Some of the locations that open up on Friday.

By Staff June 15th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   The rules that will apply to the opening that begins on Friday will dribble out from the […]

Is forgiving any interest due on tax arrears good policy or a dumb idea financially ? The city isn't exactly flush with cash these days

By Pepper Parr June 15th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   The retail and hospitality sectors have been bleeding badly – they needed every break they could […]

Regional Health Unit reports on data up to the 14th.

By Pepper Parr June 15th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   A large part f the reason the Provincial government decided to open things up for the […]

Mayor prepared to give up $1.65 million in possible revenue from late tax penalties.

By Pepper Parr June 15th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   On June 22, City Council will consider a motion brought forward by Mayor Marianne Meed Ward […]

Reader clearly doesn't understand what media does and doesn't do.

By Pepper Parr June 20th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   We received the following over the weekend. We removed the name of both the writer and […]

Burlington to open up to Stage 2 on Friday

By Pepper Parr June 15th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Premier Dog Ford will announce later today that the following parts of the province will move […]

City hall has been adapting on a daily, sometimes hourly basis as the rules from the province change.

By Pepper Parr June 15th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Sheila M. Jones, Executive Director, Strategy, Accountability In a report to Council Sheila M. Jones, Executive […]

Photographer reports that things were pretty dead on Brant Street on Saturday

By Staff June 13th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   We are pretty certain that Don Smith was not really offering curb side pick up – the […]

Black Lives didn't seem to matter on Saturday

By Pepper Parr June 13th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   The Black Lives didn’t seem to matter all that much on a nice sunny Saturday afternoon […]

Is it or isn't it? Kelly's PR flack says police 'removed' the planned protest this afternoon - police say they can't and didn't do any such thing.

By Staff June 13th, 2020 – 1:34 pm BURLINGTON, ON   We received the following about half an hour ago: This is Emily Ward on […]

Canadian Armed Forces will be on Provincial highways next week

By Staff June 13th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   If you happen to be on both highways 400 and 401 between June 14th and June 17th […]

Your social circle can now be up to ten people - which ten?

By Pepper Parr June 13th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   This could become just a little awkward. Embarrassing as well The province has said we can […]

There will be a Parks and Recreation program - rules are not yet known.

By Pepper Parr June 12th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   There will be something in the way of a summer program if and when the province […]

Kelley's Bake Shop to be the focus of a BLM protest on Saturday

By Pepper Parr June 11th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   This was just not Kelly Childs week and it doesn’t look as if it is going […]

Is the rainbow going to be on Burlington Street - looks as if they are trying to sneak it in at night.

By Staff June 12, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Lakeshore Road at Burlington Avenue will be reduced to one lane in each direction (half the road […]

Police Investigating Body Found in Lake Ontario in Burlington

By Staff June 12th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   The Halton Regional Police service is investigating the discovery of a body in Lake Ontario, in the […]

Council getting a look at a lot of bad financial news - they have to depend on what the federal government is going to come through with

By Pepper Parr June 11th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   It has been a tough week for members of Council. They have been dealing with normal […]

Metrolinx updates public on what they are dong to keep the GO trains safe from a health perspective

By Pepper Parr June 11th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   At some point people will begin going back to work. Will they drive? That will plug […]

Region releases data on where Covid infections are highest - Orchard wins that prize for Burlington

By Staff June 11th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Halton Region released data on where Covid19 infections are located by neighbourhood. Number of infections per 100,000 […]

Planners wanted $1 million +; developer thought he could slide by for $9,000 - a majority went for the developer.

By Pepper Parr June 10th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   It was an arm-wrestling contest worth watching – except you couldn’t see the contestants. With city […]