Haliburton County
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Oct 1, 2026
Bram LebowHOST
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to What the Haliburton, brought to you by The Highlander newspaper in beautiful Haliburton County, Ontario.
Bram LebowHOST
I'm your host, Bram Lebo, here with The Highlander's deputy editor, Mike Baker.
Bram LebowHOST
We've been working our way through the mayoral candidates in Highlands East, and our guest today is third in that series, Steven Kaufield.
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[upbeat music] This is County Close-Up, news from Haliburton County with Elizabeth Oakley.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
[gentle music] Halloween is coming, and all the little ghosts and goblins are already getting excited.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
But for parents, that one night of fun can really hurt the wallet by shelling out lots of money for candy and costumes.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
That's why the Haliburton County Library is making Halloween even more affordable with its upcoming second annual Halloween Costume Swap.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
Canoe FM sat down with Jennifer Korpela, Programs and Outreach Coordinator with the Haliburton County Library recently to talk about the free event and how it's aimed at removing financial barriers to the fun of Halloween.
Jennifer KorpelaGUEST
Uh, well, this is our second annual costume swap.
Jennifer KorpelaGUEST
We're hoping to make it an, an annual event.
Jennifer KorpelaGUEST
We run it in Dysart, Minden, Stanhope, and Wilberforce.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
[upbeat music] This is County Close-Up, news from Haliburton County with Elizabeth Oakley.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
Just days into her new role as president of the Bark Lake Cultural Developments Board, Marilyn Pell knows she's got some big shoes to fill.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
After all, her predecessor held that position for the past 18 years.
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Elizabeth OakleyHOST
The event is free, with donations gladly accepted for the church's future improvements.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
The BLCD is also looking for more volunteers.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
If you can help out in any way, contact Pell at 705-457-0346, or email her at marilynpell82@gmail.com. County Close-Up is made possible through the support of the Local Journalism Initiative and the Community Radio Fund of Canada.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
You can find more stories from Haliburton County on canoeFM.com and frequencynews.ca.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
This is Elizabeth Oakley for County Close-Up.
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[upbeat music] This is County Close-Up, news from Haliburton County with Elizabeth Oakley.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
If your closet or dresser drawers are overflowing with clothes you don't wear anymore, an upcoming event offers a way to swap them for new-to-you fashions while helping the environment.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
The Great Haliburton Clothing Swap takes place Saturday, October 3rd at Fleming College.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
If you can assist, reach out to her at adembinski@dysartetal.ca.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
Clothing drop-off runs from September 28th to October 1st, and the actual Great Haliburton Clothing Swap takes place Saturday, October 3rd from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
[upbeat music] County Close-Up is made possible through the support of the Local Journalism Initiative and the Community Radio Fund of Canada.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
You can find more stories from Haliburton County on canoeFM.com and frequencynews.ca.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
This is Elizabeth Oakley for County Close-Up.
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This is County Close-Up, news from Halliburton County with Elizabeth Oakley.
Eddie PinelliGUEST
We haven't seen them in eight months.
Eddie PinelliGUEST
One of the first things they did was apologize to us.
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Eddie PinelliGUEST
the only thing that annoys me and i don't know this for a fact i don't know what it costs to administer this program but every single tire is five dollars plus tax so we're paying a tax on a tax where's that money going why are they only reducing it to 60 70 of the tires we have the room but it's still like get these out of here it's not like we have a pristine lot we have to clean up but still let's get rid of those tires that's the biggest thing that bothers me personally is where's where's the money going
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
County Close-Up is made possible through the support of the Local Journalism Initiative and the Community Radio Fund of Canada.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
You can find more stories from Halliburton County on CanoeFM.com and FrequencyNews.ca.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
This is Elizabeth Oakley for County Close-Up.
Bram LebowHOST
Hello and welcome to What the Halliburton, brought to you by the Highlander newspaper in beautiful Halliburton County, Ontario.
Bram LebowHOST
I'm your host, Bram Lebow, here with the Highlander's LJI reporter, Adam Frisk.
Bram LebowHOST
Today we'll be interviewing the second of five mayoral candidates for Highlands East, Mike Killingsworth.
Bram LebowHOST
Don't forget to subscribe or follow these podcasts.
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Just press the button and you'll get updated each time a new podcast drops.
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And for free, up-to-the-minute news and information about Halliburton County, sign up to HIGH, the Highlander's news app.
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All local, all the time, with no algorithms or antisocial media.
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Get HIGH for free at the Highlander.app.
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This is County Close-Up, news from Halliburton County, with Elizabeth Oakley.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
In the last six months, a total of four firefighters have resigned from their volunteer firefighting roles with the Minden Hills Fire Department.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
The reason? All say the work environment there has become increasingly toxic, and despite them repeatedly raising concerns with Minden Hills staff and council, there has been no change.
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Hasan WisoGUEST
If we don't trust you to do what's right for us, why should we be here?
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
Wizo and the rest of his family came to Canada as Syrian refugees in 2016.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
They settled in Halliburton County, and Wizo says becoming a volunteer firefighter was his way of saying thank you to the community that welcomed him.
Hasan WisoGUEST
To me, personally, I really enjoyed this way of giving back to the community because Halliburton County has brought me and my family from a war zone to give us a new life, a new school, a new home.
Hasan WisoGUEST
in new careers, like the person I own three businesses.
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This is County Close-Up, news from Halliburton County with Elizabeth Oakley.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
Long before she lost her mom to cancer, Kim Restivo-Galea walked beside her in support of her mission to raise funds to recruit healthcare workers to the Kinmount region.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
Now, in her memory, Restivo-Galea walks to honour her mother and so many other average everyday people who started the Kinmount District Health Services Foundation in 1995 with one purpose – to bring quality health care to the area so local residents get the care they deserve.
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Kim Restivo-GaleaGUEST
So now, last year and the year before, I had raised over $7,000.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
Across Ontario, an estimated 2.5 million people are without a doctor, and there is fierce competition between municipalities to attract doctors to their communities.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
In Halliburton County, between 2,000 and 3,000 people do not have a family doctor.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
That's why the work of KDHSF is so important.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
Earlier this year, the Kinmount District Health Centre suffered a blow to its complement of physicians there.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
This is County Close-Up, news from Halliburton County with Elizabeth Oakley.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
Chris Weisflog has spent the last 20 years helping people reduce their carbon footprint by designing and building homes, cottages, restaurants, and other businesses that are environmentally sound, affordable, and sustainable.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
That's why Environment Halliburton is thrilled to host him at an upcoming seminar on how to reduce carbon emissions in our home.
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Susan HaySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
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Elizabeth OakleyHOST
County Close-Up is made possible through the support of the Local Journalism Initiative and the Community Radio Fund of Canada.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
You can find more stories from Halliburton County on CanoeFM.com and FrequencyNews.ca.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
This is Elizabeth Oakley for County Close-Up.
Elizabeth OakleyHOST
This is County Close-Up, news from Halliburton County with Elizabeth Oakley.
Elizabeth OakleyNARRATOR
The secret may have gotten out, but Dave Gillespie, the director of the Minden Whitewater Preserve, isn't saying a word.
Elizabeth OakleyNARRATOR
He's not going to spill any tea on juicy details about action heroes or shooting schedules.
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Dave GillespieGUEST
The people have been very understanding and our hope is that through this process then we can come back to this river in a couple months and next year and plan out all right what's the next phase of continuing to work on other changes from the floods or or look at new features or even just to improve the shoreline trails so that more people can enjoy them.
Elizabeth OakleyNARRATOR
County Close-Up is made possible through the support of the Local Journalism Initiative and the Community Radio Fund of Canada.
Elizabeth OakleyNARRATOR
You can find more stories from Halliburton County on CanoeFM.com and FrequencyNews.ca.
Elizabeth OakleyNARRATOR
This is Elizabeth Oakley for County Close-Up.
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