Our health unit is warning of a confirmed case of whooping cough in the City of Kawartha Lakes.  The Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit reminds parents to make sure their children’s immunizations are up to date and on file, as whooping cough spreads easily in those who are...

The Township of Algonquin Highlands is getting $49,746 from the province to better respond to emergencies.  Provincial officials say the money will be used to buy 7,000 feet of forestry hose and four wildland forestry fire pumps, to improve the municipality’s response to wildland fires.  The money is part of the $5-million Community...

Five Counties Children’s Centre (FCCC) is moving back into the former Minden Hospital site.  The not-for-profit had previously operated out of the building before Haliburton Highlands Health Services (HHHS) reclaimed the space during the COVID-19 pandemic. FCCC will soon move into a roughly 700-square-foot space on the second floor, while...

The Abbey Retreat Centre will soon be known as Brooksong Retreat and Cancer Support Centre.  Executive Director Barb Smith-Morrison says the change has been in the works since December, in an effort to make their mission clear.  “We realized it would be really important for people to know right off the...

UPDATE: The highway has reopened. A stretch of Highway 118 in Highlands East is fully closed due to flooding.  According to East Region OPP, the roadway is blocked between Thunderbird Drive and North Bay Beach Road in Cardiff.  The highway has been closed since around 2:40 p.m. Friday. 

Water levels will be higher this next week thanks to Friday’s “significant rainfall.”  That from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, which has issued a water safety bulletin for the Black, Burnt, Gull, Magnetawan, and Muskoka River watersheds.  Officials say the heavy downpours can cause flash-flooding, which could impact low-lying...