Emily Stonehouse

By Emily Stonehouse Many would notice that flags around town have been drawn to half-mast. Dysart’s longtime mayor, Murray Fearrey, passed away on Thursday, May 28. Forever calling the Haliburton Highlands his home, Fearrey was born in the community in 1941. By 1967, he had joined the workforce at the Municipality of Dysart et al […]

By Emily Stonehouse I am going to say something that I doubt will win me many friends: I think we need to slow down on housing. Whoa whoa, keep reading. I promise I will explain this. To begin, I adamantly, wholly believe that housing is a human right. That every individual – regardless of background […]

By Thomas Smith There needs to be action taken to cease the spread of invasive species in Haliburton County. Meagan Shier and Vidhushi Hatwal, students from Trent University have recently completed a project in Algonquin Highlands doing precisely that. Over the course of many months, Shier and Hatwal compiled and consolidated existing records of aquatic […]

By Emily Stonehouse I spent the past week out of town. While I will be the first to fly the flag of the Haliburton Highlands, my husband and I realized it had been years since we had taken any trips across the borders. And no, I don’t mean hopping and skipping between Minden and Haliburton. […]

By Thomas Smith Bella. The Italian word for beauty. For Shukri Middleton, bella is the mantra and word of inspiration behind her newly opened cafe in Kinmount. Walking into her cafe, you are greeted with a bright shop and one word to describe it – pink. From her sign that hangs above the door, to […]

By Emily Stonehouse It all started with an accordion. Local musician Ryan Van Lee found his passion for music at a young age, watching his grandfather play the accordion. Before long, he was right up there with him. “I started playing around at church and Midnight Madness,” recalled Van Lee, “then I started playing at […]

By Emily Stonehouse I was not particularly surprised to hear the crux of concerns at the Minden all-candidates meeting circulate around people. It’s long been known that there are issues with staffing in Minden Hills. People seem to come and go, switch municipalities, come back, leave indefinitely, move backwards, move forwards. Regular readers would know […]

By Ivy Katz Murals are said to be special because they bring private art out of galleries and into public spaces for everyone’s benefit. Both nature and art are scientifically known to boost our endorphins. Now, hikers on the James Cooper trail will have one more thing to lookout for when they’re looking for that […]

By Emily Stonehouse Not a single journalist I know is in the job based on the pay. It’s a long-running joke we have amongst writers. That we don’t choose the career for money. It’s a passion project, these words from the heart. But as I sat and wrote these words this past week, I realized […]

By Emily Stonehouse He said he’d ‘bring it home’, and he did. When we interviewed local musician Ryan Van Lee in August, inquiring about his position in the Top 20 for Samsung’s True North Tunes competition, he knew he wanted to win. While over 4,000 musicians hit the list, by August, it was whittled down […]