Controversial development project gets mixed views from the public.

By Staff January 5th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The National Homes proposed development on Brant street just south of Havendale has been contentious since the […]

Police Attempting to Locate Driver Involved in Motor Vehicle Collision - This male has been located safely.

By Staff January 4th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   The Halton Regional Police Service is asking for the public’s assistance in trying to locate a male […]

BURLINGTON COMEDY FESTIVAL will take place from February 24th – February 27th; several venues.

By Staff January 4th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   For the Fifth year in a row the BURLINGTON COMEDY FESTIVAL will take place from February 24th […]

Headstones to be a feature in the June 8th Sound of Music Kick Off June 8th.

By Staff January 4th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The Sound of Music Festival has announced another band that will be part of their 40th anniversary […]

Downtown merchants recognized for their festive season window displays.

By Staff January 4th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   They have been doing it for a number of years and on a few occasions there have […]

New Year levees seem to have come back into favour. Gould holding hers on the 6th; McKenna chose the 12th.

By Pepper Parr January 4th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Levees were once a large part of the way the social side of Ontario worked. The […]

Angela Coughlan Pool will be closed from March 18, 2019 to the spring of 2020 for renovations and upgrades.

By Staff January 4th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   People used to say “there must be something wrong with the water” but in Burlington we seem […]

Muir on how city council voted on the 2100 Brant development that is now at an OMB hearing.

By Pepper Parr January 3rd, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The vote on what city council wanted to do with the situation they were faced with […]

Strategic Plan is to get a revision, probably not until late this year.

By Pepper Parr January 3rd, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Under the previous city manager city council got talked into making the Strategic Plan a 25 […]

The possability of a terrible development on Brant at Havendale has been averted; the settlement the developer thought they had was taken off the table.

By Pepper Parr January 2, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   That Local Planning Act Tribunal meeting on the National Homes development at 2100 Brant looks like […]

Are we ready for 2019?

By Staff January 1st, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON What kind of a year is it going to be? A number of resident offered their thoughts for […]

The resident, the black Honda and the Regional Police budget.

By Rob Narejko December 31st, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   The temperature was minus 2, crisp, not cold. The sun was shining brightly in a clear […]

Transit service makes changes to eight routes effective January 6th.

By Staff December 31st, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON As a result of customer feedback Burlington Transit has introduced improvements to Routes 1, 2, 5, 11, 21, […]

President Trump doesn't beleive the climate change arguments; Premier Ford doesn't buy into the need for a carbon tax; Canadian Minister of the Environment says changes are being made while the United Nations tells us we have 11 years left to get it right.

By Staff December 30th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   In a media release from Queen’s Park the Ministry of the |Environment said: “Ontario’s Government for the […]

Changes made to eight transit lines - take place effective January 6th

By Staff December 29th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Thank you to our Burlington Transit customers who contacted us with questions about route and schedule changes […]

Interim city manager will know where the bodies are buried as he renews relationships with staff members who have come on board since left the city in 2008

By Pepper Parr December 29th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   A follow up on Tim Commisso, the Interim City Manager who will show up for work […]

Jane McKenna gets attention she may not have wanted in major media.

By Pepper Parr December 29th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Burlington’s MP, Jane McKenna, managed to get her name in the Globe and Mail on Friday. […]

Speak wisely, act wisely and that wisdom will trickle down to the people you are there to serve.

By Pepper Parr December 28th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Stu Parr, who is not a relative nor a friend – we’ve never met; made a […]

Some Big names performed at the Central arena that turned 50 this year.

By Staff December 28th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Central Arena is now 50 years old. The milestone was marked by a Tim Horton’s Free Holiday […]

Rivers; his 19 predictions for 2019 - personally he plans to hibernate.

By Ray Rivers December 27, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   There is no reason to be generally optimistic about the prospects for the upcoming year. Near […]