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Lakelands Public Health issues drinking water advisory for South Lake in Minden Hills

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Health unit advises that lake water is unsafe to use for any household purposes following fuel spill over the weekend.
Lakelands Public Health is the unified health unit serving the Kawarthas region that was formed by the merger of Peterborough Public Health and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit on January 1, 2025. (Graphic: Lakelands Public Health)

Lakelands Public Health launching community town halls across Kawarthas region

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Residents invited to share feedback on local health priorities at sessions in Minden, Port Hope, Lindsay, and Peterborough.
With all the snow this winter insulating maple trees, Red Mill Maple Syrup is predicting a good maple syrup season. The Millbrook producer is one of 10 maple syrup producers in the Kawarthas region that are participating in Maple Weekend on April 4 and 5, 2026, where the public is invited to learn about the process, enjoy maple-flavoured products, and see why pure Ontario maple syrup is unmatched. (Photo: Red Mill Maple Syrup)

Get a sweet taste of maple syrup season across the Kawarthas region

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Upcoming events include Warkworth Maple Syrup Festival on March 14 and 15, Maple Weekend on April 4 and 5, and Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival on April 11 and 12.
A registered charitable organization located in Minden, Walkabout Farm Therapeutic Riding Association is hosting a family-friendly and autism-aware Halloween fundraiser on October 25, 2025. The second annual "Warped Woods Halloween Show" will see volunteers (including many program participants) dressed as zombies and ghouls to scare visitors walking along an accessible trail through the woods, to raise money to cover the cost of hay bales for the farm's horses over the winter. Young children and those on the autism spectrum who don't want to be scared will be given a lantern to signal to volunteers to disengage and not scare them. (Photo courtesy of Walkabout Farm Therapeutic Riding Association)

Walkabout Farm Therapeutic Riding Association in Minden to host ‘Warped Woods Halloween Show’ fundraiser...

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Family-friendly event features an accessible and autism-aware spooky trail without foggers, noise, or flashing lights.
The Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (CMHA HKPR) is launching a new weekly mental health walk-in clinic in Minden on Thursdays effective September 18, 2025. In February, CMHA HKPR launched weekday mental health walk-in clinics in Lindsay and Peterborough. Pictured are virtual care clinic registered practical nurse Jessica Swift and CMHA HKPR programs and services director Tracy Graham. (Photo: CMHA HKPR

New Minden mental health walk-in clinic for Haliburton County residents available Thursdays starting September...

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Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge launched weekly clinic following success of Peterborough and Lindsay weekday clinics.
Boshkung Brewing in Minden is one of two businesses in the greater Kawarthas region that have been nominated for Ontario Made Awards, an initiative of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters. (Photo: Boshkung Brewing website)

Two Kawarthas region businesses nominated for Ontario Made Awards

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K2 Mart Bailieboro and Boshkung Brewing in Minden have been nominated for the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters' Retailer Spotlight Award
encoreNOW for August 25, 2025 features (from left to right, top and bottom) Martin Julien performing "Magic Lies: An Evening with W.O. Mitchell" for New Stages Theatre, Mimi O'Bonsawin, Russell deCarle, Julian Taylor and Logan Staats, Creekside Music Festival, and the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra's Musical Nature Walk at Tecasy Ranch. (kawarthaNOW collage

encoreNOW – August 25, 2025

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Featuring 'Magic Lies: An Evening with W.O. Mitchell', Mimi O'Bonsawin, Russell deCarle, Julian Taylor and Logan Staats, Creekside Music Festival, and the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra's Musical Nature Walk.
Formerly Minden Pride, Pride in the Highlands is celebrating Pride Week in the Haliburton Highlands with a series of events running from August 18 to 24, 2025. (Photo via My Haliburton Highlands website)

Pride in the Highlands will be dancing in the street in Minden on August...

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Inclusive free event is part of Pride Week in Haliburton Highlands, which runs from August 18 to 24.
"After the Storm", an oil painting by Buckhorn artist Michael Dumas that depicts a Canadian Lynx in an environment affected by climate change, won the Artists for Conservation Seerey-Lester Award of Excellence in 2024. "Of Light and Life" is a retrospective exhibition of five decades of Dumas' work at the Minden Hills Cultural Centre's Agnes Jamieson Gallery from July 17 to September 13, 2025, with an opening reception featuring the artist on Saturday, July 19. (Photo courtesy of Michael Dumas)

Renowned Buckhorn wildlife artist Michael Dumas to hold solo retrospective exhibition at the Agnes...

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At July 19 opening reception of exhibit spanning five decades of his career, Dumas will also be releasing his new book 'Algonquin Legacy'.
Michael James Walker was 57 years old when he was last seen in Norland on November 6, 2023. At the time of his disappearance, he had an overall unkempt appearance. (Police-supplied photo)

Kawartha Lakes OPP seek public’s help in finding 57-year-old man who has been missing...

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Police continue to investigate the disappearance of Michael James Walker, last seen at a party in Norland on November 6, 2023.

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