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Easter holiday hours for the County of Haliburton office

With the Easter holiday long weekend approaching, The County of Haliburton office will be closed on the following days:

Friday, April 18, 2025

Monday, April 21, 2025

The office will reopen for regular business hours on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 8:30 a.m.

We hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend!

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A new emergency department physician for Haliburton County

MEDIA RELEASE 

A new emergency department physician for Haliburton County

April 15, 2025

The County of Haliburton, along with the Haliburton Highlands Health Services (HHHS), is pleased to announce that Dr. Harrison Bishop will be joining the emergency department team as of July 1, 2025. 

Dr. Bishop attended medical school at the University of Queensland in Australia and completed Family Medicine residency at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He recently received additional certification...

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Rescheduled public meeting regarding Milburn Kendrick Conservation Reserve: cancelled

Rescheduled public meeting regarding Milburn Kendrick Conservation Reserve: cancelled

On March 26th, the Corporation of the County of Haliburton organized a public meeting regarding an application to the Province of Ontario by the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust for the creation of the proposed Milburn Kendrick Conservation Reserve.

The purpose of the meeting was to provide an opportunity for the public to present comments to County Council regarding the proposed creation of the conservation...

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State of Emergency continues for County of Haliburton and Minden Hills Township

Media Release

April 11, 2025
State of Emergency continues for County of Haliburton and Minden Hills Township

On March 31st, the County of Haliburton and the Township of Minden Hills together declared a state of emergency due to a significant weather event that took place between March 28th – March 30th. Since the start, recovery efforts have been taking place throughout the region and a County and Township emergency operations centre continues to monitor the situation.

As recovery efforts continue,...

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Council meeting for April 9th cancelled

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 

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