Media gets it wrong - school board provides report that was incorrect.

By Staff September 15th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Media yesterday, including the Gazette, reported that two students were found to have been infected by the […]

MP with a large part of Burlington in his riding reaches out with telephone calls - you can book one

By Staff September 14th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   The moment a politician is sworn in they begin work on the next campaign. That means meeting […]

Police pull a car over and find that there was $100,000 worth of fentanyl in the vehicle.

By Staff September 14th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   It was just after 7:00 pm yesterday when a police officer spotted a car moving a little […]

Voices of the city - part of the citizen history that is seldom heard.

By Staff September 14th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   How do the seniors in the city tell their personal stories about the city they live in […]

HDSB reports two school related covid infections - meanwhile things at Charles Best run very smoothly.

By Pepper Parr September 14th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON The report that two students were found to be infected was incorrect. Two people were found to […]

Schools throughout the Region ready for students to return - 20% have decided not to do so

By Pepper Parr September 12th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   All the angst, all the concern and even the worry on the part of parents gets […]

More than $65,000 in funding for seniors project handed out by MP Karina Gould last week.

By Pepper Parr September 12th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Burlington Member of Parliament Karina Gould had a busy week. Everywhere she went federal money was […]

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, […]