This week, Kate brings a snapshot of Haliburton County going-ons from the pages of the Echo newspaper from May 1918. Plus, Paul has the story of Canadian spy-master Sir William Stephenson - the man code-named Intrepid. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at timewarp@canoefm.com ..read more

This week, Kate brings a first-hand reminiscence of early Haliburton County from Marjorie Clark - a columnist in the Echo newspaper. Plus, Paul has the story of Winthrop Pickard Bell - a Canadian academic and spy who became arguably the world's foremost foreign expert on the political and military state of Germany after the end of WW1. His early warnings of the rise of the Nazis, increasing militarism, and threats to Jews and other groups had influence on the preparations of the allies for WW2. Author Jason Bell has called Winthrop Canada's greatest spy. Kate Butler is the Director of the Hali ..read more

This week, Kate tells us about Haliburton County's centenial anniversary in 1974 and some of the uniques, interesting celbrations that took place including a full day event at Toronto's Ontario Place. Plus, Paul has the story Kathleen 'Kit' Coleman who was a successful journalist, columnist and reporter in the late 1800's - early 1900's. Kit became the first North American female war correspondent who was accredited by the US government to report on the 1898 Spanish-American war being fought in Cuba. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the ..read more

This week, Kate tells the 1961 story where Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition announced a scheduling change that concerned Haliburton Highlands tourism operators. Plus, Paul tells the tale of the phenomenally successful Edmonton Grads world champion women's basketball team. First formed in 1915 the team came to make world-wide headines, draw large crowds, and winnning roughly 95% of their games before disbanding in 1940 during WW2. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 ..read more

This week, Kate delves into a back copy of the Echo newspaper from February 1927 to show the deep roots of local culture and theatre in the Haliburton Highlands. Plus, Paul builds on the story of Fort Louisburg from the last episode of the TimeWarp to tell the tale of British General James Wolfe who at the age of 32 commanded the flotilla deployed to capture Quebec City from the French during the Seven Years War. He met the French army on the Plains of Abraham where both Wolfe and the French commander, Montcalm, died of wounds inflicted during the battle. Kate Butler is the Director of the Hal ..read more

This week, Kate went down another rabbit hole reading a Haliburton Echo newspaper archive from 1946 and came up with 2 stories - one on a committee formed to figure a way for the community to increase tourism in the post WW2 era, and another on Haliburton's Red Cross Outpost Hospital - the building that Canoe FM now occupies.Plus Paul tells the tale of the rise and fall of France's Fort Louisbourg, and the strategic place it held in the see-saw battle between France and Britain for predominance in North America. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the ..read more

This week, as local schools take a break for spring Kate talks about a 1949 public speaking competition held at a school in Minden and the wide breadth of topics that must have been much tougher to research in a pre-internet world. Plus Paul talks about the odd saga of WW2's HMCS Uganda. The ship's crew served with honour against the Japanese in the Pacific, but are best remembered today as the only Canadian warship's crew known to vote themselves out of the war and return home. But they weren't mutineers. Here's their story. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul ..read more

This week, Kate dives back into the archives of the Haliburton Echo newspaper and comes up with Marjorie Clark who wrote a series of columns called 'This I Remember' where she reminisced about life in the County. Marjorie was born in 1882 and her recollections give a first-hand window into life in early Haliburton County. Plus, during WW2 there were many Canadian men and women who worked as secret agents behind the lines with Resistance cells for British Intelligence. Their lives were in constant danger from betrayal, capture and execution. Yet they contributed so much to the war effort. Today ..read more

This week, Kate tells the tale of Mathew DeRenzy and his wife Henrietta who came to Haliburton County in 1869. Matthew was a doctor - or was he? He also dabbled as a veterinarian and as an apothecary. Plus, Paul tells the story of 'Doctor of Courage' Alexander Thomas Augusta who enrolled as a medical student at University of Toronto's Trinity College after hitting higher-education roadblocks in the US. Alexander returned to the US some years later where he became the first Black surgeon and the highest ranking Black officer in the Union Army. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highl ..read more

This week, Kate tells the tale of Joseph Pimm, the propietor of Minden's Dominion Hotel in 1892 and the odd details around his demise as the result of a ruckus at the hotel one night. Ironically Joseph was a temperance man despite owning a bar. Plus, Paul tells the story of Canada's 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion and their assignment to rush and block a Soviet army advance across the north of Germany during the last few days of WW2. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 ..read more