Lisa Gervais

Haliburton Highlands OPP detachment commander, Deb McClure, highlighted efforts to tackle online fraud, improve traffic safety, discussed new technology, and mental health partnerships, when she presented the board’s annual report July 23. Tabled at the meeting in McClure’s absence, the document included crime, traffic enforcement, and community wellbeing data, and highlighted initiatives and successes from […]

Minden Hills mayor Bob Carter defended large wage increases for three staff members in 2025, including the CAO, director of public works, and supervisor of waste management. According to the public sector salary disclosure 2025, chief administrative officer, Cynthia Fletcher, made $187,046 – compared to $180,865 in 2024 – up $6,000. Her predecessor, Trisha McKibbon, […]

Deluxe Waterfront Resort on Twelve Like Lake in Minden Hills has added a farmers market to its summer offerings. Resort owner, Ronen Ifraimov, who also owns Toronto-based Deluxe Produce, said the market has been operating at the former Wedgewood Marina between Twelve and Mountain lakes on summer weekends. Ifraimov said he has access to the […]

Consultants, the Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN), have presented four governance models for Haliburton County – with the 2026-30 councils tasked with choosing one of them. However, in its affordability and governance structure study, EORN supplied financials indicating taxpayers can no longer afford the current two-tier governance structure of the County and local townships (model […]

People can learn more about options for a potential restructuring of the County and its four lower-tier municipalities – as well as provide feedback – during a series of town hall meetings from Aug. 25 to 31. The gatherings follow the publication of the final report for the County’s communitywide affordability and governance structure study, […]

Bob Lake’s Rock the Dock fundraiser celebrated its fifth year this summer – raising another $6,310 for the Minden Community Food Centre – bringing the overall total to just shy of $25,000. Pamela England, a member of the Bob Lake Association (BLA), said “while we fell just a little short of our record-breaking fourth year, […]

The deadline for a referendum on governance changes for this election has passed – with one for the 2030 election too far away, County of Haliburton CAO Gary Dyke told a public meeting in Haliburton Aug. 25. He, and representatives of the Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN), brought the community-wide affordability and governance structure study […]

Lakelands Public Health is gearing up for its fall campaign of reduced-cost rabies vaccination clinics. Partnering with animal welfare organizations and veterinary clinics across the region, the initiative ensures pets are protected, while reducing financial barriers for pet owners. This in turn protects the health of the public in our region through prevention of rabies. […]

After nearly 16 years as a trustee with the Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB), Gary Brohman is not running in the fall election. “Approximately 80 commencement speeches; the meetings? I won’t add up,” Brohman said with a chuckle while seated at the kitchen table of his Haliburton home. There have also been many kilometres […]

ACM Designs’ Andria Cowan Molyneaux is in Paris, France this week for a show called Maison&Objet. It’s no holiday. European and other international vendors have brought goods the Haliburton-based company could consider buying to help them combat the current trade war with the U.S. In the spring, Cowan Molyneaux was in Scotland doing the same […]