By Adam FriskOfficers with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say they are investigating an uptick in property crime including break-ins at several businesses in downtown Haliburton over the weekend. “OPP are investigating several break and enters in downtown Haliburton reported early on September 20, 2025,” police said in a statement. And then he was back last night and broke the window.”Early in the week business owners and local authorities told the newspaper there’s been an influx in property crime in the Haliburton Highlands. “Police are actively investigating a spike in property crime in the Haliburton Highlands,” an OPP spokesperson said in a Sept. 17 telephone interview. At the start of summer, police said they were investigating “repeated acts of vandalism” in downtown Haliburton after a number of vehicles were spray painted, according to police.