Ontario Municipal Board hearing on the Adi Development Group proposal to build 26 storeys at the Martha - Lakeshore Road intersection to begin on Wednesday. It might be a very short hearing.

By Pepper Parr February 20th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Wednesday morning at 10:00 am the person chairing the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing will call […]

High school closing review gets down to six options that the public can debate and provide opinion through an online survey.

By Staff February 17th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The Program Accommodation Review (PARC) committee has gotten to the point where they can put forward six […]

Rivers on cap and trade

By Ray Rivers February 17th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Patrick Brown has put the ‘Progressive’ back into the Ontario PC party, as he gears up […]

Regional police review the 57 unfounded sexual assault occurrence reports filed in 2016.

By Staff February 17th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The manner in which police services across the country have handled sexual assault complaints from women has […]

Is Burlington's rural-urban boundary at risk?

By Pepper Parr February 17th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The GTA benchmark price for various types of housing sold last month hit $705,900 up 22.6% […]

Can we expect to see parents opposed to the closing of Central high school marching up Brant Street?

By Pepper Parr February 16, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   They don’t call it grass roots organizing for nothing. It is when you go out into […]

Regional government boast a triple a - Aaa - credit rating. Gets points for fiscal responsibility. Transparency and accountability are another matter.

By Staff February 16th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Quite why the Regional government would assign one of their communications advisors the task of preparing a […]

A classic childrens' book - a true Canadian story to be told by the author at Central high school March 9th.

By Pepper Parr February 16th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   If high schools were ever supposed to be a place where the general public could add […]

Raccoon strain of rabies on the up-rise in the Region - explain the danger to your children.

By Staff February 15th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   There have been ten case of raccoon strain rabies in the Region. The Halton Region Health Department […]

Dotmocracy - do the dots tell the story? Four options left on the table - drift is towards closing Central and Pearson.

By Staff February 15th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   In order to begin whittling down the 30+ options before the PARC the members of the committee […]

Here is a wake up call: $10,326,837 to bring Burlington high schools up to accessibility standards.

By Staff February 15th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The Halton District School Board’s Accessibility Plan calls for: Reasonable provision shall be made to provide accessibility […]

Committee in place to give the Director of Education advice on possible school closings: a consensus has yet to emerge.

By Pepper Parr February 14th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Scott Podrebarac called it dotmocracy – you cast your vote by putting dots on a chart. […]

Last surviving daughter of Joseph Brant died 150 years ago yesterday. She was tall - handsome.

Brant was always pretty good at getting grants from the British, but this Council probably isn’t going to hear his argument.

By Pepper Parr February 14th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   We weren’t even a country yet when she died. Her father had made a huge impact […]

Beachway resident asking the Region to pay $2.3 million for a lot with two well maintained houses.

By Staff February 14th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Housing prices in Toronto and Vancouver were rising so quickly and dangerously – especially in Vancouver, that […]

Police and mall security nab three youths after brief foot chase. All accused of robbery

By Staff February 13th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   On Friday February 10th 2017 just before 7:30 PM, three male suspects followed another group of three […]

Community takes on a different look when there are 300+ people in the room enjoying time with each other.

By Pepper Parr February 13, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Everyone needs a place to go; a place where you can congregate with people you like […]

Central high graduate with a son at the school questions some of the data being put forward and asks why some data is missing.

By Michael J. Hribljan February 13, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   In my opinion the Halton District School Board (HDSB) projects the appearance of being either […]

Family Day events - city hall closed - Conservation Authority wide open.

By Staff February 13th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Lots of competition for what people decide to do on Family Day – Monday the 20th. A […]

Are red herrings being put in front of the PAR committee that is preparing a report on high school closings for the Director of Education?

By Peter Menet February 13th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON Last Thursday the Program Accommodation Review committee was not presented with a 150 page report on AODA […]

Rivers braves the cold Canadian winter air to protest - all in vain.

By Ray Rivers February 13th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON If I were Donald Trump I’d have to say that it was the largest crowd ever. There […]