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The Haliburton Highlands OPP are investigating an incident in which a 20 year old Haliburton man was pulled from Soyer’s Lake. Emergency crews responded to a call on Monday afternoon to the Poverty Bay area of Soyer’s Lake, where the male was pulled from the water.  He was transported to Minden Hospital and  later air lifted to Peterborough, where he was pronounced dead  he has been identified as Kieran Wulff, 20 years old of Haliburton.   Foul play is not suspected.  This investigation is continuing. 

With the recent changes at the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Bear Wise program, the Haliburton Highlands OPP have been receiving questions regarding matters of nuisance bears. Police say incidents involving bear/human conflict are primarily the responsibility of the MNR.  The MNR continues to operate at toll free Bear Reporting Hotline, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  The OPP will respond to emergency calls about any wild animal, if there is an immediate threat to public safety, in support of the MNR response.

The toll free Bear Reporting Hotline is 1-866-514-2327. 

A Coboconk man has been fined a total of $1,500 for fishing offences. Douglas Boyce pleaded guilty and was fined $750 for possessing two lake trout over his legal limit and $750 for possessing two lake trout within the prohibited size.  The court heard that on March 10, Boyce had been ice fishing on Gull Lake, conservation officers were conducting inspections of vehicles returning from ice fishing in the Minden area.  The truck driven by Boyce was stopped and an inspection of the vehicle found Boyce to be in possession of four lake trout.  Two of the four lake trout were found to be within the prohibited size.

Highlands East reached an agreement with CUPE 4416 on Monday, just hours away from a legal lockout or strike deadline. During mediation, an offer was made by the Municipality that was agreeable to both parties. This four year contract is expected to allow for long term cost savings to the Municipality.  The inside and outside workers have been without a contract since December. The next step is ratification by the union members within the next 2 weeks. 

'Not in my backyard' was the overall message at the Tim Horton's public meeting Monday night.  The standing-room-only crowd of neighbours of the planned Timmys, were coming to Dysart council chambers with the same message. They want to enjoy a Tim Horton's in Haliburton... somewhere else.The committee of council agreed to take the message back to Dysart council at the end of the month.