Growth Plan that went to Regional Council on Wednesday got flipped.

By Pepper Parr February 17th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   Will the decision by Halton Regional Council yesterday to not convert farmland to commercial or residential […]

Highway 6 from two lanes to four is vital to the continued growth of the John Munro Hamilton International Airport

By Staff February 17th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   The Ontario government has procured AECOM as the successful engineering consultant to undertake a Preliminary Design and […]

Doug Ford on the pandemic: '“The world’s done with it.'

By Pepper Parr February 17th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON OPINION Yesterday Premier Doug Ford said: he’s “eager to get these mandates moving.” It has always been […]

New Covid19 infections are still being reported but the numbers are decreasing

By Pepper Parr February 17th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   The province moves into a new part of the Roadmap to Recovery with many restrictions being […]

Last three days for the Share the Love Food Bank drive

By Pepper Parr February 17th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   Three more days to Share the Love and share the food you purchase with the Burlington […]

Regional Council takes a pass on a Staff draft proposal for preferred growth plan instead - decides not to change urban boundaries - protects farmland

By Pepper Parr February 16th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON The headline tells part of the story – so here it is. Halton Regional Council rejected a […]

Family Day - have you decided what you want to do?

By Staff February 16th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   City of Burlington administrative services will be closed for Family Day, on Monday, Feb. 21. For a […]

Ontario Moving to Next Phase of Reopening on February 17 with another change on March 1st

By Staff February 15th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON With key public health and health system indicators continuing to improve, the Ontario government, in consultation with the […]

Is the Burlington Holiday Market in for a second round? Who will fund it?

By Pepper Parr February 16th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   A vendor call has been put out by a group using the name: For the Love […]

Community Planning comes up with a 2022 Preferred Concept for the Waterfront Hotel site

By Pepper Parr February 16th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   Something like this is probably coming your way. It is labelled the 2022 Preferred Concept for […]

In order to be transparent Council has directed city manager to bring in an expert

By Pepper Parr February 16th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   Transparency is a word that gets used by every member of the current city council – […]

City Council Workshop: A closer look at our relationship with the Indigenous community

By Pepper Parr February 15th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   Monday afternoon City Council held an Indigenous education workshop. It was, unfortunately not widely promoted by […]

Editorial production will be lower today - our apologies

By Staff February 15th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   Editorial production will be lower today – food poisoning has slowed things down. A take-out order is […]

Region wrestles with where the population growth is going to take place - farm land is at risk.

By Staff February 11th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   Earlier this week Regional Council spent the best part of a day working their way through a […]

Repair Cafe will set up at Tansley Woods March 12th - free help with things that no longer work

By Staff February 11th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   Burlington has hundreds, maybe even thousands of people who took early retirement or put in their 25 […]

Covid19 rapid tests are now available free at 32 locations in Burlington

By Staff February 10th BURLINGTON.ON   And it doesn’t hurt. Ontario is distributing FREE COVID RAPID TESTS to the general population as supply increases. Starting […]

Sunday - start Sharing the Love to get the Food Bank drive underway - runs for a week. Drop off at fire stations

By Staff February 10th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   In Burlington someone somewhere is doing a food drive or a bottle collection. This city has seen […]

Burlington firm unveils breakthrough Covid19 aerosol mitigation solution paving the way to a new normal in office environments

By Staff February 10th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   ECO Earth Sciences Inc., a Burlington based firm, alongside their production partners, Reversomatic Manufacturing Limited, today unveiled […]

Incredibly talented web site designer and graphic artist has released a new game - Zoot.

By Pepper Parr February 10th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   My friend Joan Krygsman is once of these terribly creative people. She has a web site […]

Autism Dog Services is in need of Foster Homes for puppies!

By Staff February 10th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON “Puppies are still coming into our service dog in training program for 2022,” says Vicky Spadoni, Executive Director […]