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Public wants more information on when and where they will be vaccinated when the vaccine is available.

By Pepper Parr January 15th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON We are being asked to stay at home. We are being asked to go out only […]

Data on those testing positive for the Covid19 virus - not a pretty picture

By Staff January 15th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON Understanding what is going on around us sometimes means looking at the data that has been collected. […]

Regional Health Unit releases some information on the vaccinating of the public

By Staff January 15th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON At a time when information is critical there seems to be a paucity of it. The Halton […]

Police Make Arrest in 2019 Shooting

By Staff January 14th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON The Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) has made an arrest in connection with a shooting that took […]

Halton District School Board gets ready to register kindergarten student for September.

By Staff January 14th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON School boards are looking at the bigger picture – the pandemic will end and a normal life […]

Major housing development south of the Burlington GO to be discussed at Council on Thursday - 2400 plus units

By Staff January 14th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON It is a huge development by Burlington standards. It is what the current council used as the […]

Political reputations and police careers badly damaged: resignations are required but be polite and call them retirements

By Pepper Parr January 13th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON The Halton Police Services Board will meet on Friday in a closed session. The former Chair […]

Rivers found that TV was reality last week; watches an insurrection live.

By Ray Rivers January 13th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON It seems that watching TV is about all there is to do during this lockdown. I […]

What does the data the Premier said was going to knock us off our chairs look like ?

By Pepper Parr January 13th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON The data in a visual format tells the story. Stark evidence of what we have done […]

Burton reported to be ready to resign from Police Services Board - calls a Special closed meeting of that Baird for the 15th

By Pepper Parr January 11th, 2021- 9:45 pm BURLINGTON, ON From a source that has never let us down before we were told that […]

Provincial Government Wants Your Thought on the Way the Condominium Corporation is Working For You.

The Baxter was a very successful condo development; seen as a prime location and an attractive building to boot. The proposed structure for Brock and Elgin is anything but attractive if the drawings are any indication of what they want to build.

By Staff January 11th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON Given the number of condominiums that are either in the early stages of construction or in the […]

Staff Layoffs at City Hall are Impacting Morale

By Pepper Parr January 11th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON The City today released data on the impact COVID19 has had on city hall The reality […]

City gets ready to do its part in the mass public vaccinations - might all be in play by the end of the month

Halton has a very good student immunization rate - 93% of students are immunized.

By Pepper Parr January 11th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON Vaccinations are taking place now and there is a plan to do the mass vaccinations that […]

Is it time for some good old fashioned police work?

By Pepper Parr January 9th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON Update: Since publishing this piece the following information from a source that can be considered reliable. “ […]

Police tells Mayor 'it was a poor decision and one he deeply regrets' and he walks - no penalty

By Staff January 8th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON The Mayor issued the following statement a few minutes ago. For full transparency and accountability, I have […]