News
Search
Council meeting for April 9th cancelled
Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2025 03:31 PM
Notice - April 9, 2025 Regular Council Meeting Cancelled
Following the weekend’s significant weather event and the ongoing recovery efforts, please note that the April 9th, 2025, County Council meeting has been cancelled. The next regular scheduled meeting of County Council is April 23, 2025. For information regarding upcoming Council meeting dates, please visit http://haliburton.civicweb.net
Media Release - Please limit travel to Haliburton County
Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2025 05:07 PM
HALIBURTON COUNTY, ON (Wednesday, April 2, 2025)
For Immediate Release:
The County of Haliburton and Township of Minden Hills would like to advise residents that during ongoing recovery efforts after this weekend’s significant weather event, travel throughout the County should be limited.
Many of our seasonal roads are still unpassable and travel to secondary properties is not encouraged at this time.
Ongoing County-wide power and communication outages are having a significant impact on the...

County of Haliburton Declares State of Emergency
Posted on Monday, March 31, 2025 03:05 PM
HALIBURTON COUNTY, ON (Monday, March 31, 2025)
For Immediate Release:
County of Haliburton Declaration of State of Emergency
HALIBURTON COUNTY, ON (Monday, March 31, 2025) - The County of Haliburton is declaring a partial state of emergency to support the Township of Minden Hills recovery from the significant weather event that occurred between March 28th – March 30th.
The County Emergency Operations Centre has been established and is monitoring the situation, working with the Township of Minden...
Declaration of a Significant Weather Event
Posted on Friday, March 28, 2025 01:22 PM
Declaration of a Significant Weather Event
Friday, March 28, 2025
In response to a major freezing rain event in the area, The County of Haliburton, The Township of Minden Hills, The Township of Algonquin Highlands, The Municipality of Highlands East, and The Municipality of Dysart et al have declared a Significant Weather Event at 3:00pm local time that will impact travel and services throughout the County. This declaration is made pursuant to Ontario Regulation 239/02, Minimum Maintenance...

Introducing the Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS)
Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 03:39 PM
Medical Priority Dispatch System
Starting March 26, 2025, Haliburton County Paramedic Services and Ambulance Communications Officers in the Lindsay Centre Ambulance Communications Centre (CACC) will adopt the Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS).
Watch this video from our local Paramedic Chiefs to learn more:
What does this mean for those who call 9-1-1?-
People should continue to call 9-1-1 for life-threatening medical emergencies, especially in cases such as cardiac or stroke symptoms, loss of...