about driving in spring. “In the spring, in the fall as well, is probably the trickier time,” he says. In winter, he […]
over 1 year ago
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Charity maple syrup maker giving back

It’s a sunny spring afternoon as Wayne Krangle feeds firewood into his maple syrup evaporator at his property on Binscarth Road in Haliburton County. Dressed in a camo cap, green shirt, khaki pants, with white suspenders, he walks around his production factory in boots with cleats as it’s still slippery with ice. Three feeder lines […]
over 1 year ago
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King Charles hasn’t quite left the County

Klara Oyler thought she was joining MPP Laurie Scott at the Haliburton County Huskies game March 15 for a ceremonial puck drop – until the politician surprised her with a King Charles III Coronation Medal. Oyler said she was “surprised and overwhelmed” but, upon refection, “I have been extremely fortunate, after moving to Haliburton upon […]
over 1 year ago
thehighlander.ca

It’s up to you to decide our future

Amidst record-low voter turnout province-wide June 2, 2022, PC Laurie Scott recorded another sweeping victory in Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, garnering 52.8 per cent of the local vote (25,656 total votes). It handed her a sixth term in office. Barbara Doyle, representing the NDP, finished a distant second, with 15.8 per cent (7,677 votes). She is running […]
over 1 year ago