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 Thomas Smith From the stage of the Highlands Festival Theatre to Bobcaygeon Road during the Santa Claus Parade, there’s one face who would be recognized by visitors and locals alike. On Thursday, ...

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

By Thomas Smith Eight wildlife rehabilitation centres have banded together in a call to action against the use of rodenticides in Ontario. More commonly called rat poison, the sanctuaries that have ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

From Shaman’s Rock By Jim Poling Sr. The Farmers’ Almanac is forecasting heavier than usual snowfalls for the Great Lakes region this coming winter. That’s good news, in a perverse way. More snow ...

Ontario premier Doug Ford has acted on one of the key recommendations made by the Ontario’s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission — that the province will mandate having four hours of daily care per ...

By Sue Tiffin It might not be the vaccine that has been on everyone’s mind this year, but the annual flu vaccine will be available in Haliburton County and across Ontario in October, and according to ...

By Chad Ingram On Labour Day weekend I was sitting by the lake at the cottage watching the sunset with my dad, who is a retired school principal. He was talking about how on Labour Day weekends ...