End of the road for Trails and Tours   
Posted 3 days ago
The Haliburton Highlands Trails and Tours Network has reached the end of its path. [more]

Exciting new technology for youth    
Posted 3 days ago
"You can't always hear a pin drop anymore," said CEO/county librarian Bessie Sullivan, in reference to the changing scene in our libraries. "Now they're places where people hold meetings, and tutoring sessions, and where book club members get together. [more]

Lauten throws green hat into ring    
Posted 3 days ago
The founder and president of activist group Cottagers Against Uranium Exploration (CUME) is starting a new fight. Susanne Lauten says she wants to serve as the next MP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock as a member of the Green party. [more]

Pan Am ‘amazing thing’ for Minden: reeve   
Posted 3 days ago
The reeve of Minden Hills says the 2015 Pan Am Games should be an economic boon for the community. [more]

Christmas concert around the corner   
Posted 3 days ago
The Highlands Wind Symphony performs its annual Christmas Concert on Sunday, Dec. 6 at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion. [more]

Thanks to community   
Posted 3 days ago
To the Editor: I grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan. By Stephen Leacock's estimation, the "most Canadian" of provinces. [more]

H1N1 vaccine available to broader group   
Posted 3 days ago
The health unit is changing its vaccination program, expanding the groups of people now eligible to be immunized. Expanded Eligibility The Ministry of Health has expanded the list of people now eligible for the H1N1 influenza vaccine. [more]

Ch-ch-ch-changes   
Posted 3 days ago
Change, perhaps somewhat ironically, is one of the few constants in life. And it seems often, for whatever reason, that transitions present themselves in groups. The Times is currently undergoing a series of transitions, some of which readers may be aware of, and others not. [more]

Editorial idea simplistic   
Posted 3 days ago
To the Editor: Regarding the overly simplistic idea to form a three-person committee to oversee the Haliburton Rail Trail ("Learn from our mistakes," Minden Times, Nov. 11), I feel there are important issues that were not considered. [more]

Killing as a matter of policy   
Posted 3 days ago
Exactly how Private Walter Stanley Bowron of Denna Lake died on Aug. 9, 1917, in the charnel house of World War One is lost in the mists of time. [more]

Bowlathon supports after school rec program    
Posted 3 days ago
The Fast Lane bowling alley in Minden was jumping Saturday evening as the Minden Rotary Club in partnership with Point In Time Family Services held a bowlathon. [more]

ASES students pay tribute    
Posted 3 days ago
The student body at Archie Stouffer Elementary School assembled in the school's gymnasium on the morning of Nov. 11 for a solemn ceremony to pay tribute to Canadian soldiers who lost their lives in battle. [more]