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Sunday summer art show in Kilbride By Pepper Parr June 25th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Summer – Art Shows! A Country Art Show was held in Kilbride on a hot sweltering […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Is the Canadian Dream Over? By Pepper Parr June 23rd, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON The headline read: Prepare for a decade of lower living standards – with the subheadline reading: […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Performing Arts Centre to be open Today and Tuesday - place to cool off By Staff June 23rd, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON With an extreme heat event happening the BPAC COOLING CENTRE is open for residents to stay cool. […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Carl Pope: I came to see the gravity of my mistake: that methane is an urgent problem By Carl Pope June 23rd, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Mr. Pope is a clean energy policy adviser to several foundations and was the executive director […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Live Gambling Experience Online at Legiano Casino in Canada By Jeannie Løjstrup June 23rd, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON The online casino industry has always attracted attention with live dealer games. Realism, a unique experience, […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	CEO Basit updates Council on what he and city staff have been doing. By Pepper Parr June 20th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON City CEO Hassaan Basit has made a practice of updating Council on what he and city […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Indigenous community to celebrate the summer solstice on Saturday By Staff June 20th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Burlington’s Urban Indigenous Community will be welcoming residents to a Solstice Ceremony in recognition of National Indigenous […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Municial Minister turns thumbs down on the Millcroft MZO request By Pepper Parr June 19th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON That didn’t take very long. The request that the Minister of Municipal Affairs issue a Ministerial […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Mayor feels she is being dehumanized by some people - connects the words Elect & Respect not realizing they go together By Pepper Parr June 19th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON OPINION Is there something I’m missing? The Mayor is playing fancy with a statement – Elect Respect. […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Remember ROPA48 and what is was going to do for us; how did that work out? By Pepper Parr June 19th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON ROPA won’t mean very much to the average Burlington citizen Regional Official Plan Amendment ROPA 48 […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
The Oakville Film Festival will take place in Burlington in 2026 By Staff June 19th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Oakville puts on an annual Film Festival. The event started on the 18th and runs through to […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Youth mental health: How bad is it and what can you (we) do about it? By Pepper Parr June 18th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON It is a question that is being asked at almost every level of society. They are […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Performing Arts wants to hear from poets, musicians, dancers, storytellers any kind of creator By Staff June 19th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON The Burlington Performing Arts Centre loves our creative community, and are inviting local artists and musicians of […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Alton Library to get a Maker Station By Staff June 18th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Exciting changes are underway at Alton Branch of the Burlington Library. A Maker Station—a brand-new drop-in creative […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
My Body Is Distant: A Memoir By Staff June 18th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Paige Maylott’s award-winning book, My Body is Distant, is an electrifying and vulnerable memoir that invites […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Measles: Region Reports a new case in Oakville By Staff June 18, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Halton Region Public Health was made aware of a confirmed case of measles that has led to […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
407 ETR and Canadian Wildlife Federation expand pollinator habitat restoration along the ETR corridor By Staff June 18th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Restoration work surpasses goal, reaching nearly 16 hectares—the equivalent of 30 football fields A question that is […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Burlington's Canada Day will feature fireworks and a drone display at Spencer Smith Park By Staff June 18th, 2025 BURLINGTON, on A patriotic display like this on Canada Day – perhaps not in Burlington, but pride will swell […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Automotive sector is at serious risk - Trump wants $71 billion to protect us - he still thinks Canada will become the 51st state By Pepper Parr June 17th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON On that tariff stuff – word is that they are still talking. Or at least they […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	City decides to formally ask the provincial government to issue an MZO for the Millcroft development By Pepper Parr June 17th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Ward 6 Councillor Angelo Bentivegna “This is now serious.”, said Ward 6 Councillor Angelo Bentivegna as […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)