The purpose of a headline - and how do you know you got it right?

By Pepper Parr November 12th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   People who take an interest in their community want information. In the newspaper business that means […]

Bank closed due to Covid19 outbreak. It is out there - amongst us. Time for serious caution

By Staff November 12th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   The Bank of Nova Scotia on Brant Street north of Caroline was closed for a short period […]

Paying Special Tribute to Local Givers on National Philanthropy Day

By Staff November 12th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Burlington Foundation today announced $82,500 in Phase 3 grants from their COVID-19 Pandemic Response Fund. These new […]

There won't be a Santa Claus parade but Santa will be seen on the streets of the city.

By Staff November 12th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa and he will be in your neighbourhood. The traditional Santa parade […]

Police Warn of Scam Involving Taxi's

By Staff November 12th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) would like to warn citizens of a scam that has been occurring […]

Have you heard of Kid Poker?

By David Burke November 12, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Have You Heard of ‘Kid Poker’? What it Takes to Become a New Daniel Negreanu One […]

More demolition in the downtown core

By Staff November 12th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Backhoe rips apart a building on the west side of John, just north of Lakeshore Road. More […]

Air Force doing fly pasts across the province

By Staff November 11th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   It is almost as if the Canadian Air Force is putting up everything they have that can […]

We do Remember

Remembering the Fallen At a time when a pandemic has taken over the world and we are all at risk – we look for ways […]

Remembrance ceremony will be virtual this year

By Staff November 11th, 2020 Burlington, ON   It won’t be the same. Brant Street filled with people who have gathered at the Cenotaph to […]

Rural Burlington heard a promise from their MP to get them better internet access

By Staff November 10th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   If money talks, and it usually does, the rural parts of Burlington and Milton are about to […]

City Communications department stifles the flow of information

By Pepper Parr November 10th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Earlier this month we published a story on how the version of the Official Plan that […]

Rivers calls the Provincial Budget An Exercise in Creative Writing

By Ray Rivers November 10th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   The Ontario government released its latest budget last week, though you might have missed it given […]

Fire works may become a thing of the past but for now you can still set the things off in your backyard on two holidays.

By Pepper Parr November 10th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   “Let’s just ban them completely” It was well into the meeting when Ward 5 Councillor Paul […]

The full story on how the 40 year lease for LaSalle Park came to be

By Pepper Parr November 10th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Politics is not what it used to be. The city is working towards a meeting with […]

Procedural bylaw matters - Clerk is setting out some adjustments

By Pepper Parr November 9th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   There was a bit of a rumbling and part of the earth that we know as […]

Leaf collection began today - November 9th - just one collection this year

By Staff November 9th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   The City of Burlington’s revamped loose-leaf collection program started today – Monday, November 9th. Clearing the leaves […]

Opening things up doesn't seem to be working for us - is it a matter of 'lives over livelihoods?'

By Pepper Parr November 9th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Hopefully, there are some hard questions being asked within the groups of people who track the […]

LaSalle Park to get a solid review - lease has just over two years left.

By Staff November 9th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   LaSalle Park is back in the news. The land is owned by the city of Hamilton. Burlington […]

Members of Council have found a way to stiff people who want to address them

By Pepper Parr November 8th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   We wrote last week asking where have all the good delegators gone – those men and […]