High school teachers get redundancy notices: 154 of them might not have jobs in September.

By Pepper Parr April 24th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The Halton District School Board issued 154 redundancy letters yesterday to secondary school teachers. This is […]

Sound of Music releases the schedule for the 40th anniversary event.

By Staff April 24th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Sound of Music Festival has released the free concert lineup for Father’s Day Weekend, June 13-16, in […]

It was in the movie Cool Hand Luke that we first heard the phrase: 'What we have here is a failure to communicate'.

By Pepper Parr April 23rd, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Two people who were heavily involved in the campaign to elect Marianne Meed Ward, the Mayor […]

Critical decisions to be made by council this week.

By Pepper Parr April 23, 2109 BURLINGTON, ON   This evening council will meet to put the rubber stamp and the required signatures on the […]

Is it Service or a System that keeps citizens away from their elected officials.

By Pepper Parr April 22, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   When you walk into city hall there are two sort of reception areas – one with […]

A city that hasn't been able to do better than a pilot private tree by law wants to declare a climate emergency.

By Staff April 22, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Everyone is now on board the climate change train – except for those south of us who […]

Burlington resident in PEI 'making history'.

By Pepper Parr April 22th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   If there is an election and there is a Green candidate in the race, Burlington environmentalist […]

Every bus rider has their own story. Part 2

By Lawson Hunter April 20th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Lawson Hunter is an observer; people watching is a hobby. He chose to watch people who […]

Father, forgive them ...

By Staff April 19th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. And they divided up his clothes […]

City handing out provincial money to get people outside and play.

By Staff April 18th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The City of Burlington has a Park Play Experience Fund and is now accepting applications The Parks […]

150 HDSB elementary teachers told there will probably be no work for them come September - redundancy notices issued

By Pepper Parr April 18th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   There are 150 elementary school teachers with the Halton District School Board who have been told […]

School calendar for 2019- 2020 school year released

By Staff April 18th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   As most people get ready for a long weekend, hoping that real spring weather will show up, […]

Community Development Halton offering Results based Accountability and Developmental Evaluation course.

By Staff April 18th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Community Development Halton has announced the second in a series of short courses for the not for […]

Resident discovers a solution that might put a crimp in the developers plan for the east end of the city.

By Pepper Parr April 18th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   There is nothing more powerful than a motivated citizen with research skills who takes the time […]

False 911 Call Leads to Arrest

By Staff April 17th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   This criminal act sets a new level for stupidity. On April 16, 2019, at approximately 7:45 pm, […]

Rivers: The meek are never going to inherit the earth. Ask Rachel Notley.

By Staff April 17th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Ray Rivers is on a short sabbatical, taking some time to think about the significantly different political […]

All the applications are in - new city manager should be in place by July. Don't count on it - unless the decision has already been made.

By Pepper Parr April 17th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   If you haven’t submitted your application for the job of Burlington’s next city manager – you’ve […]

Death is not a medical event. It is a social process and talking about it won't kill you.

By Janet Gadeski April16th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The title of the talk that is to take place at the Library on New Street on […]

Transit as a lifestyle - one man's experience.

By Lawson Hunter April 16th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON Part 1 of 2 Lawson Hunter approached us a number of weeks ago asking if we might […]

Breakfast Bash has set a $68,000 target for their on-line auction. Help make it happen.

By Staff April 16th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   There is a program delivered to many schools in Halton Region: Food for Thought. Food for Thought […]