Executive Director of the Food Bank - listening and serving the needs of people who need help.

By Pepper Parr September 12th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON Part 1 of a series I met an interesting man last week. In his mid-twenties he was […]

Tim Hortons SMILE Cookies - every nickel you spend gets to the Food Bank

By Staff September 12, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Buy a Smile Cookie, help support the Burlington Food Bank. 100% of proceeds from each #SmileCookie help […]

August residential real estate sales went through the roof.

By Staff September 11th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   The data and the insights are courtesy of the Rocca Team – a leading Burlington real estate […]

Provincial Offences Court dates have changed

By Staff September 11th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   NOTICE TO PUBLIC REGARDING PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT MATTERS Revised September 2, 2020 All in-person Provincial Offences Act […]

Three words and they know exactly where you are - a simple free app makes it happen.

By Staff September 11th,2020 BURLINGTON, ON   This one is a little on the complex side. The Regional Police have signed on to a web […]

The kind of thing you might want to do when you are stuck in traffic.

By Pepper Parr September 11th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Where do you find the time to complete a survey the Ministry of Transportation has sent […]

It's a mess - who is responsible and what can be done?

By Pepper Parr September 11th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   There are a couple of commercial operations in the Burlington Heights Plaza, it’s at the intersection […]

Daily Covid in the Schools information available to parents and the general public

By Pepper Parr September 11th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Saying that “The Premier and our government made a promise to parents, that we would ensure […]

“Mayor Meed Ward’s Weekly Update: September 7-13, 2020”

By Pepper Parr September 11th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON The taxpayers of Burlington can now get a peek at what Mayor Marianne Meed Ward has planned […]

Reader questions the appointment of new vice principals at public schools - the appointments were not new - they were re-locations.

By Pepper Parr September 10th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Several days ago we received a letter with no return address. There was a single piece […]

Did the federal and provincial funding kill the hope for an electric transit fleet ?

By Pepper Parr September 10th 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   When funding is given to a municipality it rarely comes as a surprise. More often than […]

Statement from the Office of the Mayor doesn't tell the whole story and doesn't give credit to those who got a better development for the community

By Pepper Parr September 10th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   A statement came out of the Mayor’s office on Wednesday commenting on an appeal that had […]

Performing Arts will put on performances starting October 2 - No more than 50 people in the theatre at a time - all wearing masks

By Staff September 9th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   With Public Health saying holding an event with up to 50 people was now legit Tammy Fox, […]

They were all elected - my goodness - what did we do

By Pepper Parr September 9th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   The event was basically over. Mayor at an event announcing funding for transit. Each of the […]

City will hold 5th Telephone Town Hall September 23rd

By Staff September 9th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   The City is going to host a fifth Telephone Town Hall on September 23rd that will focus […]

The show will go on. Burlington Student Theatre is returning to the stage –six feet apart

By Staff September 9th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON Burlington’s Student Theatre programs will be returning this fall with opportunities for youth ages 4 to 17 years. […]

Politicians descend on transit garage and leave $12.8 million behind.

By Pepper Parr September 9th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Nine politicians trooped into a Burlington Transit garage and jointly announced that they were leaving $12.8 […]

Public school board trustees hold their session in the Board room - six trustees take part.

By Pepper Parr September 8th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   It started as 1-1 conversations that Andrea Grebenc had with trustees on the virtual meetings the […]

Rib Fest on Labour Day attendance bigger than on Canada Day

By Staff September 9th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   They made it work. Despite a downcast day a total of 2,751 cars drove into the Burlington […]

Significant funding to build social purpose organizations available through Burlington Foundation,

By Staff September 9th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Helping Business be a Successful Tool for Social, Cultural and Environmental Change is the theme behind the […]