School Board sponsoring conference on Autism Spectrum Disorder

By Staff January 25th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The Halton District School Board is hosting a two-day conference this spring where professionals, parents/guardians and community […]

Province tries to drop another big one on the municipal sector; they fight back and win a major concession.

By Pepper Parr January 24th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   It was an issue that sort of crept up on the public. Someone caught Premier Doug […]

Lakeshore Village Plaza development in the east end will get a Statutory hearing on February 12th. The natives are restless.

By Staff January 24th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   In a note to residents in Ward 5 who are on the Council member’s mailing list Paul […]

There is an epidemic of obesity in this country and the number one culprit is fast food. Ergo - a new Food Guide.

By Ray Rivers January 23rd, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   There was a time when butter was bad and hydrogenated margarine the cats’ meow. But that […]

Integrity Commissioner decides deliberately breaking the city's Code of Conduct is Ok for those Councillors who do not get re-elected.

By Pepper Parr January 23rd, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   City Council met on Monday in the Great Room at the Paletta Mansion. It was a […]

Are residents heard and understood when they make a delegation? Is there ever any follow up? Sometimes.

By Staff January 22nd, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Does a delegation a citizen make have any impact on both member’s of city council and staff? […]

An illegal massage parlour in Aldershot shut down by developer

By Pepper Parr January 22nd, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   When it comes to matters of property – anything is possible and almost everything happens. National […]

A pilot Private tree bylaw for Roseland will come in effect March 1st.

By Staff January 22nd, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   After years of getting to the point where there would be a Private Tree Bylaw Burlington is […]

Freeman station pushing for more memberships - place looks better every month.

By Staff January 22nd, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The Hamilton Spectator recently did a front page feature on the Freeman Station. The “Friends” of Freeman […]

Burlington and Milton Provincial Offences Courts relocating this month to new Courthouse in Burlington

By Staff January 21st, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The Provincial Offences (POA) Courts in Burlington and Milton are getting ready to relocate to one new […]

The history and heritage of the city - a February feature put together by the Heritage Committee.

By Staff January 21st, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   How many people in Burlington remember this theatre that was on Lakeshore Road The City of Burlington’s […]

Will the number of students who graduate in Ontario decrease because of changes in post secondary school funding?

By Andrew Drummond January 21st, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Last week, the Ontario government announced a number of changes to the way the Colleges and […]

With a 3.99% budget increase staring them in the face city council is aking a lot of questions.

By Pepper Parr January 18th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Director of Finance Joan Ford does a great job of providing the data ad her department […]

Review of the Patrick Brown book tells more of the story about candidate nominations - new light on the Burlington situation.

By Pepper Parr January 18th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   When Jane McKenna won the nomination as the Progressive Conservative candidate for Burlington in the June […]

How to reduce the tax bill - stop collecting leaves and eliminate a right hand turn lane. Don't give the fire department a drone.

By Pepper Parr January 18th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Before they broke for the Christmas holidays a city council that had been sworn in just […]

Rivers on Patrick Brown - Part 3 - It Was Pretty Ugly

By Ray Rivers January 17th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON Ray Rivers has been writing on just what did happen to former Conservative party leader Patrick Brown […]

McKenna muddies the understanding of what mobility hubs are supposed to be and where they will be built.

By Pepper Parr January 17th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Some useful background when city council gets to talking about what they want to do with […]

What was the Mall is now the CENTRE and it has a Hub.

By Staff January 17th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   What we all once knew at the Burlington Mall is now the Burlington Centre. It is going […]

Could the Boards and Committees not get by on a 1.5|% budget increase?

By Pepper Parr January 17th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Local Boards and Committees are to be given a 2% increase over their 2018 base budget. […]

Just what the problem is with the 'approved' Official Plan the city sent the region is far from clear.

By Pepper Parr January 17th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Remember all the hoopla around City Council pushing to get the new Official Plan voted on […]