Burlington resident clears US border - few questions asked

By Staff March 17th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Joe Gartan, a Burlington resident sent us a note: “Cleared the border 3 hrs ago, arriving by […]

Many downtown commercial locations have closed their doors -parking outside those doors is now free - go figure.

By Pepper Parr March 17th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   There is an upside to this COVID-19 business: in its continuing effort to support citizens and […]

The failure to cancel a parade killed thousands in 1918 - the provincial government made the right call when they ordered the closure of places where people usually gather.

By Pepper Parr March 17th, 2020 BURLINGTON, OM   It happened a long time ago – but there is a lesson we need to heed […]

Just what is social distance and does it matter? It does.

By Pepper Parr March 17th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   The Province declared a State of Emergency this morning and put a number of requirements in […]

Provincial State of Emergency - all the details

By Staff March 17, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Today, the Government of Ontario announced that it is declaring an emergency under the the Emergency Management […]

Premier declares State of Emergency for Ontario - closures are severe

By Staff March 17th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   The Premier of Ontario declared a State of emergency this morning. Effective immediately and up until March […]

How tight are things going to get? Get informed - this virus is going to be around for some time - years.

By Staff March 17th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Yesterday, Premier Doug Ford and Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, issued the following statement […]

If you have a day in Court scheduled - your day in Court has been postponed

By Staff March 16th,, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   All Provincial Offences Act matters scheduled from Monday, March 16, 2020 through to and including Friday, April […]

Commercial locations heavily hit - Burlington Centre close to barren - and this is just day 1 of the pandemic for the city

By Pepper Parr March 16th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   It was a quieter city today. The malls and the locations where people gather are either […]

City is now at Level 2: Partial Activation of Issue/Crisis Management and/or Disaster Management

By Pepper Parr March 16th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON To protect the public and City staff and to help minimize the spread of COVID-19 virus, all […]

Some sunshine: property prices are holding - everything sells at above asking

By Staff March 16th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   The Rocca Sisters report on the Burlington Real Estate market. With the average price of a freehold […]

Fourth case of COVID-19 confirmed in Halton region

By Staff March 16th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Dr. David Williams, Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health and Dr. Hamidah Meghani, Medical Officer of Health […]

Burlington MP Karina Gould will keep in close touch with her constituents

By Staff March 16th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Burlington Member of |Parliament and Member of the Trudeau Cabinet said this morning: I understand that these […]

Let's do lunch - sure, where - is anyone open?

By Staff March 16th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   It’s a dicey time for those commercial operations who serve the public – restaurants in particular. A […]

More on what has been done rather than what is being planned would be useful.

By Pepper Parr March 16th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Is it www. burlington.ca/coronavirus on the city’s web site that you go to for information or […]

Crisis Management now at Level 2; Mayor has declaring an emergency on hold.

By Staff March 16th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   To protect the public and City staff and to help minimize the spread of COVID-19 virus, all […]

Province sets out the rules for using the provincial parks.

By Staff March 15th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Provincial public parks will be open but not to large groups of people – large is defined […]

Regional health staff providing answers - this is going to be a very difficult time for everyone. Caution and common sense is what we have going for us

By Pepper Parr March 15th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   We had asked the Halton Regional Health office for some detail on just what happens when […]

Freeman Station: Also closed for the duration of the CORVID19 pandemic

By Staff March 15th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Ron Danielsen President, Friends of Freeman Station announced yesterday that : “In order to help contain the […]

To the information junkies – knock yourselves out!

By Staff March 15th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Aldershot resident Tom Muir found a web site that is a “goldmine” for the information junkies. Click […]