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Auditor General to probe controversial scheme to redevelop Ontario Place

By Staff November 3rd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Geez – not another one. The Auditor General announced that they will be probing the Ontario Place […]

GO train transported livestock to the Royal Winter Fair

By Pepper Parr November 3rd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Leaving the GO train and heading into the downtown core of Toronto Kay behaved perfectly. Some […]

Lydia Thomas - please call

By Pepper Parr November 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Lydia Thomas Lydia Thomas delegated at City Council today. We would love to talk to her. […]

Citizen told not to make disparaging remarks about staff during a delegation - then has her petition presentation moved to a date after the Mayor presents her budget

By Pepper Parr November 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON On Monday October 30th, Wendy Fletcher delegated to City Council virtually. Her delegation was about the […]

Mounties on the move - interviewing bureaucrats - politicians will have to wait for their turn

By Pepper Parr November 2, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The Mounties have begun questioning officials at the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing over Premier […]

City Clerk moves a petition with 1740 names opposing the budget the Mayor proposes until after the budget is discussed

By Pepper Parr November 1, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Two pieces of information had to be corrected: the date on which the request to delegate was […]

Will the Kitchener Centre by-election deliver bad news to Doug Ford?

By Pepper Parr November 1st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON At the end of the month we should have some sense as to how politically damaging the […]

Removing the HST taxes on rental homes is touted as a benefit - for who? Will it reduce the monthly rent for tenants?

By Staff November 1st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The provincial government shovels out about ten, sometimes more, announcements each day telling the public about a […]

Any student from about grade 5 on with even a little curiosity should be given an opportunity to attend the Sound, Just Sound event at the Joseph Brant Museum.

By Staff November 1st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Any student from about grade 5 on with even a little curiosity should be given an opportunity […]

REVEL: The Ultimate Art Bash! A Night of Art, Food & Drink, Entertainment and Revelry

By Staff November 1st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Friday, November 17, 2023, the Art Gallery of Burlington (AGB) presents REVEL: The Ultimate Art Bash! This […]

Councillor learns that developers need a 15% profit margin for a project to be viable

By Pepper Parr November 1st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON It was during a discussion about a new approach to issuing development permits that Ward 4 […]

A Freedom of Information request has produced thousands of documents that are going to keep Doug Ford awake at night

By Pepper Parr November 1st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Back to that drip, drip, drip stuff. Environmental Defence published a statement earlier today setting out […]

Another opportunity to meet new people and learn more about community issues.

By Staff October 31st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON This is different. The Burlington Performing Arts Centre has launched a new monthly after-work series of networking […]

They went to the wedding reception and left with MZO's in their pockets

By Pepper Parr October 31st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Relentless describes the manner NDP Leader of the Opposition Marit Stiles is taking to the Greenbelt […]