Lisa Gervais

From facing road rage, to white knuckle driving experiences, and a near-miss lightning strike in Glebe Park, Richard van Nood has seen it all in 35 years at the helm of Haliburton County’s only driving school. After leaving the military as a radio operator, van Nood was perusing the classifieds in an Oakville newspaper when […]

We take exception to Minden Hills council’s decision to not reprimand Coun. Tammy McKelvey after the integrity commissioner ruled she’d breached the Municipal Act’s code of conduct. As reported in today’s Highlander, on May 21, McKelvey drove onto private property, along a newly-built road, to take a picture of an alleged illegal development. Let’s start […]

The Ontario Living Wage Network (OLWN) released its latest report Nov. 18, indicating people in their ‘east’ region, which includes Haliburton County, would need to make $21.65 an hour to make ends meet. The report comes on the heels of a May study by the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR), which put […]

Looking at the Ontario Living Wage Network’s certified living wage employer map – there is only one listing for Haliburton County – SIRCH Community Services. Others in our region include Kawartha Credit Unions in Kinmount and Bancroft and Fivepoint Landscaping near Dwight. That means that SIRCH is paying what is deemed a living wage for […]

Amid skyrocketing demand for their services, Central Food Network executive director Tina Jackson and board chair, Nancy WrightLaking, had some sobering statistics to share with Highlands East council Nov. 12. Jackson said they had more than 60 volunteers and two permanent staff, delivering a suite of services in Highlands East, and across the County. They […]

Minden urgent care clinic closures Aug. 20 and 23 are due to “summer holiday scheduling conflicts,” according to the Kawartha North Family Health Team, which operates the clinic at the former Minden emergency department site. KNFHT notified patients of the closure on their Facebook page Aug. 20, shortly before the clinic was scheduled to open […]

David Hyland was naturally surprised earlier this week when a peacock showed up on his property just down the road from Furnace Falls. The animal lover took the bird under his wing so to speak, offering it sanctuary and food. He had some ideas of how the peafowl may have come to the Hwy. 503 […]

On the phone from Prince Edward County, Linwood Barclay is asked for his advice to Haliburton County authors, other than his standard read and write.

A familiar face from Todd’s Independent Grocer in Haliburton will soon be opening her own pharmacy in the Beer Store plaza.

The Coalition for Equitable Water Flow (CEWF) says water levels in area reservoir lakes are near normal right now, but will be changing over the next couple of weeks – much earlier than usual.