Demonstrator charged with obstruction and released from arrest on a promise to appear.

By Staff October 5th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The Halton Regional Police Service has charged Anita KRANJNC, 49, of Toronto with Obstruct Police and Breach […]

Freeman Station refurbishment is coming along fine - it will need additional funding - which should come from the city.

By Pepper Parr October 5th, 2106 BURLINGTON, ON   It wasn’t that good a deal but it was the only deal on the table and […]

Ooops! We gave you the wrong date.

By Staff October 5th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Ooops! We erroneously told you that the Hydro Open House was on Saturday the 7th of October. […]

Pig advocate arrested at truck roll over site yards away from slaughterhouse.

By Staff October 5th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Anita Krajnc, 49, a woman currently on trial on mischief charges for giving water to pigs that […]

Temporary service disruption for online property information requests and dog and business licence renewals

By Staff October 5th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   On Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, the following online services will be unavailable from 4:30 p.m. until 10 […]

Employment Halton Job Fair connects job seekers with employers October 19

By Staff October 5th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Halton Region is hosting its third job fair of 2016 on Wednesday, October 19 from 1 to […]

Police begin arresting demonstrators at truck roll over incident where 150+ pigs were being transported.

By Staff October 5th, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON   Demonstrators descended on the truck laying on its side at the intersection of Appleby Line and Harvester […]

Truck carry 150+ pigs rolls over on Harvester Road, yards from slaughter house.

By Staff October 5, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Eastbound Harvester Road will be closed for an extended period of time today, October 5th, while police […]

Hydro holding their Open House this Friday

By Pepper Parr October 4th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Those guys over at Burlington Hydro know how to make the system work for them. Last […]

Truck Inspection Blitz at Mohawk Racetrack Starts Wednesday: Why do the police give advance notice of the inspections?

By Staff October 4th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON They do it every year – and every year the number of tickets issued and the number of […]

Political posturing by Lisa Raitt, MP for Milton which includes part of north Burlington.

By Pepper Parr October 4th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   An almost classic example of political posturing follows: Conservative MP Lisa Raitt asks a question during […]

District school board staff recommending the closure of two high schools June 2018 - Central and Lester B. Pearson.

By Pepper Parr October 4th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Burlington does not take to change all that well. A change in the configuration of traffic […]

Historical burial ground opened to the public during Open Doors last Saturday.

By Pepper Parr October 4th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   I’d heard about it; drove by the place hundreds of times, knew what it was but […]

Anishinaabe speaker, educator, and musician Eddy Robinson will be at Crawford Lake October 15th.

By Staff October 4th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Anishinaabe speaker, educator, and musician Eddy Robinson brings a wealth of knowledge and personal experience to the […]

Walk to school day takes place on Wednesday - let the kids know today because they are probably going to expect you to drive them.

By Pepper Parr October 4th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   There was a time when everyone walked to school – you met up with friends at […]

Purse snatchers on the loose in Regional hotels - large sums of cash and valuable jewellery taken.

By Staff October 3, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Halton Regional Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying two persons of interest (POI). It’s believed that […]

What does 2334 people gathered into the shape of a J in Spencer Smith Park look like?

By Pepper Parr October 3, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   What does 2334 people gathered together in the shape of a J in Spencer Smith Park […]

Town Crier serves the city at public event - meets a benefactor.

By Pepper Parr October 3, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   When David Vollick was accepted by city council in 2011 as the Town Crier there was […]

Hospital Foundation pulls in 2334 people wearing orange ponchos at Spencer Smith Park; record attempt gets missed.

By Pepper Parr October 2, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The weather didn’t help. Despite pouring rain – hundreds showed up and waited for a process to […]

The new look for the eastern end of Spencer Smith Park and the new gazebo.

By Pepper Parr October 1, 2016 BURLINGTON. ON   We told you about the changes being made at the eastern end of Spencer Smith Park […]