Council zips through a necessary meeting in 8 minutes so that tax bills, due June 21st, can be mailed today

By Pepper Parr May 4th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   The item on the Agenda was time sensitive and needed to be ratified before the scheduled […]

All Guilds Show at the Art Gallery Opens May 6th

By Staff May 4th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON This annual exhibition celebrates the guilds who make, learn, share, and teach at the Art Gallery of Burlington. […]

Large long term care close to the hospital seems stalled - rumoured water table issues

By Pepper Parr May 3rd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   It wasn’t an attractive building and it got put on hold when the city introduced an […]

Write here - write now Library writing contest. Register before the end of the month

By Staff May 3rd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Do you have a story to tell? Then, get ready to share your talents with us! Burlington […]

Another way to get around town: Presto!

By Staff May 3rd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   The Ontario government is making it easier to take transit by giving riders more ways to pay. […]

Hospital wants to dump municipal representation on its Board

By Pepper Parr May 3rd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Most people probably do not know that the Joseph Brant Hospital is a non-profit corporation. You […]

City unable to work with developer: votes to refuse a demolition permit for Brant Street property

By Pepper Parr May 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   City council has a policy of saving as much of the city’s heritage as possible. Some […]

Halton’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.9% between Q4 2022 and Q1 2023;

By Staff May 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   On April 6, Statistics Canada released the Labour Force Survey data for the first quarter of 2023. […]

Getting a deeper understanding about the problems with the provincial health service

Making a Killing: Everything you want to know about privatization of public hospitals Wednesday May 3 at 7 p.m. By Pepper Parr May 2nd, 2023 […]

Was whatever the deal was done at this point or was it a conversation about a golf game and who would play with who.

By Pepper Parr May 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   When there is a public event that brings different interest groups together one has to watch […]

The public art along the Naval Promenade at Spencer Smith Park is very good

By Pepper Parr April 30th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   If the sun comes out and things warn up a bit you might want to spend […]

Red tape reduction gets a solid hearing but no one brought a pair of scissors - so nothing got changed

By Pepper Parr April 30th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   It was billed is as a Symposium on Red Tape Reduction put on by the Burlington […]

Rivers on Royalty - he wants to watch the Coronation - fears he might have to do that alone

By Ray Rivers April 29th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   It’s a Coronation – Does Anyone Care? King Charles Philip Arthur George III There is not […]

Conservation Halton Foundation Connected Campaign aims to raise $20 million

By Staff April 29th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   The Conservation Halton Foundation has launched the largest fundraising campaign in its history. The Connected Campaign aims […]

How good is Burlington as a real estate investment market ?

By Staff April 29th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Location, location, location. Almost a mantra for the real estate sector. And so as location goes […]

Province opens up for King's Coronation: Rivers now has an event he can celebrate locally - RBG will be free

By Staff April 29th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Ontario will celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty The Queen. This […]

'Walking a mile in your shoes' was much more than a photo op

By Pepper Parr April 28th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   They can be looked upon as photo ops, elected officials getting their picture taken – helps […]

Karina Gould on the civil service strike and child poverty

By Staff April 28th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Burlington MP Karina Gould, the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development in the Trudeau government spoke […]

Town Hall meeting on level of crime in the community; ties in with new government bail initiative

By Pepper Parr April 28th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   There is a Town Hall meeting taking place on Saturday at the Mainway Arena – the […]

Education Week - every school will celebrate one student for their excellence in self-improvement

By Staff April 28th, 2023 BURLINGTON. ON The Halton District School Board has set out an ambitious series of activities for each day of next […]