The Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes, Pine Ridge District Health Unit will launch its 2025 beach water monitoring program on June 16. Officials say staff will be monitoring water quality of 54 public beaches across the County of Haliburton, City of Kawartha Lakes, and Northumberland County. Each week, water will be tested for...

While many municipalities across the province are rejecting the Strong Mayors Powers recently bestowed upon them by the province, the Municipality of Dysart et al is not. A public notice issued by the municipality says council plans to approve an amendment of their procedural bylaw at the June 24 meeting...

June is Pride Month and the local Pride organization is kicking it off with a rebrand. Officials say, after nearly a decade of growth and community engagement, Minden Pride in the Haliburton Highlands will official transition to Pride in the Highlands in order to acknowledge all four municipalities that make...

Ontario is celebrating Local Food Week, which runs June 2 to 8 across the province. Laurie Scott, MPP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, is encouraging residents to support our local farmers, food processors, distributors, retailers and restauranteurs by purchasing what is grown and made right here at home. "This week and every week,...

The Ontario Government is creating a new $500 million Critical Minerals Processing Fund, and the north is expected to benefit. That from Vic Fedeli, Nipissing MPP and Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade. He says it also helps protect the province and its workers from the impact of...

Time is running out to have the studded tires removed from your car for the summer. That word today from Acting Sgt. Michelle Simard of the OPP. “You can have studded tires on your vehicle between September 1st and May 31st if you live in Northern Ontario,” she says. “That’s one...