Update on hospital case load status

By Staff June 26th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   Eric Vandewall Joseph Brant Hospital President and CEO Eric Vanderwall updates the community saying: “Since my […]

Washrooms in city hall will be open on the weekends

By Staff June 25th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   The necessaries… Out for some exercise downtown? City hall will be open to the public for washroom […]

Major Bottle Drive on Saturday

By Staff June 26th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   The plan is to make the event smooth sailing and safe! They are hoping that the weather […]

Public school board read into the record - the expectation is students will be in classrooms come September

By Pepper Parr June 25th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   It has been a very difficult year for school boards across the province. Most of the […]

Grants available from Conservation Halton to reduce stormwater runoff

By Staff June 25th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   Conservation Halton has a grant opportunity for residents and businesses interested in reducing stormwater runoff on their […]

Five Little Indians - a web cast on an important new book

By Staff June 25th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   Given the attention the Indigenous issues have been getting this is an important event. (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i[‘GoogleAnalyticsObject’]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), […]

Not for profit award goes to St Matthews for its food collection program

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Warmer, Wetter, Windier & Wilder Weather - what can we expect?

By Pepper Parr June 24, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   There is an organization that uses the acronym HEN – Halton Environmental Network. Earlier this week […]

How will Burlington benefit from new online casino laws ?

By Erin Quattro June 25th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON     When Premier Doug Ford won a majority in the Ontario legislature it was widely noted […]

Province lets communities open up just before Canada Day - no fireworks yet

By Staff June 24th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   The province will move into Step Two of the Roadmap to Reopen as of 12:01 a.m. on […]

HDSB Trustees seem to have not done their homework when they decided to rename Ryerson Public School

By Pepper Parr June 24th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   The focus on the issue of a statue of Egerton Ryerson started in Toronto when the […]

MP for Oakville North Burlington will be doing a lot of baby sitting for the next while

By Pepper Parr June 24th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   The personal lives of Members of the House of Commons are best left alone. However, we […]

Council members all a twitter over the tweets - the Red Queen is under fire

By Pepper Parr June 24th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   The bubble burst yesterday. The anger and resentment that has been building up for more than […]

Aldershot's Skyway Diner takes part in pitches in to support Food Bank

By Staff June 23, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   Robin is with Tiffany Page – owner of the Skyway Diner on Plains Road – who have […]

Transportation that will help disabled people get to vaccination centres part of a new program

  By Staff June 23, 2021 BURLINGTON,, ON   The provincial government is going to spend $3.7 million to cover the costs of providing transportation […]

Muir: Covid 19 is an 'extinction level' event

By Tom Muir June 22nd, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   A graphic representation of what a single virus particle looks like. The COVID19 virus emerging in […]

Trustees want to remove name from Ryerson PS - can't do that until a new name is selected

By Pepper Parr June 22nd, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   The plan to rename Ryerson public school started when the Halton District School Board trustees were […]

Provincial Liberals in Burlington to Nominate their Candidate June 26th

By Staff June 21st, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   The Burlington Provincial Liberal Association announces two candidates seeking the nomination for the next provincial election scheduled […]

Freeman Station Adds to its Rolling Stock

By Staff June 21st, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   Friends of Freeman Station, the not-for-profit charity in Burlington (Ontario) run by volunteers working together to preserve […]

Bruce Trail brings in Ambassadors to help curb littering and irresponsible use of the trails

By Pepper Parr June 21st, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   For a period of time Covid19 had us all staying indoors. Then we were allowed to […]