Physician Recruitment

Township Related

Dear Lake Association Presidents  The County of Haliburton recently made the decision to proceed with a Physician Recruitment Coordinator and Paul has graciously allowed me to reach out to the County lake associations through the CHA email distribution...

New Septic Inspection Program

Township Related

New Septic Inspection Program The meeting date for the Septic Social has been confirmed for Saturday, August 26th at 10:00 a.m. at the Dorset Recreation Centre. The consultants will be doing an information presentation about the program and then will be doing a Q...

Fall Colours & Traffic Council Update

Township Related

Hi all, as you all may remember, last year was a disaster here at Oxtongue Lake with the heavy amount of traffic on Hwy 60 and surrounding roads due to the leaf season.  It caused safety concerns, excess litter, difficulty for the fire services to respond and plain...

Time Sensitive – New Community Centre Project!

Township Related

  The Township of Algonquin Highlands is preparing an application under the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program for a pavilion and vault privies at the Oxtongue Lake Community Centre. As a part of this exciting project, financial donations towards...

New ATV Rules

Township Related

New ATV Rules Beginning July 1, 2015, the province of Ontario is implementing the following changes related to Off Road Vehicles ORVs) and All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs): More types of ORVs and ATVs, including two-up ATVs, side-by-side ATVs and utility-terrain vehicles...

A Word from our Reeve…

Township Related

Algonquin Highlands remains a stable and progressive municipality which, like any other, is facing its various challenges. There’s no questions that some tough decisions are ahead. OPP Billing Reform will affect Tax Rates as the increase is phased in and our ‘new...

Bridge Construction Site Clean Up

Township Related

If you weren’t up this fall, the bridge site was cleaned up prior to the Artist’s Day festival.  Thank you to council for putting the pressure on the contractor and making sure our lake was looking it’s best.

OPP Talks

Political Affairs

On August 15th, the Province of Ontario announced a new billing model for the OPP’s contracted police services. The new model will take effect on January 1st, 2015.  Policing is often the largest single expenditure in municipal budgets; some cottage-country...