Wigamog closed until spring   
Posted 5 days ago
Lynda Demerse was expecting to spend the weekend of Dec. 11 and 12 watching her son play in the Silver Stick tournament in Haliburton, retiring in the evenings to a cozy room at the Wigamog Inn Resort. [more]

Welcome to the Highlands, Angelica!    
Posted 5 days ago
The Haliburton Echo would like to give a warm welcome to its newest reporter, Angelica Blenich, who started work at the paper Monday. Blenich is from Richmond Hill and received her training at University of King's College journalism program and Dalhousie University. [more]

Shoreline works result in $45,000 fine for cottagers   
Posted 5 days ago
On Oct. 31, William Michael Montgomery and Frances Marion McQuestion were fined a combined total of $45,000 after being convicted at trial for a violation of the Fisheries Act for "the harmful alteration, disruption or destruction of fish habitat. [more]

Six arrested at Kennisis Lake cottage on squatting charges   
Posted 5 days ago
Haliburton Highlands OPP charged six people for squatting a cottage on Kennisis Lake Tuesday. Police received information that some people were living in a vacant cottage located on Kennisis Lake Road. [more]

Marriage can be funny    
Posted 5 days ago
Divorce Anyone? Written by John Patrick Directed by Wayne Cooper, Northern Lights Pavilion Nov. [more]

Council may sell Tory Hill fire hall   
Posted 5 days ago
The following are brief reports of items discussed at Nov. 10 meeting of Highlands East council. [more]

Glebe park could be greater asset to Dysart   
Posted 5 days ago
The following are brief reports of items discussed at Dysart council Nov. 9. Haliburton's Glebe Park is a valuable space that with some improvements could become an even greater asset for locals and vacationers, according to a report presented to council last week. [more]

Illegal cash jobs can be alluring   
Posted 5 days ago
"That'll be $1,130 or I'll take $1,000 cash. [more]

Who are the jeepers fooling?   
Posted 5 days ago
To the Editor: I feel compelled to reply to the letters to the editor submitted by Jeep owners. I do not know how anyone who drives up Green Mountain regularly could possibly report that Jeep drivers stay on the trail. [more]

Canadian soldiers keep women and children safe   
Posted 5 days ago
To the Editor: First we want to clarify Canadian troops were never deployed to Iraq, but to Afghanistan in October, 2001. [more]

Thanks to the good people of Gooderham   
Posted 5 days ago
To the Editor: If you are ever going to be stranded, there couldn't be a better place than Gooderham. I was on my way to Bancroft on Nov. 1 and had some minor car troubles. Once I realized, I was stuck there for the night because the local service station did not have the part. [more]

Huge hydro increases   
Posted 5 days ago
To the Editor: I agree with Celeste Lohrbach who wrote in about her hydro bill. I just received mine as well and was floored at the increase; three times what it has been for as long as we have owned our cottage, 20 years! Hydro installed the new smart meter at our cottage as well this summer. [more]

We should thank our troops   
Posted 5 days ago
To the Editor: Re: Iraq war cannot be supported I was most offended to read Johannus Boots's letter in last week's Echo but acknowledge that soldiers have provided us with the right to express our views. [more]

Support our troops means a lot more   
Posted 5 days ago
To the Editor: I was rather shocked after I viewed the letter to the editor on the online version of the Echo. Yes, I do agree that the Iraq War may not be the most revered war, however, last I checked Canada does not have troops in the Iraq War. [more]

Kudos to new Echo editor   
Posted 5 days ago
To the Editor: Way to go Jenn! If the first issue under your "banner" is an example of things to come, Martha's "hand-picked" replacement is a fine successor to Creighton, Len and Martha. [more]

Troops are in Afganistan for good reason   
Posted 5 days ago
To the Editor: What both these individuals who complain about our troops in Afghanistan seem to have forgotten is that they are there because the Taliban, who ran the country, [fostered the terrorist group al Queda who] saw fit to destroy the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York [more]

Remembering    
Posted 5 days ago
Haliburton came out in the hundreds Wednesday to remember the sacrifices made in war by Canadians throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. [more]

Gearing up for season of champions    
Posted 5 days ago
Haliburton Curling Club members are calling this year their "season of champions. [more]