Pepper Parr

Find 15 people to help you pull a 200,000 lbs Airbus 50 yards - be part of the United Way Kick Off Sept 16

By Pepper Parr July 18th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Healthy communities are places where people who need help are given the help they need. In […]

All it took was a Presto card to approve the 1989 Appleby Line; two tower (17 and 20 storeys) can now proceed

By Pepper Parr July 17th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON City Council went into a closed session July 11th and today released some of what was […]

It was a hard week for many - there are more of them ahead.

By Pepper Parr July 17th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON OPINION Most of us got through last week – but not everyone fared well. Mortgage rate increases […]

Celebrate 150 years of Burlington’s rich and unique heritage during Heritage Week, Aug. 5-12

By Staff July 17th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Burlington’s Heritage Advisory Committee invites you to take part in an exciting lineup of activities for Heritage […]

What Has Changed a Year later After a New Online Gambling Legislation in Ontario Was Adopted

By Eva Johnson July 17th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON After a major legislative update of Ontario online gambling laws in April 2022, Ontario became a […]

Time capsule is in the works. Good idea that is half a year late

By Pepper Parr July 17th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The Mayor has finally jumped on the 150th Anniversary bandwagon. It took more than one nudge […]

Boys on bikes

By Pepper Parr July 17th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The picture first appeared on Instagram, no idea who put it up or who the boys […]

Social media has become a very dangerous computer application - used by politicians to communicate with you

By Pepper Parr July 16th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON This article is about Twitter, Threads, social media, the Canadian Press and how literally everything about […]

How To Recognize A Scam Online

By Tonisha Parra July 15th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The digital age has been a wild west of online crime, with new scams popping up […]

Scum scammers have come up with yet another new angle

By Pepper Parr July 15th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON How could I not click on this? Doesn’t everyone think there is a long lost relative […]

Lightening the burden: government can act on commitment to increase the insured mortgage cut-off to $1.25M; index it to inflation

By Staff July 15th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON In the wake of a tenth interest rate hike, which brought the Bank of Canada’s policy interest […]

$50,000 to figure out if we can afford free transit for everyone every day

By Pepper Parr July 15th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Councillor Paul Sharman: His Staff Direction stunned many. During discussion of the free transit program that […]

Niagara-bound traffic on QEW Burlington Skyway open this weekend.

By Staff July14th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The Niagara-bound traffic on the QEW Burlington Skyway is open this weekend. Travellers can visit http://511on.ca/ or @511Ontario […]

Who got Neighbourhood Community Matching Funds

By Pepper Parr July 14th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The City announced the 2023 recipients of the Neighbourhood Community Matching Fund (NCMF). It was a […]

Policy document now a bylaw that is very restrictive was passed without a word from Staff explaining need for a change

By Pepper Parr July 14th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Friday is usually the day the governments issue the bad news. They are particular good at […]

Stroller Tours of Art Gallery offered each Thursday - from 10 - 10:30 Just show up

By Staff July 13th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Are they having fun? If you’re looking for some summer fun but aren’t part of a summer […]

CALL FOR LOCAL ARTISTS FOR ON CULTURE DAYS’ -‘LIVE & LOCAL’ ARTIST SHOWCASE

By Staff July 13th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The Burlington Performing Arts Centre (‘BPAC’) is seeking local performance-based artists and collectives to participate in our […]