Finance department tells council a tax hike of 4.19% will be needed to keep the doors open in 2018

By Staff January 2, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   The announcement from city hall was pretty straight forward – the review of city’s proposed 2018 operating […]

Rory Nisan: 2018 - it is not enough to hope from the comforts of the couch.

By Rory Nisan January 2nd, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   “May you live in interesting times” — an English expression commonly attributed as a Chinese curse, […]

A look at how the June provincial election might play out in Burlington.

By Staff January 1st, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   In our business we get media releases from city hall, from the Region, from the provincial government […]

In the matter of trust - this city council isn't doing all that well.

By Pepper Parr January 1st, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   It always come down to a matter of trust. Do you trust the person you are […]

Rivers: Coming Ontario provincial election is said to be Brown's to lose.

By Ray Rivers January 1st, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown is said to be leading in the polls – will that […]

The extent of the height and density changes set out in the draft Official Plan has stunned many.

By Staff December 31, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   If this is what Councillor Med Ward has to say on New Year’s Eve, on can only […]

What will the New Year bring us? What will we do with the year we have been given?

Resolutions! A New Year’s resolution is a tradition, most common in the Western Hemisphere but also found in the Eastern Hemisphere, in which a […]

Engaged citizens set out their resolutions for 2018.

By Staff December 31st, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Many people actually write out New Year resolutions for themselves – setting out the things they want […]

Purple is reported to be THE colour for 2018!

By Staff December 31st, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   It is said that “80% of human experience is filtered through the eyes”. The choice of a […]

Funny, funny, funny on Family Day - note the date February 19th

By Staff December 31st, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Promoting a Comedy Festival seems like a good way to close out the year. The Burlington Downtown […]

The wonderful mind of consultant Brent Toderian

By Staff December 29th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   It has been a couple of years since the city invited Brent Toderian into town to advise […]

Register for the $25 Loblaws card and think about passing it along to a local food bank.

By Pepper Parr December 27th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   We are going to be looking at those rows of bread on the supermarket shelves a […]

Council to debate the 2018 Operating budget - $30,000 will be used to decide what to do with the Lowville school house.

By Pepper Parr December 27th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The city Finance department takes care of collecting the money. They create a budget that gets […]

ECoB's evolution is in a gestation phase - they will have to put something real on the table very soon.

By Pepper Parr December 26th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   ECoB – Engaging Citizens of Burlington got off to a pretty good start. There is some […]

City says all the snow plowing is done - including the sidewalks.

By Staff December 26th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   At 4:10 pm this afternoon the city said: Road plowing is complete. Primary, secondary and local sidewalks […]

Boxing day has a long history; one that we do not share with our neighbours to the south.

By Pepper Parr December 26th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Let us not rush back into the real world quite yet. Christmas was festive, fun, and […]

There is a reason for the season.

Taken during a Burlington Santa Claus parade – it expresses what we believe the season is really all about. The fundamentals of our society are […]

America as we knew it is no more; Canada still trying to figure how out to spread our sunny ways around the world - one selfie at a time?

By Ray Rivers December 25th, 2017 MOUNTSBERG, ON   No discussion of the highlights of 2017 would be complete without mention of the Donald Trump […]

Five year old Damian De Freitas made an Honourary Fire Chief

By Staff December 23rd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Five-year old Damian De Freitas and his family joined Burlington Fire Chief Lazenby and the firefighters at […]

Georgetown resident was the one millionth 2017 visitor to a Conservation Halton location.

By Staff December 23rd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   It’s a day Jamie Leslie isn’t likely to forget. She was at Kelso/Glen Eden with her Dad, […]