It’s been a few months since the Dorset Recreation Center reopened following a four-year wait and members couldn’t be happier. Originally shuttered in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the center was then forced to close indefinitely because black mold was found on the premises. After project costs of $1.5 million, the centre opened once again in August.

CanoeFM visited the facility recently and spoke with members who couldn’t say enough about improvements made through the renovation. Now, the center boasts two gyms, a squash court, weight room and locker rooms and lots of people are taking out new memberships.

A Remembrance Day display in the small village of Irondale, Ontario in Haliburton County is having a big impact. The display, featuring 56 banners with the photos, names and details of men and women who served in wartime.

This is the third year that the display, entitled “Service, Courage and Sacrifice”, has been put on by Bark Lake’s Cultural Development and its popularity and community response continues to grow.

CanoeFM was on hand to ask the organizers what the display has come to mean both to them and for the families whose loved ones are featured in the display.

Deer wandering the streets of Haliburton isn’t new. After all, the town is built in deer habitat –

Whether because of several collisions on in-town roads and highways, or the devastation of

Before you know it, winter will be here with all the challenges it brings. Snow, slush, icy

It's a process that starts in September and involves a thorough check of the winter fleet of snow

Members of the Haliburton Highlands Outdoor Association are ensuring a species of lake trout continues to thrive in the region’s many lakes. Together, at Elvin Johnson Park, the group has gathered to collect the eggs from fertile females to improve the survival of the Haliburton Gold trout– a fish found only here in the County. Dave Moss, who heads up egg collection, explains how the process works and why it’s so critical.

Local resident Jim Frost was the first Haliburton Highlands Health Services patient to use the hospital’s brand-new CT scanner. The CT scanner has been in use for three months. So far, more than 1,000 patients have used the scanner since July, severely cutting down on the need for patients, their physicians and emergency medical staff to drive out of the county for diagnostic tests at other health centers. The scanner allows local patients to receive care closer to home and keeps medical personnel on-site to care for awaiting patients.

Seniors’ healthcare in Haliburton County got a shot in the arm recently when two nurse practitioners signed on at both long term care centers here. One is working at Highland Crest – a 62-bed facility in Minden and another at Highland Wood – a 30 bed facility attached to Haliburton Highlands Health Services. Jennifer Burns West, Chief Nursing Executive and VP of Clinic and Community Programs for HHHS believes the new NPs are already having a positive impact.

The statistics are staggering. At 82 per cent, Ontario has the highest proportion of renters

there have been some successes, far more is needed to improve the inventory of affordable

It’s been more than a month since alcoholic drinks have been given the green light for sale in

The Wilberforce Service Centre is one of more than 41 hundred convenience stores in the

While some local residents are concerned with the impacts of easy access to alcohol or

For Katie Woodward, cycling has become both a passion and a purpose. For the third year in a

In her circle of friends and family, there are many fighting some kind of cancer. From her