The changing look of the downtown core - it is up up and away - the pattern appears to have been set.

By Pepper Parr November 7th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Do we have any idea what the downtown part of the city is going to look […]

Adult soccer players are not happy - feel they are not getting their share of dome time

By Pepper Parr November 7th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   This doesn’t sound very nice. The adult soccer people are upset – again. There seems to […]

Free taxi service for those donating blood week of November 7th to 10th - book your appointment.

By Staff November 6th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   There is a huge need for more blood donors. A car accident victim could require up to […]

Neighbourhood Community Matching Fund will be offered again for 2018

By Staff November 6, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   A number of years ago the people at the Parks and Recreation learned about an approach to […]

Flu vaccine is now available at pharmacies and your family doctor

By Staff November 6th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   If she can do it – you can do it. Burlington MPP Eleanor McMahon getting her flu […]

Demonstration over the slaughter of pigs a much quieter event.

By Staff November 6th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   James Aspey James Aspey took a 365 day vow of silence to raise awareness for animals and […]

Tyandaga residents become aware of just how much noise they will have to put up with if shale mining ever takes place in their back yards.

By Pepper Parr November 6th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   You live in a nice part of town. The homes are in the million dollar price […]

Once again - the LaSalle Park Marina is not a private yacht club.

By Staff November 5th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   We were asked by an Aldershot resident: Why is it that a private yacht club at LaSalle […]

Conservation Authority raises Water Conditions Statement to yellow

By Staff November 4th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement regarding a low pressure system that will be moving […]

Why do authors write what they write - hear two writers in conversation with Lynda Simmons at The Different Drummer.

By Staff November 4th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   It’s a small, independent bookstore that has been in business for more than forty years and continues […]

Clocks go back an hour tonight - make the change before you get into bed and enjoy that extra hour of snooze time.

By Staff November 3, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The clocks go back an hour – which means an additional hour of snooze time for you […]

Fifteenth annual Art in Action tour - this weekend.

By Pepper Parr November 3rd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   They have been doing this for fifteen years. It has become a bit of an institution […]

Prospect to be closed at night east of Guelph Line.

By Staff November 3rd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON Prospect Street, from Guelph Line to Regency Court will be closed nightly from November 6 to 25, between […]

City council decides it can live with a 23 storey tower in the downtown core opposite city hall.

By Staff November 3rd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Well … at least it wasn’t one of those dreaded 4-3 votes that our city council strives […]

Is six storeys for residential buildings what Burlington wants or should strive for?

By Greg Woodruff November 3, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Lots of talk at last night’s council meeting on developing Brant street. The thing that horrifies […]

Police continue to arrest and release the names of those who drive while under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs.

By Staff November 3rd, 2017 BURLINGTON,ON   On Thursday, November 2, 2017, just after 9:00am, a traffic stop was initiated at Guelph Street and Mountainview […]

Trevor Copp producing Journey to the East - on stage at the Performing Arts Centre - Copp rarely disappoints.

By Staff November 2, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   We work in the dark. We make sense of what we can. But we don’t know what […]

Rivers on what he thinks is happening to Alberta - the land of the free-spirited, land-centric cowboys.

By Ray Rivers November 2, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   First we take Alberta then we take B.C. But not likely so in Ontario, even with […]

Capital budget proposal for 2018 is $68.6 million.

By Staff November 2, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   A review of the 2018 proposed budgets will begin on Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. A copy […]

Sound of Music offering a From Nothing to Something class - FREE - just have to register.

By Staff November 1st, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The Sound of Music isn’t just a week long music feast beside a big lake. The organization […]